Coral Building Technology For Territorial Claims?

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Advanced Biotechnology to be used for Coral Reef Territorial Development?

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/30/content_3424001.htm

TOKYO, Aug. 30 (Xinhuanet) --

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry announced Tuesday that it is seeking for 400 million yen (3.67 million US dollars) in the country's fiscal 2006budget for use to conduct research about coral aquiculture in waters around the so-called "Okinotori Island" in the Pacific.

The ministry said coral aquiculture around the "island" is bothhelpful for environment protection and formation of new "territory".

According to Article 121 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea, an island is a naturally formed area of land surrounded by water, which is above water at high tides. Rocks which cannot sustain human habitation or economic life of their own shall have no exclusive economic zones or continental shelves.

The agency's plan of building the lighthouse, to be made of fortifier plastic with solar energy system, is apparently an attempt to confirm the reef an existing "island".

Using electric current to accelerate the formation of limestone on nets to create artifical coral reefs.

http://www.erwda.gov.ae/eng/pages/news/press_articles/pa2004/pa2004_086.html

'Electrode position', also called Biorock, a technique developed in lab experiments over the last 30 years by Harvard expert Dr. Tom Goreau with Prof Hilbertz, prove rapid coral reef restoration is possible using low- voltage electricity.

Technique involves use of metal structures attached to the negative pole of a direct current source. Positively charged pole is attached to an anode. Both are then submerged in seawater.

With this technique the limestone forms at a rate of one inch per month with high mechanical strength, similar to natural coral growth, but accelerated by electricity.

Coral reefs are some of the most biologically diverse and environmentally sensative biological formations on the planet. They are being destroyed by a combination of global warming, toxic pollutants, environmental degredation, and just about every other man made activity. There has been some research into trying to preserve these wonders of nature, now it looks like the fact that Japan would try to adapt this and other questionable genetic experimental technologies to further territorial claims is unquestionable. The wrecks of thousands of warcraft from WWII scattered all over the South Pacific has created some magnificient arificial reefs. The compulsion for 'public works projects' spending trillions of taxpayer yen for questionable purposes.

Also what is the Japanese mafia's connection with this?

"Respect Japan nationalists, kill ocean cockroach, eat superior Japanese culture." Japanese ultra-nationalist Masayuki Komatsu who represents Japan's mafia-controlled whaling industry

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http://www.asahi.com/english/politics/TKY200503090119.html
Japan digs in to protect ocean rights

Rattled by China's development of the Chunxiao gas field in the East China Sea, the government is setting up a task force to ensure Japan's vast ocean interests are protected.

The task force comprising officials from various ministries and agencies will be in place this month and operate with a focus on Okinotorishima island, Japan's southernmost point. Located more than 1,600 kilometers south of the capital, the island is part of the Ogasawara chain and comes under the jurisdiction of Tokyo.

Actually, the island is two tiny islets: but its location gives Japan a huge advantage. The exclusive economic zone (EEZ) around the island covers about 400,000 square kilometers, larger than Japan's total territory of about 380,000 square km.

Because the islets are being eroded by the constant pounding of waves, the government will dispatch engineers to install concrete breakwaters. This will ensure the outcrops don't disappear below the ocean surface, meaning that Japan can continue to claim its EEZ from these outer limits.

Okinotorishima has been making headlines recently because Chinese ships have repeatedly entered Japan's EEZ around the island to survey underwater resources. Beijing does not recognize Okinotorishima as Japanese territory, insisting it is nothing more than a pile of rocks.

Task force members hope to have policies in place by August so they can obtain budgetary funding for fiscal 2006.

Chinese ships were last spotted in the EEZ around Okinotorishima in December. That prompted officials in Tokyo to step up efforts to defend Japan's ocean rights.

The task force intends to strengthen ways to catch intruders and initiate more marine and meteorological surveys around the island. There are also plans to construct a lighthouse there, sources said.

Their studies include finding ways to ensure the island does not get swallowed up by rising sea levels due to global warming.

Japan is locked in a fierce diplomatic battle with China over Beijing's exploration of the Chunxiao gas field under the ocean bed. Tokyo fears that China will suck precious resources from its side of the EEZ.

Territorial sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands, also in the East China Sea, is also disputed by Beijing.

Some years ago, right-wingers constructed a makeshift lighthouse on Senkaku's main island of Uotsurijima to press Tokyo's effective control. Last month, the government announced the lighthouse will be maintained and controlled by the Japan Coast Guard to show its determination to defend its ocean interests.

The government is under pressure from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to take a stronger stand on this and other issues concerning territorial sovereignty.

In October, the LDP set up a special committee to discuss Japan's ocean rights in response to growing concern about China's exploration activities.

The committee plans to wrap up its policies by the end of this month.

Nations with coastlines are allowed to control ocean resources for 200 nautical miles under the EEZ system. China disputes the demarcation line separating the two countries' EEZs.

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Coral Eggs To Get Incubated

The research will involve cultivating and transplanting coral eggs, said Fisheries Agency official Ryutaro Yamamoto.

Yamamoto said researchers and officials were set to meet Tuesday to discuss methods of building up the tiny, uninhabited Okinotorishima islets.

I guess the Easter Bunny was busy making his rounds this year and managed to get to the "South Eastern Sea" in time to drop a few mounds for our benefit.

Thanks GB

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[floatl][/floatl]65,000 coral formations being planted in sea around island
Mainichi News, April 27, 2008
ZAMAMI, Okinawa --About 65,000 coral formations that were cultivated here over the past 10 months are being planted in the sea around Okinotorishima Island, which is on the verge of being submerged because it is being corroded.
The scale of the cultivation of such coral formations is the biggest of its kind in the world. If successful, it is expected to help prevent the island, part of the Ogasawara Islands some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo, from being submerged. The island is crucial for maintaining Japan's exclusive economic zone...more...

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About 65,000 coral formations that were cultivated here over the past 10 months are being planted in the sea around Okinotorishima Island, which is on the verge of being submerged because it is being corroded.

What, did they run out of concrete?