State the problems facing the fishing industry in Japan.

      

State the problems facing the fishing industry in Japan.

  

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(a) The increasing demand for fish locally and from other parts of Asia together with advanced technology in terms of fishing skills and modern equipment has resulted in Overfishing.
(b) Water pollution through oil spillage from the shipping vessels within the ocean has led to the reduction of the species of fish in the high seas
(c) Japan is a highly industrialized nation. This has been accompanied by environmental pollution. For instance, some corporations used to dump mercury into the sea causing cancer, deformities and death of local fishermen.

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1. High pollution of Japanese waters by industrial effluent sand oil spillage which has interfered with aquatic life.

2. Over fishing along coastal waters as a result of increase in the fishing fleet which has resulted into depletion of some fish species.

3. Restriction of Japanese fleet from other nations territories e.g. to the west where they are kept away by the Korean government.
Faimus answered the question on April 4, 2018 at 10:28


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