＜Japanese Version＞

　今朝のＴＶニュースによると、北海道ではイワシ・ホッケ貝が、富山ではホタルいかが異常に発生して海岸に押し寄せていて、近隣の人が取っても取っても取り切れないほどで、市場価格も昨年と比べて大幅に値下がりしていると言われている。海流の異常温暖化がその原因だと推定されているが、余りよく分っていない。異常豊漁はこれまでにもあったが、複数の海産物が豊漁になることは余りない。大量発生するにはプランクトンなどの飼料が豊富に発生と、海水酸素の供給で限界があると思われるが、どうなんだろうか。この原因をしっかり調査して養殖の技術改良のヒントにして頂きたいものだ。

＜Japanese Version＞

　　According to this morning's TV news, sardines and Atka mackerel in Hokkaido and firefly squid in Toyama have been abnormally occurring and flooding the coast, and the local people can't even take them anymore, and the market price has dropped since last year. 　　It is said that the price has fallen significantly compared to the previous year. 　　It is thought that abnormal warming of ocean currents is the cause, but little is known about it. There have been abnormally large catches in the past, but it is rare to have large catches of multiple seafood species. 　　It seems that there is a limit to the abundance of feed such as plankton and the supply of seawater oxygen for large numbers to occur, but I wonder what will happen. 　　I would like to thoroughly investigate the cause of this problem and use it as a hint for improving aquaculture technology.