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Squid season starts in northern Japan

Video taken on June 5, 2024, shows Japanese flying squid being auctioned on the first day of the year's squid season at a wholesale fish market in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. The total first-day catch of flying squid only came to 200 kilograms, far below 1 ton in the previous year.(Kyodo)

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Squid season starts in northern Japan

Photo taken on June 5, 2024, shows Japanese flying squid being auctioned on the first day of the year's squid season at a wholesale fish market in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. The total first-day catch of flying squid only came to 200 kilograms, far below 1 ton in the previous year.

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Squid season starts in northern Japan

The year's first auction of Japanese flying squid is held at a wholesale fish market in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, on June 5, 2024. The total first-day catch of flying squid only came to 200 kilograms, far below 1 ton in the previous year.

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Squid season starts in northern Japan

This season's first auction for Japanese flying squid is held at a wholesale fish market in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 3, 2023, fetching 3,800 yen ($27) per kilogram, up from last year's 2,100 yen.

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Squid season starts in northern Japan

Japanese flying squid are landed from fishing vessels for the first time this season in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 3, 2023.

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Japan's fish catch hits record low in 2022

STORY: Japan's fish catch hits record low in 2022 DATELINE: May 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of fishing harbour in Japan STORYLINE: Japan's fish catch in 2022 dropped 7.5 percent from the previous year to a record low of 3.85 million tons under the impact of rising sea temperatures, local media reported. The total, which includes farm-grown fish, was the lowest figure since comparable data became available in 1956 and marked a second consecutive year of decline, Kyodo News reported on Tuesday citing data by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. By category, catches of saury fell 5.6 percent from a year earlier to 18,400 tons, while Japanese flying squid slipped 8.3 percent to 29,700 tons and octopus dipped 18.7 percent to 22,200 tons, said the report. Meanwhile, salmon jumped 55.0 percent to 87,900 tons and anchovy increased 13.3 percent to 135,100 tons, it added. Apart from global warming, overfishing has also been a factor

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Squid season starts in northern Japan

Japanese flying squid are landed from fishing vessels for the first time this season in Hakodate on Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido on June 2, 2021. The squid fishing season began on June 1.

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Squid season starts in northern Japan

Japanese flying squid are landed from fishing vessels for the first time this season in Hakodate on Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido on June 2, 2021. The squid fishing season began on June 1.

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Squid season starts in northern Japan

This season's first auction for Japanese flying squid is held at a fish wholesale market in Hakodate on Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido on June 2, 2021, fetching 1,650 ($15) per kilogram, down from last year's 2,200 yen.

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Fishing season for squid starts in northern Japan

The season's first auction for Japanese flying squid begins at a fish market in Hakodate on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on June 2, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fishing season for squid starts in northern Japan

Japanese flying squid are unloaded from a fishing vessel in Hakodate on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on June 2, 2020. The fishing season for the squid began the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo