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Artificial Intelligence to Evaluate Quality, Find Fish

  • Intermediate wholesalers evaluating frozen tuna before auction. (© Kawamoto Daigo)

    Intermediate wholesalers evaluating frozen tuna before auction. (© Kawamoto Daigo)

  • The tail cross-section, essential for evaluating tuna fattiness, viscosity, umami, and color. (© Kawamoto Daigo)

    The tail cross-section, essential for evaluating tuna fattiness, viscosity, umami, and color. (© Kawamoto Daigo)

  • The Tuna Scope app allows buyers to evaluate quality instantly simply by holding a smartphone over the tail cross-section. (Photo courtesy of Dentsū)

    The Tuna Scope app allows buyers to evaluate quality instantly simply by holding a smartphone over the tail cross-section. (Photo courtesy of Dentsū)

  • The AI-graded tuna sushi was available at Kura Sushi in summer and fall 2020. (Photo courtesy of Kura Sushi)

    The AI-graded tuna sushi was available at Kura Sushi in summer and fall 2020. (Photo courtesy of Kura Sushi)

  • Ebisu-kun uses AI to locate saury fishing grounds. The small round marks off the eastern coasts of Hokkaidō and northern Honshū indicate saury fishing grounds, with lighter-colored circles indicating better grounds. (Photo courtesy of the Japan Fisheries Information Service Center)

    Ebisu-kun uses AI to locate saury fishing grounds. The small round marks off the eastern coasts of Hokkaidō and northern Honshū indicate saury fishing grounds, with lighter-colored circles indicating better grounds. (Photo courtesy of the Japan Fisheries Information Service Center)

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