[Breaking News]Fishing season for firefly squid

TOYAMA, Japan, Mar. 1 Kyodo - Fishermen sort firefly squid on March 1, 2024, as the harvesting season for the species began off Namerikawa in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan.(Kyodo)

Fishing season for firefly squid

Fishing season for firefly squid

Fishermen sort firefly squid on March 1, 2024, as the harvesting season for the species began off Namerikawa in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan.

Fishing season for firefly squid

Fishing season for firefly squid

Firefly squid are pictured in a fishing net on March 1, 2024, off Namerikawa in Toyama Prefecture, as the harvesting season for the species began off the central Japan prefecture.

Fishing season for firefly squid

Fishing season for firefly squid

Firefly squid glow pale blue in fishing nets on March 1, 2024, as the harvesting season for the species began off Namerikawa in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan.

Firefly squid fishing in Toyama Bay

Firefly squid fishing in Toyama Bay

TOYAMA, Japan - Tourists watch from aboard a boat fishing for firefly squid, glowing whitish blue, off the coast of Namerikawa, Toyama Prefecture, in the early hours of April 3, 2014.

Firefly squid set Toyama bay aglow in blue as fishing season begins

Firefly squid set Toyama bay aglow in blue as fishing season begins

"Hotaru-ika," or firefly squid, glow blue as fishermen haul in a net in the bay off Namerikawa, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, before dawn on March 15, 2015. The fishing season for the glowing squid peaks in early April and is a popular tourist event in this part of the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Firefly squid set Toyama bay aglow in blue as fishing season begins

Firefly squid set Toyama bay aglow in blue as fishing season begins

Tourists watch as fishermen haul in "hotaru-ika," or firefly squid, in the bay off Namerikawa, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, before dawn on March 15, 2015. The fishing season for the squid, which glow blue, peaks in early April and is a popular tourist event in this part of the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Fishing season for firefly squid starts

Fishing season for firefly squid starts

The fishing season for firefly squid starts in the Sea of Japan off the city of Namerikawa in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on March 1, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Fishing season for firefly squid starts

Fishing season for firefly squid starts

The fishing season for firefly squid starts in the Sea of Japan off the city of Namerikawa in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on March 1, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Firefly squid fishing season

Firefly squid fishing season

Photo taken at the Namerikawa fishing port in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, in the early morning of March 1, 2019, shows the season's first catch of firefly squid. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Firefly squid fishing season

Firefly squid fishing season

Fishermen pull up a net in Toyama Bay off Namerikawa in central Japan in the early morning of March 1, 2019, at the start of the firefly squid fishing season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Fishing season for firefly squid starts

Fishing season for firefly squid starts

The fishing season for firefly squid starts in the Sea of Japan off the city of Namerikawa on March 1, 2017. The season will go through the end of June. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Fishing season for firefly squid starts

Fishing season for firefly squid starts

The fishing season for firefly squid starts in the Sea of Japan off the city of Namerikawa on March 1, 2017. The season will go through the end of June. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo