the industry tht t will go on and on, producing moderately on the 

 same grounds, supplying fish for the nation. There are many locali- 

 ties vrhere sustained production by handline fishernien has been the 

 economic mainstay of the coiamunity for many years. Coiimnmities 

 established for this type of fishing, equipped with a moderfte-sized 

 ice nlant and visited regularly by "buy boats" would be real contri- 

 butions to the development of many, now Oc^rtially inhi^bited sLoreB 



places now, but occasionally, occupied by the camps of d^'naciters. 



Fishing with small traps or pots is also a venture to be 

 recommended for continuous, sustained production. Iraps of the 

 bubo types are found in many tropical waters and have been used on 

 the same grotuads for years without seriously depleting the resource 

 upon which they depend. The primary problem m the use of such gear 

 in the Philippines is theft prevention so their extensive use demands 

 continuous watch to patrol the sets. Other suggestions involve 

 fishing the gear in "strings," that is having the traps tied to 

 hauling lines which in txim are attached to a long "main" line. 

 Units of 1? to 15 traps could then be kept under giiard and locating 

 one trap would insure getting the others. Having a buoy on one end 

 of the main line lying just under the surface in a well-fixed spot 

 should not be too difficult to keep under observation. Such an 

 arrangement should be kept out of the lanes of powered vessels, 

 however, and to avoid entanglement and to facilitate hauling more 

 than one trap at a time, the distance between traps should be a 

 fathom or so greater than the depth at which the trap is placed. 

 It is customary in some parts of the world to buoy similar trr.ps 

 individually with submerged floats such as an empty, sealed beer 

 bottle. 



To maintain such a patrol it is suggested that two sailing 

 craft and bancas be employed as a unit. The operational plan would 

 be somewhat as follows: One craft would proceed to the banks with 

 the bubos, as many as 100 to I50, which they would bait and put out. 

 This vessel and its bancas would stay with the "set" keeping watch 

 for twenty-four hours. Near the end of the twenty-four hour period 

 this craft would be joined by the second craft which would bring 

 out fresh bait and would aid in lifting the traps and resetting them. 

 The first craft v;ould then return to shore with the catch to be back 

 at the end of the next twenty-four ho\ir period. 



In addition to other possible methods of reef fishing 

 which can be tried by the fisherman there are, more than likely, 

 iraciroveraents that can be made on the described methods. Two sug- 

 gestions for improvements thit come to mind are a sort of a set, 

 bottom longline which may be adapted to capture reef fishes. Also, 

 in view of the difficulties and hazards encountered in the operation 

 of the muro-ami in which swimming is needed in order to effect the 

 im-ioundment of the fishes, a semi-mechanized method of drawing or 

 pulling the scereline night be devised. The individual oendants 

 carried by the fisheuen could, for instance, be tied to a floated 

 mainline and the whole device dra'^m towards the bag from on board 

 two boats employing either a powered wii\cn or a simiDle hand gurdy. 



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