social-ecological changes of contemporary small-scale fisheries on the reduction and reorganization stage

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K20063
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0104:Geography, cultural anthropology, folklore, and related fields
• Research Institution: Hirosaki University
• Principal Investigator: MATSUI Ayumu 弘前大学, 人文社会科学部, 助教 (10910581)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-08-30 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 社会-生態システム / 小規模漁業 / 漁業地域変化 / 縮小再編成

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we have conducted research to understand changes in fishing areas in contemporary Japan by identifying medium- and long-term trends and combining micro and quantitative data collection on the natural environment with qualitative data collection from village surveys. The achievement of this research was the construction of a theoretical and practical basis for examining structural changes in fishing regions in Japan during the contemporary period of downsizing and restructuring from a social-ecological system perspective, which places the dynamic changes in the relationship between society and nature.

Free Research Field

地理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は地理学において伝統的に検討されてきた人間-環境関係について，学際的な研究枠組みである社会-生態システム研究の視点を接合させながら検討した点に認められる．また，社会的意義として，日本国内における漁業地域の変容に関して，総合的・実証的な1次データに基づいて検討することで，今後の社会的・政策的判断の基盤となる結果を示した点が挙げられる．