ISHINOMAKI, MIYAGI PREF. – Kazuki Suzuki, a 32-year-old oyster farmer from Ishinomaki, a city washed off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, has been marketing his produce through his Yahoo! page for about a year now.
He is just one of a rising number of local young fishermen who are turning to IT to thrive since the disaster disrupted traditional fishery operations.
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