There are approximately 3000 fishing ports in Japan and there have been strong criticisms against the dispersed construction of fishing ports. The dispersed construction of the fishing ports is inevitable and historical consequence of the style of the production and life of fishing operators. In recent years, with the fishing...
This study addresses the factors that are causing a shortage of successors in fishery and possible countermeasures. The interrelating structure of these factors was clarified using the DEMATEL (DEcision MAking Trial and Evaluation Laboratory) method and the effectiveness of the countermeasures was evaluated. Problem-causing factors were also hierarchized using ISM...
High-level hygiene management for foods is highly required in Japan nowadays. In general, there are 5 stages in the flow of marine products; fishing, unloading, market, processing and distribution. Therefore it is important to take care the hygiene management at each stage of them. In this report, the most advanced...
Whale meat has been one of traditional diets in Japan. However whaling is now prohibited except for the purpose of scientific research. Therefore it is important to keep an eye on poaching and to make distribution routes clear to obtain an international credibility. Then it is highly required to build...
Technologies that enable traceability for fishery products are increasing their demands. Recently proposed technologies are mainly based on disposal RF(IC) tags which are able to record information directly onto them. However, the current systems based on RF tags have problems of expensive price of tags, and weakness of reading information...