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Here, you can just about see the eggs stuck to the spawning ropes. |
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This is what fry look like at just a few days old.. |
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These young Koi are just about to be pulled up for their first selection. |
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The shallow mud pond is harvested using a fine drag net. |
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These fry are then scooped up, and put into a transport tank on the back of a truck. |
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A closer look at some of these fish being scooped up. |
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The fry are then thrown into a bowl on the floor, which seems a little heartless admittedly, but they are not allowed to be thrown into the river. |
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The 'Tategoi' at this stage are then taken back to the mud pond. Here, Daisuke-san is scooping them up and passing them to Nakagawa-san, to release them into the pond. |