Japanese fishermen rethink tuna catch
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Japan is often at the receiving end of criticism over its fishing policies and condemnation has been especially strong about its pursuit of tuna. Now a group of tuna fishermen in the country's north have done the unthinkable and joined calls for Japan to reduce its take of this massive fish. The fishermen of Oma use handheld lines and open boats to catch tuna in the strait between the main island of Honshu and the northern island of Hokkaido. But in recent years their catch has dropped dramatically and they blame massive trawler operators from Japan, Russia, China and Korea, who they say scoop up everything in the sea.
Presenter: Mark Willacy, North Asia correspondent
Speaker: Hirofumi Hamahata, Japanese fisherman; Mitsuharu Kanazawa, Oma mayor
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