「さっぽろ雪まつり」で例年展示される氷の彫刻で、魚が氷の中を泳いでいるように見える「魚氷（さかなごおり）」について、主催者の「すすきのアイスワールド2017」実行委員会（すすきの観光協会）が次回（2017年2月）の展示中止を検討していることを、すすきの観光協会の担当者が12月16日、ハフィントンポストの取材に対し明らかにした。11月に北九州市のテーマパークが企画した魚を氷漬けにしたスケートリンクに批判が集まったことを受けての対応だという。
魚氷の展示（2009年）
魚氷をめぐっては北海道新聞が16日、「『来場者が不快な思いをしないように』と中止の方針を固めた」と報じたが、すすきの観光協会の担当者はハフィントンポストの取材に対し「現時点ではまだ中止と決まったわけではない」と説明。担当者によると「実行委員会の中にも様々な意見がある」ため、21日に開く実行委員会の会合で議論し、最終的な方針を決定をするという。
担当者によると、11月に北九州市のスペースワールドが企画した「魚を氷漬けにしたスケートリンク」に批判が殺到した報道を受けて、すすきの観光協会には「魚氷の展示を中止すべきだ」といった苦情が寄せられたという。こうした声を受けて、実行委員会では展示の中止を含めて検討することになった。
「魚氷」は魚やカニなどを埋め込んだ氷の彫刻。さっぽろ雪まつり「すすきの会場」（札幌市中央区）の名物展示で、毎年来場者の人気を集めていた。
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People gather in front of an ice sculpture entitled \'Friends in the Southern Ocean\' at the 60th Sapporo Snow Festival at Odori Park in central Sapporo on February 5, 2009. The festival opened in Sapporo with the hundreds of snow statues and ice sculptures. AFP PHOTO /Kazuhiro NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
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