\\\"Chapter 1 Introduction......................................................1
1.1 Background and problem statement......................................1
1.1.1 Decline of Japanese fishery production and international
competition in domestic seafood market................................1
1.1.2 Debate of competitiveness enhancement................................5
1.1.3 Domestic fishery policies related with competitiveness in Japan....5
1.2 Existing empirical studies and insufficiency............................6
1.2.1 Definition and evaluation of competitiveness..........................6
1.2.2 Empirical studies in the fishery and aquaculture context.............8
1.3 Analytical methods and target...........................................10
1.3.1 Analytical methods.......................................................10
1.3.2 Analytical target...........................................................10
1.4 Research objectives.........................................................12
1.5 Book structure...............................................................13
Chapter 2 Methodologies of efficiency analysis and
literature review..............................................15
2.1 Introduction..................................................................15
2.2 Economic concept of efficiency..........................................15
2.3 Stochastic frontier analysis approach..................................18
2.3.1 History and theoretical development...................................18
2.3.2 Descriptions of SFA models.............................................20
2.3.3 Literature review of SFA applications in fisheries context..........21
2.4 Data envelopment analysis approach...................................27
2.4.1 History and theoretical development...................................27
2.4.2 Descriptions of DEA models............................................29
2.4.3 Literature review of DEA applications in fisheries context.........34
2.5 Comparisons between SFA and DEA ..................................35
Chapter 3 Technical efficiency study on Japanese marine fisheries applying SFA and DEA approaches......36
3.1 Introduction..................................................................36
3.2 Overview of Japanese marine fishery production...................36
3.2.1 Production volume .......................................................36
3.2.2 Fishing vessels............................................................43
3.2.3 Fishery management entities and fishers..............................44
3.3 Technical efficiency study by means of SFA approach..............46
3.3.1 Analytical data and model specification...............................46
3.3.2 Results......................................................................47
3.4 Technical efficiency study by means of DEA approach.............51
3.4.1 Methodology description................................................51
3.4.2 Results......................................................................52
3.5 Comparisons of technical efficiency between SFA and DEA......57
3.6 Discussions...................................................................58
3.7 Conclusions..................................................................59
Chapter 4 Pacific saury fishery in Japan: production and economic performance....................................61
4.1 Introduction..................................................................61
4.2 International production of Pacific saury and Japan’s position....62
4.3 National production of Pacific saury in Japan........................65
4.3.1 Yearly changes of the total Pacific saury catch (1894-2022).......65
4.3.2 Regional distribution of the Pacific saury catch......................67
4.3.3 Regional distribution of Pacific saury landings by Zensanma
vessels......................................................................81
4.3.4 Production of Pacific saury stick-held dip net fishery and its
position ....................................................................82
4.4 Fishing method..............................................................83
4.4.1 Stage 1: purse seine (1544-1897) .....................................83
4.4.2 Stage 2: drift net...........................................................84
4.4.3 Stage 3: stick-held dip net...............................................85
4.5 Changes of fishing vessels.................................................86
4.6 Fishers and fishery business entities....................................97
4.7 Economic performance....................................................99
4.7.1 Introduction................................................................99
4.7.2 Small-scale saury fishery (10-20.GRT) in the form of private enterprise............101
4.7.3 Middle-scale saury fishery (20-50 GRT) in the form of
company enterprise.....................................................103
4.7.4 Large-scale saury fishery (>100 GRT) in the form of company enterprise..........105
4.7.5 Conclusions..............................................................109
4.8 Management framework.................................................112
4.8.1 Fishing license system and closed seasons..........................112
4.8.2 Production adjustment and TAC system.............................114
4.8.3 Price stabilization fund for fish.......................................117
Chapter 5 Technical efficiency study on the Pacific saury stick-held dip net fishery in Habomai region of Hokkaido prefecture through SFA approach......122
5.1 Introduction.................................................................122
5.2 Overview of the Pacific saury fishery production in Habomai...123
5.2.1 General introduction of Habomai region............................123
5.2.2 Pacific saury fishery in Habomai region.............................124
5.2.3 Characteristics of the sampled fishing vessels in Habomai
region.....................................................................126
5.3 Methodology and data....................................................129
5.3.1 Methodology: SFA......................................................129
5.3.2 Analytical data and model specification.............................130
5.4 Results and discussion....................................................133
5.4.1 Parameter estimates of stochastic production frontier model.....133
5.4.2 Parameter estimates of technical inefficiency model..............136
5.4.3 Technical efficiency estimates.........................................139
5.5 Conclusions.................................................................140
Chapter 6 Technical, allocative and cost efficiency study on the Pacific saury stick-held dip net fishery in Habomai region of Hokkaido prefecture through DEA approach...............................................143
6.1 Introduction.................................................................143
6.2 Methodology and data....................................................144
6.2.1 Methodology description..............................................144
6.2.2 Analytical data and model specification.............................146
6.3 Results and discussion....................................................149
6.3.1 Technical, allocative and cost efficiency estimates.................149
6.3.2 Tobit regression analysis of technical, allocative and economic efficiency ..........152
6.4 Conclusions.................................................................153
Chapter 7 Conclusions and policy implications................155
7.1 Conclusions.................................................................155
7.2 Policy implications.........................................................157
7.3 Limitations and future work............................................158
References...................................................................160\\\"
