전시체제기 일본의 수산 식료품 배급통제에 관한 고찰 －「선어개 배급통제 규칙(鮮魚介配給統制規則)」제정에 이르기까지－ = nalysis of Seafood Distribution Control by Japan during Wartime －Focusing on the formulation of the ‘Rules on Control of Fresh Fish Distribution’－

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study attempted to investigate Japan’s seafood distribution control policy during wartime. For this, it reviewed the nature and characteristics of the Rules on Control of Fresh Fish Distribution from the perspective of legal history, focusing on the background and progress of its formulation.
During such wartime, seafood was a key food resource. Therefore, the importance of its distribution control policy was emphasized. Compared to other resources, however, it was late to plan the policy due to the nature of seafood. Furthermore, there was no choice but to limit the items to be controlled. Even after the completion of the fair price system on seafood in 1940, seafood price continued to surge, urging legal improvements to develop a decent seafood distribution system. On April 1, 1941, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MOF) promulgated the ‘Rules on Control of Fresh Fish Distribution (MOF Decree No. 14)’ in accordance with the Necessity-of-Life Control Order (Royal Order No. 362, April 1, 1941) for the purpose of “keeping prices low and regulating goods during wartime by planning and operating the fresh fish distribution control system properly and maintain fair prices”.
However, the enforcement of the decree was mostly understood as ‘the beginning or transitional chaos of seafood distribution control’. After all, it was formulated and put into effect too fast without a specific supporting plan. Such issue hinted what had to be done such as the additional formulation of laws and discussion on seafood not included in the act.