Comparison of Fishery Laws and Regulations between China and Japan

China and Japan are located in North-west Pacific Ocean with a large area of joint fishing zones and there are similar fishery resources and fishing areas.However the different national conditions and different social system between both countries brought about variations on fishery laws,regulations and management between both.The Japanese fishery law mainly realized fishery democracy as a target.The rules on punishments for illegal activities in the fishery law are clear and the non-governmental fishery organizations assistant its management but in China the fishery law is aimed at suiting the needs of socialist construction and living condition of people and there are not only imperfects on the existed regulation of fishery activities but also a lack of fishman participation.The comparison of fishery law,regulation and management between China and Japan will be found that it has its own merits that China can learn from and it will provides a basis to perfect the fishery management in China.