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Analysis of the mechanism of horse mackerels perishing by environmental monitoring in Uchiura Bay

Set at multiple points from the surface to seafloor, a system equipped with current velocity and dissolved oxygen sensors developed for remote monitoring on the seas was installed in a fish pen at Uchiura Bay, in Shizuoka Prefecture’s Numazu City, with the aim of monitoring the occurrence of hypoxia and elucidating the mechanism of fish mortality in fisheries. After analyzing the results, as well as analyzing the seafloor topography and sludge, it was found that the area directly under the fishery may be anoxic due to abnormal growth of microorganisms, resulting in the occurrence of death during stagnant tidal currents. Based on this, a system for preventing fish mortality was created, equipped with an alert function.

Applicable regions

Shizuoka Prefecture

Implementation period

April 26, 2024 - March 10, 2025

Community and Regional Affairs category

• Regional collaboration as research targets and implementation sites/research that aims to popularize region-specific issues
• Education of students/human resource development for the next generation
• Advisory role for the authorities, etc.

Related websites

https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000002.000115537.html

Cooperating institutions, etc.

MizLinx Inc.,Uchiura fisheries cooperative,WindyNetwork Inc.,Shizuoka Prefectural Research Institute of Fishery and Ocean,Marine Open Innovation

Campus

Yagami

Person in charge

Faculty of Science and Technology Associate Professor Hidetoshi Takahashi

Other partnerships and collaborations