ATTITUDE SURVEY ON TSUNAMI EVACUATION OF FISHING BOAT SERVICES IN THE COASTAL AREA ALONG NANKAI TROUGH

Abstract

 Evacuation in the event of a tsunami attack is an important issue for fishing boat services. In addition, fishing boat services need to consider many kinds of risk to their business continuity. To understand the thoughts of such service operators with regard to business continuity, we conducted a questionnaire survey of fishing boat services in high risk areas for the Nankai Trough earthquake. The results of our survey showed that many fishing boat services had considered measures for evacuation in the event of a tsunami. However, almost none of these fishing boat services had prepared a business continuity plan. It was also found that depletion of fishery resources was feared. Thus, not only tsunami disasters but also fishery resources are an important problem for them.