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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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Sauries from Fukushima served to Hiroshima landslide victims

HIROSHIMA, Japan - About 600 sauries donated by a grocery store in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are grilled with salt and served to victims of last month's deadly landslides in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima during a local autumnal festival on Sept. 20, 2014.

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6,000 grilled 'sanma' fish handed out for free

TOKYO, Japan - Pacific sauries, a popular autumn fish in Japan, are grilled at the Meguro ''sanma'' festival in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2010. Around 6,000 chargrilled ''sanma'' were served for free despite a sharp rise in the price of the fish due to expected poor catches this year attributed to abnormal weather conditions.

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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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Minke whales captured to study fish hunting patterns

KUSHIRO, Japan - A Japanese team involved in whaling research off southeastern Hokkaido announced Nov. 8 that it captured 50 minke whales in September and October and that an analysis of their stomach contents showed 15 adolescent whales about 4 to 6 meters long had hunted Alaskan pollack. According to officials of the government-backed whaling team, anchovies were found in the stomachs of 19 of the captured minke whales, sauries in eight, and krill in six. Officials said the whales were captured to study the impact of minke whales on the local fishing industry. The photo shows members of the research team cutting up a captured whale. The carcasses are sold for food in Japan.

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Minke whales captured to study fish hunting patterns

KUSHIRO, Japan - A Japanese team involved in whaling research off southeastern Hokkaido announced Nov. 8 that it captured 50 minke whales in September and October and that an analysis of their stomach contents showed 15 adolescent whales about 4 to 6 meters long had hunted Alaskan pollack. According to officials of the government-backed whaling team, anchovies were found in the stomachs of 19 of the captured minke whales, sauries in eight, and krill in six. Officials said the whales were captured to study the impact of minke whales on the local fishing industry. The photo shows members of the research team cutting up a captured whale. The carcasses are sold for food in Japan. (Kyodo)

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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)

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Saury fishing season begins in Hokkaido

Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2020, shows sauries unloaded at a port in Akkeshi on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido, marking the season's first harvesting of the fish.

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6,000 grilled 'sanma' fish handed out for free

TOKYO, Japan - Pacific sauries, a popular autumn fish in Japan, are grilled at the Meguro ''sanma'' festival in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2010. Around 6,000 chargrilled ''sanma'' were served for free despite a sharp rise in the price of the fish due to expected poor catches this year attributed to abnormal weather conditions. (Kyodo)

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Sauries from Fukushima served to Hiroshima landslide victims

HIROSHIMA, Japan - About 600 sauries donated by a grocery store in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are grilled with salt and served to victims of last month's deadly landslides in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima during a local autumnal festival on Sept. 20, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Saury fishing season begins in Hokkaido

Fishermen unload boxes containing sauries from their vessel in Akkeshi on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Aug. 23, 2020, marking the season's first harvesting of the fish.

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Season's first sauries in Fukushima Pref.

The season's first sauries were landed at a port in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 4, 2020.

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Season's first sauries in Fukushima Pref.

The season's first sauries were landed at a port in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 4, 2020.

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Catch of saury in Hokkaido

Photo taken May 2019 shows sauries landed at Hanasaki Port in Nemuro, Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsunami-damaged high school building opened to public

Photo taken Dec. 3, 2016, shows sauries left on a stairway in a high school building in the northeastern Japan city of Kesennuma since it was damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The building was opened to the public the same day to show the scale of the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsunami-damaged high school building opened to public

Photo taken Dec. 3, 2016, shows sauries left on a stairway in a high school building in the northeastern Japan city of Kesennuma since it was damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The building was opened to the public the same day to show the scale of the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo