2012 Volume 25 Issue 3 Pages 41-52
ABSTRACT : In order to regenerate fishing industry and concerned local communities, integrated measures through the production to the consumption are necessary, as well as the assessment system for them. In the present study, survey on actual conditions of the trawl fishery in Ise Bay was conducted. Trawling is one of the major fisheries in Ise Bay, living field of whose target fish is significantly affected by the marine environmental conditions such as dissolved oxygen. In order to grasp the current situation of trawling fishery for Conger myriaster, investigation of fishing area and tracks of fishing boats have been carried out by using GPS and fishing records. The information about the economic management of fishermen or cooperative societies are also collected. It was found that each fishing community has different forms of fishing operation and distribution system. Based on these information, an operation simulator which simulates the production activities of fishery is developed. The developed simulator well reproduced the operation and fish catch at three major fishing ports (Wakamatsu, Aritaki, and Toyohama).
