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Life of kelp (kelp)

Kelp is the product in two years.
Zoospores 

Children of kelp called "zoospore" in the bag, called "Ascomycotina spots" on the surface of the kelp is nurtured. Zoospores will continue to jump out into the sea break through the bag to January of the following year from the autumn. Size is only 8 microns. Zoospores divided into male and female, will be a "male gametophyte," "female gametophyte". "Female gametophyte" will have the eggs attached to the rock. Create a "male gametophyte" sperm.

 

Granulation reticulum from spore body

Sperm to create swimming eggs and sea to create a "female gametophyte" that is attached to the rock of the "male gametophyte" is fertilized will be "spore bodies". When it comes to spring spore body increases will be small kelp called "Granulation reticulum".

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The first year leaves body (water kelp)

Concrete reticulum rapidly increases over the summer from late spring, only the length will grow to the average adult of kelp (seaweed), but because the body is thin taste inferior, has been referred to as the water kelp (seaweed).

 

The second year leaves body (formed kelp)

First year leaf body will continue to grow until early fall, but soon began withered leaves, it will be flowed to leave the base. From the remaining root on the rock, started to grow again, it will rapidly become large adult kelp (seaweed) from spring to summer.

From harvesting to shipping

And collection
And dried
Cutting
Selection
Tailor-unity
And shipment and inspection
Shipment
Rating
Hama disparity
Grade

アンカー 1

Types and characteristics of kelp

Kelp as an adult in two years (kelp) is collected, dried, cut, Senha, packing, will be shipped through the inspection.

採取

And collection

Harvesting of kelp (seaweed) is lifted in mid-July every year. And fishing from 5 am to the fine weather of the day over a period of about 5 hours to collect kelp.

乾燥

And dried

The fried to beach kelp, washed with water, and dried in the sun for two days from one day carry on ”Hoshiba”. The Hoshiba, so as not to stick dirt of gravel or the like kelp, the leaves of stones and low striped bamboo has been spread.

仕立
選葉
裁断

Tailor-unity

Senha been kelp, kind of kelp, the production situation, tailored to the specified load figure, will be unity.

Selection

Shredded kelp, in accordance with the standards set by the Hokkaido Fisheries Inspection Association, will be the selection.

Cutting

After drying, align the base, turn off the kelp to the specified length.

出荷
集荷

Shipment

After the bid and the value determined, kelp will be shipped across the country.

And shipment and inspection

Unity has been kelp is collected in each fishery cooperatives, will be checked sampling inspection been conducted standard.

格付け
浜格差

Rating

Kelp, are rated by the growth the beach and grade, determines the price.

Hama disparity

Kelp will come out is a difference in the clarity of the quality by the beach to grow. Towards the beach that is equipped with a good environment for the growth of kelp it is, because the development situation of the kelp is good. For example, Each beach in the district Hidaka,"especially Kamihama" "Kamihama", "Nakahama", "Namihama" is divided into four ranks of . Of course, the higher the price of "especially Kamihama" is the best. Such a beach disparities, have been determined from long experience.

等級

Grade

Kelp, by the inspection of Hokkaido seafood Inspection Association, it has been generally rated from 1 and the like to 5 and the like.

昆布の種類

Types and characteristics of kelp (kelp)

Kelp by where you are growing, there are various types. It introduces you to the features and typical kelp.

アンカー 2

Ma-Kombu 

Esanmisaki from Hakodate Donan, is kelp, which are growing in the coastal Funka Bay. It takes a clear soup with an elegant sweetness.

Rishiri Kombu

Rebun Island, Rishiri Island, is a kelp that are growing in the coastal Wakkanai. As well as giant kelp, it takes is elegant and clear soup without a habit, but it takes somewhat salty than the true kelp.

真昆布
利尻昆布
羅臼昆布

Routh Kombu

Shiretoko Peninsula, is kelp, which are growing in the coastal Rausu. Officially as the type of kelp is called a "kelp to the Rishiri system Ena is me", if you are buying a Rausu kelp on the back of the commodity is listed as "kelp to ENagao". About Rausu kelp is called the king of the kelp, the taste is rich, but there will be a degree of smell is higher soup, broth has yellowish. Kelp has been referred to as the king of (kelp), but some who are shunned in terms of points and taste to get the color too dark to soup stock.

日高昆布
長昆布
厚葉昆布

Naga Kombu

It has grown from Kushiro to Nemuro coast. As its name implies, it is a kelp that overall length is also about 15 meters from six meters. In the most productive large amount of kelp, "Kombu maki", "Tsukudani", "Oden Kombu", etc., it has been used as kelp to eat boiled.

Hidaka Kombu

It is kelp that are growing around the Hidaka coast. As for the type of kelp it has been referred to as the "Mitsuishi kombu". Since the soft Niagari is early fibrous, kelp winding, well suited to the kelp to eat boiled such as boiled. In the north of Kanto it has been used as a "kelp to take the soup", but it is Ma-kombu, Rausu kombu, when compared with Rishiri kombu, the sweetness of the soup is less kelp.

Atsuba Kombu

It is growing in the deep place off the coast than the "Naga-Kombu". Similarly long kelp, "Kombu maki", "Tsukudani", "Oden Kombu", etc., have been used as kelp to eat boiled.

天然と養殖

Natural products and aquaculture products

For the purpose of stable supply of kelp, beginning aquaculture of kelp from 1955, it has been put to practical use in the 1965s. However, the quality of the compared to the natural product labor and expensive aquaculture products is, of course, will also be low price because it is inferior compared to the natural product. So from profitability, Ma-kombu of Donan, Rishiri kombu, only in the farming producer of luxury kelp such Rausu kombu has been done.

Aquaculture There are two ways. Over a period of 2 years grow kelp and there is a way of "farming" and is thus "forcing" that brought up until the kelp in one year.

養殖

And Aquaculture

(2 years farming)

By passing a rope to aquaculture, it is epiphytic the spore body on the ropes in the forces of nature. By thinning the kelp became first year leaves body to early fall, so that you evenly kelp is epiphytic on the ropes. After as well as the natural product, wait for the second year leaves body to grow, and harvest in the summer. Part of the "Ma-kombu" in the southern part of Hokkaido, "Rishiri kombu", "Rausu kombu" in kelp farming in this way has been made.

促成

Forcing

(1 year aquaculture)Spores which has been brought into artificial insemination grown in a short period of time put into the broth, put in the sea in late autumn harvest is grown in the summer. It has this method is used in the "Ma-kombu" in the southern part of Hokkaido.

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