• 한국중재학회지:중재연구
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.263-302
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• 2003

Since new Korean arbitration law was modeledafter UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration Law, the judicial review on the arbitral award is at most limited to fundamental procedural justice. Thus, drafting valid arbitration clause is paramount important to enforce arbitral awards in the new legal environment. A losing party in arbitral process would often claim of the invalidity of arbitration agreement to challenge the arbitral award. Especially, the validity of arbitration clause in the construction contracts is often challenged in Korean courts. This is because the construction contracts usually include selective arbitration agreement in multi-tiered dispute resolution clause that is drafted ambiguous or uncertain. In this paper selective arbitration agreement means a clause in a contract that provides that party may choose arbitration or litigation to resolve disputes arising out of the concerned contract. On the hand multi-tiered dispute resolution clause means a clause in a contract that provides for distinct stages such as negotiation, mediation or arbitration. However, Korean courts are not in the same position on the validity of selective arbitration agreementin multi-tiered dispute resolution clause. Some courts in first instance recognized its validity on the ground that parties still intend to arbitrate in the contract despite the poor drafted arbitration clause. Other courts reject its validity on the ground that parties did not intend to resort to arbitration only with giving up their right to sue at courts to resolve their disputes by choosing selective arbitration agreement. Several cases are recently on pending at the Supreme Courts, which decision is expected to yield the court's position in uniform way. Having reviewed recent Korean courts' decisions on validity and applicability of arbitration agreement, this article suggests that courts are generally in favor of arbitration system It is also found that some courts' decisions narrowly interpreted the concerned stipulations in arbitration law despite they are in favorable position to the arbitration itself. However, most courts in major countries broadly interpret arbitration clause in favor of validity of selective arbitration agreement even if the arbitration clause is poorly drafted but parties are presume to intend to arbitrate. In conclusion it is desirable that selective arbitration agreement should be interpreted favorable to the validity of arbitration agreement. It is time for Korean courts to resolve this issue in the spirit of UNCITRAL model arbitration law which the new Korean arbitration law is based on.

• 수산경영론집
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.91-115
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• 2004

The main purpose of this study is to analyze the cooperative squid fisheries problems surrounding the $E128^{\circ}$, established by the 1965 Korea - Japan Fisheries Agreement which banned Korean large trawlers' fishing east to the $E128^{\circ}$ In fact, the moratorium was put on by Japans request. However, such issue did not occur until the filefish stock in the southern Korean sea, which was a major target fish species of the large trawl fisheries, The filefish stock collapsed completely around 1991 and at the same time most of bottom fish stocks in the East China Sea began to show a symptom of over - exploitation. Thus, the off - shore large trawlers learned to have a little opportunity of finding out alternative fish stocks as well as fishing grounds. Fortunately, at that time squid resource stock and consumption were on the increasing trend. The large trawl fisheries were able to economically exploit squid stock east to the $E128^{\circ}$ through cooperative fishing with squid angling light boats in the East and East - South Sea, even though such cooperative fishing activities violate the existing fishery laws apparently. Some important reasons that the large trawlers have continued the cooperative fishing seem to be because (ⅰ) squid resource stock has been on the increasing state over time, (ⅱ) the trawl fisheries have made a significant contribution to meeting domestic and export demands and stabilizing squid prices, and (ⅲ) they have kept domestic squid market from foreign competition. However, the new Korea - Japan fisheries agreement in 1998 provided a momentum of questioning the effectiveness of the $E128^{\circ}$ by the squid - related fisheries other than the squid angling. Serious conflicts between squid - related fisheries began to emerge and to be much intensified. Squid angling industries in the East opposed to large trawlers's efforts to formalize such illegal cooperative squid fishing activities. Their main argument was that such formalizing would definitely make the East coast squid prices lower and in turn their business performance would be worse off. The results of quantitative analysis suggest that the trawlers' massive landing may have a significant influence on lowering the east coast squid prices. Now, an important issue that the squid - related fisheries and the government are facing is to solve such complex squid fishing problems through a multi - participatory negotiation process, including price stabilization, total allowable catch level and its operation schemes, $E128^{\circ}$ rearrangement, and so on.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권3D호
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• pp.491-497
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 주민기피시설인 하수처리장 주변에 거주하는 주민들을 대상으로 설문을 통해 하수처리장에 대한 일반인식과 설치 후 환경변화에 대해서 어떻게 생각하고 있는지를 알아보고 지역별로 어떤 차이가 있는지를 다루고자 하였다. 또한 하수처리시설 입지에 영향을 미치는 요인을 실증 분석하고자 했다. 이러한 실증분석을 위해 다변량 분산분석과 다중회귀분석을 이용했으며 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 전체적으로 하수처리시설은 사회적으로 필요한 시설이며 적절한 보상이 이루어진다면 긍정적으로 고려할 수 있는 시설이라는 의견이 높게 나타났다. 그러나 하수처리시설의 시행과정에 대한 평가는 전체적으로 만족스럽지 못하게 나타났다. 다음으로 하수처리장의 입지와 관련된 결과에서 하수처리장이 자신의 주거지 근처에 입지함에 따른 환경변화에 대한 인식은 지역별로 유의한 차이를 나타내지 않았지만, 그러한 인식에 영향을 끼치는 요인은 지역별로 다소 다르다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 사실은 앞으로 하수처리장뿐만 아니라 주민들이 기피하는 시설을 건설하고자 하는 경우에 어떤 절대적인 기준이 있는 것이 아니라 오히려 대상지역의 여건과 주민의 반향을 파악하여 그에 맞는 대책이 필요하다는 것을 의미한다.

