Abstract
It is required that tsunami countermeasures by regional organizations in the area around the fishing port. In fact, the fishing port is always damaged by tsunami hazard. For that reason, it is very important to creating strategies for protect the local residents, the water industry and its related business operators. So, we conducted a questionnaire survey to understand the current situation of tsunami countermeasures in the area around the fishing port. As a result, the first, the rules concerning tsunami countermeasures in the area around the fishing port is not stipulate. And there were not regional differences. Secondly, when comparing the current situation, it can be seen that the Pacific Ocean side is more likely to “considering the tsunami measures in the fishing port” than the Sea of Japan side. Third, tsunami countermeasures that specializes in fishing port is not considered as “not necessary”. However, each municipality, feels uneasy about the tsunami countermeasures in the fishing port. It is a future task that to clarify the bottlenecks that why the rules concerning tsunami countermeasures in the area around the fishing port is not stipulate.
