As part of its recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake, Ishinomaki City has vowed to again enjoy a "symbiosis with the ocean, Eand is now giving its best to bring that about. Last December, the city finalized a basic Disaster Recovery Plan based on the principles of "protecting, building, and connecting. EIn order to bring about a recycling society using new energy forms and to become the world's leading eco-town, we want to make the marine biomass town concept, which uses marine microalgae, a reality.
Selected Papers No.16(p.18)

With a year having passed since the earthquake and tsunami, 2012 marks the beginning of Miyako City's full-scale efforts at disaster reconstruction. In order to bring back the vitality and smiling faces of its citizens as soon as possible, concrete planning for reconstruction is already underway but we realize that it will be a challenge of historical proportion. It is with this sense of mission that we hope to proceed with our rebuilding.
Selected Papers No.16(p.20)

As recovery efforts are being undertaken in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake, reconstruction of fishing and aquaculture industries are proving difficult problems. However, as we still do not understand the conditions of severely damaged marine ecosystems and the marine environment, recovery efforts are not proceeding as hoped. It is for this reason that we have begun the Tohoku Marine Science Hub project as a means to bring together researchers from around the country to examine the marine ecosystems and develop technologies that will lead to the creation of new industries. The key to success lies in effective cooperation with existing institutions in these fields.