FEATURE: Japanese salmon catches plummet in losing battle to climate change

There is trouble on the horizon in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, where poor fishing conditions triggered by global warming are endangering Japan's prized salmon -- widely considered one of the country's favorite seafood.A researcher has warned that climate change is forcing Hokkaido's chum salmon, which make up the bulk of Japan's salmon catch, into a losing battle with a relative for food, hindering their return in large numbers to spawn in the rivers where they were released.Masahide Kaeriyama, a salmon ecology expert and professor emeritus at Hokkaido University, sounded the a…READ FULL ARTICLE