일본의 수산기본법에 관하여

Korean fisheries industry has faced serious crisis due to the import liberalization of fisheries and lack of fishery resource. Korean fisheries industry has played a leading role as export-led industry in 1960s and 1970s. However, after the mid 1980s, the production situation of Korean fisheries industry has been deteriorated because of reclamation, marine pollution, and environmental degradation. In addition, the external environment of Korean fisheries industry has been changed by the effectuation of UNCLOS, UR negotiation, liberalization of seafood market, early voluntary liberalization of seafood in APEC, and Korea-Japan Fisheries Negotiation. It is necessary for us to reconsider fisheries policy and legal system to meet interior and exterior environmental changes. The basic law on fisheries policy has recently been made in Japan for the same reasons as above. Accordingly, detailed policy will be carring out rapidly. Since Korea and Japan have similar situations each other, the basic law on fisheries policy of Japan will be used as a reference when reforming Korean fisheries law. Thus legislation background, contents, and evaluation regarding the basic law on fisheries policy of Japan are considered in this paper.