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must think about the 30 % of oyster growers who
have abandoned their activity (Fig. 7a ).
Toward the restoration, what we must do now?
Most of all, it is necessary to repair the
infrastructure as well as various other things.
For example, in large areas of the seabed, there
are many macro debris that have not been
surveyed.
Almost all fishing ports in the region were
submerged by about 1 m under the level, and
only 10 % of them were repaired (Fig. 7b ). To
repair the culture and processing facilities,
Fig. 7 ( a – f ) From the top and left to right : ( a ) percentage
of restarted oyster growers at Miyagi Prefecture in 2 years
after the tsunami disaster, ( b ) reconstruction of Onagawa
port, ( c ) young oyster grower returned back in family,
( d ) horizontal growing technique of oysters in use in
France (Arcachon), ( e ) vertical growing technique of oysters in use in Japan (Kesennuma), and ( f ) “Fine de Claire
Verte,” the Marennes’ speciality
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