Thursday, May 19, 2011

Aquaculture damage over 100 billion yen

The Japanese aquaculture industry suffered more than 100 billion yen (US$1.2243 billion) in damage, or a quarter of its annual output, from the March 11, earthquake and tsunami, a survey by the fisheries ministry released Wednesday said.

In tsunami-ravaged Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, the damage was particularly severe for oyster and "wakame" (brown seaweed) farming, the survey by the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers

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