Shinagawa Etchujima CampusGraduate School of Marine Science and Technology

The Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology has a doctoral course divided into a master's course and a doctoral course, and trains independent highly specialized professionals who open up cutting-edge fields.Furthermore, in collaboration with the Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, and the National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology, we will further enhance education and research and improve the quality of graduate students. We are trying to

[Awards and Commendations] Ms. Reon Watanabe (1st year master's student) received the ECOP Award at the Marine Socio-Ecological Systems Symposium.

2024.07.08 Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology Companies / researchers Current students

At the Marine Socio-Ecological Systems Symposium (MSEAS) held at Pacifico Yokohama from June 2024rd to June 6th, 3, graduate student Reon Watanabe from our university received the Early Career Ocean Professional Award (ECOP Award).

【Winner】
Rei Watanabe (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Master's Program 1)Year)

[Title of award-winning research]
The impact of environmental change on the rationality of the local farming ground allocation system: A case study in Japan

[Details of award-winning research]
　Responding to changes in the marine environment due to recent climate change has become a common challenge that humanity must address. In this study, we analyzed the impact of changes in the marine environment on the rationality of the fishing ground allocation system in oyster farming areas in Japan, where the fishing ground environment has changed rapidly in recent years. From a preliminary interview survey, we found that the fishing ground allocation system in the target area is based on a unique standard of fairness that takes small-scale fishermen into consideration, such as equally allocating the fishing grounds that are empirically considered to be the best for oyster growth to all members. In this study, we conducted an environmental survey of the fishing grounds and oyster growth tests to examine whether this fishing ground allocation system is still functioning as expected by observing the environmental conditions and actual oyster growth. As a result, it was revealed that in years when environmental conditions are significantly different from usual, the consideration for small-scale fishermen is negated by the decline in productivity of the fishing grounds that were previously evaluated as the best within the community. This result suggests that the traditional local fisheries management system based on experience may no longer function as intended due to unexpected environmental changes.

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