• 무역상무연구
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• 제19권
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• pp.224-242
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• 2003

The author believes that the main task of study in international trade usage and practice is the management of transactional risks involved in international sale of goods. They are foreign exchange risks, transportation risks, credit risk, risk of miscommunication, etc. In most cases, these risks are more serious and enormous than those involved in domestic sales. Historically, the merchant adventurers organized the voyage abroad, secured trade finance, and went around the ocean with their own or consigned cargo until around the $mid-19^{th}$ century. They did business faceto-face at the trade fair or the open port where they maintained the local offices, so-called "Trading House"(商館). Thererfore, the transactional risks might have been one-sided either with the seller or the buyer. The bottomry seemed a typical arrangement for risk sharing among the interested parties to the adventure. In this way, such organizational arrangements coped with or bore the transactional risks. With the advent of ocean liner services and wireless communication across the national border in the $19^{th}$ century, the business of merchant adventurers developed toward the clear division of labor; sales by mercantile agents, and ocean transportation by the steam ship companies. The international banking helped the process to be accelerated. Then, bills of lading backed up by the statute made it possible to conduct documentary sales with a foreign partner in different country. Thus, FOB terms including ocean freight and CIF terms emerged gradually as standard trade terms in which transactional risks were allocated through negotiation between the seller and the buyer located in different countries. Both of them did not have to go abroad with their cargo. Instead, documentation in compliance with the terms of the contract(plus an L/C in some cases) must by 'strictly' fulfilled. In other words, the set of contractual documents must be tendered in advance of the arrival of the goods at port of discharge. Trust or reliance is placed on such contractual paper documents. However, the container transport services introduced as international intermodal transport since the late 1960s frequently caused the earlier arrival of the goods at the destination before the presentation of the set of paper documents, which may take 5 to 10% of the amount of transaction. In addition, the size of the container vessel required the speedy transport documentation before sailing from the port of loading. In these circumstances, computerized processing of transport related documents became essential for inexpensive transaction cost and uninterrupted distribution of the goods. Such computerization does not stop at the phase of transportation but extends to cover the whole process of international trade, transforming the documentary sales into less-paper trade and further into paperless trade, i.e., EDI or E-Commerce. Now we face the other side of the coin, which is data security and paperless transfer of legal rights and obligations. Unfortunately, these issues are not effectively covered by a set of contracts only. Obviously, EDI or E-Commerce is based on the common business process and harmonized system of various data codes as well as the standard message formats. This essential feature of E-Commerce needs effective coordination of different divisions of business and tight control over credit arrangements in addition to the standard contract of sales. In a few word, information does not alway invite "trust". Credit flows from people, or close organizational tie-ups. It is our common understanding that, without well-orchestrated organizational arrangements made by leading companies, E-Commerce does not work well for paperless trade. With such arrangements well in place, participating E-business members do not need to seriously care for credit risk. Finally, it is also clear that E-International Commerce must be linked up with a set of government EDIs such as NACCS, Port EDI, JETRAS, etc, in Japan. Therefore, there is still a long way before us to go for E-Commerce in practice, not on the top of information manager's desk.

