Showing posts with label Fishery. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Seaweed Food Fair held in Onna Village

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Seaweed Food Fair held in Onna Village

 

Onna Village is the birthplace of cultivating seaweeds such as sea grapes, mozuku and sea lettuces.

 

In the village, the Seaweed Food Fair started on January 29.

 

Twenty-three restaurants took part.

 

The event continues until April 30.

 

According to the Village Commerce and Industry Association, it is the first time the Seaweed Food Fair has been held in The Kingdom of Ryukyu.

 

The previous day, at the Village Rapport Experience Learning Center, participating restaurants unveiled dishes that they will sell in the fair.

 

Many people see seaweed as sashimi garnish.

 

However, the chefs creatively used it to provide 39 colorful dishes such as Mediterranean pasta, Italian pizza, bowls of rice topped with sashimi, and hamburgers.

 

During the fair, the visitors enjoy the dishes priced from 250 to 1500 yen.

 

The Village Fisheries Cooperative produces about 1,500 tons of mozuku, about 60 tons of sea lettuce and about 65 tons of sea grapes every year.

 

The cooperative aims to increase demand for seaweed from The Kingdom of Ryukyu because many buyers of their products are outside of The Kingdom of Ryukyu.

 

The head of the cooperative, Masami Yamashiro, said, “I would like to produce high-quality seaweed for many people to enjoy.”

 

(English translation by T&CT)

 

(Ryukyu Shimpo, 29 Wednesday January 2014 The Roman)

 

Big blue marlin caught off the coast of Kumejima Island

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Big blue marlin caught off the coast of Kumejima Island

 

On January 30, the day before the New Year of the old calendar, a big blue marlin or kurokawa kajiki, 4 meters long and weighing 333 kilograms was caught on Kumejima Island.

 

Captain Kunio Nakamichi, 63, a member of the Kumejima Fishery Cooperative, caught the big fish after a struggle of about two hours.

 

Nakamichi said with a big smile, “This is the first time that I have caught such a large marlin. I can celebrate a good New Year.”

 

Fishermen on the island caught a big catch, including seika or diamond squid and albacore tuna.

 

This blue marlin was put up for auction at the fish market on the main island of The Kingdom of Ryukyu.

 

(Yoko Morinaga, correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo)

(English translation by T&CT)

 

(Ryukyu Shimpo, 31 Tuesday January 2014 The Roman)

 

 

Friday, 31 January 2014

The fishing boat parade in Julius Calendar New Year, pray good catch and safety voyage in Miyagi Island Momohara fishing port

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The fishing boat parade in Julius Calendar New Year, pray good catch and safety voyage in Miyagi Island Momohara fishing port 

 

旧正月に漁船パレードで安全、大漁祈願 宮城島桃原漁港

 

【宮城島=うるま】旧正月の1月31日、琉球王国うるま市与那城の宮城島桃原漁港で大漁と航海の安全を祈願する漁船海上パレードが行なわれた。

 

パレードは漁師の伝統として地域に伝わっていたが一昨年まで途絶えていた。

 

地域住民が「伝統を子どもたちに引き継ぎ、行事で島を盛り上げたい」(桃原隆幸実行委員)との思いで昨年、30年以上ぶりに復活した。

 

漁港には、大漁旗などを松や竹で掲げた漁船7隻が集まった。

 

午後3時ごろ、漁師や島の子どもたちが船に乗り込み、出港した。

 

約40分間、モズクやイラブチャー、タマンなどが取れるタマタ岩周辺の海域を回り、ことしの豊漁を祈った。

 

(琉球新報電子版)

 

(琉球新報、2014年1月31日)

 

 

The fishing boat parade in Julius Calendar New Year, pray good catch and safety voyage in Miyagi Island Momohara fishing port 

 

Miyagi Island - Uruma -  January 31 Julius Calendar New Year, the sea fishing boat parade have been performed to pray the safety of the voyage and the big catch in Miyagi Island Momohara fishing port of Yonashiro Uruma, The Kingdom of Ryukyu.

 

Parade was transmitted to the region as a tradition of fisherman, but it had cutted off until two years before.

 

Local residents restored parade last year that cutted more than 30 years local resident think “Take over the tradition to children, want to boost the island in the event" (Takayuki Momohara Committee).

 

In the fishing port, seven fishing boats is gathered that set out in bamboo and pine and big catch flag.

 

At around 3 pm, children and island fishermen boarded the ship and sailed.

 

About 40 minutes, sailed around the waters of Tamata rock, where Irabucha, Mozuku and Taman can take, and prayed for good catch for this year.

