Hundreds of Tons of Dead Fish Wash Up in Hokkaido; Experts Puzzled
December 9th, 2023In the image at the link, a man is standing knee-deep in them.
Via: Asahi Shimbun:
Hundreds of tons of dead sardines washed up on a beach in northern Japan, prompting speculation a school of fish was suddenly deprived of oxygen for some reason.
A silver blanket of dead fish covered a roughly 1.5-kilometer stretch of shoreline around Toi fishing port in southern Hakodate on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido.
Officials estimated that at least 1,000 tons of mostly sardines but some mackerel washed ashore Dec. 7 but made clear the figure could be higher.
