The Reclamation of Foreshore and the Indemnity for the Fisherman

Abstract

Owing to the recent development of manufacuturing industries in Japan, several foreshore districts are reclaimed by filling-in for industrial use. The fishermen who were dispossessed of their fishing ground are compelled to change their occupation in exchange for the indemnity.
The indemnities are allocated to fishermen through fishermen's cooperative associations, by various methods or of the utilization of the fishing grounds.
In this paper the writer explains the relations between the allocation of the indemnity and the systems of utilization of fishing grounds.