date:Jan 07, 2014
, following especially hot summers. The phenomenon is increasingly frequent and appears related to global warming.
Chum salmon catches, which account for 75 percent of Japan's domestic salmon catch, were hurt by tsunami destruction of hatchery facilities. Ground water used by wells at some hatcheries was salinated when land subsided, but concrete rearing pools survived and electricity and plumbing have been restored, so that most now function normally.
Russia finally succeeded in pressuring it