Fisheries Management of Sandfish in Akita Prefecture

Research PaperFishermen of Akita prefecture of Japan did the prohibition of sandfish fishery for three years independently. After cancel of a ban the coastal fishermen and the offshore fishermen carried out amount management of sandfish cooperated since 1995. This is first example of cooperative amount management, by coastal fishermen and offshore fishermen in Japan. The fishermen used various technique of amount management such as "free competition under amount regulation", "individual quotas system" and "pool quotas system" together. I introduce this example in detail