한국의 어업 관리 비용에 관한 연구

The Korean case study on the fisheries management costs

This study aims to identify the Government Financial Transfers in three ways - the direct payment, financial transfers for cost reductions and general services. In addition, payment for the infrastructure such as port facilities benefiting commercial fishers was excluded and the government financial transfers solely devoted to the research and management and enforcement services were explored in detail. In 1999, the aggregate sum of fisheries budgets in Korea amounted to 967,890million KRW and those spent on fisheries services were 18,028million KRW occupying 10.4%(3.1% of research Costs, 5.9% of management and 1.4% of enforcement Costs) of the total fishery budget. The Government Financial Transfers of OECD countries for the fisheries management in 1997 were estimated at USD2.6billion, occupying about 37%(11% of research, 16% of management and 10% of enforcement) of the Government Financial Transfers relating to the fishery. When compared with the government expenditure devoted to the fisheries management costs(fisheries services) in OECD countries, the expenditure of Korea remains at 30~40% on the average. But, Korean government is planning to steadily increase the expenditure relating to the fisheries services and it is very likely to see the increase in the government financial transfers for the fisheries services in the future. Though the positive effects of the management costs on the marine resources have not been specifically identified in this study, it was confirmed that they have positive effects on the ecosystem and maintenance of the sustainable marine resources. Accordingly, it is required to see that researchers and monitoring be continued for the years to come. Also, what should be taken into account was the applicability of the grouping of fisheries services by OECD/COFI to the situation in Korea, who puts the License System in force. The specifies are as follow; first, a need to clarify a concept of fisheries services and its scope. The fisheries services were defined mostly by the countries who are enforcing catch allotment system and it does not directly apply to Korea in that the TAC system was in preparation and the government payments were almost negligible. secondly, a need to clearly classify the fisheries services costs. It is difficult to specifically classify the government payment according to its defined services and the responsibilities of maritime police overlapped with others, making it difficult to clearly separate the enforcement costs from other services. In conclusion, it is required that the researches on the concept and scope of fisheries services and classification of the government payment according to its defined services be steadily continued.