Japan: The way ahead

The exclusion of women from organizing bodies is a key challenge facing women in Japan’s coastal fisheries. In Japan, the Fishery Cooperative Associations (FCAs) are key entities in the effort to protect the environment in coastal fisheries. They manage traditional fishing rights with legal support from the government, and are embedded into a multi-layer management system – including Total Allowable Catch controls for some species, effort control by Total Allowable Effort, prefectural government licensing systems, and traditional rights based management. Women in Japanese coastal communities have been organized and connected to FCAs for many years.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Soejima, Kumi
Format:	article biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2020-04
Subjects:	Fisheries, Sociology, Yemaya Newsletter, gender, small-scale fisheries, women in fisheries, ICSF, Japan, coastal fisheries, fishery cooperative associations, traditional fishing, fishing rights, coastal communities,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/41247
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