Advanced earth observing satellite "Midori" (ADEOS) observed DTL datais on February 25, 1997. Red areas indicate high temperature, and green areas low. The center of screen is near Tokyo, the lower left shows near Kii Peninsula and the upper right shows Sanriku. The cold current and the warm current collide off Sanriku and this area may have a concentraton of fish.
Sea color
Advanced earth observing satellite "Midori" (ADEOS) observed DTL data is on April 26, 1997. Red area has many phytoplankton, and the green area has poor phytoplankton. The white area of left side is Japanese Islands. Red area is where fish may concentrate.