新潟市の水族館で６月１８日、飼育員の誤りで飼育されていた魚約 7,000匹が大量死した。の英語

On June 18 at the Niigata city aquarium, 7000 fish died because of a mistake by an employee.

Young torafugu of about five centimeters in length were put in tanks with the hot spring water in June of last year.

Although the aquarium is small, it contains about 200 kinds of creatures including fish from the Seto Inland Sea, penguins and sea lions.

The aquarium contains 25,000 fish and amphibians representing about 220 different species.

Tokai University's School of Marine Science and Technology in Shizuoka City introduced the public to a farm-raised bluefin tuna on July 7.

In the early morning of Jan. 11, a fisherman found the yellow biwako-onamazu in his fishing net.

The head of another conservation group said, "Activities that are contrary to the turtles' natural mode of life do more harm than good."

A joint association of marine product wholesalers' unions has recently declared Oct. 10 to be "Fish Day."

Sakai Fish Farm Company, a large koi farm in Hiroshima Prefecture, sells from 150,000 to 200,000 koi a year, and about 80 percent of them go to foreign countries.

On July 15, fishermen held a one-day nationwide strike and 200,000 fishing boats stayed in port.

The tanks for the belugas in the Nagoya aquarium are controlled to recreate the home conditions for belugas.

The Agency points out one of the reasons for the decline in seafood consumption is the fact that less fish is cooked at home.

In April, a crocodile, 1.2 meters in length, was found in a canal in Kobe and was taken to the police station.

Uchida Itaru, director of the aquarium, went to Greenland to see the belugas' natural habitat.

Today some kinds of fish are disappearing quickly in all parts of the world because they are caught without much planning.

On March 31, Toba Aquarium in Mie Prefecture held its initiation ceremony for some of its new employees inside a large fish tank.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, customers buy almost 70 percent of the fish they eat at supermarkets.

any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced

The association received a thank you card from a parent which said: "My child disliked fish, but now he eats it willingly."

Some fish sell for as little as 100 yen or as much as 3,000 yen a piece.

The fresh squid which are caught and landed by fishing boats of the cooperative are dried, vacuum-packed and put in plastic bags.

Fresh-water fish include some designated as protected species. You're not allowed to catch or buy them.

Small live sharks are frequently handled at the fish market in Tsukiji, Tokyo, though they are not good for eating.

On Feb. 3, this year's first catch of pollack was brought in to the port of Kushiro in Hokkaido.

Limiting the catch of herring and releasing young herring into the sea have brought back the population.

In Miyagi Prefecture, fishing ports and fish processing facilities were severely damaged by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

He said, "I'd like to be a full-fledged worker as soon as possible and work hard to introduce our visitors to our sea creatures."

Fish From Hachijo Island Served in Tokyo School Lunches

full of a school of small fish that have gathered in one place because of pursuit by large fish, the surface of the ocean

What a surprise! The onsen lodge had turned into a fish breeding farm.