Hokkaido Bureau
Infrastructure of marine industry - Formation of vitalized fisheries -
Rausu Fishing Port (Rausu Town)
Surrounded by the Sea of Japan, Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk, Hokkaido is blessed by ideal conditions for making it a leading fishery center of the world and plays an important role as a marine products supply base for Japan.
However, because of a recent trend of decreasing resources, the Hokkaido Bureau is promoting development of fish reef resources along a 200 nautical mile zone for Alaska Pollack and soy rockfish and the development of reefs for laying spear squid and male octopus eggs.
Along the 3,000km Hokkaido seacoast (excluding the Northern Territories) there are about 285 fishing ports backed by fishing villages. These ports and fishing villages play an important role in providing processing and physical distribution of marine products, living and work space for people involved in the fishing industry as well as providing a recreation spot for the entire nation
For these reasons, in response to internal and external changes involving the fishing industry, the Hokkaido Bureau is promoting the development of fisheries and a stable supply of marine products by developing fishing ports, fishing villages and the fishing industry as a whole to improve the living and working environment of fishing villages.
Representative projects are the following:
However, because of a recent trend of decreasing resources, the Hokkaido Bureau is promoting development of fish reef resources along a 200 nautical mile zone for Alaska Pollack and soy rockfish and the development of reefs for laying spear squid and male octopus eggs.
Along the 3,000km Hokkaido seacoast (excluding the Northern Territories) there are about 285 fishing ports backed by fishing villages. These ports and fishing villages play an important role in providing processing and physical distribution of marine products, living and work space for people involved in the fishing industry as well as providing a recreation spot for the entire nation
For these reasons, in response to internal and external changes involving the fishing industry, the Hokkaido Bureau is promoting the development of fisheries and a stable supply of marine products by developing fishing ports, fishing villages and the fishing industry as a whole to improve the living and working environment of fishing villages.
Representative projects are the following:
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Marine Product Supply Infrastructure Development Project Infrastructure for producing marine products such as overall improvement of breakwater and pier facilities basic to fishery industry output is being advanced. Among these, to respond to the future trend fishery production, wide-scale development projects for specified fishery ports and fishery grounds. |
Quays for protection from wind and snow
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Marine Resources Cyclic Development Project To recover the declining utility of fishery productivity and improve the marine resource environment, this project is aimed at the preservation and creation of fishing ground environment. |
Fish reefs for collecting fish
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Fishing Village Comprehensive Development Project The Fishery Colony Environment Project for the Development of Road and Draining was initiated to enrich the living environment of fishing villages and to promote their revitalization, and the Fishing Port Environment Development Project to create a comfortable and pleasant fishing port environment through the planting of trees and improvement of rest places. |
