海底火山噴火で大量の軽石漂着　回収方法を検討―沖縄県

　小笠原諸島の海底火山噴火の影響で大量の軽石が沖縄本島の広範囲に漂着したことを受け、沖縄県は２７日、緊急対策会議を開いた。軽石は本島北部を中心に、南部や西海岸など広い地域で確認。会議では、県庁内に対策チームを設置し回収方法を検討するほか、回収費用などの補助を国に要望する方針を確認した。
　席上、玉城デニー知事は「漁業や観光業、自然環境に大きな影響があり、早急な対策が求められている」と強調した。（2021/10/27-15:15）

Okinawa prefectural officials met Wednesday to discuss ways to collect a large amount of pumice stones apparently from the eruption of an undersea volcano from the Ogasawara Islands.
   Many parts of the main island of Okinawa, southernmost Japan, have been affected by the pumice stones floating from the Ogasawara island chain, located some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo.
   The officials agreed to set up a task force to consider ways to combat the stones. They also agreed to seek state subsidies to cover costs to deal with the situation.
   "We need to act quickly as there is a huge impact on the fisheries and tourism industries as well as the environment," Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki told the officials.
   The pumice stones are believed to have been caused by an eruption in August of the Fukutokuokanoba submarine volcano in the Ogasawara chain, according to prefectural officials and others.