A STUDY ON THE SELECTION OF THE AREA TO PROMOTE INTENSIVE MEASURES FOR THE WASHED MARINE LITTER IN SAGA PREFECTURE

Abstract

 Saga prefecture is making the regional plan of reducing the waste washed ashore according to the law to remove the waste washed ashore, promulgated and enforced in 2009. In this paper, the procedures for selecting the important areas where the appropriate measures of reducing and removing the waste washed ashore be carried out was presented. At first, the questionnaire survey to the people who lives along the coast and to the fishermen was carried out. From the results, the conformity of five criterias based on the charastaristics of Saga coast and the policy showed by Gorvernment was examined. Along the Saga coast, there were many places in agreement with the criteria A; the inportnat areas as tourism resources and fishing grounds. Furthermore, the area where the progressive approach has been done was selected as the "Exemplary area". The method to propagate the activities in the exemplary areas to other areas was presented.