Revitalization of Kesennuma Longline Fisheries by building risk resileance with the group operations

• Project/Area Number: 24658166
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: General fisheries
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: ISHIMURA Gakushi 北海道大学, サステイナビリティ学教育研究センター, 研究員 (50524815)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 水産 / 漁業経営 / 東北大震災 / 経済 / 復興 / 経営改善 / 操業戦略 / 漁業再建 / 震災復興 / 漁業行動 / 国際共有資源 / 水産経済 / 漁業 / 気仙沼 / 鮫漁業

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Fishing communities in the northern Tohoku were severely affected by March 11 2011 tsunami by the Great Tohoku Earthquake. The off-shore longline fishery in Kesennuma, which mainly target swordfish and blue shark, was one of the few survived fishing vessel groups and has significant economic effects of this community due to the integrated operations of the local processing industries. From April 2012, their operations have shifted to group operations (“Syudan Sougyou”) from individual operations (“Kojin Sougyou”) to optimize the production by sharing information and the cost sharing under one of the national fishery recovery initiatives. This study evaluates the efficiency of their group operations by analyzing the integrated data set of log-book (i.e., catch location, fuel consumption, operational costs) and detailed daily market data of their landings (i.e., price, size). This study aims implications for their future strategies for the recovery.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] The market value of freshness: Observations from the swordfish and blue shark longline fishery in Kesennuma, Japan“ (2013)
  • Author(s): Ishimura, G. and M. Bailey,
  • Journal Title: Fishery Science Volume: 79 Issue: 3 Pages: 333-340
  • DOI: 10.1007/s12562-013-0609-6
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Fishing together or alone? Evaluation of the efficiency in the post-tsunami group operations of the off-shore longline fisheries operations in Kesennuma, Japan (2014)
  • Author(s): Gakushi Ishimura
  • Organizer: International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade
  • Place of Presentation: オーストラリア、ブリスベン, クイーンズランド工科大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-07 – 2014-07-11
• [Presentation] 「もうかる」漁場の探究:気仙沼近海延縄船団の空間経済分析からの 復興のための操業効率化戦略 (2014)
  • Author(s): 石村学志、ビヤンバボルチメグ、伊藤健人 、 島畑淳史、阿部景太
  • Organizer: 日本水産学会春季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学水産学部（函館）
• [Presentation] Post-Tsunami Recovery Strategies to build the resilience for the sustainability: challenges for group operations by off-shore longline fisheries in Kesennuma, Japan (2013)
  • Author(s): Gakushi Ishimura, Keita Abe, Kento Ito and Bolorchimeg Byamba
  • Organizer: PICES 2013 Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Vancouver Island Convention Center, Nanaimo CANADA