Set -net Fishery 



The set-net fishery in Funkawan is divided into the summer and autumn 

 fisheries. The summer tuna are first taken in June, sometimes earlier 

 than the drift-net fishery in Hitaka waters. At first large fish are 

 taken, and small fish latero The peak of the summer season is in July, 

 The autumn tuna begin in October and reach their peak in Novembero The 

 first catches were made as followss 1928, Mori June 17, Oshamanbe June 27; 

 1929, Mori June 29, Oshamanbe July 12j 1930, Mori July 1, Oshamanbe July 11; 

 1931, Oshamanbe July 10 o 



Amount of Catch 



Table $ shows the catch at KushirOo In order to indicate clearly 

 the quality of the fishing in each year, the average catch per cruise per 

 boat is shown in table 6„ Table 7 gives the catch of the Etorofu Island 

 set nets» 



Co Characteristics of the Fishery in the Past 10 Years 



1922o— Kushiro had a poor year. In July there was good fishing for 

 large tuna, but in August and September the fishing became pooro In 

 September there was good fishing for small t\ma of about 25 pounds weight 

 on the coasto The appearance of the greatest catch of large tuna in July 

 is abnormal o 



1923o— A poor year at Kushiro, Small tuna were scarce. The Etorofu 

 Island set nets had a poor year, 



I92U,— Kushiro had a poor year. Large tuna were predominant, Ihere 

 were absolutely no medium fish of 83 to 125 pounds. The Etorofu Island 

 set nets made better catches than they had in the previous year, 



1925»— Kushiro had a good year. There were many small tuna and the 

 average size of the fish was ^mall. The set nets at Etorofu Island had 

 good fishing, 



19260 — 'The Kushiro drift nets had good fishing, Ihere were few small 

 fish and the average size was large. The schools were sparse east of 

 Akkeshio Long-line fishing was good near Ezan, Hitaka, and Iburi, In 

 November the set nets in Funkawan had good fishing, and at the same time 

 large schools came into the Tsugaru Strait, The Etorofu Island set nets 

 had poor fishing, 



1927, — The Kushiro drif-*- nets fared poorly, Ihe schools moved north 

 to the Shikotan and Etorofu areas and the grounds were widely scattered, 

 Mediiwi and small tuna were rather abundant. The long -line grounds ex- 

 tended to the waters of Hitaka and Erimo, but the fishing was very poor. 

 Quite a few fish were taken by trollingo In July the set nets of Funkajran 

 had large catches o The Etorofu Island set nets had their best fishing in 

 10 years. 



