The national government intends to work on reconstructing the fisheries and processing/distribution industries, and on restoring and reconstructing fishing ports, fishing grounds, fishing vessels, aquaculture facilities, and fishing communities so that the disaster-affected fishery business operators can resume their business with hopes and prospects for the future.

# [Fishery-related restoration measures under the FY2011 supplementary budget]

### Outline of fishery-related supplementary budget [total of 215.3 billion yen]

#### I Restoring fishing ports, fishing grounds, fishing communities, etc.: 30.8 billion yen

(1) Project for investigation of the damage status of fishery-related facilities, etc.: 300 million yen

Investigation of the damage status of fisheries facilities, such as fishing ports, fishing vessels, aquaculture facilities, and set nets, in the affected areas

(2) Project for post-disaster restoration of fishing ports, etc. (public): 25 billion yen

Post-disaster restoration of fishing ports, fishing grounds, seashores, etc. and concurrently implemented disaster-related project for preventing disaster recurrence

restoration/reconstruction measures implemented in coordination with post-disaster restoration (public): 5.5 billion yen

Formulation of restoration/reconstruction plans for strengthening disaster-prevention functions, such as reviewing the design conditions for fishing port facilities and shore protection facilities, raising the ground level of fishing communities, etc., and implementation of measures for recovering the functions of fishing ports in coordination with post-disaster restoration

## I I Responding to payment of fishing vessels insurance/fishery mutual aid: 94 billion yen

(1) Payment of reinsurance money, etc. of fishing vessels insurance/fishery mutual aid: 86 billion yen (required amount: 96.8 billion yen)

Transfer of funds to a special account to be appropriated for the payment of reinsurance money for fishing vessel insurance and payment of insurance money for fishery mutual aid associated with the Great East Japan Earthquake

(2) Project for supporting insurance money, etc. paid by fishing vessel insurance cooperatives and fishery mutual aid cooperatives: 8 billion yen

Support for the financial resources for the payment of insurance money, etc. by fishing vessel insurance cooperatives and fishery mutual aid cooperatives in the affected areas

III Supporting activities for recovering fishing grounds, such as cleaning up of seashores and seafloor: 12.3 billion yen

Project for supporting fishing ground restoration measures: 12.3 billion yen

Support for fishers' activities for regenerating/recovering the diminished or lost functions or productivity of fishing grounds, such as collecting and disposing of the debris from fishing grounds

### I V Supporting construction of fishing vessels and reestablishing set nets for joint use: 27.4 billion yen

Project for measures to support restoration of fishing vessels for joint use, etc.: 27.4 billion yen

Support for the following activities conducted by fisheries cooperatives, etc. for restoring the affected fishing vessels and set net fishing gear - Construction of small fishing vessels for joint use based on the Act on Special Financial Support to Deal with the Designated Disaster of Extreme Severity (Act on Disaster of Extreme Severity)

- Introduction of fishing vessels based on the joint plan

- Introduction of set nets for joint use

### V Supporting reconstruction of aquaculture facilities and seedling production facilities: 26.7 billion yen

Project of measures to support restoration of

- Restoration of damaged aquaculture facilities based on the Act on Disaster of Extreme Severity

- Emergency restoration of salmon/trout hatching/releasing facilities

#### V I Supporting reconstruction of landing area markets and processing facilities: 1.8 billion yen + an amount out of 7.6 billion yen

(1) Project for supporting restoration of fisheries facilities for joint use: 1.8 billion yen

Installation of equipment indispensable for early restoration of fisheries facilities for joint use owned by affected fisheries cooperatives, etc.

(2) Project for post-disaster restoration of agricultural, forestry, and fisheries facilities for joint use: (budget of the Management Improvement Bureau) (an amount out of 7.6 billion yen)

Restoration of fisheries facilities for joint use owned by affected fisheries cooperatives, etc. based on the Act on Disaster of Extreme Severity

#### V II Supporting financial measures through interest-free loans and unsecured/no-guarantor loans, etc. and for reconstructing fisheries cooperatives: 22.3 billion yen

(1) Project to make fishery-related loans interest-free: [loan ceiling: 38 billion yen] 400 million yen

Making fishery modernization loans and Japan Finance Corporation (JFC) loans for the affected fishers practically interest-free

(2) Project to establish unsecured/no-guarantor fishery-related JFC loans: [loan ceiling: 6 billion yen] 2.2 billion yen Providing the JFC with funds necessary for establishing a system for unsecured/no-guarantor loans

(3) Project for emergency guarantee measures for fishers, etc.: [guarantee ceiling: 63 billion yen] 4.8 billion yen

Support for emergency guarantee to promote unsecured/no-guarantor loans for funds required for building fishing vessels and funds required for restoring fisheries cooperatives, etc.

(4) Project for emergency support for guarantee/insurance funds, etc.: 14.5 billion yen

Provision of aid for the costs for subrogated performance to be paid to guarantee/insurance institutions, which are expected to swell due to the Great East Japan Earthquake

(5) Project for emergency support for management reconstruction of fisheries cooperatives: [loan ceiling: 15 billion yen] 400 million yen

cooperatives for management reconstruction practically interest-free