A tour boat sank off the coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, and a local fisherman's mass search for missing persons will be the last in five days as fishing begins in earnest.
The participating fishermen said, "I want to find as many as possible," and headed for the search early in the morning.
"I want to find as many as possible"
At the fishery cooperative in Shari Town, we continue to search for missing persons by fishing boat every day except for bad weather days at the request of the Japan Coast Guard, but the search is the last on the 5th because the set net fishing is in full swing. It will be.
On the morning of the 5th, about 30 people, including fishermen, boarded four fishing boats and headed for the search after 5:30.
On the 5th, in addition to searching for missing persons mainly in the offshore sea area that has not been searched so far, Shari town staff who boarded a fishing boat will land near the tip of the Shiretoko Peninsula and search the coast. is.
Before leaving the port, fisherman Akihiko Kosaka said, "I have the same 3-year-old grandson as the girl who was sacrificed, and my chest hurts. I want to find as many as possible."
In the future, the Utoro Fisheries Cooperative will continue to search as far as it can go back and forth to the fishing grounds and between fishing even if set net fishing begins in earnest.
Kazuhiko Fukayama, the union leader of the Utoro Fisheries Cooperative, said, "Today is the last full-scale search, but considering the thoughts of my family, I think we must continue to search."