Poor saury catches continue while the fish keep shrinking in size as global warming hammers the traditional autumn delicacy in Japan, researchers say. The nationwide haul of saury, or “sanma ...

Fears are being raised that Pacific saury, a seasonal specialty in Japan in autumn, will continue to shrink in size due to climate change that is depriving the fish of their primary food resource.

The saury fishing season in Japan has got off to a good start with an industry body reporting catches in the first two months have topped 10,000 tons for the first time in six years.

Members of a fisheries conference in Tokyo agreed for the first time to limit saury catches in the North Pacific. The move comes as growing demand for the fish threatens its sustainability.

Saury are sometimes confused with garfish, which are more common in the seas off Orkney People in Orkney have been left baffled by the stranding of thousands of fish on beaches in Shapinsay and ...