A Comparative Study on Japanese and Korean Aquaculture-3

The fish culture in Japan and Korea has increased its output rapidly and acquired a very important position in their fishery industry. Comparing the production structure, however, we found some different aspects between them. It is evident that the owners of fish culture are different between two countries. In Japan, they are the fishermen of coastal fishery, while in Korea, the production of fish culture is managed mainly by big businesses. We found some major differences between fisheries cooperatives as well. The Japanese cooperatives are carrying out selling, purchasing, financing, and etc. as general cooperative. In Korea, their management is biased to financing. It will be very important for Korean fisheries cooperative to reexamine the role of itself and to improve their organization to be truly useful for coastal fishermen. Because the system of fisheries rights is changing, the Korean coastal fishermen who belong to the fishing village self-rule organization (Eo-chon-gye) are expected to strengthen its capability and to bear the fish culture