Mapping a Shaky Seafloor to Support Noto Fisheries

About 40 people attended the presentation, many of them ama divers. (© Nippon.com)

Clockwise from top left: The morning market when it was bustling with tourists (© Pixta). Iroha Bridge, which once served as the western gateway to the morning market, is now closed. The other side is overgrown with weeds (© Nippon.com). Shops selling seafood once lined both sides of the street beneath retro-style streetlights (© Nippon.com).

A boat docked next to a temporary pier. The seafloor at the original unloading site has risen by about 1.5 meters. (© Nippon.com)

Clockwise from top: At Kamogaura, a scenic spot near the Port of Wajima, the view has changed with a ground uplift of more than 2 meters. Nearby are spots where ama divers harvest turban shells and seaweed (© Nippon.com). The walking path to Sodegahama Beach to the west had been cut off by a landslide (© Nippon.com). A photo from before the earthquake, when the area was under seawater (© Pixta).

Ishikawa Ryōko (center) with members of the Umi-no-Chizu Project. (Courtesy the Japan Hydrographic Association)

Behind the fisheries cooperative, boats are moored in layers like double-parked cars. (© Nippon.com)

Waterproofed paper versions and the smartphone version of the map. (Courtesy the Japan Hydrographic Association)

Members of the Wajima Ama Diving Preservation and Promotion Association with Ejiri Kazuki from the Najimi area at right. (© Nippon.com)

Nafune Port, where recovery work is still ongoing, is still littered with driftwood. (© Nippon.com)