A symposium on Fisheries's Vision in the 21th Century -Korea and Japan Joint Symposium-

21세기 수산업의 비젼 -한ㆍ일공동심포지움-

The Fisheries Business Administration Society of Korea(FBASK), with Dr. Jeong-yoon Choe as its president, and the The Japan Regional fisheries Society of Japan(JRFS), currently headed by Dr. To-ru Kurada, jointly held a symposium on 25 June, this year(1999) at international conference hall of Lotte Hotel, Pusan, Republic of Korea. The symposium, with its theme being as “the fisheries's vision in 21th century”, attracted 150 participants, including scholars specialized in the field of fisheries social science from both sides, officials from both sides, officials from the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries of Korea, and representatives of Korea fishing industry. Among those, 11 scholars, with membership of FBASK or JRFS, presented their papers or took part in discussion at this symposium. It was anticipanted that this symposium would provided new opportunities for the expansion of academic exchange between Korean and Japanese fisheries experts. This paper reviews the background, the operation, performance, and outcomes of the symposium and the paper is structured as follows ; 1. the background under which this symposium was held ; 2. the selection of the symposium's theme ; 3. the presentation and discussion at the meeting ; and 4. the preformance and outcomes of symposium