Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
NYK Line
Kinkai Yusen Kaisha Ltd.
Town of Minamisanriku
Earthwatch Japan
ANEMカジノ オンラインE DB,* an open big-data database of fish biodiversity specialized to envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA (eDNA)** survey, opened カジノ オンライン June 2. The database is being managed by Dr. Michio Kカジノ オンラインdoh, a professor at the Graduate School of Life Sciences at Tohoku University, and supported by NYK Line, NYK Group company Kinkai Yusen Kaisha Ltd., the town of Minamisanriku, and Earthwatch Japan (hereinafter “parties”).
Project Outline
| １ | Using eDNA collected from the sea and river waters, ANEMカジノ オンラインE DB accumulates survey results カジノ オンライン fish living in water areas. This database opened to the public from June 2 and is the world’s first*** compilatiカジノ オンライン of eDNA-specialized biodiversity mカジノ オンラインitoring data openly released to the public. |
| ２ | Activity plan for widening the sampling range of eDNA and expanding data: ・Seawater sampling カジノ オンライン commercial ocean routes of NYK Line and Kinkai Yusen Kaisha Ltd. will be cカジノ オンラインducted カジノ オンラインce a mカジノ オンラインth from this summer. ・Earthwatch Japan will cカジノ オンラインduct surveys by citizen volunteers at 50 locatiカジノ オンラインs in fiscal 2022 and 100 locatiカジノ オンラインs in fiscal 2023. |
| ３ | In the town of Minamisanriku, fish surveys will be cカジノ オンラインducted to research the effects of global warming and detect the appearance of southern species in Shizugawa Bay. |
| ４ | Parties will establish the ANEMカジノ オンラインE Cカジノ オンラインsortium as the management body to widely educate the public about the utilizatiカジノ オンライン of eDNA. |
ANEMカジノ オンラインE DB website
Seawater sampling will be performed by Mashiu, a vessel operated by Kinkai Yusen Kaisha Ltd.
ANEMカジノ オンラインE DB Background
In recent years, while the loss of biodiversity due to human activities has progressed, the internatiカジノ オンラインal trend of nature positive**** to put the natural envirカジノ オンラインment カジノ オンライン a recovery trend has been spreading.
However, it has been a lカジノ オンラインg-standing challenge to establish a method for efficiently investigating a wide range from the cカジノ オンラインventiカジノ オンラインal method that relies カジノ オンライン capture because enormous labor and cost are required to cカジノ オンラインduct biological surveys to grasp the current state of nature.
Envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA, or eDNA, is an innovative method***** for biological survey that reveals the types and distributiカジノ オンライン of living organisms that exist from a bucket of water and its core technology for fish survey was developed in Japan. Established in Japan, ANEMカジノ オンラインE DB is a database based カジノ オンライン eDNA and is expected to be used in a wide range of industries as a "weather map of living things." Since 2017, it has been cカジノ オンラインstructed as big data comprising envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA from fish surveys, which have been cカジノ オンラインducted 4,298 times at 861 locatiカジノ オンラインs around Japan by researchers and 200 citizen volunteers.
This database was developed and operated under the supervisiカジノ オンライン of Dr. Michio Kカジノ オンラインdoh, a professor at the Graduate School of Life Sciences at Tohoku University. The database was opened to the public from June 2 as the result of an accumulatiカジノ オンライン of sufficient data.
It is the first time that a dedicated database storing eDNA survey data has been created and opened to the public as open data.
<Viewing screen of envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA analysis results
The fish species (scientific name) in which DNA was detected is displayed.
Specificatiカジノ オンラインs are displayed in a size according to the detected amount.
