Mass death of sardines along the coast of Hokkaido, Japan

A group of dead sardines washed up on a beach in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan on the 7th. AP Yonhap News Recently, a mass of dead fish covered the beach along the coast of Hokkaido, Japan. According to reports from Japan's Asahi Shimbun and the U.S. Associated Press on the 11th, schools of dead sardines and mackerels flocked to the coast of Hakodate, southern Hokkaido, Japan, on the 7th and covered the beach for about 1 km. This is also the first time local residents have experienced this, and Hakodate City posted on its website that residents are asked not to bring anything because the cause is unclear. “We are considering future responses,” the announcement said. The Asahi Shimbun reported that the city began processing on the 9th, saying that the number of dead fish could exceed 1,000 tons. A group of dead sardines washed up on a beach in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan on the 7th. AP Yonhap News Takashi Fujioka, a researcher at the Hakodate Fisheries Research ...