Ocean Newsletter
No.83 January 20, 2004
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Who do the fish belong to?
Teruaki Endo
Honorary Professor, Yokohama National University, and Executive Director, Japan Sportfishing AssociationFishermen are lamenting that it has become difficult to catch fish. So, the fishing gear industry stocks rivers and seas with fish to promote fishing. The government tells us "to breed the fish" by stock enhancement. Who do the fish belong to? -
Proposal of a disposal ship for abandoned FRP boats
Saburo SuzukiProfessor, Faculty of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University
FRP (fiber-reinforced plastic) boats, which have been abandoned on seashores, harbors and rivers on a nationwide scale, have become a matter of public concern. One of the reasons is that technology development for scrapping and recycling these boats has not been adequately addressed. Aiming at establishing a disposal process that is low-priced and suitable for the recycling-based society, it is proposed to design a disposal and carrier ship for abandoned FRP boats as a total recycling system on which all the processes ranging from the recovery to the reclamation can be conducted.
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Logistics innovation in Japan launched from Port of Tokyo
Akihisa IshiyamaChief, Planning Section, Port Planning and Construction Division, Bureau of Port and Harbor, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
An introduction will be made on basic policies of the 7th Master plan of the Port of Tokyo aiming to strengthen the key role in supporting lives and industries in the Tokyo metropolitan area from the logistics aspect.