- Thousands of tons of dead sardines have washed ashore in northern Japan for unknown reasons, authorities said Friday.
- A handful of mackerel washed ashore in Hakodate on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido on Thursday morning, creating a silver blanket along a kilometer (0.6 mile) stretch of beach.
- The locals stated that they have got by no means seen whatever like this.
Thousands of tons of dead sardines have washed ashore in northern Japan for unknown reasons, authorities said Friday.
A handful of mackerel washed ashore in Hakodate on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido on Thursday morning, creating a silver blanket along a kilometer (0.6 mile) stretch of beach.
A silver blanket on the beach
Residents stated that they had never visible some thing like this. some gathered fish to promote or eat.
In a be aware published on its website, the metropolis entreated citizens not to devour the fish.
Takashi Fujioka, a researcher at the Hakodate Fisheries Research Institute, said he had heard of similar cases before, but this was the first time he had seen it.
He said the fish may have been chased by larger fish, exhausted from lack of oxygen while moving through a densely packed school, and swept away by the tide.
He said the fish may have suddenly entered colder water during migration.
Rotting fish can deplete oxygen levels in the water, affecting the marine environment, he said.
“we are not sure under what conditions those fish had been washed, so I don’t advocate eating them,” Fujioka stated.
