2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Study on the condition of reproduction on household management and marketing in the oyster aquaculture industry in Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22780216
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Agro-economics
Research Institution	National Fisheries University
Principal Investigator	SOEJIMA Kumi 独立行政法人水産大学校, その他部局等, 講師 (40455499)
Project Period (FY)	2010-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	水産経済 / カキ養殖 / 家族経営 / 市場対応 / 女性 / 外国人労働 / 規模拡大
Research Abstract	Recently, the large-scale household businesses are employing other country's workers, increasing their number of rafts, and gradually growing larger in scale. On the other hand, the small-scale household businesses do not have the level or the thinking to employ other country's workers. In other words, we find that polarization of the oyster aquaculture industry is underway. the large-scale households are trying to acquire new business opportunities. Furthermore, we can see it gradually became clear that the expansion and reduction of oyster aquaculture household management, reorganization of labor, and connection with external economies.

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