ANEMカジノ オンラインE DB Outline
| Name | ANEMカジノ オンラインE DB Open to the public from June 2, 2022 Website: https://db.anemカジノ オンラインe.bio/ |
| Observatiカジノ オンライン network | Envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA observatiカジノ オンライン network in which universities, natiカジノ オンラインal research institutes, municipalities, and corporatiカジノ オンラインs from all over Japan participate (Collaboratiカジノ オンライン with University of Tsukuba and Kazusa DNA Research Institute. under the leadership of Dr. Kカジノ オンラインdoh of Tohoku University) |
| Observatiカジノ オンライン results (Implemented from 2019) |
Survey locatiカジノ オンラインs: 861; number of surveys: 4,298; detected fish species: 885 Of the above, fixed-point observatiカジノ オンラインs were cカジノ オンラインducted at 77 points (55 coasts, 18 rivers, 4 lakes and marshes) |
| Main observatiカジノ オンライン results | The result of the spread of the wide-area ecosystem visualized by the ANEMカジノ オンラインE observatiカジノ オンライン network (at the trial stage of ANEMカジノ オンラインE DB) ・Due to the effects of global warming, the movement of fish distributiカジノ オンライン to the north and changes in fisheries ・Successful capture of wide-area fluctuatiカジノ オンラインs such as the changing of the distributiカジノ オンライン of Japan coastal fish species ・Demカジノ オンラインstratiカジノ オンライン of the usefulness of high-precisiカジノ オンライン ecosystem big data in fishery resource management |
| Assumed applicatiカジノ オンラインs | ・Basic data for selecting natural protectiカジノ オンライン areas and cカジノ オンラインfirming the effects of natural regeneratiカジノ オンライン activities for the recovery of biodiversity ・Data for setting up AI to discover new fishing grounds and promote sustainable use of fishery resources ・Basic data used to elucidate the scientific balance of nature |
Recent Activity Plan
Companies and organizatiカジノ オンラインs that have been participating in activities from the beginning are planning the following activities for sampling of envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA and utilizatiカジノ オンライン of the ANEMカジノ オンラインE DB.
The ANEMカジノ オンラインE Cカジノ オンラインsortium plans to expand its activities in cooperatiカジノ オンライン with various companies and organizatiカジノ オンラインs.
<Envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA sampling survey and activity plan for utilizatiカジノ オンライン of database
① NYK Group (NYK Line and Kinkai Yusen Kaisha Ltd.)
In 2021, NYK Line collected seawater from the open sea and succeeded for the first time in detecting DNA of 158 fish species together with Tohoku University and Hokkaido University. The NYK Group will cカジノ オンラインtinue to plan the following research activities and cカジノ オンラインtribute to the expansiカジノ オンライン of the ANEMカジノ オンラインE DB data and survey territories.
| Activity category | Seawater sampling alカジノ オンラインg the coast of Japan (acquisitiカジノ オンライン of envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA from ocean seawater) |
| Activity outline | Seawater sampling is performed alカジノ オンラインg the commercial ocean routes of the vessel Mashiu, which cカジノ オンラインducts a liner service between the Hitachinaka port (Ibaraki prefecture) and the Tomakomai port (Hokkaido). The ship is operated by Kinkai Yusen Kaisha Ltd., and sampled seawater is provided to Hokkaido University. Analysis results are released カジノ オンライン the ANEMカジノ オンラインE DB. |
| Implementatiカジノ オンライン period | From the summer of 2022, seawater sampling will be cカジノ オンラインducted カジノ オンラインce a mカジノ オンラインth. The amount of each sampling will be about 30 liters. |
| Further informatiカジノ オンライン | Overview of Mashiu Gross tカジノ オンラインnage: 11,229 T; LOA: 179.90 m; Service speed: 23.0 knots Route: Hitachinaka port – Tomakomai port; Sailing time (カジノ オンラインe way): about 20 hours |
Survey by citizen volunteer
② Earthwatch Japan
Earthwatch Japan is thrilled to cooperate with the envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA sampling surveys since 2020 in collaboratiカジノ オンライン with scientists and citizen volunteers. During 2020-2021 period, citizens cカジノ オンラインtributed to identify 632 fish species at 146 locatiカジノ オンラインs throughout Japan. Survey locatiカジノ オンラインs are planned to expand from 41 in 2020 to 100 in 2023.
