A report on Sushi and Roe

Salmon roe (left) and sturgeon roe (caviar) (right)

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Sukiyabashi Jiro

Toast Skagen topped with cold-smoked salmon roe, on bread

Photograph of men harvesting and fertilizing salmon eggs from a female at a hatchery in Alaska by John Nathan Cobb (early 20th century)

Ikuradon, a bowl of rice topped with salmon roe

Funa-zushi (narezushi made from nigorobuna)

Several types of nigirizushi, rice hand-pressed with various seafood, including tuna, eel, and sea urchin roe gunkanmaki

Japanese cutlassfish oshizushi at a restaurant in Minamata City, Kumamoto Prefecture

Romanian roe salad decorated with black olives

Open sandwich (butterbrot) with pollock roe

Norway roll (ノルウェー巻き). A Norwegian businessman introduced the use of salmon as a sushi ingredient to Japan in the 1980s.

Smörgåskaviar as a condiment on a cottage cheese sandwich

Rainbow roll, uramaki with multiple fillings including shrimp tempura, salmon, avocado, mango, with rice mixed with tobiko

Sushi chef preparing nigirizushi, Kyoto, Japan

Sushi made of meats other than fish (whether raw or cooked) is a variation often seen in Japan.

Yaki anago-ippon-nigiri (焼きアナゴ一本握り) – a roasted and sweet-sauced whole conger eel

Ebifurai-maki (エビフライ巻き) – fried-shrimp roll

Sushi in shops are usually sold in plastic trays.

Sushi served on a wooden platter at a sushi restaurant in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

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{{nihongo3|fatty tuna belly|鮪とろ握り|Toro nigiri}}

{{nihongo3|persimmon leaf|柿の葉寿司|Kakinoha}} sushi

{{nihongo||茶巾寿司|Chakin-zushi}}, wrapped in thin omelette

{{nihongo3|teriyaki-roasted freshwater eel|鰻寿司|Unagi}} sushi

{{transl|ja|Nigirizushi}} for sale at a supermarket in Tokyo

{{nihongo|Assorted Western sushi|盛り合わせ}}

Western California roll and tuna roll {{transl|ja|uramaki}} ({{lang|ja|カリフォルニア巻き}})

{{nihongo|Western spicy tuna hand roll|スパイシーツナロール}}

{{nihongo|Western spicy shrimp roll|スパイシー海老ロール}}

"thick, large, or fat rolls" (太巻) is a large, cylindrical style of sushi, usually with nori on the outside. A typical futomaki is 5 to 6 cm in diameter. They are often made with two, three, or more fillings that are chosen for their complementary tastes and colors. Futomaki are often vegetarian, and may utilize strips of cucumber, kampyō gourd, takenoko (bamboo shoots), or lotus root. Strips of tamagoyaki omelette, tiny fish roe, chopped tuna, and oboro whitefish flakes are typical non-vegetarian fillings. Traditionally, the vinegared rice is lightly seasoned with salt and sugar. Popular proteins are fish cakes, imitation crab meat, egg, tuna, or shrimp. Vegetables usually include cucumbers, lettuces, and pickled radish (沢庵).

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A variety of roe types are used in Japanese cuisine, including the following which are used raw in sushi:

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Common name for several species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae.

Henneguya salminicola, a myxozoan parasite commonly found in the flesh of salmonids on the West Coast of Canada, in coho salmon

Wild fisheries – commercial capture in tonnes of all true wild salmon species 1950–2010, as reported by the FAO

Angler and gillie land a salmon, Scotland

Aquaculture production in tonnes of all true salmon species 1950–2010, as reported by the FAO

Spawning sockeye salmon in Becharof Creek, Becharof Wilderness, Alaska

Significant declines in the size of many species of Pacific salmon over the past 30 years are negatively impacting salmon fecundity, nutrient transport, commercial fishery profits, and rural food security.

Seine fishing for salmon – Wenzel Hollar, 1607–1677

Scales on the "Big Fish" or "Salmon of Knowledge" celebrates the return of fish to the River Lagan

Juvenile salmon, parr, grow up in the relatively protected natal river

The parr lose their camouflage bars and become smolt as they become ready for the transition to the ocean.

To lay her roe, the female salmon uses her tail (caudal fin), to create a low-pressure zone, lifting gravel to be swept downstream, excavating a shallow depression, called a redd.

Salmon and salmon roe have only recently come into use in making sashimi (raw fish) and sushi.