This paper is considered about formation of the organization for promoting exchange between urban residents and fishing community by investigation of three practice areas. Three investigation areas are Ine-cho, Shibetu-cho and Yuki-cho where the contents of activity are different. The results of the study are as follows: Ine-cho is in an initial stage. Its subject is in cooperation of each organization in an area. Shibetu-cho is in a fullness time. Its subject is strengthening of the organization which performs staff training and planned development. Yuki-cho is an extended stage. Its subject is the function and role towards the community improvement by the organization outside an area (The cheering party for an area in outside). Key Words: exchange between urban residents and fishing community, activity organization cooperation of each organization in an area, cheering party for an area in outside

In this paper, we paid attention to Japanese spiny lobster Panulirus japonicus which lived in the fishing port facilities, and to contribute to the development of the fishing port facilities where the function of propagation had been strengthened. Three fishing ports were selected where P. japonicus was distributed in Japan and field survey was carried out about the living density, the habitat, and catch yield from May through December, 2006. As a result, P. japonicuslived around the fishing port entrance and appeared from water depth 2m (the caisson, the armor block, and the wave dissipating concreate block) to 10m. In addition,we report it some knowledge about the appearance in fishing port according to growth stage and the methods of presuming the amount of the resource of P. japonicus. Yoshimura, T., Yamakawa, H. (1988): Microhabitat and behavior of settled pueruli and juveniles of the japanese spiny lobster Panulirus japonicus at Kominato, Japan, Journal of Crustacean Biology. 8 (4), pp.524-531. Yoshimura, T., Yamakawa, H., Norman, C. (1994): Comparison of hole and seaweed habitats of post-settled pueruli and early benthic juvenile lobsters, Panulirus japonicus. Crustaceana, 66 (3), pp.356-365.

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The leading part of fishery infrastructure improvement project were local government, it benefits only coastal fishery. Recently, it is improving that technique of fishing ground creation. And request for creation of offshore fishery are increasing.In this study, the purpose of obtaining fundamentaldata of mesopelagic zone, we operated field work at Danjo islands in East China Sea. Result of current observation, bottom current condition was roughly matched to JCOPE data. And bottom water temperature changed from 14 to 18 degrees at neap tide depended on bottom current directions.

This paper presents the study on the development of fishing port facilities as a nursery for fishery resources through enhancing the colonization of native fish and artificially cultured and released juvenile fish (epinephelus akaara). This field survey and experimental study were conducted in the fishing port on the Shiraishi Island of Okayama prefecture. Through the field survey, we firstly clarified the functions of fishing port facilities to provide juvenile fish with food and shelter, which are relevant to hydraulic and physical conditions regarding to the port itself and port facilities. And then we observed both species and biomass of fish and food organism as well as the colonization of released fish after releasing cultured juvenile on the artificial reefs, whichwere installed on the rubble base mound of breakwater. The results suggest that the artificial reefs have functions equivalent to those of the prototype installed off the coast of the Shiraishi Island and enhance nursery functions of the port.