Hokkaido Herring Landings Hit 7000 Tons From January to May
The Fisheries and Forestry Department of Hokkaido recently compiled a preliminary figure for herring fishing along the Sea of Japan coast of Hokkaido from January to May. According to the Minato Shimbun report, the total catch from Soya to Shiribeshi was 6,939 tons, a 40% increase from last year and a new record high in recent years.
This year's catch exceeds the 5,599 tons landed in 2022, and is the highest since 1996 when a project to increase the resource by releasing seedlings began. It was a...
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