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Historical development of territorial rights and fishery regulations in Okinawan inshore waters
Senri ethnological studies • (17) • Published In 1984 • Pages: 37-88
By: Akimichi, Tomoya, Ruddle, Kenneth, Kokuritsu Minzokugaku Hakubutsukan.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnographer
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2000
- Field Date
- Not Specified
- Coverage Date
- 1870-1983
- Coverage Place
- Okinawa, Japan
- Notes
- Tomoya Akimichi and Kenneth Ruddle
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-88)
- LCCN
- 82641261
- LCSH
- Ryukyuans