• 과학기술학연구
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.1-51
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• 2019

법과 과학을 근본적으로 다른 두 체계로서 보는 시각, 즉 사실 대 정의, 객관적 기술 대당위적 규정, 신속한 진보 대 신중한 절차의 대조가 나타나는 두 체계로서 이해하는 관점은 그 단순함에도 불구하고 법의 결정과 과학의 지식 주장 간에 발생하는 긴장을 설명하기 위해 관습적으로 활용된다. 이 대립구도는 때로 법이 과학의 진보를 미처 따라잡지 못한다는 해석과 비판으로 이어지기도 하는데, 그 한 사례가 관찰될 수 있는 장소가 친자확인을 둘러싼 법적, 과학적 공방이다. 법원이 현대 과학의 조력을 받아들여야한다는 주장은 주의 깊게 점검해보아야 할 또 다른 문제들을 제시한다. 법적 분쟁의 해결에 조력을 줄 수 있는 "현대 과학"으로서 이해되는 무언가의 경계가 구체화되는 과정에 영향을 미치고 있는 가치는 무엇인가? 현대 과학의 경계 형성 과정 속에서 법이 수호해야 하는 가치와 정의의 의미는 어떻게 변화하는가? 특히 부성(paternity)의 법적 규정과 관련하여 혈연의 중요성이 강조될 때, "과학"의 의의는 무엇으로 인식되며 이러한 인식은 법적 분쟁의 진행에 어떤 영향을 미치는가? 위 질문들에 대한 답을 탐색하기 위하여, 우리는 법원이 과학의 유용한 기능을 활용하지 못하고 뒤쳐진다는 일종의 지식 결핍 모델에 가까운 해석이 특정한 형태를 띠고 사회적으로 유관한 집단을 모으게 되는 과정을 따라가 보고자 한다. 이를 위해 우리는 1930년대 이후 1970년대까지 미국의 법원에서 친부 관계의 판정을 위해 혈액형 검사가 활용되기 시작하며 나타난 일련의 논의와 변화에 주목하였다. 결론적으로 우리는 "진실을 확증해줄 수 있는 도구"라는 틀 속에서 혈액형 검사의 "가치"를 정량화, 서사화하였던 법의학자들과 법률가들이 지속적으로 만들어 나갔던 것이, 있는 그대로의 자연이나 진실 같은 것이 아님을 주장한다. 이들의 행위와 서사를 통해 만들어진 것은 근대 국가, 가족, 법원의 사이에서 발생하는 복잡한 긴장을 "해결"해 줄 수 있는 과학기술에 대한 기대, 그리고 그에 "뒤쳐지지" 않는 근대 사회라는 로드맵을 구체적, 희망적, 전문적으로 그리는 방법이었다.

• 비교문화연구
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• 제48권
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• pp.31-66
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• 2017

본고는 일본에서 저술된 한국문학사 중에서 임전혜의 "일본에서의 조선인문학의 역사-1945년까지"와 시라카와 유타카의 "조선근대문학의 발자취", 그리고 사에구사 도시카쓰의 "한국문학을 맛본다"를 중심으로 각 문학사에 나타난 한국근현대문학의 인식방법 및 서술양상을 '문화횡단'이라는 관점 아래 고찰하고 있다. 먼저 임전혜는 일본유학생들의 문학 활동과 프롤레타리아 문학운동을 중심으로 일본에서 산출된 조선인 문학을 시기별로 고찰하면서 한 일간의 능동적인 문화교섭과 상호이해, 정치적 연대의 지점들을 짚어낸다. 시라카와 유타카는 근대문학 형성과정에서의 한중일 삼국의 동시성과 연관성에 주목하고 일본어 문학과 친일문학 등을 비중 있게 다루면서 한국과 일본의 경계에서 충돌하는 매개적 연구자로서의 중층적 위치성을 보여준다. 사에구사 도시카쓰는 동아시아를 아우르는 비교문학적 고찰, 전통과 현대를 잇는 문학적 형식과 주제의 구현, '친일문학'을 바라보는 탈경계적 시선 등을 통해 한국문학의 내적논리와 외연을 두루 살피는 흥미로운 문화횡단적 계기들을 제공한다. 이들 문학사에서 살펴볼 수 있는 문화횡단적 실천 양상은 첫째, '민족문학사'를 근간으로 한 기존의 한국근현대문학사를 '식민지 경험'과 '국가민족주의'라는 자장에서 이화(異化)시켜 다면적으로 고찰하고 있다는 점, 둘째, 기존 한국문학사의 서술양상을 보완하는 입체적이고 미시적인 문학사 서술의 가능성을 제공한다는 점, 셋째, 동아시아를 아우르는 비교문학적 관점의 수용을 통해 확장되고 열린 문학사 서술의 계기를 마련한다는 점, 넷째, 재일조선인문학, 일본어 문학의 발견을 통해 한국근현대문학사의 외연을 넓히고 토대를 풍부하게 하는 데 기여한다는 점이다.

