History and Future Direction of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Engineering

Abstract

The Japanese Society of Fisheries Engineering (hereafter referred to as the Society) is described in the Sea Grant Project of MIT and the Fisheries Engineering Laboratory of Hokkaido University regarding the fisheries engineering that represents the Society, but it does not necessarily show the current state. When the Society was established, it developed in a way that was different from the aspirations of Prof. Makoto Nakamura, who was the chairman at the time of the establishment of the Society. Currently, fisheries engineering including advanced marine environmental engineering, design of fishing villages and harbors, fishing boats, fishing production system, and measuring instruments is progressing in the main fields. Recently, however, the number of members has decreased, and the number of research presentations has also decreased. Now is the time to review people, goods, and money, and for example, to host international conferences and move in the direction of internationalization.