The Directorate of Fisheries’ shall promote profitable economic activity through sustainable and user-oriented management of marine resources and the marine environment.
The Directorate of Fisheries’ role is:
to provide professional input to the policy making process by way of
analyses, statistics and advice
legislature and regulative work and regulation planning development
to be an efficient manager by
implementing political decisions
processing applications and appeals
conducting monitoring and control
to be a partner through
active cooperation with trade and industry, the research community and other public services
knowledge sharing with various stakeholders and the general public
Japan’s Marine Product Imports Exceed Domestic Production Japan
The following is an excerpt from an article published by nippon.com:
Japan’s fishing industry is not the force that it once was, and in 2022 the country imported marine products worth ¥2 tr...
Fish face vast decline if emissions are not reduced Worldwide
The following is an excerpt from an article published by Dialogue Earth:
Failing to keep warming to below 3C could mean a 30% decline in catchable fish in many countries, huge study suggests
Gl...
Korean Market Situation for Shrimp and Cuttlefish South Korea
As of June 2024, the volume of frozen whiteleg shrimp imported into the country recorded 235 tons, a 72% decrease compared to the same period last year, and this figure is a significant decrease from ...