Typifying method of fishing companies designed with their secondary fisheries in the Minamikayabe area, Hokkaido

Abstract

ABSTRACT : In recent years, local fishers in Japan were financially challenged for various reasons associating to local community structures and oil prices, including considerable cost and efforts to obtain financial benefit from fishing. In such an economic situation, many fishing companies have had side businesses to support themselves. On the other hand, past surveys like a fishery census did not include information of these side businesses. To advise better combination of side businesses for local fishing companies and fishers in Minami Kayabe area, Japan, we examined the best possible combinations of primal and secondary fishery. These types, Operating Types designed with Prime and Secondary fishery (OTPS), gave us better understanding in local economic structures around fishing companies than the past surveys. Newly reported financial hotspots in the community and fishery-dependent variance of fiscal benefits in each type became obvious. We suggest that application of OTPS helps to advice fishers for survival in recent fishing economic situation.