Fishery management evaluation of offshore Danish seine fishery in the Pacific Ocean, Hokkaido, Japan, using Fishery Performance Indicators

Abstract

　Fishery Performance Indicators (FPI) is a framework for comprehensive fishery management assessment from three aspects: ecology, economics, and community. This paper evaluates the management of the Pacific offshore Danish seine fishery in Hokkaido, Japan, using the FPI and compares it to assessments of 149 fisheries in Japan and overseas. The ecology score was 4.25, ranking 27th, and the community score was 4.31, ranking a very high 18th. The economics score was 3.41, ranking 71st, which was not very high. This result may reflect the characteristics of Japanese-style fishery management, which emphasizes community rather than economic aspects of fisheries.