Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, Nakamachi, Nara 631-8505, Japan
Japanese fisheries cooperatives play a very important role in the management of coastal fisheries. The management of fisheries cooperatives influences the management of coastal fisheries, for the fisheries cooperatives are a kind of communal organization not only for business but also for fishery resource management. However, a financial analysis of the data of Japan Fisheries Cooperatives (Zengyoren) shows that the management condition of the fisheries cooperatives is bad, labor productivity is low, and labor cost has little relationship with results. To solve these problems, management guidance on reviewing the business model, and on the personnel and management system in line with changes in the management environment, is required.