Local peculiarities are gradually disappearing and at present all of 

 the fishermen share common techniqueSy only the quality of the fishing 

 vessels remaining as a controlling factor in the success of the fishery. 

 However, operations are being carried on in the face of shortages of 



necessary materials and under all sorts of controls„ 

 furthermore has many problems inherent in it,, 



The skipjack fishery 



The skipjack suits th 

 has continued through many 

 day. When we consider the 

 used during all this time, 

 distant past should be so 

 we are faced ydth the pres 

 the strong points of this 

 weaknesses. 



e eating habits of the Japanese, and the fishery 



vicissitudes from ancient times to the present 



fact that the same method of fishing has been 



we are amazed that a method originating in the 



superior for taking skipjack. At the same time 



sing and important problem of further improving 



technique and devising ways of dealing with its 



® Let us try to collect references to the skipjack from ancient 



poetry. 

 @ Let us try to get old stories of skipjack fishing from the old men. 

 @ Let us try to find out where the skipjack sold in our neighborhoods 



is brought from and irtiere it is caught, 

 @ Let us try to go and see skipjack fishing vessels and hear accounts 



of the fishing. 



Figure 2 Sea areas 



A. Northwestern Area 



B. Satsunan Area 

 C„ Kinan Area 



D„ Zunan Area 



E„ Northeastern Area 



F. South Seas Area 



