NAMIE, FUKUSHIMA PREF. ¨C The town of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, which suffered during a major earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident in March 2011, has transformed into a hub for land-based aquaculture.
Although a vast area of Namie remains designated as a so-called difficult-to-return zone, where entry is strictly restricted due to intense radiation from the nuclear accident, businesses are raising a wide variety of fish onshore in the town with a goal to revive its fisheries industry through ways that are different from sea-based fishery operations.
In 2021, major factory maker JGC Japan and a company based in the Fukushima city of Iwaki jointly established Kamome Mirai Fisheries, which farms chub mackerel onshore utilizing JGC¡¯s industrial plant engineering technology. The company has received postdisaster reconstruction subsidies from the government and is exploring an optimal farming model using its unique fish-management system.
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