Fishery] Fish are there, but can’t launch boats? The fishing ports in Okunoto are facing difficulties in restoring the fishing industry. Although fish have returned to the Japan Sea, it is difficult to launch fishing boats. At Wajima Port, near the Wajima morning market, the earthquake caused the entrance to the harbor to rise by 1 to 2 meters. As of the end of March, a dredger was rapidly scraping the seabed, and as of the end of April, a temporary navigation route had been secured. They are now in the process of gathering the fishing boats to a temporary pier at the front side of the island and preparing a system for fishing. However, at the Shikaiso fishing port in the Monzen area (former Monzen-cho area) of Wajima City, a new land area of several hundred meters has appeared due to the uplift of up to 4 meters. The seafloor has already risen to the point where one can walk to the breakwater, and it is hard to imagine dredging operations in this condition. Although the Great East Japan Earthquake also caused a 30 cm rise in the harbor over a five-year period, such a widespread and large-scale uplift is unprecedented. As of March 2024, 60 of the 69 fishing ports in Ishikawa Prefecture have been damaged, 18 are unusable, and 19 are only partially usable. It is said that 30% of the fish caught in Ishikawa Prefecture is caught in Noto, and due to the abundance of fish species, there is a large catch of high quality fish with high unit prices. It is also the season when ama-dai and striped shrimp become tasty, and we hope that fishing can resume even if only a little. In addition, the “Wajima morning market,” which was known for selling fresh seafood caught at the port in front of the market, has not reopened in the area. Not only are no products coming in, but the buildings on the east side of the “morning market street” have collapsed, and those on the west side have burned down in a fire, leaving the buildings in a state of disrepair, so the first step is to remove and reorganize them. In the midst of all this, the morning market people are cooperating with the soup kitchen and preparing to hold a small-scale morning market there with “egara manju,” a little-known specialty of Wajima. (Some of the stores have temporarily relocated to Kanazawa City’s Kaneishi district.) Although the Wajima morning market has a strong image of fish sales, the actual products sold at the morning market are diverse, including woodwork, lacquer crafts, Japanese and Western sweets, and more. We look forward to visiting the area again to enjoy shopping at the morning market.
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