Tohoku

What happened
on March ll,2011?

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The Northwest Pacific is one of the worJd's maJOrfishing grounds. The Tohoku regl0n in thenortheastern area of Japan's main island of
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Honshu is one of the biggest seafood production

areas in Japan. The main industry of the towns

JAPANand vHlages on the Pacific coast is fishing. At

2:46pm on March ll, 20ll,an earthquake hit
the Pacific coast of Tohoku. The subsequenttsunami seriously damaged fishing viHages andPacific Oceantowns in the coastal area.

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What happened toOtsuChi town?
Otsuchi is a sma" town in lwate Prefecture with
popuJation of 13,000･ The fishing industry has

always played an important role in the area, Most

Prqjet Grand Ma=et
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OtsucMtownof the bui一dings and fishing‑related facilities at

the heart of the town were destroyed by thedisaster. About i 0 percent of the population waskilled or remain listed as misslng. One of the most*.bt.4 j J

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important tasks today is to find a way to revive
the town and rebuiJd its fishing facilities.

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What happened to the ResearchCenter in Otsuchi?

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Ocean Research Institute of the University ofTokyo as the Otsuchi Marine Research Center in
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute
The University of Tokyo

2‑106‑1 , Akahama, OtsuChi‑cho, Kamihei‑gun, lwate 028‑1 102, Japan
Phone (+81) 193‑42‑561 1

Invitation tol973, and reorganized into the lnternationaJ
Coastal Research Center (lCRC) in 2003 for theOtsu(hifacilities of the lCRC were destroyed by theOur Research aftertsunami that struck in March 201 1. Our mission

the Great East Japan Earthquake

is to rebuild the lCRC and to make Otsuchi town

purpose of conducting cooperative basic
research on coastal marine science. Most of thethe center of basic research on coastal marine
science once agaln, SO that it can continue to

5‑1 15. Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa‑shi. Chiba 277‑8564Japan
Phone (+81) 4‑7136‑8168
The lnte｢natlonal Coastal Research Center hlt by the tsunam】

contribute to the restoration of the beautiful

FAX(+81)4‑7136‑6266

Projet Grand Maillet

environment around the Tohoku coasta一 area.

What js Projet Grand Maillet?
The 201 1 Off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake
was one of the biggest natural disasters humankind

We will investigate

Otsuchi's name means "big maiflet" in English andthe sea"grand mai=et" in French. Prqjet Grand Ma=et is

We will elucidate
the mechanisms ofincreasing fish production

has ever experienced. Our mission is to ascertain thenamed after the first new research vesse一 built for theWhat is golng On in the sea since the earthquake in

Why are fish abundant in the waters of the Pacificimpact that the earthquake and tsunami had on theInternational Coastal Research Center since theMarch 2011? And what w= be the future? Wecoast of Tohoku? To learn the answer, We have toTohoku coastal area, and observe the subsequentdisaster. Projet Grand MaHlet is a part of Tohoku

instaH underwater monitoring equIPment andconduct multidisciplinary research with specialists inprocess of transition over the course of time. BasedEcosystem‑Associated Marine Sciences (TEAMS),

combine observations from research vessels as well

the fields of physics, chemistry. and biology. Ouron this information, we w川clarify what is needed tofunded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,

as diving operations. We win find the answers by

research wHl ascertain the basic mechanism of fish

Science and Technology in Japan (MEXT). AORI will

making fulB use of the latest modern technologleS

production in the surrounding areas of Otsuchi,and analytical methods.

which win help support the fishing industry of therestore the area7 s fishing industry. ln order to execute

this mission, the Atmosphere and Ocean Researchcarry out scientific research in close coHaboration withlnstitute (AORl) of the University of Tokyo launched

Tohoku Unive｢sity and the Japan Agency for

Projet Grand Mai‖et which is based in Otsuchi town.

Marine‑Ea柑1 Science and Technology (JAMSTEC).

local community.

Studies on the mechanisms of marine ecosystem change
Otsuchi Bay, Sanriku coastal region ( PGM Director Kazuhiro Kogure )EIucidaiion oHhe aCtu〜i status lmd i汀IPaCi ofIand‑based po=Uミant infiotJVS(Prmc≧paHnvestSgator Hはosh至Ogawa)

Construc;ion of an integrated nlOCiel combining
ecosystem aI1d physiCa; prrJCeSSeS

Construction ol'a moni;LOring system for lhe coastal(PrmC!PaHnvesi庵ator, Kryoshi Tanaka)legion. and the estabHshment ol'the Marine Analysis
鎚門もer (PHnc∈paHnvestigato｢'Atsushi Tsuda)

Analysis of the Chemica8 dynamics in lJt･ater
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reCovcry proct?ss or the ec(､system hit by the聯遜色意rS (Commiss岳oned by hjate Un岳ve｢slty, P｢岳nc童pai

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Elucidation of the mechanisms of ecosystem

Elucidation of the environment Change
Onagawa Bay. Sendai Bay$ﾒｨ匿.;change on the seafloor around the coastal area
Environment ot the seatIoor around the coasta一 area

Base for the Tohoku Ecosystem‑ Associated Marine Sciences. Construction of a database forresearch iTtforrnation, and making it accessible to fishermen, local people, and other researchers
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The year 2013 marks the 40th anniversary of theAORI promotes the project by working with morelnternational Coastal Research Center of AORf inthan 1 60 researchers and graduate students fromOtsuchi. We strongly hope to restore the Center as

16 universities and two Fisheries Technology

quickly as possible. We want to make our researchCenters from aH over Japan. Our aim is to restore

findings beneficial and easHy comprehensible to thethe lntemational Coastal Research Center as a basetown's community. The Center wi" also o斤er a newfor international research that win host researchers

public space for local peop一e.

from Japan and from all over the world.