Funakoshi Station / Environment Science

It is the cultured, most suitable environment of the fishery products which the Uwa Sea receiving the Ehime Nannyo area has the complicated topography having a Rias coast, and the depth of the water is deep, and have the inflow of the tide from the Kuroshio Current.

Furthermore, the clean sea bringing up coral is scenic and is appointed in the underwater park of Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park.

We push forward a research to use it for the marine products industry continuously while following this splendid environment in the environment life science  section.

 FY2017

• Behavioral analysis of harmful red tide plankton gene in aquaculture area -For the prediction of red tide occurrence-
• Analysis of fish pathogen genes in fish culture

 FY2016

• Research on the use of a novel insect-derived polysaccharide: Silkrose for fish farming
• Research on correlation between pearl oyster shells and pearls produced -Can the size of pearls be predicted from shells? -
• Modification of tyrosinase gene by genome editing aimed at breeding of suma
• Development of an early detection method for fish disease infection -Targeting red sea bream edovadierosis-