Anthropological study on the role of gender in two Miyazaki fishing villages Japan

Ii Sun-Ae, . Anthropological study on the role of gender in two Miyazaki fishing villages Japan. pp. 201-209. ISSN 0116-6514

Men are considered to have a monopoly in the fishery sector and women are not considered to play a significant role. But directly or indirectly many women are engaged in the fishery sector. Women are engaged directly in a fishery by engaging in fishing either individually or by accompanying their husbands and by collecting seaweed. They may also get involved in a fishery indirectly by engaging in feed preparation and also marketing of processed seafood products. The present study deals with the various roles and activities of women and men in two fishing villages in southern Miyazaki Prefecture in Japan namely Meitsu and Odoutsu. The fishing villages depend on the development of fishery technologies that have enhanced the fish catch. And recently in the face of increasing challenges to fishing the villagers have raised their income by opening seafood restaurants fish stores and selling the processed products to tourists directly. The differences in the roles of women and men in the two villages are traced parallel to the decades of changes in the fisheries. In Odoutsu with a history of coastal fishing women are more involved in all modes of the fish value chain whereas in Meitsu with more past emphasis on offshore fishing women have in more restricted roles in the value chain.

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Abstract

Men are considered to have a monopoly in the fishery sector and women are not considered to play a significant role. But directly or indirectly many women are engaged in the fishery sector. Women are engaged directly in a fishery by engaging in fishing either individually or by accompanying their husbands and by collecting seaweed. They may also get involved in a fishery indirectly by engaging in feed preparation and also marketing of processed seafood products. The present study deals with the various roles and activities of women and men in two fishing villages in southern Miyazaki Prefecture in Japan namely Meitsu and Odoutsu. The fishing villages depend on the development of fishery technologies that have enhanced the fish catch. And recently in the face of increasing challenges to fishing the villagers have raised their income by opening seafood restaurants fish stores and selling the processed products to tourists directly. The differences in the roles of women and men in the two villages are traced parallel to the decades of changes in the fisheries. In Odoutsu with a history of coastal fishing women are more involved in all modes of the fish value chain whereas in Meitsu with more past emphasis on offshore fishing women have in more restricted roles in the value chain.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Fishing
AGROVOC Term:	Anthropology
AGROVOC Term:	Gender analysis
AGROVOC Term:	Sex (gender)
AGROVOC Term:	Villages
AGROVOC Term:	Fishery management
AGROVOC Term:	Fisheries
AGROVOC Term:	Participation of women
AGROVOC Term:	Seaweeds
AGROVOC Term:	Technology
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 06:28
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23699

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