• 한국중재학회지:중재연구
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.3-35
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• 2005

The meaning of Online ADR lies in the prompt and economical resolution of disputes by applying the information/communication element (Internet) to existing ADR. However, if the promptness and economical efficiency are overemphasized, the fairness and appropriateness of dispute resolution may be compromised and consequently Online ADR will be belittled and criticized as second-class trials. In addition, as communication is mostly made using texts in Online ADR it is difficult to investigate cases and to create atmosphere and induce dynamic feelings, which are possible in the process of dispute resolution through face-to-face contact. Despite such difficulties, Online ADR is expanding its area not only in online but also in offline due to its advantages such as promptness, low expenses and improved resolution methods, and is expected to develop rapidly as the electronic government decided to adopt it in the future. Accordingly, the following points must be focused on for the continuous First, in the legal and institutional aspects for the development of Online ADR, it is necessary to establish a framework law on ADR. A framework law on ADR comprehending existing mediation and arbitration should be established and it must include contents of Online ADR, which utilizes electronic communication means. However, it is too early to establish a separate law for Online ADR because Online ADR must develop based on the theoretical system of ADR. Second, although Online ADR is expanding rapidly, it may take time to be settled as a tool of dispute resolution. As discussed earlier, additionally, if the amount of money in dispute is large or the dispute is complicated, Online ADR may have a negative effect on the resolution of the dispute. Thus, it is necessary to apply Online ADR to trifle cases or domestic cases in the early stage, accumulating experiences and correcting errors. Moreover, in order to settle numerous disputes effectively, Online ADR cases should be analyzed systematically and cases should be classified by type so that similar disputes may be settled automatically. What is more, these requirements should reflected in developing Online ADR system. Third, the application of Online ADR is being expanded to consumer disputes, domain name disputes, commercial disputes, legal disputes, etc., millions of cases are settled through Online ADR, and 115 Online ADR sites are in operation throughout the world. Thus Online ADR requires not temporary but continuous attention, and mediators and arbitrators participating in Online ADR should be more intensively educated on negotiation and information technologies. In particular, government-led research projects should be promoted to establish Online ADR model and these projects should be supported by comprehensive researches on mediation, arbitration and Online ADR. Fourth, what is most important in the continuous development and expansion of Online ADR is to secure confidence in Online ADR and advertise Online ADR to users. For this, incentives and rewards should be given to specialists such as lawyers when they participate in Online ADR as mediators and arbitrators in order to improve their expertise. What is more, from the early stage, the government and public institutions should have initiative in promoting Online ADR so that parties involved in disputes recognize the substantial contribution of Online ADR to dispute resolution. Lastly, dispute resolution through Online ADR is performed by organizations such as Korea Institute for Electronic Commerce and Korea Consumer Protection Board and partially by Korean Commercial Arbitration Board. Online ADR is expected to expand its area to commercial disputes in offline in the future. In response to this, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, which is an organization for commercial dispute resolution, needs to be restructured.

• 한국사회정책
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.429-446
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• 2018

