2013 Volume 53 Issue 1-2 Pages 53-74
Satoumi concept, which was proposed by Prof. Yanagi in 1998, has been highlighted as an alternative for an integrated coastal zone management not only in Japan but also internationally. Satoumi is defined as the coastal sea with high bio-diversity and bioproduction under the moderate human interaction. This concept surely provides new discipline for fisheries and aquaculture industries. To achieve this concept as a real, adequate management system is needed in order to control human interaction. Through literatures and precedent activities, we could clarify the viewpoint and framework for case-study, and then set up the hypothesis for Satoumi as a new concept of coastal zone management by preliminary analyzing.
