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The devastating tsunami of March 2011 on the Pacific coast of Japan produced abundant marine debris which drifted across the Pacific Ocean to North America. Here we document rafting of the Japanese yellowtail jack Seriola aureovittata Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 (Carangidae) across the North Pacific inside a tsunami-generated derelict vessel. Long-distance transport of rafted fish may be an infrequent but potentially consequential mechanism for the introduction of invasive fish, especially given the increasing volumes of debris in the world’s oceans.