Umigo Co., Ltd. The breakthrough of the fishing spot revolution “Sea Fishing GO”. Award winning, academic collaboration, opening of fishing spots.

[Umigo Co., Ltd.] The breakthrough of the fishing spot revolution “Sea Fishing GO”. Award winning, academic collaboration, opening of fishing spots. ​ Umigo Co., Ltd. Press release: March 25, 2025 The breakthrough of the fishing revolution “Sea Fishing GO”. Award winning, academic collaboration, opening of fishing spots. FY2024 was the year in which “Sea Fishing GO” made great progress. We have summarized our review of our activities and the outlook for 2025. “Sea Fishing GO” is Japan’s first fishing spot reservation service for fishing ports, planned, developed, and operated by Umigo Co., Ltd. (location: Nishiizu Town, Shizuoka Prefecture, CEO: Daiki Kunimura). 2024 was a year in which “Sea Fishing GO” made great progress. We will look back at the results of our activities in the second half of the year and share our initiatives for the next year in three sections: expansion and deepening of our fishing spot management business, attention from academics, and evaluation as a business model. In addition,
crowdfunding “Answers support the community! The “Fishing Spot Opening Project” will close at the end of March. This is a unique opportunity to share the reality of opening fishing spots and experience the dynamism of a startup. We appreciate your participation and support.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/146006/6/146006-6-718159c4d1a04b12f3aa5ccc256ded69-1920×1080.jpg Expansion and deepening of fishing spot management business In the second half of 2024, we will simultaneously open new fishing spots and improve the appeal of fishing spots. Second port, Nishina fishing port, opens in summer Following Tago Fishing Port, the first sea fishing GO port, which opened in July 2023, Nishina Fishing Port, the second sea fishing GO port, will open in August 2024. Nishina Fishing Port is a fishing port full of attractions other than fishing, with a direct sales shop, a restaurant directly managed by the fishing association, an open-air bath, and an area for playing on the shore. There is also a dedicated parking lot on the north and south embankments where you can fish, and we have made progress in making it possible to fish from the side of your car. Tago fishing port, where the port itself is deep and easy for migratory fish to enter, and Nishina fishing port, which was built on a rocky shore with some brackish water, have different types of fish to catch, and the appeal of quay fishing at the fishing port has improved for Nishiizu Town as a whole.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/146006/6/146006-6-2264d5e336154e446f91cb23430ed3dd-2400×1260.jpg Tago Fishing Port, which opened on July 31, 2023, will be the first sea fishing GO port.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/146006/6/146006-6-6d964ea3c69eabb2cdd1c550124ebba7-2400×1261.jpg Nishina Fishing Port opened on August 3, 2024 and is the second sea fishing GO port. Planning cooperation for Awashima Marine Park fishing event In autumn, “Trial Fishing Heaven!!” was held twice for a total of 5 days in Awashima, Numazu City, where fishing had been prohibited for 15 years. Despite being located on a remote island where the aquarium is located, there were some anglers who left not only garbage but also fish such as pufferfish in the aisles and went home, so fishing had to be prohibited in the past.Umigo, which has opened up fishing areas in the Izu area and worked to coexist with fishermen, cooperated in the project. We have successfully opened the fishing area for the first time in 15 years. Umigo will continue to cooperate with the opening of fishing areas at Awashima Marine Park. Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/146006/6/146006-6-7a5ffe769a929c1fa68d445598e89e3e-2400×1260.jpg We held “Trial Fishing Heaven” for the first time in 15 years. Started hunting project for harmful fish We started a “hunting for damaging fish” project in January as a measure to improve the appeal of fishing spots and help solve problems in local communities. If you catch a designated fish species using Sea Fishing GO, you can exchange it for local currency at the local direct sales store, “Hambata Market,” as long as it is still alive. As a unique attempt unique to Nishi-Izu, it was also featured in a TV special on Shizuoka Broadcasting. In conjunction with the damaging fish hunting project, rental fishing equipment exclusively for moray eel fishing will also be available from March. Now you can participate in activities to protect the marine environment while enjoying fishing.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/146006/6/146006-6-df39f845f598a07c2ddc5c3bb9b319a6-2400×1260.jpg We also have rental tackle specifically for moray eels. To the themes of academic works, research, and classes The research theme is the Umigo project, which approaches regional development from the perspective of “opening up fishing spots” to address Japan’s social issues of increasing urban concentration and the hollowing out of regions. I would like to introduce some of them. Documentary program by Shizuoka Taisei High School Broadcasting Club wins competition On Sunday, November 10, 2024, the Shizuoka Taisei High School
