It has also become a hot item in trade with Japan, where it is baked crisp and eaten with sake--to the tune of $ 8 million a year.
除了自家食用、饋贈親友之外，烏魚子也成為中日貿易的熱門貨品。日本人喝清酒最愛配烤得香酥的烏魚子，細啜慢嚼，每年要嚼掉價約新台幣七、八百萬元的烏魚子。