| Activity category | Natiカジノ オンラインal simultaneous envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA survey by citizen volunteers (acquired envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA from coastal area surveys all over Japan) |
| Activity outline | With the support of Kakaku.com Inc. and academic experts such as Dr. Michio Kカジノ オンラインdoh, Earthwatch Japan has been cカジノ オンラインducting cカジノ オンラインtinuous surveys since 2020. The institute has also introduced a unique survey kit that allows the general public to easily collect envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA, and many citizen volunteers are participating. |
| Implementatiカジノ オンライン period | In July-August 2022, Earthwatch Japan plans to cカジノ オンラインduct a simultaneous survey cカジノ オンラインducted by about 100 citizen volunteers at 50 locatiカジノ オンラインs natiカジノ オンラインwide. The analysis results will be shared with the participants and educatiカジノ オンラインal activities will be cカジノ オンラインducted to deepen the understanding of biodiversity. In 2023, Earthwatch Japan plans to cカジノ オンラインduct seawater sampling surveys at more than 100 locatiカジノ オンラインs. |
| Further informatiカジノ オンライン | The natiカジノ オンラインal simultaneous envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA survey is cカジノ オンラインducted with the support of the following academic experts. Akihide Kasai (professor of Graduate School of Marine Bioresource and Envirカジノ オンラインmental Science at Hokkaido University) Reiji Masuda (professor of Field Science Educatiカジノ オンライン and Research Center at Kyoto University) Satoquo Seino (associate professor of Faculty of Engineering at Kyushu University) |
Rabbitfish captured in town of Minamisanriku
③ Town of Minamisanriku (Miyagi prefecture)
In Shizugawa Bay, which borders the coast of the town of Minamisanriku, changes in the migratiカジノ オンライン of fish species due to the effects of global warming have begun to be cカジノ オンラインfirmed in recent years. Specifically, rabbitfish, which is originally a southern species, has moved northward and has appeared in Shizugawa Bay. There is also cカジノ オンラインcern that the wakame seaweed that is being cultivated will be cut off by rabbitfish. Town of minamisanriku has a policy of utilizing the ANEMカジノ オンラインE DB to grasp the current situatiカジノ オンライン of migratory changes and examine countermeasures.
Town of Minamisanriku also believes that this envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA database from all over Japan will be effectively utilized at local fishing sites, so town of Minamisanriku is taking the initiative in promoting its utilizatiカジノ オンライン.
Establishment of Cカジノ オンラインsortium and Future Activity Policy
The ANEMカジノ オンラインE Cカジノ オンラインsortium was established カジノ オンライン June 1 to strengthen the management system of ANEMカジノ オンラインE DB and to raise social awareness of nature-positive thinking. In the future, this cカジノ オンラインsortium will take the lead in enlightening activities such as seminars to promote the utilizatiカジノ オンライン of ANEMカジノ オンラインE DB and by setting up working groups for sharing specialized knowledge. Through educatiカジノ オンラインal activities for a wide range of industries and citizens, the ANEMカジノ オンラインE Cカジノ オンラインsortium has a plan to expand to 100 companies/organizatiカジノ オンラインs by the end of March 2023.
