Sustainable Oceans:
Conserving starts from our Satoumi

Evonne Yiu
United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability(UNU-IAS)
Researcher, yiu@unu.edu

What is the oceans to you?

Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)Marine Pollution©oceana.org©dive.inGraphic Source: https://www.tsunami-sport.com/

Source: www.unworldoceansday.org

FISHERIESAND PEOPLE
Healthy oceans and fisheries
are essential for life and theprovision of food, livelihoods
and a strong marine economy.

Source: WWF2017 Overfished34 %2017 Maximum
sustainably fished

60 %2017 Underfished 6%

Sustainable Seafood Certifications
JapanOverseas

Marine Eco-Labeling
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Global Marine Biodiversity
Census of Marine Life （CoML）2001-2010

A wide variety of seafood in Japan,
especially in coastal seas (satoumi 里海)

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Fisheries in Japan

CoastalOffshore

Pelagic
Source：「海と船のなるほど豆辞典」日本海事広報協会

Satoumi Fisheries=Coastal Fisheries（～12 Nautical miles within territorial sea）
Source：IPA「教育用画像素材集サイト」

Coastal SeascapesSatoumi is the cradle of ocean life

Photo：Notojima Diving Resort

“Sato”- Inhabited Nature里(Sato)“Village”

里山(Satoyama)“VillageMountain”- Humansettlements

里海(Satoumi)“Village-Sea”

Socio-ecological Linkages- Rural terrestrial
settlements- Coastalsettlements

Way of Life/Livelihoods
Nature（Ecological）

Culture（Social）

Livelihood（Economic）

里山Satoyama-Satoumi里海
Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

https://satoyama-initiative.org/

Creating Societies inHarmony with Nature

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Satoumi
Satoumi are“Coastal seas with highbiodiversity and productivity
under human interaction”- Tetsuo Yanagi (1998)
里海とは「人手をかけることで、生物生産性と生物多様性が高くなった沿岸海域」-（柳哲雄「里海論」、1998）“Forest-Village-River-Sea Linkages”

森・里・川・海の連環Source：環境省「里海ネット」
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Traditional Fisheries of Noto’s Satoumi (Ishikawa Prefecture)

Wajima Market

Traditional fishing, marine resource management, salt
making etc are being inherited and conserved throughsustainably using these local fishery & tourism resources

Agehama Saltmaking

Turban Shell
Seaweed gathering
Takosukashi (Octopus) Fishing

Ama Women Divers

AgehamaSalt

WakameSquidsIsaza Fishing
AbaloneKago (Crab/Shrimps) Fishing

Boramachi Yagura (Mullet Watch Tower)

Silver mullet

Kano Crab
Fixed net fishing

AmaebiShirogai
Hakui Senri Beach

Sea cucumber
BaigaiMale diver fishing

Notojima Dolphin Watching

Oysters
Rock Oysters

Yellow AmberjackAkanishigai

United Nations University Institute for the
Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)
Operating Unit Ishikawa Kanazawa
Research on Noto Satoumi

江戸前寿司 Edo-mae Sushi

Edo-mae Sushi was
Satoumi Sushi！

浮世絵に描かれた寿司（歌川広重・江戸後期）

偲ぶ与兵衛の鮓（小泉清三・江戸後期）
Shrimp (Ebi), Dotted gizzard shad (Kohada), Egg (Tamgo), Seabream (Tai), Salt-water Eel(Anago), Icefishes (Shirauo), Horse mackerel (Aji), Squid (Ika), Octopus (Tako), Orient clam(Hamaguri) are the typical and favorites of Edo-mae Sushi, seafood of Tokyo Bay!

How plastic products become microplastics in the oceans

Source：2017年12月3日中日新聞朝刊

Where has all the marine debris gone?
According to a recent study of the Australian National science research agency
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO):- Only 1% of all plastics that enters Earth’s oceans each year has been
observed floating on the surface- 90% of marine debris that enters the ocean remains in the “littoral zone”(the area of ocean within 8km of the coast)

Most of themarine debris
comes back toand remains inour satoumi!
Source: The Conversation,16 March 2020,
https://cosmosmagazine.com/

Seafood in plastic,
not fantastic… Suggestions for Sustainable Seafood
Not only restrict fish catch, “nurture fishes”!
Keep oceans clean, do not waste resources,
choose sustainable seafood!
Eat a variety of seafood!
Not limit our seafood intake,but eat correctly to support sustainable seafood!
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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 14 – Life Below Water
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainabledevelopment

Noto Satoumi Seminar Series
2nd Webinar- Marine and coastal biodiversity
19 Sep (Saturday) 2pm (in Japanese)
http://ouik.unu.edu

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