The Japanese Salmon Fisheries
A Geographic Appraisal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4043653 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R S Mathieson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1958 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 352 |
| Publication date | 1958-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0095 • E-ISSN: 1944-8287 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/142352 |
| OpenAlex | W2324948258 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
APAN has always been heavily dependent on sea food resources to feed her densely populated islands. Nevertheless, certain branches of the fisheries which had export potential were early developed to increase Japan's foreign exchange earnings. The crab meat and salmon canning industries were two of the most important revenue earners in prewar years. The Japanese salmon fisheries emerged from their age-old, semi-feudal structure only with difficulty. Fishing villages as much as farm villages served local markets to the neglect of inter-regional trade.1 And the potentials of favorable geographical conditions and the salmon resource in Japanese waters led only tardily to a modern canning industry a few steps beyond its old
Biology · Fisheries management · Fishery · Fishing · Geography · Coastal and Marine Management · Japanese History and Culture
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1960 - 1960 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |