Notice
October 15, 1999
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Dept.,
Shizuoka Prefecture,
Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
Observation of Suruga Bay to be conducted for clarifying the property of deep
seawater as resources.
Since fiscal 1998, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (President Takuya
HIRANO), Science and Technology Agency, has been conducting "the research
into scientific properties and multi-stage utilization systems relating to the
seawater at the depths in Suruga Bay" jointly with the Shizuoka prefectural
authorities so as to contribute to their deep seawater utilization project.
As part of this project, the observation of Suruga Bay" will be conducted
from October 18 to 22, 1999.
This survey has two main purposes: one is to clarify the physicochemical properties
and circulatory characteristics of water at the depths in Suruga Bay and the
other is to obtain the data relating to the location of those deep seawater
intake facilities which the Shizuoka Prefecture has planned to build up. For
these purposes, two surveys are to be made; one is the water sampling survey
and the other the mooring survey.
For the former, water samplers are to be attached to those measuring instruments
which are to determine a submarine water temperature and a salt content so as
to take measurements and sample the seawater at a depth of up to 1,600 meters.
The water so sampled is to be verified and analyzed in relation to chemical
and physical items. In the latter or mooring survey, the equipment that has
several current meters vertically moored is to be installed in the seawaters
where a deep seawater intake port is scheduled to be located off the shore of
Yaizu. And these current meters are used to determine the current direction
and current velocity for a period of approximately 3 months to come.
This survey/research has its base in "JAMSTEC deep seawater analysis research
building" (NOTE 1) built up in the Shizuoka Prefectural Fisheries Experiment
Station at the end of August, this year (3690 Shioiri, Kogawa, Yaizu City).
The achievements resulting from this seawater survey, moreover, will be effectively
utilized to design the buildup of a water intake facility to suck up seawater
onto land from the depths of 350 and 700 meters off the shore of Yaizu City
(subsidized by the Fisheries Agency). This buildup, meanwhile, is planned as
part of the "Suruga Bay Deep Seawater Overall Utilization Promotion Project",
which has been being developed in Sizuoka Prefecture since fiscal 1997.
At the site, moreover, reporters are to be treated according to the time schedule
shown in Exhibit 1 attached hereto.
Survey Sea Area Map ｜ Reference
NOTE 1: "JAMSTEC deep seawater analysis laboratory building"
is to be two-storied and constructed of reinforced concrete, with a cumulative
floor area of 232 square meters. It has a fine composition analysis room, a
voluminous composition analysis room, a bioscopy room, a data analysis room
and so on. The laboratory, moreover, is provided with the high-tech analytical
equipment.
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