급속한 디지털 기술혁신으로 인한 경제 산업구조의 거대한 변동을 일컫는 4차 산업혁명이 노사관계에 크나큰 영향을 미치며 많은 갈등이슈를 유발할 것으로 예상된다. 4차 산업혁명에 따른 예상 이슈로는 (1) 기술대체에 따른 고용조정 또는 직무재배치 및 숙련재교육의 실시여부, 기계-작업자 상호관계의 설정방식, 그리고 노동강도 협상과 작업장수준의 노동자율성 보장, (2) 플랫폼매개 노동의 확산에 따른 디지털 특고에 대한 제도적 보호장치의 법제화 및 노동자성 인정 여부와 규제입법 방식, (3) 불안정 노동에 대한 실업안전망과 소득보전대책 및 재원확보 방안 그리고 직무훈련 정책 지원, (4) 작업감시 규제와 노동자 프라이버시의 보호 방법, (5) 디지털 특고의 노동권 보장여부와 노동조합 조직체계 및 교섭구조 그리고 불안정노동자의 권익대변과 조직화 관련 제도 개선 등을 손꼽을 수 있다. 서구 노동조합들은 4차 산업혁명에 대해 상반된 대응양상을 보여주고 있는데, 독일 노조들의 경우 디지털 기술혁신에 따른 파급문제를 사전 예방하기 위해 노사정간의 정책협의와 노사간의 단체교섭 등을 효과적으로 운용하는 '형성'전략의 대응을 보여주는 반면, 영미권의 노동조합들은 우버 등의 플랫폼매개 노동자들에 대한 권익대변과 노조 조직화를 위해 전통적인 '보호'투쟁의 운동방식을 적용해오고 있다. 서구 노조들의 대응사례를 잘 참조하여 4차 산업혁명의 진전에 따른 노사갈등을 최소화할 뿐 아니라 디지털 혁신으로 인한 '파괴적 피해'를 효과적으로 대비하기 위해 노사정간에 다양한 수준의 정책협의와 노조의 정책'형성' 전략이 적극 강구되어 추진되어야 할 것이다. 4차 산업혁명을 대비하는 노동 4.0에 대한 사회적 대화와 산별교섭 및 업종별 정책협의 그리고 사업장 협상을 추진함에 있어서는 디지털 기술혁신이 미칠 수 있는 예상 폐해를 종합적으로 대처할 수 있는 포괄적이며 종합적인 접근이 요망된다.

• 융합보안논문지
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• 제15권6_1호
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• pp.79-92
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• 2015

한반도에서 평화통일의 기반을 구축하기 위해서는 비군사분야에 머물고 있는 남북교류협력 영역을 군사분야로 확대하여 군비통제를 적극 추진해야 할 것이다. 그동안 남북 간에 군비통제가 추진되지 못한 이유는 (1)남북 간 신뢰구축의 한계, (2)군비통제 자체의 기능적 한계, (3)남북 간 제도 구조적 한계, (4)국내 외 환경적 한계 등 태생적 요인이 자리 잡고 있기 때문이다. 첫째, 군비통제를 추진하기 위해 남북 고위급회담 수준의 정치적 대화가 선행되어야 하며, 협상 및 추진과정에서 '전략적 유연성'을 발휘해야 한다. 이를 위해 상황과 여건에 부합한 '신축적 상호주의'를 적용해야 한다. 둘째, 기존의 '선 신뢰구축, 후 군축' 원칙에서 탈피하여 새로운 절충적 방법으로 '신뢰구축 및 군축의 동시추진' 원칙을 모색해 나가야 한다. 즉, 군비통제의 낮은 수준이라 할 수 있는 군사적 신뢰구축과 합리적 충분성에 입각한 제한된 군축을 병행하는 방안을 추진할 필요가 있다. 셋째, 국무총리실 직속으로 군비통제 전담기구를 설치하여 국가정책 전략 차원에서 군비통제 문제를 적극적으로 추진해야 한다. 또한 남북 고위급회담이 성사되면 '남북 군비통제 공동추진위원회(가칭)'을 구성 운영할 필요가 있다. 넷째, 평화통일을 위한 군비통제의 필요성에 대한 국민적 공감 형성과 유리한 국제적 환경조성을 위하여 보다 능동적인 외교역량을 발휘해야 할 것이다. 특히 국제사회와 함께 북한의 핵문제를 해결해 나가고, 한미동맹과 한중협력관계의 균형을 어떻게 유지해 나갈 것인가를 더욱 고민해야 할 것이다.

• 수산경영론집
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.75-90
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• 2003

