Kelp harvesting season

Kelp is unloaded from a fishing boat in Nemuro in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 22, 2022. Over 200 Japanese fishing vessels started harvesting the seaweed in waters around Kaigara Island, a part of the Russian-held, Japan-claimed Habomai islet group, as this year's harvesting season started.

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