{"id":280944,"date":"2023-09-28T16:51:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T14:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=280944"},"modified":"2023-09-28T16:51:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T14:51:31","slug":"japanese-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=280944","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"429\" data-attachment-id=\"280951\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=280951\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Fig1_Brown-Bear-in-Rusha_Yuri-Shirane.jpg?fit=1600%2C948&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,948\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Fig1_Brown-Bear-in-Rusha_Yuri-Shirane.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/cliscep.com\/\">Climate Scepticism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BY\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cliscep.com\/author\/mihodgson\/\">MARK HODGSON<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"561\" data-attachment-id=\"280949\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=280949\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-836.png?fit=1134%2C880&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1134,880\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-836\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-836.png?fit=723%2C561&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-836.png?resize=723%2C561&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-836.png?resize=1024%2C795&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-836.png?resize=300%2C233&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-836.png?resize=768%2C596&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-836.png?w=1134&amp;ssl=1 1134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#e81515\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Fishing for an answer<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I posted a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cliscep.com\/open-mic-15\/#comment-146775\">comment<\/a>&nbsp;on Open Mic yesterday, based on an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/sep\/26\/brown-bear-cubs-in-japan-die-of-starvation-amid-salmon-shortage\">article<\/a>&nbsp;in the Guardian with the heading&nbsp;<em>\u201cBrown bear cubs in Japan die of starvation amid salmon shortage\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;and sub-heading \u201c<em>Experts blame rising sea temperatures caused by climate crisis for cub deaths at Unesco heritage site<\/em>\u201d. The Guardian is not alone in reporting on the story in this way. Sky News has a very similar&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/amp\/brown-bear-cubs-starving-to-death-in-japan-due-to-salmon-shortage-12970423\">article<\/a>&nbsp;with a very similar title: \u201c<em>Brown bear cubs starving to death in Japan due to salmon shortage<\/em>\u201d and a very similar sub-title: \u201c<em>As many as eight in ten brown bears cubs born this year in Japan\u2019s Shiretoko area have died, with experts blaming rising sea temperatures for dwindling salmon numbers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspiciously similar titles, sub-titles (and narratives) might suggest that once more news pieces are being generated by press releases, and regurgitated by journalists who are all too happy to play this game, especially if they support the \u201cclimate crisis\u201d narrative. Nevertheless, to the credulous, it might look like \u201ccase closed\u201d, with climate change obviously being the culprit. For instance, the Guardian tells us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Pink salmon that hatch in rivers in Hokkaido spend the winter in the sea, before returning to streams in Shiretoko between August and October to lay eggs. Brown bears typically lie in wait for the salmon as they make their way upstream, but have been forced to swim in the sea because of the shortage of river fish\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2026Experts said sea surface temperatures off Hokkaido remained above 20C from mid-July to early August 2021, 5C higher than average for that time of the year\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2026Fishers caught 482,775 pink salmon in rivers in Hokkaido, Japan\u2019s northernmost main island, between 25 July and 5 September in 2020, but only 23,298 last year, according to the Hokkaido Salmon Propagation Association. Given statistical evidence showing that good catches occur every other year, the 2022 haul was surprisingly small.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bang to rights then \u2013 a devastatingly small salmon harvest in 2022 compared to previous years. Except that it\u2019s possible the reason so few salmon made it into Hokkaido\u2019s rivers in 2022 is because so many were caught at sea before they could get there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Tradex Foods\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradexfoods.com\/3mmi\/2022\/11-21-largest-hokkaido-salmon-harvest-since-2016-but-japan-still-needs-more-salmon\">website<\/a>\u00a0reporting on 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0November 2022 on the 2022 salmon harvest:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Japan is set to see the largest harvest of Hokkaido Chum Salmon since 2016 \u2013 however the country is still in need of more Salmon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Preliminary catch totals as of November show 166 million pounds harvested \u2013 already surpassing 2016\u2019s total.<br><br>This year\u2019s harvest equates to about 57 million pounds more Chum Salmon than the past 5-year average.<br><br>And although Hokkaido Chum Salmon is mostly consumed domestically, our sources have advised Japan is still trying to source more Salmon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Japan typically buys a lot of their Salmon requirements from Russia, however due to war imposed sanctions and Russia\u2019s container shortages \u2013 imports of Russian Salmon into Japan have been strained this year.<br><br>Imports of Russian Sockeye into Japan for 2020 and 2021 were upwards of 40 million pounds annually, however preliminary data shows Russian Sockeye imports into Japan this year are hovering around only 15 million pounds.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan\u2019s sanctions against Russia mean that Japan\u2019s previously substantial salmon purchases from Russia had declined by over 60%, and so Japan is fishing more salmon (at sea) than for many a long year. Politicians and \u201cgreen\u201d campaigners are quick to blame the Russian invasion of Ukraine for many domestic woes, including high energy prices, but I\u2019ve never heard anyone blame it for the problems encountered by Russia\u2019s starving bears. And yet it just might be part of the explanation. Who knows?