About Us

Authorized Improvement Planning

As a result of the Act, Maintenance of Sustainable Aquaculture Production, which took effect in 1990, we have made a voluntary improvement plan long before the other fishery cooperatives in our country. Moreover, we have been authorized by Kagoshima Prefecture to maintain our fish farms in good condition, and to follow the sustainable use of fishing grounds so that our customer can buy our products at ease. Another factor in the authorization is the stable improvement of the fishery grounds.

Study Groups

We actively hold lectures by bringing in visiting lecturers and setting up study meetings to share information and resolve daily problems.

Management of the Restaurant Fishermen's' Dining OHKAN

We run a restaurant called “Fishermen’s Dining OHKAN” with a mostly-female staff. Focusing on the theme of “new products proposal centered around amberjack”, we work hard to develop new recipes everyday. We are reputed for our good taste and our restaurant is regarded as a new and excellent restaurant in Tarumizu.

History

Tarumizu Village Fishermen's union
Established on the 8th of May in 1911
Tarumizu Town Fishermen's Cooperative
Democratically-established in 1949
Tarumizu City Fishermen's Cooperative
Established by the municipal government in 1958
Tarumizu City Fishermen's Cooperative
Transferred credit business to Kagoshima
Prefectural Credit Federation of Japan
FisheriesCooperatives in May in 1994

Overview

（at the date of 30th of April in 2009)

Members
721（456 Full Members (including 45 female members), 265 Associate Members）
Board members
12（9 Directors, 3 Auditors）
Staff
25（16 males, 9 females）
Management entities of each type of fisheries
・Fish culture industry 59 entities・Small-scale trawl fishery 13 entities ・Small-scale purse seine fishery 2 entities・Gill net fishery 63 entities ・Long line fishery 27 entities・Miscellaneous fishery 36 entities ・Single-hook handle-line fishing 186 entities ・Others 16 entities
Number of fishing boats
・Under 1 ton 166 boats・Under 5 ton　235 boats ・More than 5 ton 154 boats TOTAL 555 boats
Situation of Aquafarm
Fishery Ground Mean water depth about 120m (Shallowest bottom: 67m, Deepest bottom:153m)
Standardized size of a fish pen
8m cubic
Permitted fish pen
587 fish pens