A search for missing boat crew members is conducted on Jan 30, 2026 at a port in Setana, Hokkaido. - Photo: Kyodo SAPPORO, (Japan): (Bernama-Kyodo) A second crew member of a four-person fishing boat ...
TOKYO -- Unexpectedly large numbers of Pacific bluefin tuna have been winding up in nets set off Hokkaido, raising concerns that Japan will exceed its quota for the endangered fish.
Seasonal fishing for the "Hokkai shimaebi" shrimp started on June 30 in Notsuke Bay in the Nemuro Strait east of Hokkaido, marking the arrival of summer. Twenty fishing boats with white sails went out ...