The ban on abalone was lifted for the first time in three years on the 17th in Hirota Bay, Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture, where fishing has been suspended for two years since the abalone catch dropped sharply.
In Rikuzentakata City, there is a serious "isoyake" where sea urchins inhabit excessively and eat up the seaweed that feeds them. Although fishing has been postponed, this has resumed for the first time in three years as it has gradually recovered.
On the 17th, when the ban on abalone fishing was lifted for the first time in three years, about 30 members of the fishery cooperative departed one after another at the Nesaki fishing port in the Hirota area after 6 o'clock, and the chime at 7 am was used as a signal to fish all at once. started.
Then, while looking into the sea with a tool called "box glasses," I picked up abalone with a long abalone with a key at the tip.
Fishing ended at 9 am, and abalone was sorted at the fishing port.
Those less than 9 cm in size were returned to the sea to conserve resources.
Kazuo Suzuki, a local sea urchin fisherman who is working on the regeneration of seaweed beds, said, "Today, all the union members were able to get about three times as much as expected, but it is still less than before. I want to continue to regenerate the sea urchins and remove the sea urchins and return them to the original sea. "