The eels are “highly sensitive to light” and try to “hide when exposed to it,” often using stones or leaves as hiding places or burrowing “tail-first” into mud or sand. Thousands of ...

Fishing for shinko, which are baby ikanago sand eels, began in the Harima-nada Sea in Hyogo Prefecture on March 12. Shinko, about 6 centimeters in length, were landed, and eight baskets each ...