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other articles are available.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tellerreport.com\/life\/2021-10-12-hokkaido-autumn-salmon-and-sea-urchins-are-dying-in-large-numbers.SJDoWrg7rY.html\">Teller Report<\/a>&nbsp;informs us that not only Hokkaido autumn salmon but also sea urchins were dying in large numbers in&nbsp;<strong>2021<\/strong>. This was blamed on the \u201clargest ever\u201d \u201cred tide\u201d in Hokkaido. This is a large plankton swarm that is not normally found in the area. Some speculation is to the effect that this is due to warming ocean temperatures as Karenia Mikimotoi plankton moved north (so climate change again), but that claim sits more than a little uneasily with another suggestion that the red tide also consists of Karenia Brevis plankton, which has moved&nbsp;<strong>south<\/strong>&nbsp;from colder seas to the north (in which case, presumably, not climate change).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whatever the cause of declining river salmon in Hokkaido<em>,\u00a0<\/em>the explanations seem to be complex and multi-faceted, and the simple blaming of climate change is perhaps just too convenient. By the way, the bears are hungry, not just because of a shortage of salmon, but also because a shortage of acorns, another of their staple foods. Acorn shortages seem to be a regular problem, unfortunately, but not because of warm weather \u2013 quite the contrary. An online\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/factsanddetails.com\/japan\/cat26\/sub164\/item2911.html#chapter-12\">article<\/a>\u00a0which appears to date back to 2010, when another acorn shortage led (as now) to hungry bears wandering into areas of human habitation with unfortunate bear\/human consequences tells us that in that case oak trees didn\u2019t grow enough buds due to unusually low temperatures in spring, though admittedly a hot summer also exacerbated the situation. None of the articles I have looked at in connection with Hokkaido\u2019s currently hungry bears bother to discuss why there is an acorn shortage. I don\u2019t know the answer, but perhaps last year was a mast year? As the Tree Council\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/treecouncil.org.uk\/why-have-there-been-so-few-acorns-this-seed-gathering-season\/\">website<\/a>\u00a0tells us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A mast year occurs roughly once every 5-10 years, and is where a tree species such as oak drastically increase the number of acorns they produce. The oak trees put so much energy into this bumper crop of acorns that they leave themselves little energy to continue producing the following years. So, since last year was a mast year, this year our beloved oaks are recovering resulting in far fewer acorns for wildlife and nature-lovers to enjoy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><strong>Why do oak trees do this?<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>We do not know for sure why oak trees do this. But one theory is that there is an evolutionary advantage to producing an unreliable number of acorns each year. If it were too reliable, the theory goes, surrounding wildlife populations like that of squirrels, deer and birds would adjust and learn to eat the entire yearly crop. Mast years stop this from happening. In these years, oak trees flood the ecosystem and produce too many acorns for local wildlife to consume, meaning more will have the chance to grow into saplings come spring. And in the several years that follow a mast year where we see far fewer acorns, like this one, the cut to the food supply helps to control these wildlife populations so that there are fewer animals to gobble up acorns when the mast year comes back around.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If that is the explanation in Hokkaido, then again it\u2019s nothing to do with climate change, but it\u2019s unfortunate for the bears that a dearth year following an acorn mast year might have occurred at the same time as Japanese humans have eaten many of the salmon that would otherwise have been destined for Hokkaido\u2019s rivers and for its bears, due to a war in Europe. Or maybe a butterfly beat its wings somewhere\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Footnote<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three years ago the Guardian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/oct\/23\/plea-to-improve-habitat-after-spate-of-bear-attacks-in-japan\">reported<\/a>\u00a0on another Japanese acorn shortage leading to bears attacking humans. Again there seemed to be a lack of curiosity as to the reason for the shortage, but then we were told:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>There is less to eat in the mountains and that is why they are coming down into villages\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Rural depopulation and the resulting abandonment of farmland is also a factor, as it has blurred the once-distinct borders between forests and villages.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Conservationists have warned that encounters between bears and humans \u2013 a traumatic experience for both parties \u2013 will continue unless more is done to ensure an adequate supply of acorns and other foods to sustain them in the summer and early autumn.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The rise in the number of attacks in recent years has left officials struggling to strike a balance between protecting Japan\u2019s dwindling bear population and keeping the public safe. Possible solutions include establishing safe feeding spaces to prevent bears from venturing into populated areas or leaving supplies of acorns on higher ground.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whatever the reason for the problem, nobody was then blaming climate change. Nor were they doing so in 1915 when there were serious problems with marauding bears during a series of incidents so dramatic that they even have their own\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sankebetsu_brown_bear_incident\">Wikipedia page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever the cause of declining river salmon in Hokkaido,\u00a0the explanations seem to be complex and multi-faceted, and the simple blaming of climate change is perhaps just too convenient. 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