Greeting from the President
As a main player of Kyokuyo company group
Kyokuyo Suisan was established by mother company Kyokuyo in 1997 and engage Tuna purse seine fishing business by five(5) fishing vessels, Sashimi grade tuna processing business, and ULT(Ultra Low Temperature) grade cold storage business.
In 2020, we were also established the new Tuna processing plant that has the latest facilities for producing tuna and have acquired EU-HACCP(Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) to all the Tuna processing plant.
We are striving to produce the safety products in the hygienic environment.
Additionally, now, we are planning to build the new large Tuna purse seine fishing vessel,
putting effort into the Tuna purse seine fishing business, too.
We`ll strive for active and efficient management as a main player of Kyokuyo company group.
Profile
| Company title | Kyokuyo Suisan Co., Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Establish | March 12, 1997 |
| Initial capital | 192 million JP yen |
| President | CEO Hiroyuki Aoki, President Yasuyuki Sobajima |
| Employee | 120-office staff, 129-crew member |
| Annual sales | 6.9 billion JP yen |
| Business field | 1. Tuna Purse seine fishing We operate five(5) tuna purse seiners, Wakaba Maru No.3, Wakaba Maru No.5, Wakaba Maru No.6, Wakaba Maru No.7 and Wakaba Maru No.8 2. Sashimi grade tuna processing We mainly produce sashimi grade tuna loin by using whole round frozen tuna. Such products are distributed in sushi restaurant and supermarket in Japan. 3. ULT cold storage Our ULT grade cold storage is designed to keep sashimi grade tuna products and its raw material as high quality, its capacity is 8,000mt with negative -55 centigrade. 4. Minced tuna processing Weproduce minced tuna at the Souemon plant |
| Address | Head Office and Oigawa Plant 1441-1,Habuchi Yaizu Shizuoka, Japan Zip code:421-0213 Souemon Plant 1190,Souemon Yaizu Shizuoka, Japan Zip code:425-0065 |
| Phone & Fax | General Affairs Dept. +81-54-622-5111, Fax 5115 Fisheries Dept. +81-54-622-5112, Fax 5116 Tuna processing & Cold storage Dept. +81-54-622-5113, Fax 5117 Souemon Plant +81-54-624-3300, Fax 3306 |
| Mother company | Kyokuyo Co., Ltd. http://www.kyokuyo.co.jp/ |
| Subsidiary company | Kiribati and Kyokuyo Co., Ltd (KKC) location: Bairiki, Republic of Kiribati |
Director
Director
President and CEO：Yasuyuki Sobajima
representative：Hiroyuki Aoki
Director : Kenichi Sakuragi
Hideki Mizuno
Hideo Doi (Part-time Director)
Corporate Auditor :
Yasuo Kawai (Part-time Director)
Number of employees
Office staff : 137 persons
Crew member : 130 persons
Sum total : 267 persons(As of April 1, 2020)
Tuna Purse seine fishing Dept.
We operate five(5) Tuna purse seine fishing vessels in particular Wakaba Maru No.3, Wakaba Maru No.5, Wakaba Maru No.6, Wakaba Maru No.7 and Wakaba Maru No.8.
We mainly fish in Tropical area of Western Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) such as EEZ of Papua New Guinea, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon Is., Republic of Marshall Is. and Palau in year around. Our catches are mainly unloaded in Japanese tuna market such as Yaizu(Shizuoka pref.), Makurazaki(Kagoshima pref.) and Yamagawa(Kagoshima pref.).
In addition, Wakaba Maru No.5 and No.6 operate in Japan near coastal area so-called KINKAI fishing ground from mid of June to end of August in order to harvest sashimi grade oily skipjack tuna. Most of such catches are unloaded in Ishinomaki port.
Total our catches in recent years is recorded as 28,000mt per year.
Our fleets
Our purse seine
fleets are shown in bellow;
WAKABA MARU No.3
WAKABA MARU No.5
WAKABA MARU No.6
WAKABA MARU No.7
WAKABA MARU No.8
| Name of vessel | Tonnage | International Tonnage | Year launch |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAKABA MARU No.3 | 349 | 1,096 | 1989 |
| WAKABA MARU No.5 | 383 | 1,183 | 2003 |
| WAKABA MARU No.6 | 349 | 1,096 | 1992 |
| WAKABA MARU No.7 | 760 | 1,788 | 2009 |
| WAKABA MARU No.8 | 349 | 1,094 | 1990 |
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