The Mitsui & Co. Environment Fund
Introduction to Grant Projects
INDEX="281"
NAME="Minamisanriku fishing ground survey"
TYPE="活動助成,"
YEAR="2011年度,"
AREA="日本全国,東北,"
KIND="NPO,"
ORG="Japan Conference of Underwater Education (JCUE)"
Japan Conference of Underwater Education (JCUE)
Minamisanriku fishing ground survey
Activity grant
- Project Description
Cooperating with Minamisanriku's Fishery Division to conduct an underwater survey of fishing grounds heavily damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake, and assess the impact of the tsunami on the ecosystems in these areas. The results of this research will be shared with fisherpeople and fishery divisions and will contribute to the resumption of the fishing industry (particularly near-shore fishing)
- Fields
- Marine resources/food
- Grant year
- FY2011 Activity Grants
- Grant term
- 10 months
June 2011 - March 2012
- Grant amount
- 4,796,600 yen
- Activity region
- Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

Overview of the Organization

- Representative
- Yasushi Yamanaka, Chairman
- Establishment
- 2002
- Establishment purpose
- JCUE aims to contribute to society through activities such as promoting diving technology that can be enjoyed safely, leveraging the advantages of direct underwater observation for conservation activities, and raising awareness of life-saving and rescue methods.
- Main areas of activity
- Shizuoka Prefecture, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Staff
- 15 part-time staff members, 112 full members
- Annual operating budget
- 1.48 million yen in 2008, 1.51 million yen in 2009, 1.72 million yen in 2010
- WEB site
- http://www.jcue.net/
- Recent activities
-
- (1) Holding seminars on safely observing the underwater environment
- (2) Holding educational seminars on the marine environment
- (3) Participating in research on water rescue methods
- (4) Research, promotion, and awareness-raising regarding life-saving and rescue methods
- (5) Holding seminars for people involved in underwater safety education
- (6) Various ventures aimed at revitalizing regions through diving
- (7) Researching and participating in research regarding safe diving
- (8) Researching and participating in research regarding the safety of diving equipment
- (9) Activity promoting the use of the sea in a way that is appropriate to the region it is located in
- (10) Environmental conservation based on underwater observation
- (11) Researching and participating in research on cutting edge diving equipment
- (12) Any other activity that is thought to contribute to acheiving JCUE's three articles of incorporation