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The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is the government agency responsible for the fishing industry. The Japanese Fisheries Agency states that the Basic Fisheries Plan was developed by the Japanese government in 2007, and claims that the government is working to establish long-standing, strong fisheries and fishery practices by ...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (農林水産省, Nōrin-suisan-shō) is a cabinet level ministry in the government of Japan responsible for oversight of the agriculture, forestry and fishing industries. Its acronym is MAFF. The current Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is Taku Etō. [1]
The Fisheries Agency (水産庁, Suisan-chō) is an agency under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan. Its headquarters are in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo. [1] The agency ensures that fish caught in Japanese territory are done so under Japanese law. [2] It also sets fines for fish that are not caught under the law. [3]
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The third vulnerability is the decline in Japan's farming population. Agricultural production declined from 11.7 trillion yen in 1984 to 8.2 trillion in 2011, and the number of farming households plummeted from over 6 million representing 14.5 million people in 1960 to 2.5 million households in 2010 representing a working force nearly one sixth ...
The Zenchu circulates factbooks concerning food and agriculture in Japan, specifically, problems relating to food and food supply. It also publishes monthly the Gekkan JA. The 2007 July issue focused on the international aid activities which the cooperatives undertake. JA (short for Japan Agricultural Cooperatives) is another common name for Nokyo.
Scallop aquaculture is the commercial activity of cultivating (farming) scallops until they reach a marketable size and can be sold as a consumer product. Wild juvenile scallops, or spat, were collected for growing in Japan as early as 1934. [ 1 ]
The country has limited land to use for farming and until recent years, has been a protectionist country regarding agriculture. Farming in Japan has experienced economic inefficiency but has not dissuaded some Japanese from choosing to become either full or part-time farmers. In 2012 around 4% of the total work force in Japan was categorized as ...