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Announcement from Kamaishi Hikarifoods

2023.3.20News ReleaseThe homepage has been released.

2018.8.01News ReleaseWe have been certified as a Kamaishi City Childcare Support Company.

We have created a conducive working environment and established conditions that enable employees to have meaningful and high-quality jobs. To achieve a non-fishy-smelling factory, we maintain cleanliness and provide a comfortable working environment by playing music inside the factory. We have also implemented a flextime system, ensuring flexible shift management and production planning that accommodates employees' lifestyles, regardless of their employment status, generation, gender, childcare or caregiving responsibilities, or disabilities. As a result, we have been certified as a company supporting child-rearing in Kamaishi City.

2018.4.01DevelopmentWe have initiated the development of next-generation cultivation techniques for sea urchins, abalones, and sea cucumbers.

We have collaborated with Kitasato University to develop next-generation cultivation techniques for sea urchins, abalones, and sea cucumbers. The current state of sea urchin fishing is characterized by expanding areas of rocky barren seafloor and an increase in lean sea urchins. As for sea cucumber fishing, the resources are declining, and there are significant differences in individual growth rates. In the case of abalone fishing, seed production, and aquaculture, the issues lie in decreasing catch volume, low survival rates during early stages, and significant differences in individual growth.To address these challenges and efficiently cultivate healthy and large-sized abalones, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers, we have developed mixed cultivation techniques, utilized biomass-based seafood feed, and implemented environmentally friendly aquaculture techniques.

2023.3.20News ReleaseThe homepage has been released.

2019.4.01News ReleaseWe have opened our own restaurant, "Hikari Dining," to serve you.

In April 2019, right next to the fish market facing Kamaishi Port, the bustling facility called "Uogashi Terrace" was completed. Kamaishi Hikari Foods has opened a restaurant here to showcase the charm of "Fishermen's Town Kamaishi." In this restaurant, our chef prepares "delicious Kamaishi cuisine, a taste you've never experienced before," featuring home-style dishes unique to Kamaishi and seafood from the Sanriku region.

2018.8.01News ReleaseWe have been certified as a Kamaishi City Childcare Support Company.

We have created a conducive working environment and established conditions that enable employees to have meaningful and high-quality jobs. To achieve a non-fishy-smelling factory, we maintain cleanliness and provide a comfortable working environment by playing music inside the factory. We have also implemented a flextime system, ensuring flexible shift management and production planning that accommodates employees' lifestyles, regardless of their employment status, generation, gender, childcare or caregiving responsibilities, or disabilities. As a result, we have been certified as a company supporting child-rearing in Kamaishi City.

2018.4.01DevelopmentWe have initiated the development of next-generation cultivation techniques for sea urchins, abalones, and sea cucumbers.

We have collaborated with Kitasato University to develop next-generation cultivation techniques for sea urchins, abalones, and sea cucumbers. The current state of sea urchin fishing is characterized by expanding areas of rocky barren seafloor and an increase in lean sea urchins. As for sea cucumber fishing, the resources are declining, and there are significant differences in individual growth rates. In the case of abalone fishing, seed production, and aquaculture, the issues lie in decreasing catch volume, low survival rates during early stages, and significant differences in individual growth.To address these challenges and efficiently cultivate healthy and large-sized abalones, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers, we have developed mixed cultivation techniques, utilized biomass-based seafood feed, and implemented environmentally friendly aquaculture techniques.

2016.4.01DevelopmentWe have commenced the development of next-generation salmon aquaculture technology.

We conducted research on next-generation salmon aquaculture in collaboration with Iwate University and Hokkaido University (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries).We imported fingerlings from the Iwate Prefectural Inland Water Fisheries Technology Center and other sources and carried out breeding research, remote monitoring and automation system development, improvement and establishment of evaluation criteria for flesh quality and taste, and aquaculture research at the Sanriku Fisheries Research Center. In addition, our company conducted market evaluations such as ingredient assessment for fish.By incorporating feedback from evaluations, we have contributed to the improvement of salmon quality (taste, aroma, color, fat content, price, processing methods, etc.) and achieved regional revitalization through market-oriented salmon aquaculture.

2015.4.01DevelopmentWe have started research on value-added utilization of overnight-harvested mackerel.

We conducted research on value-added enhancement of farmed mackerel in collaboration with Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology and Iwate University (Fisheries Research and Education Organization).