里海 – 岡山県日生町

On the southern coast of Honshu Island, facing Japan’s largest enclosed sea, is a town that is known for its rich marine heritage. Hinase has long been one of the most commercially successful fishing towns in the Seto Inland Sea area.

Here about 200 fishing families make their living from coastal fisheries, including oyster farming, small-scale trawling, and coastal pound net fishing (a method for catching fish using a system of nets staked upright). The techniques and lore of these activities, including the design of the local pound nets, were originally developed by Hinase fishermen.

See the full version of the “SATOUMI” documentary
http://youtu.be/4fj-iW60CGk

Read the related article: http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/re-creating-eelgrass-beds-in-the-seto-inland-sea