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France's northern seaside city of Dunkirk is revelling in its increasingly popular annual carnival where tens of thousands dress up in eccentric outfits, dance in the streets and catch herrings outside the town hall.

Salmon production in Türkiye exceeded 190,000 tons in 2022, as the country ranked second in the world after Iran, the statistics by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed.

While Iran produced nearly 194,000 tons of salmon, over 1 million tons were produced in 77 countries, the FAO's report stated.

The top-selling tuna at Tokyo's traditional New Year auction sold for more than $270,000 yesterday, nearly double last year's price, breaking a pandemic trend of slumping demand.

Michelin-starred sushi restaurant Onodera Group and Japanese wholesaler Yamayuki forked out 36.04 million yen ($273,000) for the

212-kilo bluefin tuna in the auction at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market.

Following the end of a five-month ban, the fishing season has kicked off in Türkiye, with experts foreseeing plenty of bonito in the Black Sea.

Fishermen have caught a swordfish in Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait after approximately half a century since it was last seen in Turkish waters.

"It is good news to learn that an endangered species is seen in Istanbul Strait," Nuray Erkan, a professor from Istanbul University's Hydrology Faculty, told the daily Milliyet on Oct. 15.

A restaurant in the Black Sea province of Tokat is serving an unusual and novel type of döner kebab made entirely of salmon fish.

Döner kebabs are usually made of meat or chicken and cooked on a vertical rotisserie.

Unique theft has occurred in the village of Buzovec, Montana, police said.

A thief first drained the dam in the village owned by Valchedram Municipality and then stole 669 kg of fish. The signal was filed on April 17 by a NAFA-Montana employee.

Health authorities seized a total 104 kilograms of fish Thursday after checks at a restaurant in Piraeus and a street vendor.

According to reports, the fish, including anchovies, sardines, cod and seabream, did not meet proper health standards and certifications.
 

450 kg of tuna, the largest in fishing history in Japan, was auctioned at the Katsoura harbor in Honshu Island, TASS reported.
 
The length of the fish is 2.74 m. It is the heaviest trapped in Japan since 1949 when the systematic report on fish of this type began.
 

Anchovies in Turkey’s Black Sea photographed for ‘first time’ under sea