The Characteristics of Japanese Fishing Associations The Sanriku Area Fishing Villages in the 1930s

In the process of clarifying the nature of the village "Fishing Cooperative Association " and its organizational characteristics, it is necessary to discuss the types of parties that were members of these associations and the role these associations played in the life of the fishing villages where they existed. How did they function as organizations and what was the nature of their effect on society? These are the basic topics underlying their nature that must be considered. However, these matters can be clarified by examining the organizational structure of these fishing associations, how this form of organization developed during the process of establishing such associations, and the system upon which they were based. The first fishing associations were organized starting from 1901 (Meiji 34), the year that the Fishing Industry Law was promulgated, (in the years that followed this Law was modified). It is clear that the basic law and the modifications that followed had a clear and basic influence on the nature of the Japan's fishing associations and their characteristics as organizations. The law and its subsequently modified version were the basic factors that determined the nature of fishing associations and, at the same time, are a key to understanding the structure of such associations. The changes in the Fishing Associations that were brought about by the modifications o