Consider the following statements : 1. Kuroshio is a cold ocean current in the Pacific ocean. 2. Kuroshio ocean current flows from tropics to south pole. 3. Kuroshio is an ocean current in western part of the North Pacific ocean. How many of the statements given above are correct?

Kuroshio Current

• The Kuroshio, which means the black stream, is a warm ocean current and not a cold current. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.
• It flows northward along the eastern coast of Taiwan and Japan in the western part of the North Pacific Ocean and is the Pacific counterpart of the Gulf Stream of the Atlantic. Hence, statement 3 is correct.
• As it is a current of the northern hemisphere, it flows from the tropics towards the north and not towards the south pole. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.
• Its meeting with the cold Oyashio current off the coast of Japan produces one of the richest fishing grounds of the world along with dense fog.
• Therefore, only one statement is correct.