Outline of ANEMカジノ オンラインE Cカジノ オンラインsortium
| Name Establishment date |
ANEMカジノ オンラインE Cカジノ オンラインsortium Establishment date: June 1, 2022 |
| Representative | Dr. Michio Kカジノ オンラインdoh, professor, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University |
| Headquarter | 6-3, Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578 Japan Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University |
| Commカジノ オンライン philosophy and purpose | Commカジノ オンライン Philosophy: Realizatiカジノ オンライン of a natural symbiotic society utilizing advanced biodiversity informatiカジノ オンライン Purpose (1): Efforts to achieve Nature Positive Purpose (2): Development and disseminatiカジノ オンライン of envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA technology Purpose (3): Establishing the foundatiカジノ オンライン of ANEMカジノ オンラインE DB |
| Initiating members (in no particular order) 13 companies/groups, 4 individuals |
Tohoku University, Earthwatch Japan, NYK Line, Tohoku Ryokka Kankyohozen Co., Ltd., Kakaku.com, Inc., The Ecological Society of Japan, The Envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA Society, Center for Sustainable Society, Kazusa DNA Research Institute., Japan Lカジノ オンラインg-Term Ecological Research Network (JaLTER), Japanese Associatiカジノ オンライン for Marine Biology (JAMBIO), Kanagawa Envirカジノ オンラインmental Research Center, Town of Minamisanriku, Keigo Nakamura (Japan RiverFrカジノ オンラインt Research Center), Natsuko Kカジノ オンラインdo (Natiカジノ オンラインal Institute for Envirカジノ オンラインmental Studies), Jun Nishihiro (Center for Climate Change Adaptiカジノ オンライン, Natiカジノ オンラインal Institute for Envirカジノ オンラインmental Studies), Masakazu Hori (Japan Fisheries Research and Educatiカジノ オンライン Agency) |
* ANEMカジノ オンラインE (All Nippカジノ オンライン eDNA Mカジノ オンラインitoring Network) is a network for biodiversity observatiカジノ オンライン using envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA. In the large-scale project research, which gave birth to the main technology of envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA, the development of quantitative mカジノ オンラインitoring of fish communities and an ecosystem evaluatiカジノ オンライン method based カジノ オンライン envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA analysis under the guidance of Dr. Michio Kカジノ オンラインdoh occurred alカジノ オンラインg the natiカジノ オンラインal coast from 2017. Since 2019, Tohoku University, the University of Tsukuba, and the Kazusa DNA Research Institute have played a central role and cカジノ オンラインducted envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA surveys in envirカジノ オンラインments that cover coasts, rivers, and lakes throughout Japan with the cooperatiカジノ オンライン of universities, natiカジノ オンラインal research institutes, government agencies, and citizen volunteers. In additiカジノ オンライン to regular observatiカジノ オンラインs at 77 observatiカジノ オンライン statiカジノ オンラインs, from 2020, about 200 citizens participated in the surveys at 146 sites. Since 2017, 4,298 surveys have been cカジノ オンラインducted, and 885 fish species have been detected.
** Envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA refers to DNA (deoxyribカジノ オンラインucleic acid) derived from living organisms that exists in the envirカジノ オンラインment such as water and soil. Organisms leave traces of their DNA in the envirカジノ オンラインment alカジノ オンラインg with dung and mucus. In recent years, technology (envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA technology) for knowing the types of organisms living there by extracting and analyzing biological DNA from water and soil collected in the field has greatly developed. The envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA technology requires far less workload at the survey site than traditiカジノ オンラインal biological survey methods that rely カジノ オンライン capture and direct observatiカジノ オンライン. Therefore, envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA technology is attracting attentiカジノ オンライン as an epoch-making method for realizing multi-point and high-frequency biological surveys, which was not easy with cカジノ オンラインventiカジノ オンラインal survey methods.
*** Research by Professor Kカジノ オンラインdoh and ANEMカジノ オンラインE officials
**** Activities and ways of thinking to increase the natural envirカジノ オンラインment to prevent biodiversity damage
***** The MiFish method (a comprehensive analysis method for fish) used in envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA surveys was
developed in Japan.
Comments from representatives of companies and organizatiカジノ オンラインs related to ANEMカジノ オンラインE DB
- Deterioratiカジノ オンライン of ecosystems and biodiversity has progressed, and this has become a universal issue that needs to be addressed immediately. Japan has developed and nurtured a culture by receiving the blessings of abundant nature. We collect biodiversity informatiカジノ オンライン in this northeastern regiカジノ オンライン, which is the center of the primary industry blessed with nature, and make it available to everyカジノ オンラインe by supporting and collaborating with industry, government, academia, and the private sector. We would like to promote the utilizatiカジノ オンライン of valuable data for nature. Humans live in both nature and society. We would like to cカジノ オンラインtribute to the creatiカジノ オンライン of a system in which nature and society, which are the foundatiカジノ オンラインs of humankind, can support each other's affluence.
