The economic value of sea fishing in the Tango Sea, which extends off the northern coast of Kyoto Prefecture, reaches 117 billion yen annually, according to estimates by Professor Hiroshi Yamashita of the Center for Field Science Education and Research, Kyoto University.It has become clear again that the fishery resources of the Tango Sea have enormous potential not only in terms of food but also in terms of fishing.
According to Kyoto University, Professor Yamashita uses the travel cost method to determine the economic value of fishing based on the total number of people who visit the Tango Sea each year, such as the number of people fishing on the shore at fishing parks and the users of fishing boats. * Estimated in 1).
As a result, about 15 people fish in the Tango Sea annually, the annual cost spent to go fishing is 38 billion yen, and anglers evaluate the value of fishing in the Tango Sea. The consumer surplus, which indicates whether or not it is, was estimated to be 117 billion yen.It was found that the economic value of fishing is very high, as the amount of landed sea surface fishery in Kyoto Prefecture in 2017 was only about 30 billion yen.
Professor Yamashita believes that fishing with high economic value in the coastal regions of the Tango Sea, such as Maizuru City, where the population is aging rapidly, should be actively utilized as a material for regional revitalization.
Furthermore, the management of fishery resources has been centered on the fishing industry, but it cannot be ignored that so many anglers are visiting the Tango Sea, and in the future, resource management and effectiveness will be effective from both the fishing and fishing perspectives. It is recommended that you should think about utilization.
* 1 Travel cost method A method of estimating the value of a tourist destination from the travel expenses that tourists spend when traveling to that tourist destination.
Paper information:[Fisheries Science] An economic evaluation of recreational fishing in Tango Bay, Japan
