PROSPECTS OF AND SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR FISHING PORTS AND FISHING VILLAGES IN HOKKAIDO TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION OF REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

According to a report in 1988 (Ref. 2), an increase in the fishing industry output and maintenance of the populations in fishing villages were given as factors that are important for the future survival of fishing villages in Hokkaido. The report also presented predicted figures for the areas of water necessary for fishing ports and the productions for relatedindustries necessary for creating employment opportunities. Since each fishing industry is different due to differences in the natural environment of the region, the state of the fishing industry, life in the fishing village and location of the industry, it is necessary to estimate the area and producrion for regions that have similar natural marine conditions in order to estimate the frame needed for each specific problem. In this study, the frame needed to realize future visions for regions that have similar environmental and socioeconomic conditions were estimated for each marine zone in order to determine the frame needed for each fishing village in Hokkaido.