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Abstract
This study aims to explore the similarities and differences between the fishery industries in Taiwan and Japan through literature analysis and comparative analysis in order to draw on the strength of each to offset the weakness of the other and use them as a reference for Taiwan’s future fisheries extension work. The research essence and benefits from the previous chapters are summarized to derive the conclusions and recommendations below:
1. The Fisheries Association plays a pivotal role in fishery promotion systems, responsible for coordination, and planning and handling of fisheries extension work, thereby enhancing a fishermen’s professional knowledge and skills. The Fisheries Association will assist in level extension to fishing village women and youth through integrated social resources and other resources, with hopes of improving the outcome of fishing villages, specifically the economic benefits of fisheries.
2. With constant social change, fisheries extension has progressively headed towards broader service-oriented spatial and cultural levels from pure technical guidance in the past. The various works also involve fisheries policies, fishermen organizations, fisheries management, information delivery, research innovation, fishermen education and welfare, etc., covering an extremely broad level and fully taking production, life, and ecology into account.
3. The Fisherman's Association fisheries extension approach, in response to the actual needs of fishermen, involves the adoption of counseling measures and the promotion of areas of work, which are closely linked with fishermen, fishing households, fishing villages, and fishery industry. Therefore, thorough consideration and active involvement in the extension handling are recommended in order to promote the overall fishery development and improve the fishermen’s wellbeing.
4. Japan’s fisheries extension mainly targets inshore fishermen. In addition to the issues from the early grain production increases and fisheries production enhancement to the recent fishing village talent training, enhanced added values of fisheries products, promotion of resource management-based fishery industry and control of fishery environmental conservation set to cope with time, space, and environment change, the function of ensuring stable fisheries production and management is also served.
5. Now, more than ever, the inshore fisheries industry is facing a harsher environment in terms of reduced catches, lower fish prices, a lack of fishery successors, aging fishery labor force, oil hikes, and so on. Under such circumstances, Japan set up new fisheries extension implementation guidelines and relations essentials in 2005 and merged fisheries extension workers and fishery specialized technicians into fisheries extension instructors, hoping to achieve robust fishery development through relevant measures.
6. Taiwan should promote fisheries extension laws to positively contribute to Taiwan’s fisheries extension work. Clear specifications pertaining to fisheries extension implementation plan drafting, funding, and personnel recruitment will enable Taiwan fisheries extension work to take a further leap forward.
Keywords: fisheries extension, Fishery Association, fisheries, home economics, 4-H, production and marketing division, Mama Tiens
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