Aomori Ear-Hanging Machinery

As part of an ongoing and productive relationship, a delegation from Maine visited its’ sister-state of Aomori Prefecture, Japan, in 2010. Part of the trip was to re-visit the Japanes scallop aquaculture industry, with a highlight of stopping at the manufacturing facility of a premier gear supplier, specific to the scallop aquaculture technique called ‘ear-hanging.’

This source material for this video is courtesy of Dr. Christopher V. Davis, at the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center, and by kind permission of Mr. H. Sugiyama, owner of Mutsu Kaden Tokki Co., LTD.