* To apply the anesthesia, you should separately prepare
the required portable anesthetic equipment from Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd.,
in addition to the Gyokatsu Box.
* To apply the anesthesia, you should separately prepare
the required portable anesthetic equipment from Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd.,
in addition to the Gyokatsu Box.
Conventional methods of transporting live fish have often resulted in weakened fish due to the stress they incur during transportation, and these methods have never been highly regarded, in terms of either quality or efficiency. With the aim of delivering high-quality live fish to customers at lower cost, we have developed a special container called the “Gyokatsu Box” (“Gyokatsu” is Japanese for “live fish”). By applying cutting-edge technology, the Gyokatsu Box has made it possible to transport live fish in a state of low activation that is less stressful for the fish.
* To apply the anesthesia, you should separately prepare the required portable anesthetic equipment from Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd., in addition to the Gyokatsu Box.
Though compact in size, the Gyokatsu Box can store fish at high density (with a storage density of 25% or more) for long-time transportation of up to 24 hours. Needless to say, you can also use this container to carry a small amount of live fish to a destination at close range, without putting the fish to sleep with CO2.
* In the case of red sea bream
* To apply the anesthesia, you should separately prepare the required portable anesthetic equipment from Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd., in addition to the Gyokatsu Box.
Since the Gyokatsu Box is equipped with battery and aeration functions, it may be transported on a stand-alone basis. You can carry a Gyokatsu Box container on a two-ton truck by appropriately adjusting the amount of water. Each water tank can accommodate approximately 300 kg of fish. Loading eight Gyokatsu Boxes onto a large vehicle will allow you to transport the same amount of live fish as a large live-fish truck.
With an AC 100V receptacle, if plugged into a power supply, the Gyokatsu Box not only saves battery consumption before it is loaded onto a vehicle, but can also be operated on a steady basis as temporary fish farming equipment.
The red sea bream will show significantly reduced activity from around 01:44.
You can see the red sea bream becoming active from around 01:15.
Achieved improvement in fish prices: Shipping live fish instead of fresh fish resulted in an increase in the unit price.
Achieved a 30% cost reduction, as compared with fish shipment using Styrofoam boxes.
* The above figure was estimated based on the assumption of transporting the same amount of fish as when using the Gyokatsu Box. It may vary depending upon the transportation conditions and the fish species.
As compared with shipping in Styrofoam boxes, the Gyokatsu Box reduced the time required to ship and receive fish by between about one-half and one-third. The Gyokatsu Box also reduced the cost and labor required for disposal of Styrofoam boxes and aeration.
*These photos are for illustrative purposes.
Recently, fish have attracted worldwide attention as an excellent source of protein, amid expanding global population growth and an increasing trend toward health and wellness.
Under these circumstances, countries around the world are competing for fishery resources, which have consequently been steadily declining. Despite the recent progress of aquaculture industries, given environmental problems, it is clear that fishery resources will become even less available in the future, and their prices will continue to soar. There is growing concern over securing fishery resources on a global scale.
In conjunction with the depleting fishery resources, environmental destruction resulting from overdevelopment of aquaculture grounds has become a significant matter of concern. To address these issues, the global community needs to seek a better approach to sustainably securing fishery resources.
We at Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd. believe that live fish represent truly delicious and sustainable fishery resources, and that expanding the distribution network for live fish is an essential means of resolving concerns over marine resources.
Expansion of the live fish distribution network will ensure the supply of fresh and safe fish when and where they are needed, without wasting limited fishery resources. As another feature of live fish, they can be killed before food preparation at just the right timing. This feature is extremely useful for serving sushi and other fish dishes, allowing you to offer high quality and value that will differentiate your company from your competitors.
Nikken Lease Kogyo has developed the Gyokatsu Box, an innovative container to transport or temporarily farm larger quantities of live fish at lower cost, facilitating more efficient distribution of live fish.
The Gyokatsu Box is an invention of our Company, geared to the transportation and temporary farming of live fish. It realizes the securing of high-quality fishery resources at low cost. The development of this technology could only have been achieved in Japan, a country characterized by long-established fishery resources and sushi culture. This novel transportation device incorporates Japan’s cutting-edge technology. The Gyokatsu Box will help improve your company’s ability to procure fishery resources, and enhance your corporate value.
The Gyokatsu Box will enable you to:
Nikken Lease Kogyo marks its 54th anniversary this year, as a company that has continued to bring innovation to the fisheries industry. The Company boasts Japan’s No.1 technology in the field of live fish transportation. As for other fisheries businesses, Nikken Lease Kogyo has also been active in operating large-scale underground seawater farms and live fish farming centers across Japan, thereby contributing to the sustainable procurement of fishery resources.
Our Company strives to realize the procurement of high-quality live fish at lower cost, by promoting its live fish transport container the “Gyokatsu Box” as well as live fish transporting technology. We are committed to supporting your sustainable business expansion, and helping you to differentiate your company from your competitors by enhancing your corporate value.
In the case of red sea bream, up to around 200 fish weighing approximately 1.5 kg each can be transported in a single box.
We have successfully carried out experiments in 24-hour transportation (as of June 22, 2018).
Nikken Lease Kogyo has operation sites in various locations across Japan. We will inform you of your nearest office.