Educational significance of fishermen's activities providing opportunities for schoolchildren to play in streams

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  • ABE Shin-ichiro
    Freshwater Fisheries Research Division, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research Agency
  • SAJIKI Takahiro
    Fisheries Economy Division, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research Agency
  • TAMAKI Yasuji
    Fisheries Economy Division, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research Agency
  • AWATA Satoshi
    Freshwater Fisheries Research Division, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research Agency
  • IGUCHI Kei'ichiro
    Freshwater Fisheries Research Division, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research Agency

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  • 内水面漁業者が小学生を対象に川で行う親水活動の教育的効果
  • ナイスイメン ギョギョウシャ ガ ショウガクセイ オ タイショウ ニ カワ デ オコナウ シンスイ カツドウ ノ キョウイクテキ コウカ
  • Educational significance of fishermen^|^apos;s activities providing opportunities for schoolchildren to play in streams

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Abstract

In Japanese streams fishermen often give children the opportunity to enjoy natural environments by allowing them to participate in such activities as releasing fish stock and creating spawning sites, as well as by conducting habitat preservation activities, fishing schools and nature observation tours. This study assessed the educational significance of fishermen's activities involving schoolchildren using a questionnaire survey of men and women at least 20 years old who were attending an exhibition at the Nikko Laboratory of the National Research Institute of Fisheries Science in August 2010. More than 70% of the respondents acknowledged the educational significance in the people–nature relationship and mental/psychological aspects of such activities; women evaluated the significance of such activities more positively compared with men. In the social life aspect, less than 50% of the respondents acknowledged being motivated to engage in freshwater fisheries activities and to settle in the local community. Meanwhile over 70% thought the activities would improve the appreciation of freshwater fisheries and the local community and inform the value of labor and cooperation. The results suggest most people appreciate the contribution of these fishermen's activities in the education of children.

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