The Revised Management Procedure, which was completed at the Scientific Committee (IWC-SC) of the International Whaling Commission in 1995, is a precedent of adaptive management that has recently been actively recommended in consideration of uncertainty and the precautionary principle. Though countries opposed to whaling are deeply offended, Japanese environmental organizations are starting to aim for dialogue

In Tokyo Bay in central Japan, biodiversity and ecological function had been largely declined during the last half of the 20th century, due mainly to tideland reclamation. Many organisms, however, are still living in tidelands remained, providing rich ecosystem in the bay. In the case of environmental restoration by artificial tideland construction, long-time human actions will be needed to improve such artificial environment. These actions provide opportunity to conduct environmental education, thus restored tidelands will be important environmental resource to develop the regional human society.

Apart from their role in the supply of fresh, safe marine products, fisheries and fishing villages also have a wide range of functions, such as the complementation of material circulation, the conservation of ecological systems, the protection of life and natural assets, the provision of places for exchange and the formation and maintenance of communities, and therein have made a large contribution to the stabilization of people's lives and the national economy. It is important to make efforts so that the national understanding and concern about these various functions of fisheries and fishing villages will be deepened, and that these functions will be properly and thoroughly fulfilled in the future.