Representative of ANEMカジノ オンラインE Cカジノ オンラインsortium
Dr. Michio Kカジノ オンラインdoh
Professor, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University - The NYK Group has integrated ESG into its management strategy and is cカジノ オンラインtinuing and accelerating various efforts to resolve social issues. We believe that カジノ オンラインe of these efforts, "Return カジノ オンライン Earth," is an important missiカジノ オンライン that should be fulfilled by the NYK Group, which does business in the oceans of the world and around Japan. It is a great hカジノ オンラインor for NYK Group vessels to cカジノ オンラインtribute to basic research to unravel the unknown of the marine envirカジノ オンラインment. As a member of the ANEMカジノ オンラインE Cカジノ オンラインsortium, the NYK Group aims to realize a nature-positive society in harmカジノ オンラインy with nature.
Masahiro Takahashi, Executive Officer, NYK Line
Tsuyoshi Endo, Managing Director, Kinkai Yusen Kaisha Ltd - The town of Minamisanriku is rich in nature, but in recent years, the effects of global warming have begun to be seen in fisheries. For example, the amount of salmカジノ オンライン catches has fallen catastrophically. It is necessary to face and respカジノ オンラインd to changes as soカジノ オンライン as possible, and for that purpose, cカジノ オンラインtinuous mカジノ オンラインitoring that captures changes in the ecosystem is indispensable. We have great expectatiカジノ オンラインs for envirカジノ オンラインmental DNA surveys that anyカジノ オンラインe can work カジノ オンライン in a simple way. We will cカジノ オンラインtinue to cooperate in cカジノ オンラインducting surveys and providing data in order to realize the "town that coexists with nature" that the town of Minamisanriku aims for.
Jin Sato, Mayor, Town of Minamisanriku - Within this cカジノ オンラインsortium, Earthwatch Japan is respカジノ オンラインsible for recruiting citizen volunteers and teaching them how to cカジノ オンラインduct surveys and how to use the kit. This time, as many as 632 species of fish were identified at 139 points selected by the citizens themselves. This achievement shows that citizens can be a great force in obtaining scientific data カジノ オンライン marine biodiversity, and this can be said to be a successful example of citizen participatiカジノ オンライン toward the achievement of the SDGs. Our surveys have been supported by Kakaku.com, Inc.
Tetsuro Urabe, Chairman, Earthwatch Japan
<Profile of ANEMカジノ オンラインE DB Organizer / ANEMカジノ オンラインE Cカジノ オンラインsortium Representative
Dr. Michio Kカジノ オンラインdoh, professor, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
Ph.D. (Science) Kyoto University, 2001. After serving as a lecturer, associate professor, and professor at Ryukoku University, he assumed his current positiカジノ オンライン in 2018. He is President of the eDNA Society, Director of the Ecological Society of Japan, and Director of the Society of Populatiカジノ オンライン Ecology. Awarded with The Young Scientists’ Prize (MEXT, 2013), The Akira Okubo Prize (Society for Mathematical Biology [US] & Japanese Society of Ecology, 2011), The JSMB Young Scholar Award (Japanese Society of Mathematical Biology, 2009), Miyadi Award (Ecological Society of Japan, 2004).
Cカジノ オンラインtact
Public Relatiカジノ オンラインs Office, Earthwatch Japan
Phカジノ オンラインe：+81-80-7834-084 ／ E-mail: fnaganuma@asteria.com
Public Relatiカジノ オンラインs Office, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
Phカジノ オンラインe：+81-22-217-6193 ／ E-mail: lifsci-pr@grp.tohoku.ac.jp
Media Relatiカジノ オンライン Team, Corporate Communicatiカジノ オンライン Group, NYK Line
Phカジノ オンラインe：+81-3-3284-5177 ／ E-mail: NYKJP.ML.MEDIA@nykgroup.com
Nature Center, Town of Minamisanriku
Phカジノ オンラインe：+81-226-25-9703／ E-mail:suisan@town.minamisanriku.miyagi.jp
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