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Japanese officials said they didn't know why 1,200 tons of fish had washed up on a beach, but urged people not to take any home with them, per the AP.

Researchers are working on several theories to explain the mass deaths of fish found on the Japanese coast. Thy include the possibility that predators, such as amberjack, relentlessly hunted the migrating species, or that the fish died from rapid sea temperature fluctuations.

Officials are battling rumours that the incidents are connected to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which began releasing treated wastewater three months ago.

Vast numbers of dead fish, mostly sardines and mackerel, have been washing up on the coast of Hakodate, a city on Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island.

A large number of Olive Ridley sea turtles have started arriving in Gahirmatha marine sanctuary, the world’s largest rookery in Kendrapada district, for the mating season.

Japan is battling uncorroborated rumors stemming from a British tabloid that water released from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant killed tons of fish that have blanketed a shoreline in Hokkaido.

This sardine assembly was carried onto Hakodate's shores on Hokkaido, covering an almost one-kilometer stretch of beach like a thin blanket.

Thousands of tons of sardines and some mackerel washed up on the sea shore of northern Japan for reasons that are yet to be known. Forming a silver bl

As a result of the bewildering event, the beach got covered in a silver blanket, stretching for about a kilometre in length. | World News

HAKODATE, Hokkaido--Hundreds of tons of dead sardines washed up on a beach in northern Japan, prompting speculation a school of fish was suddenly deprived of oxygen for some reason.