The Damages caused by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake and Actions taken by Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Brief Summary of the 6th meeting of Earthquake Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters of Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (March 12th)

 1.  The Secure Status of the Major Emergency Food  

• Rice balls, Boxed Lunch etc ( approximately 109 million meals per day) Currently arranging a million meals delivery
• Water ( 323 million liters per day)
• Bread ( 26 million were already delivered/ are in enroute)
• Instant Noodles ( delivering 10 million meals out of secured 37 million meals)

  

2.  Fisheries Matters 

• Ordered 9 fisheries enforcement vessels in all over Japan to head to the Tohoku offshore area in order to rescue, and to grasp the damage
• One fisheries  inspection vessel anchoring Ariake pier currently stands by for the relief supplies transportation

  3. Forestry Matters   

• Investigating via helicopters at Tohoku Regional Forest Office, Kanto Regional Forest Office and Chubu Regional Forest Office
• Occurring wildfire in Tarou-cho, Iwate Prefecture etc ( reported that it is low risk of fire spread). Found collapsed embankments along the forestry road in Hanawa-chou in Fukushima Prefecture, Daigo-chou in Ibaraki Prefecture

 

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