chida is collaborating with nine farmers in hirota bay. the collective is buying new boats and materials to make rafts. chida and his fellow farmers are using subsidies for helping farmers start working again. if they purchase essentials like boats and fishing tools as a cooperative, the national or prefectural governments pay two-thirds of the cost. it's been just over a month since they went back to work. in that time, chida and the others have made more than 50 rafts. gradually, they are again filling hirota bay. until now, oyster farming has been a solitary practice. the farmers all have different ideas about everything, including the best way to hang oysters, but they work as a team, so they are sure of having their first joint harvest three years from now. >> translator: everyone has the same goal of rebuilding the industry, so i'm confident that we will be able to overcome our differences and succeed. we are working hard so that we can bounce back quickly and protect our oyster band. also, we want to provide oysters to everyone who