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Mozuku aquaculture interrupted by pumice stones, expected to effect national supply

Mozuku aquaculture interrupted by pumice stones, expected to effect national supply

October 29, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

Uruma; Nanjo – The large amounts of pumice stone floating in the waters around Okinawa are continuing to cause damage throughout the prefecture. It has caused a hindrance to the prefecture’s aquaculture of mozuku, an edible seaweed, and it was learned on October 28 that it has caused the death of 500 farm-raised cobia fish in Ikemi Fish Harbor. The Okinawa Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced the same day that work to...

 

Tokashiki celebrates two local women turning 97: Their secret to long life? – Farming

Tokashiki celebrates two local women turning 97: Their secret to long life? – Farming

October 25, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

By Hideaki Yoneda

 

Tokashiki – October 12 (September 7 on the Lunar Calendar) was Kajimaya (a celebration of elders turning 97 years old by the traditional age system). In Tokashiki, there was a Kajimaya parade on October 14 celebrating the...