NAMIE, FUKUSHIMA PREF. – 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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