Fleet departs to fishing ground in the North Pacific Ocean at 16:06 on August 17
Amid the unseasoned catch of saury, a large saury fleet departed for fishing in the North Pacific on the 17th in Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture, which boasts one of the largest landings in Japan.
Departing Ofunato Fishing Port are six large fishing boats owned by a local fishery company, of which 199 tons of "San Mikasa Maru" were just unveiled this month.
A ceremony was held with all six ships on the quay, and each ship carried a large, colorful flag, such as one designed by a local elementary school student. Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the participants of the ceremony were limited to those involved in the company and their families, and fisheries company chairman Kazuaki Kamada said, ``This is an operation in a difficult situation because it is expected that unfishing will happen, but health management I encouraged the crew.
After the bouquet was handed to the chief of fishermen of each boat, the six boats were forgotten by their families and set sail.
The fleet will continue to operate in the North Pacific based at the Hanasaki fishing port in Nemuro, Hokkaido, aiming for the first landing this month.
Sanma continues to suffer serious unfishing nationwide, and last year in Ofunato City, it was 6445 tons, which was 37% of the previous year's level, and was a record underfishing of less than 10,000 tons for the first time in 20 years since 1999. It was
Chairman Kamada said, "It's difficult to find a fishing ground, but I would like to make every effort to deliver cheap saury while thoroughly implementing corona measures."
From Miyagi Kesennuma
Large-scale saury fishing boats departed all at once from Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, where one of the most famous saury landings in Japan.
This year's saury is expected to catch even less than last year's record low, and severe fishing is expected.
A large saury fishing boat based in Kesennuma Port has been participating in fishing off Hokkaido since late August every year, and on the 17th, 9 large fishing boats of 100 tons or more left for front line Hokkaido. ..
To prevent infection with the new coronavirus, Kotoshi canceled the annual ceremony, but at the harbor, the sailors' family members and other related people gathered to play the drums and waving flags to see the fishing boats heading to the sea. It was
A woman who sent off her father-in-law said, "I want you to be careful about your health and get a lot of delicious saury."
The amount of landed saury in the country was about 220,000 tons a year six years ago, but unfishing has continued for a long time. Last year, it was about 40,000 tons, and in Kesennuma, it reached a record low of more than 5000 tons.
The saury coming to the waters around Japan is expected to fall even lower than last year, and it is expected that the fishing will be more difficult than ever.
Shoji Asano, the chief of the 8th Chiyomaru, said, “If the landing volume of saury is small, the unit price will be high. I want to do my best to deliver cheap and delicious saury”.