Seasonal Calendar for Sushi & Sashimi Ingredients
Just as there is spring, summer, fall and winter, there are also times when certain ingredients are either particularly tasty or even exclusively available. In our overview, you can find out which ingredients are in season at which time of year.
Escolar
global
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Greenling
Pacific
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M
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M
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O
N
D
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Jack mackerel or saurel
Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Pacific
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Atlantic horse mackerelAtlantic○------○●●○-Chilean jack mackerelPacific-------●●●--Japanese jack mackerelPacific--○○○○●●●●--Mediterranean horse mackerelMediterranean Sea○○●●--------
Blackthroat seaperch
Pacific
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M
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M
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O
N
D
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Marine eel
Pacific
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M
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N
D
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Ayu sweetfish
Asia
J
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M
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M
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A
S
O
N
D
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Albacore
Pacific
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M
A
M
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A
S
O
N
D
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Japanese amberjack
Pacific
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M
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M
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S
O
N
D
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Chilean jack mackerel
Pacific
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M
A
M
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O
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Prawn or shrimp
Pacific
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M
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M
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Coonstripe shrimpPacific●●●●○○---○○●Japanese tiger prawnPacific●●○-------○●
Japanese amberjack (medium-sized)
Pacific
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M
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Bastard halibut, large-tooth flounders
Pacific
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M
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M
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O
N
D
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Squid or cuttlefish
Pacific
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M
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M
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D
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Red caviar, salmon roe
Aquaculture
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M
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M
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O
N
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Sardine, round herring, or anchovy
Pacific
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M
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D
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Barracuda
Pacific
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M
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M
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O
N
D
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Japanese barracudaPacific-------○●●●-Red barracudaPacific○○○●-----●●●
Greater amberjack
Pacific
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M
A
M
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S
O
N
D
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Dotted gizzard shad
Pacific
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M
A
M
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O
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D
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Dotted gizzard shadsmall (shinko)Pacific------●●----Dotted gizzard shadmedium-sized (kohada)Pacific-------●●---Dotted gizzard shadlarge (konoshiro)Pacific●●--------●●
Japanese horse mackerel
Pacific
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M
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M
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A
S
O
N
D
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True tuna
Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Pacific
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AlbacorePacific●○--------○●Atlantic bluefin tunaAtlantic--○○●●●●●○○-Atlantic bluefin tunaMediterranean Sea---●●●------Bigeye tunaPacific●○-------○●●Longtail tunaPacific●○---○●●●●●●Pacific bluefin tunaPacific○---○●●●●●●●Southern bluefin tunaPacific, Indian Ocean----○●●●○---Yellowfin tunaPacific----○●●●○---
Mackerel
Mediterranean Sea, Pacific
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Atlantic mackerelMediterranean Sea-○●●●○------Blue mackerelPacific○○○○○●●●●○○○Pacific chub mackerelPacific●●●●○---○●●●
Salmon
Aquaculture
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Sea bass
Pacific
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M
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M
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D
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Seabream
Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Pacific
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Blackhead seabreamPacific●●●○------○●Goldlined seabreamPacific●●●-------●●Red seabreamPacific●●●○----○●●●Redbanded seabreamMediterranean Sea, Atlantic----------●●Yellowback sea-breamPacific----○●●●----Yellowback seabreamPacific---○●●●○----
Octopus
Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Pacific
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Common octopusMediterranean Sea, Atlantic○------○●●●○East Asian common octopusPacific○----○●●○○●●
Freshwater eel
Aquaculture, Asia, Europe, Pacific
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European eelEurope---○○●●●●---Japanese eelPacific, Asia●○-------○●●Japanese eelAquaculture-----●●-----
Sea urchin
Pacific
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kita murasaki uniPacific--●●●●●●●●--ezo bafun uniPacific●●●●●●●●●--●
Cornetfish
Pacific
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