TY - JOUR AU - Akimichi, Tomoya AU - Ruddle, Kenneth AU - Hakubutsukan, Kokuritsu Minzokugaku PY - 1984 DA - 1984// TI - Historical development of territorial rights and fishery regulations in Okinawan inshore waters JO - Senri ethnological studies SP - 37 EP - 88 IS - no. 17 PB - National Museum of Ethnology CY - Suita, Osaka, Japan KW - Ryukyuans KW - Okinawans KW - Topography and geology KW - Fauna KW - Fishing KW - Real property KW - Cooperative organization AB - This is an historical study of small-scale fisheries in Okinawa's rich and diverse inshore environment. The warm northward flowing Kuroshio Current supports an extensive system of coral reefs off of Okinawa's West Coast, which is home to many fish species. The authors examine the changes over time in ecology, regulations, markets, technology, and sea tenure. Since Japan's annexation of Okinawa in 1879, the fisheries have been tightly regulated and the authors focus on the key regulatory institutions, the Fisheries Co-operative Associations (FCA). On the plus side the localized FCAs permit micro-adjustments to change, on the downside, they preclude any regional fisheries policy, which could regulate the potentially adverse impact of one FCA policy on another. SN - 0387-6004 UR - https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=ac07-005 LA - English N1 - Tomoya Akimichi and Kenneth Ruddle ID - ac07-005 Y1 - 2022-06-26 ER -