The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

In 1675, fishermen from what is now called Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, taught a village in present-day Miyagi Prefecture a revolutionary technique to catch bonito. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/japan/japan-kesennuma-bonito-fishing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #miyagi#kesennuma #fish #fishing #wakayama
molily
@molily@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

"Why we should protect the high seas from all extraction, forever -- Exploitation of the high seas risks doing irreversible damage to biodiversity, #climate stability and #ocean equity. A consensus must be built now to save them." (Nature Comment, 04 June 2025)
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01665-0
#sea #deepsea #mining #fishing
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

China will allow the import of some seafood products from Japan to resume, a partial lifting of the blanket ban imposed following Tokyo’s release of wastewater from a wrecked nuclear power plant in 2023. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/30/china-seafood-imports-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #seafood #china #fukushimano1 #fish #fishing #trade #chinajapanrelations