As Japanese households look forward to eating autumnal dishes, worries are emerging that the Pacific saury may become prohibitively expensive as stocks decline due to climate change and overfishing by neighboring countries like China and Taiwan.The fish, caught from July to December and sold widely around Japan from around 100 yen ($0.94) each, is a fall staple, as conveyed by its name "samma" -- a combination of kanji Chinese characters for fall, sword and fish.The stick-held dip net saury fishing season got under way early Wednesday, with 10 small vessels setting out toward Russian waters READ FULL ARTICLE
