Fisheries in Japan
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15-01-2014
Japan is one of the world's most important consumers of fishery products. Fisheries traditionally play a considerable role in its food supply and form a key element of the regional economies in coastal areas. Japan has developed its own set of values and habits in terms of fisheries practices, along with an elaborate fisheries management system. This note provides an overview of fisheries activities in Japan and reviews some specific aspects of this highly complex sector.
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- AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
- aquaculture
- Asia and Oceania
- catch of fish
- deterioration of the environment
- earthquake
- economic analysis
- economic consequence
- economic geography
- ECONOMICS
- electrical and nuclear industries
- ENERGY
- ENVIRONMENT
- fisheries
- fisheries structure
- fishery management
- fishery research
- fishing controls
- fishing industry
- GEOGRAPHY
- Japan
- nuclear accident
- trade
- TRADE
- trade by product