ウニ・サケ大量死で対策強化を　北海道知事、金子農水相に要望

　北海道の鈴木直道知事は１２日、金子原二郎農林水産相を訪ね、道東部でウニや秋サケが大量死している問題について「甚大な被害が生じている」と述べ、漁業者支援の充実・強化などを要望した。金子氏は「第一は原因究明だ。対策は相談しながらやっていきたい」と応じた。
　北海道東部の太平洋沿岸で９月中旬以降、過去に例がない規模の赤潮が発生している。大量死は赤潮が原因とみられ、１０月８日時点でウニを中心に４５億円を超える被害が生じているもようだ。
　道は要請書で、漁業被害への対応に取り組む自治体に十分な財政支援を講じるよう求めた。（2021/10/12-15:38）

Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki asked Japanese fisheries minister Genjiro Kaneko on Tuesday to strengthen support for fisheries operators hit hard by the massive deaths of sea urchins and autumn salmon off the northernmost Japan prefecture.
   "Devastating damage has occurred," Suzuki said in a meeting with Kaneko at the fisheries ministry building.
   The damage is believed to have been caused by red tide of an unprecedented scale that has entered waters off the Pacific coast of eastern Hokkaido since mid-September.
   As of Friday, the damage, mostly to sea urchins, was believed to have exceeded 4.5 billion yen.
   In its request to the ministry, the Hokkaido prefectural government calls for adequate financial support to be provided to municipalities dealing with the damage to the seafood.