Number of Ainu people's fishery businesses in Hokkaido Japan 2006-2017, by engagement
the highest ratio of Ainu employees as of 2017.
Ainu people are indigenous peoples, who inhabit mainly around the area of Hokkaido. In the Ainu Promotion Act enacted in Japan in 2019, the race was acknowledged for the first time in the history as the indigenous peoples of Japan.
515 fishery management entities of Ainu people, which engaged in the business full-time, were reported in Hokkaido Prefecture in 2017. Despite a constant decline in the number of entities, the fishing industry had Ainu people are indigenous peoples, who inhabit mainly around the area of Hokkaido. In the Ainu Promotion Act enacted in Japan in 2019, the race was acknowledged for the first time in the history as the indigenous peoples of Japan.