While Japan is often considered a small, cramped country, in reality it stretches from far-flung territories such as the Ogasawara and Bonin islands in the far south, to remote islets far to the west of Okinawa Prefecture. The expansiveness of the country's maritime borders makes it difficult for Japan to assert its sovereignty and prevent overfishing.
Però quan l’agafen, també arrenquen tot el que compon el fons marí, inclosos els peixos de fons, els coralls i les roques que formen part d’aquest hàbitat, ho destrueixen tot.