Transparent specimen of alien fish caught in Lake Biwa

Transparent specimen of alien fish caught in Lake Biwa

KYOTO, Japan - A Kyoto University researcher holds a chemically processed transparent specimen of a bluegill caught in Lake Biwa, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 17, 2014. His team started selling in September specimens of alien fish caught in the lake as accessories by coloring and hardening the fishbone with resin in a campaign to protect the lake's ecosystem.

(2)Gov't removes garbage, nonnative fish from imperial moat

(2)Gov't removes garbage, nonnative fish from imperial moat

TOKYO, Japan - Fray bluegill sunfish are seen in a container. The fish were captured Feb. 25 at the Ushigafuchi section of the Imperial Palace moat as the government began cleaning the section to remove garbage and nonnative species of fish.

Gov't to drain moat, remove garbage, non-indigenous fish

Gov't to drain moat, remove garbage, non-indigenous fish

TOKYO, Japan - The Ushigafuchi section of the moat surrounding the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, which the Environment Ministry said Feb. 19 it intends to drain and clean up. The Usigafuchi section will be a pilot project for a five-year scheme to eliminate foreign fish from the entire 13 sections of the palace moat to preserve indigenous species. The ministry said non-indigenous fish, notably bluegill sunfish and black bass, have come to dominate the moat.

Transparent specimen of alien fish caught in Lake Biwa

Transparent specimen of alien fish caught in Lake Biwa

KYOTO, Japan - A Kyoto University researcher holds a chemically processed transparent specimen of a bluegill caught in Lake Biwa, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 17, 2014. His team started selling in September specimens of alien fish caught in the lake as accessories by coloring and hardening the fishbone with resin in a campaign to protect the lake's ecosystem. (Kyodo)

(2)Gov't removes garbage, nonnative fish from imperial moat

(2)Gov't removes garbage, nonnative fish from imperial moat

TOKYO, Japan - Fray bluegill sunfish are seen in a container. The fish were captured Feb. 25 at the Ushigafuchi section of the Imperial Palace moat as the government began cleaning the section to remove garbage and nonnative species of fish. (Kyodo)

Gov't to drain moat, remove garbage, non-indigenous fish

Gov't to drain moat, remove garbage, non-indigenous fish

TOKYO, Japan - The Ushigafuchi section of the moat surrounding the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, which the Environment Ministry said Feb. 19 it intends to drain and clean up. The Usigafuchi section will be a pilot project for a five-year scheme to eliminate foreign fish from the entire 13 sections of the palace moat to preserve indigenous species. The ministry said non-indigenous fish, notably bluegill sunfish and black bass, have come to dominate the moat. (Kyodo)