Russia and Japan: scientific and technical cooperation in the field of fisheries

Abstract

Russia and Japan are the closest neighbors in the northwestern Pacific. They have common maritime borders and common marine resources. Limited contacts of scientists of the two countries in the field of fisheries began more than 100 years ago since the time of the Portsmouth Peace of 1907. Currently, Russian-Japanese scientific and technical cooperation in the field of fisheries is carried out under two intergovernmental agreements. Also, scientists from the two countries collaborate in a number of international fisheries organizations. Now the issues of preserving and studying the oceans are elevated to the rank of high state policy of Russia and Japan. This may be an additional impulse for cooperation between Russia and Japan in the field of fisheries.