日本Japan
釧路Kushiro
浜中・霧多布Hamanaka and Kiritappu
霧の多い冷たい海。同じ北海道でも日本海側とは水温も昆布も違う。A cold, fog-bound coast. Even within Hokkaido, the water temperature and the kelp differ from the Japan Sea side.
この海のことThis sea
- 漁場Grounds
- 浜中町・霧多布、厚岸Hamanaka and Kiritappu, Akkeshi
- 漁獲量Landings
- 89 t （2023年・殻付き重量・農林水産省）(2023, whole in-shell weight, MAFF Japan)
- 天然／養殖Wild or farmed
- 天然Wild
- 漁法Method
- タモ漁Hand-netting
- 主な餌Feed
- 昆布（浜中は昆布の産地でもある）Kelp — Hamanaka is itself a kombu-producing coast
- 漁期Season
- 月別の漁期を一次情報で確認できていない。Monthly season not confirmed from a primary source.
- 天然Wild harvest
ここにいるウニThe species here
Strongylocentrotidae
エゾバフンウニEzo-bafun sea urchin
Strongylocentrotus intermedius (A. Agassiz, 1864)
北海道全域と東北北部、サハリン・沿海地方。日本でもっとも高値がつくウニのひとつ。Throughout Hokkaido and northern Tohoku, extending to Sakhalin and the Russian Far East. Commands some of the highest prices in the Japanese market.
キタムラサキウニより小ぶりだが、色が鮮やかで身が濃く、甘みが強いとされる。Smaller than M. nudus but more vividly coloured, with a denser texture and a stronger sweetness.
学名の照合 name checked against WoRMS 513570
Strongylocentrotidae
キタムラサキウニNorthern sea urchin
Mesocentrotus nudus (A. Agassiz, 1864)
日本の東北・北海道から朝鮮半島東岸、ロシア沿海地方まで。日本では北海道と三陸の主力種。Northern Japan (Tohoku and Hokkaido), the east coast of the Korean peninsula and the Russian Far East. One of the two species behind most of Japan's northern harvest.
身が大きく量が取れる。甘みはおだやかで、クリーミーな口あたりという評価が多い。Large gonads with good yield. Usually described as creamy with a gentler, less concentrated sweetness than Ezo-bafun.
学名の照合 name checked against WoRMS 591103 ／ 旧学名syn. Strongylocentrotus nudus