Mysterious Mass Mortality of Fish in Japan Raises Concerns about Marine Ecosystem

Mysterious Mass Mortality of Fish in Japan Raises Concerns about Marine Ecosystem: In Japan, an unprecedented phenomonon has puzzled officials and locals alike as tons of dead fish continue to wash ashore, raising concerns about the marine environment. Around the fishing port of Hakodate in Hokkaido, a haunting scene unfolded as approximately 1,200 tons of sardines and mackerel blanketed the sea's surface for nearly a mile. This unsettling occurrence isn't isolated to a single location. In Nakiri, a town hundreds of miles away on the Pacific coast, 30 to 40 tons of Japanese-scaled sardines appeared, leaving residents and fishermen baffled.