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Saury landing at northeastern Japan port

Onahama port in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, sees its first saury landing of the season on Oct. 27, 2025.

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Saury landing at northeastern Japan port

Onahama port in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, sees its first saury landing of the season on Oct. 27, 2025.

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Season's 1st saury catch in Chiba

Photo taken on Sept. 4, 2025, shows the season's first haul of saury landed at a port in Choshi in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Season's 1st saury catch in Chiba

Photo taken on Sept. 4, 2025, shows the season's first haul of saury landed at a port in Choshi in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Season's 1st saury catch in Chiba

Photo taken on Sept. 4, 2025, shows the season's first haul of saury landed at a port in Choshi in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Season's 1st saury catch in Chiba

Photo taken on Sept. 4, 2025, shows the season's first haul of saury landed at a port in Choshi in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Saury fishing season begins in Hokkaido

The first saury catch of the season is landed at a port in Nemuro on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Aug. 15, 2025.

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Saury fishing season begins in Hokkaido

The first saury catch of the season is landed at a port in Nemuro on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Aug. 15, 2025.

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Saury fishing season begins in Hokkaido

Saury are landed for the first time of season at a port in Nemuro on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Aug. 16, 2024.

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Saury fishing season begins in Hokkaido

Saury are landed for the first time of season at a port in Nemuro on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Aug. 16, 2024.

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Saury landing at eastern Japan port

Saury are landed at a port in Choshi in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Nov. 17, 2023, for the first time in about two years amid recent poor catch.

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Saury landing at Fukushima port

Onahama port in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, sees its first saury landing of the season on Oct. 21, 2023.

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Saury landing at Fukushima port

Onahama port in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, sees its first saury landing of the season on Oct. 21, 2023.

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Saury fishing season begins in Hokkaido

The season's first auction for sauries is held at a market in Akkeshi on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Aug. 19, 2023, as the fishing season for sauries begins.

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Saury fishing season begins in Hokkaido

Sauries are unloaded at a port in Akkeshi on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Aug. 18, 2023, marking the first catch of the season.

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Saury fishing season begins in Hokkaido

Photo taken on Aug. 18, 2023, shows sauries unloaded at a port in Akkeshi on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido, marking the first catch of the season.

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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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Catch of saury in Hokkaido

NEMURO, Japan, May 3 Kyodo - Photo taken in May 2019 shows a saury fishing ship that returned to Hanasaki Port in Nemuro, Hokkaido.

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Tsunami-hit food firm recovering from 2011 quake

TOKYO, Japan -Atsushi Abe, senior managing director of a fish processing company in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, holds popular product "Rias Poem" -- saury in rolled kelp -- in front of a wooden board bearing the same name on Nov. 11, 2014. The board was miraculously found after the 2011 disaster.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ONAGAWA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy tastes minced saury soup at a rest station in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, during the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ONAGAWA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) smiles as she receives minced saury soup from a local woman at a rest station in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, during the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Saury unloaded at Ofunato fish market

OFUNATO, Japan - A catch of saury is unloaded at a fishing port in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2014. The fish market facility, completed in April this year, was hit by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 while it was under construction.

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Saury prices spike amid poor catch off Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Pacific saury is sold for 400 yen per fish at Washo market in Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture, on July 10, 2014. Prices for the fish, known as "samma" in Japan, have soared as fishermen suffered an extremely poor drift net fishing catch for the month of July in the Pacific waters off eastern Hokkaido.

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Saury price rockets sky-high

KUSHIRO, Japan - Freshly caught saury, priced at 900 yen apiece or almost twice as expensive as last year, hits the shelves for the first time this year at the Washo market in Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on July 10, 2014.

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Saury price rockets sky-high

KUSHIRO, Japan - Freshly caught saury, priced at 900 yen apiece or almost twice as expensive as last year, hits the shelves for the first time this year at the Washo market in Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on July 10, 2014.

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Saury-fishing 'hina' dolls displayed in Onagawa

TOKYO, Japan -ONAGAWA, Japan - Saury-fishing "hina" dolls are displayed in the Onagawa town office building in Miyagi Prefecture on April 9, 2014.

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"Golden saury"

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 3, 2012, shows a "golden saury" on display at Seibu department store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district. The fish is one of two golden saury that were landed in Ofutato, Iwate Prefecture. Uoko Co. purchased the fish for 10,000 yen each at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market and put them on display in different places in Tokyo.

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Iwate's Ofunato 1st saury shipments since disaster

OFUNATO, Japan - Workers pack saury into boxes in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2011. Fishermen in the city on the same day sent off their first direct shipments of saury this season, seeing it as a symbol of recovery from the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March.

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Saury noodles in quake-hit Iwate

OFUNATO, Japan - Worker at a rest house holds ''samma ramen,'' or saury noodles, in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on July 22, 2011. Local restaurants jointly devised samma ramen as a specialty, hoping to use the dish to promote the fishing city hit by the March earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan embassy serves saury from disaster area to Russians

MOSCOW, Russia - The Japanese Embassy in Moscow serves saury to Russians on May 12, 2011. The fish was imported from Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, a northeastern Japanese fishing city swamped by the March 11 quake and tsunami. Russian journalists and cultural figures attended the embassy event to support disaster-stricken areas by promoting their seafood exports.

