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FISHING

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 15, 2019
Big chunk of world’s scallops dies in mysterious circumstances in China
A “scallopocalypse” is laying waste to the popular delicacy in the Yellow Sea.
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2019
Fine for poaching glass eels to be raised to ¥30 million in 2023, Fisheries Agency says
The Fisheries Agency plans to raise the maximum fine for illegal fishing of baby Japanese eels, or glass eels, from ¥100,000 to ¥30 million starting in 2023, in a bid to stem a source of funding of organized crime syndicates, agency sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2019
Japanese pearl industry rocked by 20 million oyster die-off
The mysterious death of over 20 million Akoya pearl oysters in Ehime, Mie and other prefectures this summer is expected to hobble pearl production next year and beyond.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2019
Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market still pestered by problems a year after move from Tsukiji
The first anniversary of the costly and contentious relocation of Tokyo’s famous Tsukiji fish market from Chuo Ward to the site of a former gas plant 2 km south along Tokyo Bay was commemorated by a tuna auction Friday morning.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 25, 2019
Lifestyles on the Seto Inland Sea change with advancements in the fishing industry
When I first came to Japan, I was stunned by the beauty of the Seto Inland Sea. Its thousands of peaked islands look as if they’d dropped straight from the sky and settled like gum drops on the water. Stretching 450 kilometers from Osaka to Kyushu, I also soon learned of the infinite varieties of seafood...
EDITORIALS
Sep 16, 2019
Ensuring the recovery of Pacific bluefin tuna stocks
Japan needs to tackle the preservation and recovery of the region’s tuna stock from a medium- to long-term perspective instead of seeking to expand the fishing quotas too quickly.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2019
Japan to propose larger quotas for Pacific bluefin tuna
Japan plans to propose an expansion of catch quotas for bluefin tuna in the Pacific Ocean at an international meeting in the United States in September, informed sources have said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2019
Duterte accepts Beijing’s proposal to jointly investigate allegation that Chinese vessel abandoned 22 Filipinos after sinking their boat
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted China’s proposal to jointly investigate allegations that a Chinese fishing vessel abandoned 22 Filipinos after it sank their boat in the South China Sea, his spokesman said on Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2019
Canada becomes first G20 country to ban trade in shark fins
Canada passed a new law banning the import and export of shark fins, which also includes a requirement to rebuild depleted fish populations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Feb 17, 2019
Okinawan fishermen reel in two live oarfish, eat portion of one
Two rare deep-sea oarfish caught in fixed nets off Toya port on the southwest side of Okinawa stunned the local fishing community last month for simply being alive.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2019
Abide by the claw: Ruling tightens Norway’s rights on Arctic snow crab and boosts its claim to oil
A court delivered a painful nip to European Union fishermen on Thursday by tightening Norway’s grip on snow crab catches in the Arctic, a ruling that may also let Oslo claw more control of oil and gas from other nations.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 2, 2019
Radioactive cesium above legal limit detected in fish caught off Fukushima
The Fukushima Prefecture fisheries cooperatives association says radioactive cesium exceeding the state limit has been detected in fish caught offshore for the first time in about four years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2019
Bluefin tuna catches off Japan sluggish as fishers curb operations due to stricter overfishing rules
Bluefin tuna catches in coastal waters off Japan have been sluggish so far in the current fishing season that runs from July 2018 to March this year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 11, 2019
Ocean temperatures rising faster than thought in ‘delayed response’ to global warming: scientists
The world’s oceans are rising in temperature faster than previously believed as they absorb most of the world’s growing climate-changing emissions, scientists said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Dec 16, 2018
Tech keeps it smart for 2019
A lot of new gadgets aren’t essential to life, but they can help make daily living a little more fun, easier and convenient.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / FOCUS
Dec 11, 2018
Climate change creates mutant fugu, a deadly Japanese delicacy
The road, hemmed in on one side by empty warehouses and the other by a concrete seawall, ends abruptly in a desolate parking lot. Men step out of their cars and into the darkness, then slip behind the sliding doors of a warehouse. Inside, they huddle under floodlights and wait. A clock on the wall ticks...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 30, 2018
Philippines tries to turn the tide on fish losses amid climate change and overfishing
Dried fish for breakfast, fried to a crisp with a splash of spiced vinegar, garlic fried rice and a runny egg yolk, is the kind of breakfast that Filipinos who live abroad crave.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2018
Japanese towns that thrive on once-abundant squid suffer as numbers decline at alarming rate
Takashi Odajima picked up a cracked and faded photograph and dusted it off with his sleeve. He smiled a little sadly at the image from long ago, back when he was a baby boy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2018
Rule violations, bad habits accompany wholesalers on move from Tsukiji to Toyosu
Sources say rule violations that were a problem at the now-closed Tsukiji wholesale market have been reported at its successor site in Toyosu.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2018
Poaching brings added problems to fishermen in disaster-hit Tohoku region
In coastal areas in the northeastern prefectures of Iwate and Miyagi, hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, local fishermen are struggling to find countermeasures against poaching.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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