Scientist says he found Japan fish thought extinct

Quick, eat them for sushi. People are probably going there now to over fish them.

Freshwater fish are generally not eaten uncooked.

Really, WordStar, I then recommend you to go on a trip to the mountains of Tohoku and you would be surprised at how good trout sashimi can taste.

said Wednesday there are enough of the fish to ensure it survives in Lake Saiko in central Japan. He was shown in television interviews holding one.

There are enough to survive, yet he was holding one. Was it alive?

Amazing they had the frame of mind to transport 100,000 eggs to another lake prior to the acid levels in the other lake killing the fish off there. Amazing because it was 1940.

If I wrote, he got sick and we have to get him to a hospital quickly, and you responded what is it? Would it be appropriate to say, it is a big white building with lots of doctors and nurses, but that is not important now? Geez...

Strange thing about this story is,

Yes - they had the foresight to move 100,000 eggs to a southern lake, but rather unscientifically, it seems they didn't monitor the situation at all - re extinct or not.

The local fishermen have been catching them for years and simply called them "black salmon".

No one bothered to ask them???

I hope the scientist did not discover the ' extinct " fish on his/her dinner plate

They'll all be harvested for 'scientific research' and sold at extremely high prices for sushi.

Foxie at 06:27 PM JST - 15th December Really, WordStar, I then recommend you to go on a trip to the mountains >of Tohoku and you would be surprised at how good trout sashimi can taste.

I belive Wordstar said "generally" and he's right that freshwater fish are not commonly eaten in raw form. You can find raw ocean fish in supermarkets anywhere but you'd have to go to specific remote locations or specialized rstaurants to find what you are talking about. The "masuzushi" of Toyama prefecture (I think) is salt and vinegar marinated, not raw.

browny1 at 08:18 PM JST - 15th December Strange thing about this story is, Yes - they had the foresight to move 100,000 eggs to a southern lake, >but rather unscientifically, it seems they didn't monitor the situation >at all - re extinct or not.

I tend to think that monitoring an unofficial transplant of a fish species may not have ben the top priority in Japan after 1940...

From time to time there are discoveries of aquatic lifeforms thought long extinct. There are also many species not discovered yet. The oceans and lakes of our planet are still big unexplored portions.

Great news. One hundred thousand eggs would be low given mortality and predation rates.

Before the fish went extinct, 100,000 eggs were reportedly transported to Lake Saiko. But the fish was still thought to have disappeared.

Wait, what? So they just... dumped the eggs in the lake and then walked away and forgot they put them there or something? That makes no sense. Then again, as others have said, I guess it was the 40s. There was quite a bit happening at that time, wasn't there... I'm glad the fish isn't extinct?

smithinjapan at 10:20 PM JST - 15th December hey'll all be harvested for 'scientific research' and sold at extremely >high prices for sushi.

The people of Ulsan have practiced whaling for centuries, and the drawings discovered there provide us with evidence of this. The Bangudae Petroglyphs, which is a historic site from the late New Stone Age or early Bronze Age, were discovered in Daegok-ri, Ulsan, and depict whales and whaling scenes.

Yeah, there are a lot of thing happen in '40s.

just wondering, what's the average number of eggs in a fish's roe ( ovary ) ?