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Poor catch of saury

KUSHIRO, Japan - Saury are auctioned at a port in Kushiro, Hokkaido, on Aug. 24, 2010. Poor saury catches have been logged at fishing grounds in the Pacific east of Hokkaido.

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Poor catch of saury

KUSHIRO, Japan - Saury are landed at Kushiro port in Hokkaido on Aug. 24, 2010. Poor saury catches have been logged at fishing grounds in the Pacific east of Hokkaido.

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Poor catch of Pacific saury anticipated

TOKYO, Japan - Saury are seen on sale at a Tokyo department store on Aug. 3, 2010. Consumers are likely to face higher prices for Pacific saury, a popular autumn fish in Japan, as an extremely poor catch is anticipated this year, according to data released by the Fisheries Agency the same day.

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Poor catch of Pacific saury anticipated

TOKYO, Japan - Saury are seen on sale at a Tokyo department store on Aug. 3, 2010. Consumers are likely to face higher prices for Pacific saury, a popular autumn fish in Japan, as an extremely poor catch is anticipated this year, according to data released by the Fisheries Agency the same day.

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Saury fishermen halt work in appeal for government fuel cost aid

KUSHIRO, Japan - Sauries are landed from a fishing boat at Kushiro port in eastern Hokkaido on Aug. 18 before members of two major saury fishermen's groups from across Japan suspended work in a one-day appeal for government help to ameliorate their financial plight stemming from soaring fuel costs.

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Crew still missing after fishing ship capsizes off Miyagi Pref.

SENDAI, Japan - The saury fishing boat Chiyo Maru No. 7 is seen capsized off Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 7. All 16 crew members remain missing after the ship got stranded there on Oct. 6.

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Japanese saury fishing boats leave for disputed waters

NEMURO, Japan - Japanese saury fishing boats leaves Hanasaki port in Nemuro, Hokkaido on Aug. 4 for waters around Russian-held islands claimed by Japan after complications regarding Russian fishing inspectors were resolved on Aug. 3. The boats were due to begin fishing on Aug. 1, but the operation was delayed until Russian authorities gave the green light on Aug. 3.

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Japan protests fishing off isles to S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shigeo Uetake (L) leads South Korean Ambassador to Japan Choi Sang Yong to a room at the Foreign Ministry on Aug. 2. Uetake officially protested to South Korea about South Korean fishers of saury beginning operations Aug. 1 in waters around Russian-held islands off Hokkaido which are claimed by Japan. Fishing began under a Russian-South Korean accord.

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Japan protests S. Korea fishing off isles to Russia

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shigeo Uetake (R) meets Vassili Dobrovolsky, Russian charge d'affaires to Japan, at the Foreign Ministry on Aug. 2. Uetake officially protested to Russia about South Korean fishers of saury beginning operations Aug. 1 in waters around Russian-held islands off Hokkaido which are claimed by Japan. Fishing began under a Russia-South Korea accord.

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Catch of saury in Hokkaido's Nemuro

Saury are landed at Hanasaki port in Nemuro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 5, 2022.

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Catch of saury in Hokkaido's Nemuro

Saury are landed at Hanasaki port in Nemuro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 5, 2022.

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Saury fishing season starts

A ship leaves Hanasaki port in Nemuro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, for saury fishing in the early hours of Aug. 20, 2022, as the season for catching the variety with vessels of 100 tons or more using stick-held dip nets began the same day.

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Saury fishing season starts

A ship leaves Hanasaki port in Nemuro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, for saury fishing in the early hours of Aug. 20, 2022, as the season for catching the variety with vessels of 100 tons or more using stick-held dip nets began the same day.

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CORRECTED: Season's 1st saury in Iwaki, Japan

The port of Onahama in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki, northeastern Japan, lands the season's first haul of saury on Dec. 9, 2021, about two months later than usual.

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Season's 1st saury in Iwaki, Japan

The port of Onahama in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki, northeastern Japan, lands the season's first haul of saury on Dec. 9, 2021, about two months later than usual.

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Season's 1st saury in Iwaki, Japan

The port of Onahama in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki, northeastern Japan, lands the season's first haul of saury on Dec. 9, 2021, about two months later than usual.

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Season's 1st saury in Iwaki, Japan

The port of Onahama in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki, northeastern Japan, lands the season's first haul of saury on Dec. 9, 2021, about two months later than usual.

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Great catch of saury in Hokkaido's Nemuro

Saury are landed at Hanasaki port in Nemuro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Sept. 25, 2021. Some 729 tons of saury are landed at the port that day, its largest daily catch this season.

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Great catch of saury in Hokkaido's Nemuro

Saury are landed at Hanasaki port in Nemuro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Sept. 25, 2021. Some 729 tons of saury are landed at the port that day, its largest daily catch this season.

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Saury fishermen halt work in appeal for government fuel cost aid

KUSHIRO, Japan - Sauries are landed from a fishing boat at Kushiro port in eastern Hokkaido on Aug. 18 before members of two major saury fishermen's groups from across Japan suspended work in a one-day appeal for government help to ameliorate their financial plight stemming from soaring fuel costs. (Kyodo)