Popular beach for sea hunting May full-time refrain from refraining Chiba May 2 5:21
Amid the spread of new coronavirus infections, we will refrain from the business of shellfish hunting throughout the month, including large holidays, on the six coasts of Kisarazu and Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture, which are crowded with more than 100,000 shellfishers every year. I decided.
On five coasts in Kisarazu city and Futtsu city on the south side, a total of 6 coasts are visited every year by more than 100,000 people during the long holiday period, and they are also popular in Tokyo Bay. It is a tourist spot.
Some of the fisheries cooperatives that manage these beaches have been open for a few days, but due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, since the last month they have refrained from hunting shellfish.
As a result of each fishermen's cooperative counseling about future business etc. on the 1st, it was decided that it would be difficult to restart, and decided to refrain from the business of shellfish hunting on all coasts for the whole of May including the long holidays.
Kazuo Iizuka, the president of the fisheries cooperative association on the Kisarazu side, said, “I was prepared, but I am sorry for the tourists. It would be a big loss for the fishing cooperatives in this area to lose their income sources. It is a tough situation. We want to do our best to move in a good direction. "