ISHIGAKI, Okinawa Prefecture--When underwater ... The number of crown-of-thorns starfish began surging in the sea off the island, particularly around 2001, and the proliferation reached its ...

located about 100 kilometers to the west of Okinawa’s main island, on July 14. Reported by islanders, staff of the Sea Turtle Museum of Kumejima rushed to the shoaling beach on the eastern part ...