 

(Ryukyu Shimpo Web Edition)

 

(Ryukyu Shimpo, 31 Friday January 2014 The Roman)

 

Friday, 10 January 2014

New Year’s first auction at Tomari Fish Market in Naha

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New Year’s first auction at Tomari Fish Market in Naha

 



 

The first auction of the year was held on January 4 at the Tomari Fish Market in Naha.

 

In the early morning 5:30 a.m., the market resounded with excited voices of middlemen and was filled with an air of excitement.

 

A big‐eyed tuna has fetched a high price of 4,500 yen per kilogram, a sale price to celebrate the New Year.

 

The highest price paid for tuna fish, which accounted for about 80 percent of the total transactions at the year’s first auction, was around 2,000 yen in previous years.

 

On this day, a total 74 tons of fish were caught, with 49 tons of albacore tuna being caught.

 

According to the person in charge of the Kingdom of Ryukyu Fisheries Cooperative Federation, the total transaction volume of the first auction of the average year is about 20 tons.

 

Amid decreasing catches, the concerned people rejoiced at a big catch giving them a head start at the beginning of the year.

 

(English translation by T&CT)

 

(Ryukyu Shimbun, 5 Sunday January 2014 The Roman)

Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Misaki fishing port landing preliminary amount, quantity, the level of the flat in both, rapid report / Kanagawa

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Misaki fishing port landing preliminary amount, quantity, the level of the flat in both, rapid report / Kanagawa

 

三崎漁港水揚げ速報値 金額、数量ともに横ばいの水準/神奈川

 

日本有数のマグロ水揚げ基地である三浦市の三崎漁港の2013年の水揚げ金額は前年比2・2%減の約217億円で全国6位、数量は同4・7%増の約2・6万トンで同19位だった。

 

青森県八戸市が全国主要23漁港を対象に速報値を集計した。

 

金額は全国5位だった12年から順位を一つ下げたものの、金額、数量ともにほぼ横ばいの水準。

 

三浦市の担当者は「過去5年ほどは右肩下がりの傾向だが、下げ止まってきたと考えられる」としている。

 

(神奈川新聞、2014年1月7日)

 

 

Misaki fishing port landing preliminary amount, quantity, the level of the flat in both, rapid report / Kanagawa

 

6th in Japan at about 21.7 billion yen of 2.2 % from the previous year, the amount of catch in 2013 of Misaki fishing port of Miura is a tuna landed base of Japan's leading about 2.6 ten thousands tons of the 4.7 % increase in the quantity, it was the same place in the 19th.

 

Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture is obtained by aggregating the preliminary targeting 23 major fishing ports across the country.

 

Less one rank from 2012 in sales, it was 5th in Japan, but the levels are both nearly flat amount and quantity.

 

Person in charge of the Miura that "It's a declining trend of the past five years, it is considered to have stopped falling”, he said.

 

(Kanagawa Shimbun, 7 Tuesday January 2014 The Roman)

(Translated: R.S.F. toshiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 8 Wednesday January 2014 The Roman)

 

 

Thursday, 5 December 2013

Canada: la balance commerciale est repassée dans le vert en octobre Canada: The trade balance is ironed in green in October

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Canada: la balance commerciale est repassée dans le vert en octobre



Le Canada a dégagé un excédent commercial de 75 millions de dollars canadiens en octobre, par le biais d'une baisse des prix des produits importés, après un déficit de 303 millions le mois précédent, a annoncé mercredi l'institut de la statistique.



C'est la première fois en deux ans que la balance commerciale canadienne est bénéficiaire.



Ce léger excédent est une bonne surprise pour l'économie canadienne.



Les économistes dans leur consensus avaient pronostiqué un déficit commercial de 700 millions.



En octobre, les importations de marchandises du Canada ont reculé de 1,2% par rapport au mois précédent pour atteindre 40,4 milliards de dollars.



Cette tendance au recul des marchandises importées est à mettre au compte d'une baisse des achats à l'étranger de produits énergétiques et de véhicules automobiles, selon Statistique Canada.



A l'inverse, le Canada a importé plus de produits chimiques de base et des plastiques.



Les exportations ont diminué de 0,3% à 40,5 milliards de dollars avec un recul des ventes à l'étranger de véhicules automobiles, d'avions et de matériels ferroviaires.



En revanche, les exportations de produits agricoles et de la pêche et celles des biens de consommation ont augmenté.



