Reform Proposals for the Management Policy of Reported Fisheries Based on the Productivity of Intertidal-mudflat in Korea : Focused on the Analysis of the Current Situation of Handicraft Reported Fisheries around Seosan and Dangjin Counties

갯벌의 어장생산성 및 맨손신고어업의 합리적 관리방안 연구 : 서산 - 당진지역의 맨손신고어업 관리실태 분석을 기초로

This paper tries to suggest reform proposals for the management policy of reported handicraft fisheries based on the intertidal - mudflat productivity. The paper started from the empirical analysis of the current situation of the handicraft fisheries around Seosan and Dangjin counties. The area of intertidal - mudflat around Seosan and Dangjin counties is approximately 855ha. The its ratio to the total areas in our country is 0.3%. By the way, the reported number of handicraft fisheries is 5,245, the ratio of which to the total number in our country is nearly 10.2%. The reason why there exists unbalance between the area of intertidal - mudflat and the reported number of handicraft fisheries is the political behavior of provincial governments. Therefore the paper tries to establish policy remedies focused on the confrontation against the opportunistic behaviors of provincial governments, such as the reform proposals for the Korea's fisheries act.