(2^) In comparison with other fisheries, operations by this method do not 

 require great quantities of special materials and equipments, and the 

 ratio of fish caught to materials required is superior to that of any other 

 fishery,, Progressive changes through the years have involved only a 

 broadening of the scale of operations, the use of larger vessels, and an 

 increase in the number of fishermen in the crewSo The skipjack which are 

 caught are in comparatively high demandc, and with the freedom from injury 

 to the fish vrtiich is an advantage of pole fishing and the good degree of 

 freshness which is maintained, the fish also meet the demand for dried 

 fish-stick materials The manufacturing of dried skipjack stick has been 

 a positive support to the pole fishery down to the present day„ 



The points detailed above are thought to be the advantages of the 

 pole fishery for skipjack, however, if we examine these points intrinsically, 

 we find that they are by no means decisivec, In short, it is just a case 

 of nc fishery having appeared which could rival the skipjack pole fishery. 

 In ether words, if a better method were devised, even the skipjack pole 

 fishery would have to give way to ito If we inquire as to what kind of 

 conditians a fishery worild have to mset in order to replace the polfi fishery, 

 we must conclude that it would, in the first place, have to be frea of the 

 defects of the pole fishing methodo The points which are regarded as the 

 defects of this method are the following? 



(a) Bait is necessary - . ^; the handling and transportation of the live bait 

 is extremely inconvenient,, 



(b) With operations limited as they are at present to the daytime, there 



is a need for an investigation of factors affecting the hours of operation, 



(c) The results are controlled by the way in which the skipjack schools 

 take the bait„ At its worst, this factor may lead to the boat's being in 

 the midst of a schccv. without taking a single fisho Up to a certain point, 

 this fishery is axtreaiely agfp'ossivs, but it does not, after all, succeed 

 in escapiaf *:^?'r teiy from the category of passive fishing methodSo 



The answer tr .. question of how to turn this passivity 5.nto aggressive- 

 ness will J- :':aDly indicate naturally what is to be the future state and 

 existence of the skipjack pole fishery = 



Paragrap 2 Plans for Improving Pole Fishing 



(1) A -xan for solving the bait problemo 



As explained before, one difficulty with the fishery at present is 

 thf bait problem^ The skipjack season is very short in each locality and 

 during this short season, the beats must work to the fullest extent of 

 their capabilities. The fishermen may be waiting for the season to open 

 and then have to postpone going oxi':; to fish bscause of their inability to 

 get bait, or they may be out at sse. enjoying good fishing and then sE the 

 boats will have tc crowd back into port solely because of insufficient 

 baito Ihen they ory ' ' '-^siTaly over a wide expanse of 



fishing grounds, th; , ., iir.a \.hdi. sudden changes in the water temperature 

 will kill their bait' and force them to st-op fishing. There are many ways 



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