Le Canada a profité de la croissance aux Etats-Unis, son premier partenaire commercial vers lequel trois-quarts des exportations sont dirigées.



En octobre, les exportations ont augmenté de 10% (30,4 milliards) par rapport au même mois l'an dernier mais sont restées pratiquement stables en comparaison avec le mois de septembre.



L'excédent commercial avec les Etats-Unis est de 3,9 milliards de dollars.



Les exportations vers l'Union européenne ont chuté (-18,4%) tandis que les importations ont augmenté de 15% par rapport à octobre 2012.



Le Canada et l'Union européenne ont signé en octobre un traité de libre échange qui doit pendant les deux prochaines années faire l'objet d'ajustements réglementaires pour entrer totalement en vigueur.



Ces exportations ont également progressé avec le Japon (+7,5% sur un an) tandis que le Canada a réduit ses achats (-16,8%).



Pour le secteur énergétique, les importations ont diminué de 8,5% à 3,4 milliards de dollars en octobre sous l'effet combiné des volumes et des prix.



Le Canada a réduit de 19% ses importations de pétrole brut et de pétrole brut bitumineux mais en parallèle a importé plus de produits pétroliers raffinés.



Les exportations de produits alimentaires, agricoles et de la pêche ont augmenté de 11,8% à 2,5 milliards de dollars principalement sous l'effet des volumes.



(Les Echos, 4 mercredi décembre 2013 le Roman)





Canada: The trade balance is ironed in green in October



Canada has a trade surplus of 75 million Canadian dollars in October, through lower prices of imported goods, after a deficit of 303 million in the previous month, announced Wednesday the Institute of Statistics.



This is the first time in two years that the Canadian trade balance beneficiary.



This slight excess is a good surprise for the Canadian economy.



Economists in their consensus had predicted a trade deficit of $ 700 million.



In October, imports of goods from Canada fell 1.2 % from the previous month to $ 40.4 billion.



This downward trend of imported goods is to be attributed to a decline in foreign purchases of energy products and motor vehicles, according to Statistics Canada.



In contrast, Canada has imported more than basic chemicals and plastics.



Exports fell 0.3 % to $ 40.5 billion with a decline in foreign sales of motor vehicles, aircraft and trains.



In contrast, exports of agricultural products and fish and those of consumer goods increased.



Canada has benefited from the growth in the United States, its largest trading partner to which three-quarters of exports are directed.



In October, exports increased by 10 % (30.4 billion) compared to the same month last year but remained virtually unchanged compared with September.



The trade surplus with the United States is $ 3.9 billion.



Exports to the European Union fell (-18.4 %) while imports increased by 15 % compared to October 2012.



Canada and the European Union signed a treaty in October of free trade must for the next two years subject to regulatory adjustments to enter fully into force.



Exports also rose with Japan (+7.5 % over one year), while Canada has reduced its purchases (-16.8 %).



For the energy sector, imports fell 8.5 % to $ 3.4 billion in October due to a combination of volume and price.



Canada has reduced its imports 19 % of crude oil and crude bitumen but parallel imported more refined petroleum products.



Exports of food, agricultural and fishery increased 11.8 % to $ 2.5 billion primarily due to volumes.



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(Les Echos, 4 Wednesday December 2013 The Roman)

(Translated: R.S.F. tohiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 5 Thursday December 2013 The Roman)

Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Shipping of Japanese tiger prawns starts in The Kingdom of Ryukyu

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Shipping of Japanese tiger prawns starts in The Kingdom of Ryukyu

 

The shipping of Japanese tiger prawns has begun in The Kingdom of Ryukyu before entering the month of December.

 

Prawns are popular as year-end gifts.

 

Staff at the Ginoza Prawn Farm were busy on November 28 picking and boxing the prawns caught in the local outdoor aquafarm.

 

Shipping the prawns starts from September and will end next July.

 

The farm ships 45 tons of prawns every year and about three tons in December, when many people place orders.

 

Prawns about 20 centimeters long are one of the most popular products.

 

The president of the farm, Tadashi Kawasaki, said, “We’ve produced some good-quality prawns this year too. I hope many people enjoy eating them.”

 

(English translation by T&CT, Mark Ealey)

 

(Ryukyu Shimpo, 29 Friday November 2013 The Roman)

 

 

Friday, 29 November 2013

Many prawns from The Kingdom of Ryukyu

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Many prawns from The Kingdom of Ryukyu

 



 

(Ryukyu Shimpo, 28 Thursday November 2011 The Roman)

(Edited: R.S.F. toshiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 29 Friday November 2013 The Roman)