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Location & Access

to Niigata Port tunnel The Japan Sea Sado Kisen Niigata Laboratory TOKI MESSE Niigata City Aquarium 1-5939-22, Suido-cho, Chuo-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata, 951-8121, JAPAN (Marinepia Nihonkai) Niigata Next21 113 Phone: +81-25-228-0451 Fax: +81-25-224-0950

Ryuto Bridge ea N Laboratory Gokoku Shrine from Niigata Station Niigata Seiryo ・15 minutes by taxi Univ. Bandai Bridge ・20 minutes by bus, get off at "Okamoto Koji". 5 minutes walk Niigata City Hall 7 ・25 minutes by bus, get off at "Niigata Seiryo daigaku Mae". 1 Yachiyo Bridge Bus Terminal minute walk Niigata Commercial Hakusan Park 116 High School Syowa Bridge Bandai Exit Bus Terminal from Niigata Airport Hakusan Niigata ational F Station Station ・25 minutes by taxi South Exit JR Echigo Line Niigata Shinano-gawa River JR Joetsu Shinkansen Notojima Laboratory Chitose Bridge to Niigata Prefecture to Toyano Lagoon Laboratory

Miyazu

Nanao-kitaNa Bay Laboratory Obama Laboratory Notojima NotojimaNot Aquarium Laboratory Niigata Laboratory Twin Bridge NotoNo 257

249 Noto Is. Notojima Laboratory isheries R 257 15-1-1, Notojimamagarimachi, Nanao-shi, Ishikawa 926-0216, JAPAN Phone: +81-767-84-1182 Fax: +81-767-84-1184 47 Nanao-nishi Bay from Wakura-onsen Station Notojima Ohashi Bridge ・ 25 minutes by taxi

Wakura-onsen Sta. ・30 minutes by bus, get off at "Notojima-rinkaikoen" Tatsuruhama JR Nanao Line Sta. Nanao-minami Bay from Wakura I.C. Japan Sea National Fisheries Research Institute ・ 25 minutes by car Tatsuruhama I.C. Wakura I.C.

Fukui Pref. Univ. Research Center for Angel Line Wakasa Bay Marine Bioresouces Yosano Town 178 Fukui Pref. Fish Farming Center Ano

Wakasa Bay esearch I Miyazu Bay Obama Laboratory Uchitomi ES 16 2 Kunda To Tsuruga Amanohashidate Peninsula Aso-Kai Kyoto Marine Center Amano- Fukui Pref. Univ. Sta. Obama Campus Obama Bay Kunda Tunnel Miyazu Laboratory To Yosano Kunda Sta. Kunda Bay Obama City Office Obama I.C. Kitakinki Tango Railway Obama Sta. JR Obama Line Miyazu Line 24 Miyazu Sta. 178 To Notojima Laboratory Obama Laboratory Miyazu Laboratory Obama Laboratory Miyazu Laboratory nstitute 26 Tomari, Obama-shi, Fukui 917-0117, JAPAN 1721 Odashukuno, Miyazu-shi, Kyoto 626-0052, JAPAN Phone: +81-770-52-2660 Fax: +81-770-52-2661 Phone: +81-772-25-1306 Fax: +81-772-25-1307

from Obama Station from Miyazu Station ・15 minutes by taxi ・15 minutes by taxi

from Obama I.C. from Miyazu AmanoHashidate I.C. ・25 minutes by car ・20 minutes by car http://jsnfri.fra.affrc.go.jp

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Role Fisheries Management Division

The Sea of Japan is a semi-enclosed oceanic basin, consisting of the Tushima Warm Current and Subarctic In the Sea of Japan, valuable fi sheries resources include common squid, snow crab, and fi sh, such as yellow water at the surface to 300 m depth and original cold water beneath. The Japan Sea National Fisheries Research tail. For sustainable management, the Fisheries Management Division collects data at fi sh markets and from Institute (JSNFRI) conducts research contributing to coastal and off shore fi sheries and promotes the sustainable research vessel surveys to produce stock assessments for 14 species use of fi shery resources and stock enhancement in cooperation with research institutes located along the coast based on these data. The division investigates mechanisms causing of the Sea of Japan from Aomori Prefecture to Yamaguchi Prefecture. population fluctuations, studies animal ecology and life history, provides information on trends, and proposes fi sheries management policy. The information is used for determining total allowable catch History and other management policies of the Japanese Government. In addition, the division conducts research and disseminates information ■ The JSNFRI was established as one of the research institutes of the Fisheries Agency at Nanao, Ishikawa pertaining to salmon hatchery technology. Prefecture, in July 1949. ■ Later, the JSNFRI was moved to Bandaijima, Niigata-city, in December 1952. ■ The JSNFRI was moved to its present location in April 1965. Fisheries Oceanography Division ■ In April 2001 the Fisheries Research Agency (FRA) was established by combining the research institutes of the Fisheries Agency, including JSNFRI, in accordance with the administrative reform policy of the Japanese Fisheries resources are affected by physical environments, such as Government. water temperature, salinity and currents, and by biological conditions, such ■ The JSNFRI was reorganized to include the Miyazu, Obama, and Notojima research stations in April 2011. as phytoplankton and zooplankton. The Fisheries Oceanography Division investigates physical and biological environments through its long-term oceanographic survey in the Sea of Japan, clarifies factors influencing Organization fl uctuations of fi sheries resources, and contributes to the development of technology to utilize fisheries resources sustainably and efficiently. The Director-General Project Management Division ● Planning and Coordination Section division is responsible for studies that deal with environmental issues, such ● Management Section as the outbreak of giant jellyfi sh that is aff ecting fi sheries in the Sea of Japan.

Fisheries Management Division ● Stock Assessment and Management Group Stock Enhancement and Aquaculture Division ● Fisheries Biology Group ● Coastal Fisheries Resources Group Fisheries are conducted in shallow coastal waters and in ● Salmon Resources Research Group continental shelf waters in the Sea of Japan. The Stock Enhancement and Aquaculture Division conducts research to enhance and utilize Fisheries Oceanography Division ● Physical Oceanography Group rationally the fi sheries resources living in these waters. The division ● Biological Productivity Group investigates the relationship between living resources, such as juvenile fi sh, shellfi sh, and seaweed, and environmental condition in their habitats, such as algal beds and sandy substrates. The division Stock Enhancement and Aquaculture Division ● Stock Enhancement Group develops methods for effi cient artifi cial production of juvenile fi sh ● Coastal Productivity and Environment Group ● Live Food Group and investigates the environmental conditions at release sites.

Research Vessel -maru Research Vessel Mizuho-maru

The Mizuho-maru is a research vessel built in 1981 and refurbished in1994. The vessel conducts research on fi sheries Project Management Division resources, environment, and oceanography in the Sea of Japan. ■ Length: 38.47m The Project Management Division supports research of JSNFRI, coordinates research projects, exchanges ■ Breadth: 6.80m information with related institutes and researchers, collects and disseminates information, and manages the ■ Depth: 2.90m library. The division manages personnel services and aff airs, welfare programs, procurement, and budget and ■ Gross tonnage: 152 ton facility management. ■ Speed: 10.60knot ■ Maximum number of crew: 24

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