Being Japan an island country, fish has always played a main role in Japanese people's diet.
Japan is among the top countries in per capita fish intake in the world.
Japanese people love fish
With a resource management system in place, fishing nets are a very efficient gear for catching marine living resources, supporting indirectly the Japanese food industry. Purse seine nets account for the largest catch among all fishing nets. Purse seines are used to surround and catch large schools of migratory fish such as skipjack, tuna, mackerel, horse mackerel or sardine.
After having played an important role in supporting the Japanese food supply chain, end-of-life fishing nets are disposed of properly.
With the present disposal system, the fishing operator bears a cost. In order to reduce the burden on both, the fishing operator and the environment, our company has been searching, for long time now, an effective method of disposal based on circular economy.
The circular economy of purse seine nets is possible. This will promote decarbonisation and will contribute to the achievement of the SDGs. Kinoshita Fishing Net, well aware of the importance of this matter, has been working together with other companies sharing this philosophy in order to develop a system to recycle end-of-life purse seine nets.
