SAPPORO, Dec 09 (Canberra Times) - Thousands of tonnes of dead sardines have washed up on a beach in northern Japan for unknown reasons, officials say.
The sardines and some mackerel washed ashore in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday morning, creating a silver blanket along a stretch of beach about a kilometre long.
Local residents said they have never seen anything like it.
Some gathered the fish to sell or eat.
The town, in a notice posted on its website, urged residents not to consume the fish. ...continue reading
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