The development of recreational fishing in Japan differs from that in the United States.
In the 1960 s, Japan’s fishery development has experienced from the coast to offshore, from offshore to the expansion of the ocean and high-speed development period, but in the 70 s, due to the oil crisis and the world’s major successively implementation of 200 nautical miles exclusive economic zone management, highly dependent on imported oil and foreign fishery Japanese fishing industry, the emergence of a ship and fishery structure adjustment period big change.
During this period, the Japanese government put forward the development strategy of “facing the sea and making multiple uses of it”, implemented the renovation of coastal and offshore fishing grounds and the “comprehensive preparation of fishing ports and fishing villages”, and adopted various measures to develop recreational fishing.
Japan is located in the Pacific Ocean, surrounded by sea and with a winding coastline. Its water area is 12 times the land area, and its fishing resources are very rich. Japan is one of the world’s major fishing powers.
The first and most important form of the Japanese recreational fishing industry is the fish industry. Every year, domestic consumption of baits, alone calculated this rock worm to be more than 500 tons, showing its level of development. With the increasing number of participants year by year, the fishing is no longer a purely recreational individual behavior, has begun to affect the development, utilization, and management of fishery resources and the call to strengthen the management of leisure fishery mainly in the fishing industry is also increasing.
The measures taken by the Japanese government are as follows: (1) the number of recreational fishing organizations has been set up in both central and local areas to strengthen management;In line with international practice, national legislation should be adopted to implement the entry system of fishing, and the use of fishing boats and the main varieties and yield of fishing were registered.
Increase investment and build artificial fishing grounds; We will improve the environment of fishing villages and fishing ports, improve infrastructures such as roads and communications, and ensure the sustained and healthy development of recreational fishing.
At the same time, fishermen, fishermen and fishery coordination organizations also participate in recreational fishery management.
Japan attaches great importance to the guiding role of scientific research in the development of recreational fisheries and has developed many effective pollution monitoring methods and treatment methods, which have significantly improved the environment of fishing waters.
In addition, Japan’s research on artificial reefs is very meticulous and in-depth, and several research institutes under the fisheries hall have specially studied the relationship between artificial reefs and fish and the benefits of artificial reefs. The release of artificial reefs has fundamentally restricted bottom trawling operations, and the seabed has changed from flat to uneven. In addition, artificial releasing of various kinds of fish fry has made the original declining offshore fishery resources recover and increased, creating conditions for the development of recreational fishery.