Impact of typhoon About 100,000 fish cultivated offshore Chiba Kyonancho 12 September 15:51

In Chonan-cho, Chiba Prefecture, due to the typhoon, a large amount of fish cultured offshore died, and the damage is estimated to be about 100,000.

According to Katsuyama fishery cooperative in Chonan-cho, Chiba Prefecture, about 250,000 fish were cultivated together with Thailand and striped sea bream on the offshore net, but this time the typhoon stormed the sea and hit a net and a lot of fish The death is estimated to have been about 100,000.

In addition, some of the livelihood pumps that had been used for farmed fish were broken by a typhoon, and other pumps were unable to send air due to a power outage, resulting in about 300 deaths.

Furthermore, because ice cannot be produced due to the power outage, fish cannot be shipped, and the fishery cooperative expects that the damage to fish and facilities will exceed 100 million yen.

Koichiro Hirashima, the head of Katsuyama Fishery Cooperative Association, Kōnancho said, “I do n’t have ice, so I ca n’t hurry to ship damaged fish, and I ’ll have to put up with it. I want to do my best. "