Comparison of Japanese and Korean TAC System for Future Expansion

• Main Authors: Nishida, Akari, Kataoka, Chikasi, Kameda, Kazuhiko
• Format: Report
• Language: English; unknown
• Published: International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade
• Subjects: Fisheries > Economic aspects > Congresses; Sustainable fisheries > Congresses; Snow crab
• Online Access: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/conference_proceedings_or_journals/5x21tg60v

As fisheries resources in the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea and the Japan Sea have the tendency to decrease, the purpose of this study is to identify the problems of the co-management by comparing the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) system between Japan and the Republic of Korea (Korea) in the executed sea areas. Japan, Korea, and China ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1996. The TAC system has been implemented by Japan from 1997 and Korea from 1999. While China is still examining the TAC system, Japan is allocated TAC for each administrative division as a fisheries management policy. The TAC of Korea is allocated for only the main fisheries that catch a lot of fish stocks. Common mackerel, sardine and snow crab are agitation for the fish stock targets of Japan and Korea. The target sea areas are EEZ and the provisional sea in both Japan and Korea. In general, the catch from EEZ and provisional sea areas are parts of the TAC. But in reality, the haul of one country in the other country’s EEZ and the provisional sea areas is excluded from its own TAC. Therefore, it is necessary to establish the co-management system for the effective use of resource, for example, the one that can control the catch of migratory fish species. Keywords: Sea of Japan, Fisheries Economics, Co-management, Yellow Sea, TAC System, Japan, Korea, East China Sea, International: Cooperation in Fisheries and Aquaculture