Broadcasting Club won first place in the video message category at the 45th Shizuoka Prefecture High School Broadcasting Newcomer Contest. The title of the work is “A new form of sea fishing leisure”. As a result, the division will be selected to represent Shizuoka Prefecture in the Broadcast Division of the National High School Comprehensive Cultural Festival to be held in Kagawa Prefecture in 2025. When the members of the broadcasting department went to the Izu Peninsula to investigate in search of a production theme, they noticed a sea fishing GO signboard in the Tago area of ​​Nishiizu Town, and were surprised to discover that it was not just a fishing promotion, but a new social system that solved the problems of fishing ports, and that was the impetus for the program to begin production. The finished work is of excellent quality. Please view from here. *Due to licensing issues, some songs in the Youtube version have been changed from the original version.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/146006/6/146006-6-c5bc895637ec0957591cdf5f50ee6b53-2400×1600.jpg Members of the Shizuoka Taisei High School Broadcast Club filming at Nishina Fishing Port Tokyo Metropolitan University Riho Omura’s graduation research theme It was selected as the main research topic for the 2024 graduation research, “Research on fishing port management for coexistence between fishing personnel and anglers,” by Riho Omura of the Department of Tourism Science, Faculty of Urban Environment, Tokyo Metropolitan University. Mr. Omura is from Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. He has been going to the port with his father since he was a child, and he felt a sense of crisis at the current state of port closures, and wanted to protect the ocean so that both visitors and residents could enjoy it. The research combined field surveys and multifaceted analysis to produce a highly complete paper that highlights issues and solutions for fishing ports. “In addition to understanding the complexity of the problem, I feel that it was through this research that I was able to clarify the desire that many people involved in the fishing industry had to do something for the region. By conducting research on fishing ports and fishing in my hometown and compiling them into a paper, I became even more determined to carry on the pride of my hometown. ” I received a message.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/146006/6/146006-6-eea829971cd9196fb5c68ad977836624-2400×1601.jpg Mr. Omura conducting a field survey at Tago Fishing Port Special class held at Japan Fish College On November 12th and 13th, 2024, a special class “Changing the world with fish!” will be held at Japan Fish College. In addition to introducing examples of how fish and fishing-based businesses are changing local communities, we also held a design thinking workshop, which provided students with new insights through the class. In 2025, we will be involved in this project as one of the themes of the 3rd year elective course, “Fisheries/Marine Project Major.” The event will be set in Nishiizu Town, an advanced maritime industry area and the birthplace of Sea Fishing GO, where participants will deepen their learning about the maritime industry through hands-on experience.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/146006/6/146006-6-a8fde69b398b504c6ae3f035997cc1ba-2400×1200.jpg Japan Fish College “Changing the world with fish!” Special class. It was a collaborative class with Kenji Tateiwa, president of Agile Energy X Co., Ltd. Attention to business models that solve fishing village issues We have received many tours as an advanced example of solving problems in fishing villages using DX. We have received high praise in business competitions. Received the Shizuoka Prefecture SDGs Business Award 2024 Excellence Award The Shizuoka Prefecture SDGs Business Award is an award that recognizes environmental businesses that create the future. This project was carried out as part of an effort to promote the spread and development of businesses that contribute to SDGs within the prefecture and to realize a sustainable society, and in the second half of 2024, the project was promoted while receiving mentoring. At the final presentation, we gave a presentation titled “Social Implementation of Maritime Industry from Shizuoka” and received the honor of receiving the Excellence Award.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/146006/6/146006-6-eac7dc6a1cb0bddf98c50e0b3b735fe3-2048×1365.jpg Received the Shizuoka Prefecture SDGs Business Award 2024 Excellence Award Shizuoka City BRIDGE 2024 Excellence Award Shizuoka City’s “BRIDGE 2024” is a co-creation contest in which startup companies and the local community collaborate to create a new social system and aim to solve social issues faced by Shizuoka City. We made a joint proposal with MarineSweeper, which has a vision of ocean restoration based on diving technology, with whom Umigo has been collaborating since its founding. We received the prestigious Award of Excellence for our proposal that uses the use of the port as an opportunity to lead to ocean conservation and seaweed bed restoration. In fiscal 2025, we will take action to link the concept to social
implementation.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/146006/6/146006-6-e53b6e85d7e7cc0b42c4480075a1c194-1800×1200.jpg Shizuoka City BRIDGE 2024 Excellence Award 2025 will be a dynamic year In response to the current situation where fishing spots are being closed all over Japan, the crowdfunding project “Anglers Support Local Communities! Fishing Spot Opening Project” is a crowdfunding project with the goal of increasing the number of fishing spots by directly developing activities to increase the number of fishing spots nationwide. When opening a fishing spot, we listen to the opinions of local people and make various adjustments until it can be used as a fishing spot, but this surprisingly brings the community and anglers closer together, and I have felt that a bond with the area, or even an attachment to it, goes beyond simply being able to catch fish. We would like to provide those who support us through this crowdfunding with the opportunity and experience to learn about the region through fishing and expand their horizons and the world. We are currently preparing to open multiple fishing spots, and plan to release new information soon after the beginning of the fiscal year. The new year will be a year in which we will realize new fishing experiences and new regional revitalization in ways that no one could have imagined. I look forward to experiencing a dynamic year with everyone in which manufacturing and Kotozukuri will be implemented in society at a high level of purity. Click here to support crowdfunding ​ “Answers support the community! Fishing spot opening project” deadline March 31st ◆”Sea Fishing GO” and “UMIGO” are registered trademarks of Umigo Co., Ltd. ◆ “Sea Fishing GO App” and “UMIGO Terminal” are patent pending. Application number: Patent application 2024-135488 ◆ Sea fishing GO service site is here ◆Click here for inquiries
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