Bluefin tuna near the estuary or the residents are surprised Aomori Hachinohe September 5 13:46
Near the mouth of the river that flows into the port of Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture, a fish with a length of about 1 meter, which seems to be a bluefin tuna, is found swimming, which surprises the residents.
The fish that appears to be bluefin tuna is found near the mouth of the Niida River in Hachinohe City.
A bluefin tuna fish was found to be swimming in the vicinity of the Niida Chuo Ohashi Bridge, about 3 km from the river mouth, on the morning of the 4th. NHK's camera caught swimming near the riverbank.
The fish is about 1 meter long and has tuna features such as multiple small yellow fins from the body to the tail.
According to the residents of the neighborhood, seawater flows near the river estuary at high tide, but fish has been in the freshwater river for a long time, so it is gradually weakening or swimming slowly around a narrow area near the riverbank It was out.
A woman who lived in the neighborhood said, “I have lived here for more than 10 years, but this is the first time that tuna has strayed.