The importance that Asia has acquired in a number of industrial sectors is beyond doubt, but if there is one domain in which the continent is not only the main actor but also the veritable driving force, it is commercial fishing and aquaculture.
Asia’s already considerable population, which includes that of the world’s two most populous countries, continues to grow. The continent’s traditions regarding food are in some cases constrained by traditional taboos or religious restrictions that mostly concern meat products, but daily diets continue to evolve towards higher calorific intakes, a sign that many Asian countries are emerging from poverty. The continent, which stretches from Pakistan to Korea, is largely open to quasi-inland seas as in North Asia, or to oceans rich in natural resources as in South and South-East Asia. In addition to this, of course, comes a country that has long been one of Asia’s most populous: Japan, an island whose culture of the sea—and of fishing in particular—is naturally very powerfully anchored.
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