Murcran 



Washiau was the earliest., fish being taken 'onere in drift note around 

 1905» Just as at Urakawaj nezumizame were the r-iain object of the fi;h3ry„ 



Akkeshi 



Four drift-net boats began fishing in 1931s and ij entered the fishery 

 in 193^ » 



Long-line Fisnery 



The beginnings of this fishery were the tests of shark and tuna long- 

 line fishing conducted by this Station from 1910 to 191u on tiie Kitami coast, 

 in Funkawan, and between Ezashi and Kuto"„ On the Pacific coast in 1913 the 

 Kushiro Branch Station ran some trials off Akkeshio In 1925 the Murorazi 

 Braich Station supplied long lines to fishing boats for ejqjerimental fishingo 

 In the same year one Matsuda of Hakodate City fiaaed successiully in the 

 waters near Esan, and in 1926 'Iteciinician Yokoyajna and Assistant Technician 

 Katsugi of this Station established this fishery firnily by tiieir experi- 

 mental long-line fishmgo Tha vessels are based mainly at Hakodate and 

 occasionally put in at Urakawa and Kushiro o Some long-line boats also trolls 

 In 19ii7 a boat from Vfekayama fished successfuliyo 



Boats from Oioa Prefecture also engage in harpoon fishing, and in 

 1953 there were UO harpoon boats from Chiba Prefecture based at Urakawa, 

 where they operated successfuliyo 



Set Nets 



The set nets of Punkawan are the oldest^ large catches having been 

 made there at Kayabe-gun over 30 years agOoC-/ Tuna are also taken inci- 

 dental to the catch of other species on the Japan Sea coast in the Suttsu, 

 Yoichi, and Mashike areaso 



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salmon iiet nets for many yearsj, but because of the lack of adequate trans- 

 portation facilities no attention was given to therao iilth tl:ie development 

 of refrigerated boats these fish have become profitable^ and since 1917 

 tuna set nets have been establishedo At first they were used only in 

 Utasutsuwemj but after 192p they also began fishing at Tannemoe, Naibowan, 

 and on x-he east coast. They v.ere depressed by the rise of the Kushiro tuna 

 fishery and also the number of fish migrating into the grounds fell off 

 until at present set nets are operated only on the Utasutsu grounds. 



