Lake Tazawa survey planned to revive habitat for rare trout species

Lake Tazawa survey planned to revive habitat for rare trout species

File photo taken in April 2014 shows a school of "kunimasu," a rare Japanese subspecies of sockeye salmon indigenous to Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, in a tank at an aquarium in Yamanashi Prefecture. The Semboku city office in Akita announced on Sept. 4, 2015, that it will survey the underwater conditions of Lake Tazawa from Oct. 5 in hopes of reviving the habitat for the fish. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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