Abstract
The Japanese fishing industry has serious problems, for example, a decrease in population of fishermen and a decline in food self-sufficient rate, etc. Furthermore, there is a strong demand for a stable supply of safe and healthy marine products and a policy for a promotion of the industry and the fishing village. In this background of the fishery industry, a securing of food supply becomes an important problem. Therefore, several traceability systems with information technology for connecting with producers and consumers are tested and attracted considerable attention as a new tool for a reformation of a food supply and distribution system. In this study, the distribution of corbiculae in Jyusanko Lake are picked out as a successful case of traceability system and the fishery industrial promotion with the application of traceability system is reviewed