When we think of fundamental problems of the aquaculture industry, there are several strict conditions, and consequently the aquaculture industry is forced to change. Fish aquaculture has a structural supply surplus in production, aggravation of fishing grounds, stagnant low price due to recent recession, and drastic change of distribution circumstances. It is requested for us to initiate discussion on such issue as “how fish aquaculture establishes its status in the coastal fishery\ulcorner, will fish aquaculture grow in the future\ulcorner, and if so “how it will be restructured\ulcorner” The above issues can be observed in the mariculture of yellow tail, sea scallop and eel. But there have not been studied concerning seabream even though the production is over 30% of the total production of fish aquaculture in resent and it occupied an important status in the fish aquaculture. The objectives of this study is to forecast the future movement of sea bream aquaculture. The first goal of the study is to contribute to managerial and economic studies on the aquaculture industry. The second goal is to identify the factors influencing the competition between production areas and to identify the mechanisms involved. This study will examine the competitive power in individual producing area, its behavior, and its compulsory factors based on case study. Producing areas will be categorized according to following parameters : distance to market and availability of transportation, natural environment, the time of formation of producing areas (leaderㆍfollower), major production items, scale of business and producing areas, degree of organization in production and sales. As a factor in shaping the production area of sea bream aquaculture, natural conditions especially the water temperature is very important. Sea bream shows more active feeding and faster growth in areas located where the water temperature does not go below 13∼14$^{\circ}C$ during the winter. Also fish aquaculture is constrained by the transporting distance. Aquacultured yellowtail is a mass-produced and a mass-distributed item. It is sold a unit of cage and transported by ship. On the other hand, sea bream is sold in small amount in markets and transported by truck; so, the transportation cost is higher than yellow tail. Aquacultured sea bream has different product characteristics due to transport distance. We need to study live fish and fresh fish markets separately. Live fish was the original product form of aquacultured sea bream. Transportation of live fish has more constraints than the transportation of fresh fish. Death rate and distance are highly correlated. In addition, loading capacity of live fish is less than fresh fish. In the case of a 10 ton truck, live fish can only be loaded up to 1.5 tons. But, fresh fish which can be placed in a box can be loaded up to 5 to 6 tons. Because of this characteristics, live fish requires closer location to consumption area than fresh fish. In the consumption markets, the size of fresh fish is mainly 0.8 to 2kg.Live fish usually goes through auction, and quality is graded. Main purchaser comes from many small-sized restaurants, so a relatively small farmer and distributer can sell it. Aquacultured sea bream has been transacted as a fresh fish in GMS ,since 1993 when the price plummeted. Economies of scale works in case of fresh fish. The characteristics of fresh fish is as follows : As a large scale demander, General Merchandise Stores are the main purchasers of sea bream and the size of the fish is around 1.3kg. It mainly goes through negotiation. Aquacultured sea bream has been established as a representative food in General Merchandise Stores. GMS require stable and mass supply, consistent size, and low price. And Distribution of fresh fish is undertook by the large scale distributers, which can satisfy requirements of GMS. The market share in Tokyo Central Wholesale Market shows Mie Pref. is dominating in live fish. And Ehime Pref. is dominating in fresh fish. Ehime Pref. showed remarkable growth in 1990s. At present, the dealings of live fish is decreasing. However, the dealings of fresh fish is increasing in Tokyo Central Wholesale Market. The price of live fish is decreasing more than one of fresh fish. Even though Ehime Pref. has an ideal natural environment for sea bream aquaculture, its entry into sea bream aquaculture was late, because it was located at a further distance to consumers than the competing producing areas. However, Ehime Pref. became the number one producing areas through the sales of fresh fish in the 1990s. The production volume is almost 3 times the production volume of Mie Pref. which is the number two production area. More conversion from yellow tail aquaculture to sea bream aquaculture is taking place in Ehime Pref., because Kagosima Pref. has a better natural environment for yellow tail aquaculture. Transportation is worse than Mie Pref., but this region as a far-flung producing area makes up by increasing the business scale. Ehime Pref. increases the market share for fresh fish by creating demand from GMS. Ehime Pref. has developed market strategies such as a quick return at a small profit, a stable and mass supply and standardization in size. Ehime Pref. increases the market power by the capital of a large scale commission agent. Secondly Mie Pref. is close to markets and composed of small scale farmers. Mie Pref. switched to sea bream aquaculture early, because of the price decrease in aquacultured yellou tail and natural environmental problems. Mie Pref. had not changed until 1993 when the price of the sea bream plummeted. Because it had better natural environment and transportation. Mie Pref. has a suitable water temperature range required for sea bream aquaculture. However, the price of live sea bream continued to decline due to excessive production and economic recession. As a consequence, small scale farmers are faced with a market price below the average production cost in 1993. In such kind of situation, the small-sized and inefficient manager in Mie Pref. was obliged to withdraw from sea bream aquaculture. Kumamoto Pref. is located further from market sites and has an unsuitable nature environmental condition required for sea bream aquaculture. Although Kumamoto Pref. is trying to convert to the puffer fish aquaculture which requires different rearing techniques, aquaculture technique for puffer fish is not established yet.