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- Title
Management of the Oyster Fisheries in Japan's Ariake Sea and Maryland's Chesapeake Bay: A Comparison.
- Authors
ISHIKAWA, MOMOKO; KENNEDY, VICTOR S.
- Abstract
An estuarine fishery can provide high harvest productivity and economic profit while supporting a traditional way of life in fishing communities. Overfishing may lead to environmental degradation and political conflicts that sometimes may collapse the fishery. Consequently, appropriate management is required for social, environmental, and economic sustainability. To identify similarities and differences in managing two estuarine fisheries for oysters (Suminoe oyster, Crassostrea ariakensis, and eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica), we used interviews, field observations, and literature research to compare the oyster industries in the Ariake Sea (Japan) and in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay (USA) from historical, political, sociocultural, and environmental perspectives. These industries have different historical, political, and sociocultural backgrounds. However, the two regions have lost most of their oyster resources due mainly to environmental degradation and failure of environmental management, coupled with overfishing and disease in Maryland. The situation in Maryland has also been affected by resistance of the oystering communities to aquaculture. In the Ariake region, fishermen are more amenable to aquaculture but resistant to allowing new participants into the fishery. Based on our findings, we propose that an estuarine fishery management plan should include understanding the history of traditional practices and encouraging cooperation among representatives of industry, politics, and science.
- Subjects
ARIAKE Bay (Japan); CHESAPEAKE Bay (Md. &; Va.); OYSTER fisheries; FISHERY management; OVERFISHING; ESTUARINE fisheries
- Publication
Marine Fisheries Review, 2014, Vol 76, Issue 3, p39
- ISSN
0090-1830
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7755/MFR.76.3.2