Shirouo, also referred to as ice goby, is a small, translucent fish that lives in the freshwater rivers of ... It is said ...

Dating back to the early to mid-1800s, Gyotaku, which translates to "fish rubbing," was developed by Japanese fishermen as a way to record their catches. The instincts of fishermen has always been ...

just like their natural freshwater and natural saltwater counterparts. Throughout most of this century, the Japanese dominated the cultured-pearl industry. The Chinese were the first to culture a ...

A 300kg (661lb) stingray caught in the Mekong river in Cambodia is the biggest freshwater fish ever documented, scientists say. It unseated the previous record-holder, a 646lb (293kg) Mekong giant ...

saying it could devastate the population of “ito” (Japanese huchen), an endangered species of salmonid freshwater fish. The Environment Ministry has also cited the need for major revisions to ...