Whitebait Is Now "unlimited"... Japan's Danger of Blaming the Ocean for the Lack of Fish Caught

The explanation often given for the decline in catches of Pacific saury, Japanese flying squid, mackerel, and whitebait is that it is the effect of the Kuroshio Current meander. It is true that the Kuroshio Current meander is a real ocean phenomenon, and it cannot be said that it has no effect on fishing. However, this…