## (Overview of recovery and restoration of fishery-related facilities)

- Two years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, efforts to restore the fishing industry in the affected areas are only half way to the goal. It is important to continue mobilizing the capacities of the public and private sectors to work toward robust revival of the fishing industry. Below is the overview of recovery and restoration of fishery-related facilities that have been promoted through accumulation of activities by fishery-related entities in the affected areas.

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- Total fish landings for January to March 2013 at key wholesale fishery markets in the production areas of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima Prefectures were 71% of the pre-earthquake level (a total for January and February 2011 and March 2010) in volume and 61% in value.

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- Since it is important to secure the functions necessary for the whole region at an early stage, while integrating functions and sharing roles among fishing ports, recovery efforts have been made by selecting high-priority facilities.

- The recovery of fishing port facilities is aimed to be mostly completed by the end of FY2015. (For fishing ports serving as national production/distribution bases and fishing ports serving as production/distribution bases for the local fishing industries, major functions such as landing piers are to be recovered by the end of FY2013.)

- At the 319 affected ports, the landing function has been recovered for the total length of the landing pier at 115 fishing ports (36%), and for partial length of the landing pier at 149 fishing ports (47%). Of the total length of all affected piers, 28% has been recovered.

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- Based on the wishes indicated by people resuming fishery and aquaculture operations in various locations, the target number of vessels to be recovered by the end of FY2013 was set at 12,000 vessels (Basic Plan for Fisheries, March 2012).

- This target has already been attained, but since people wishing for recovery of fishing vessels have increased with an increased resumption of fishery and aquaculture operations in various locations, a new target has been set, and further efforts are being made to recover fishing vessels.

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- Aquaculture facilities are generally vulnerable to wave and tsunami damage. Damage occurred in a wide area on the Pacific coast from Hokkaido to Okinawa Prefectures.

- Support for aquaculture facilities has been provided through various budget-funded projects so that all operators wishing to resume aquaculture operations can gain prospects for repairing their facilities by the end of FY2012.

- Looking at the recovery status in Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures, many people launched aquaculture of wakame seaweed and kelp, which can be harvested in a relatively short period after seeding, as the first step toward resuming their work. So recovery of their aquaculture facilities has advanced. As for laver and oyster, many people refrained from resuming aquaculture in the harvest season immediately following the earthquake, but progress has been observed in the subsequent recovery.

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- All 34 wholesale fishery markets in the production areas of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima Prefectures were affected by damage. Among them, all 22 facilities in Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures resumed operations by September 2012. Of the 12 wholesale fishery markets in production areas in Fukushima Prefecture, only one facility (Onahama) has resumed operations (as of April 2013).

- According to the National Federation of Processed Fisheries Products Cooperatives, 958 fishery-processing facilities in Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima Prefectures were affected by damage. Of the 825 facilities that wished to reopen, operations have been resumed at 608 $ ^{th} $ as of the end of March 2013.

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- A total of 48 salmon and trout hatcheries from Aomori to Ibaraki Prefectures were damaged. Among them, 26 facilities have been recovered (as of the end of March 2013). The salmon and trout seedling production capacity rose to about 80% of the level before the earthquake within FY2012.

- Meanwhile, 23 facilities producing seedlings of fish and shellfish (sole, abalone, sea urchin, etc.) for stocking purpose from Hokkaido to Ibaraki Prefectures were damaged. Among them, 11 facilities have been recovered. Seven facilities are under restoration work (as of May 2013).