NEMURO, Hokkaido -- Hauls of saury have begun to arrive at Hanasaki Port in Nemuro, Hokkaido, which has boasted Japan's largest saury landings for 12 consecutive years.
This year, though, saury fishing has been severely limited due to tensions with Russia over the country's invasion of Ukraine. Japanese vessels are unable to fish around Japan's northern territories or the Kuril Islands, which are usually the main fishing grounds.
