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M. SASAKI. 
Ilolarit-ika arc cauglit in small quantities by a hauling seine on the beach 
at Ikuji-cho in the evenings of the fishing season. They arc also caught by 
the same kind of net in great (juantity, often to the extent of 50 Kan at 
Baichi, Kyoden, as mentioned above. 
At Tomari farther east from Ikuji-cho, Iloiarn-ika m'c often caught by a 
kind of fx-nct. And by the investigation of Shimoniikawa District Office, 
at lino-mura a special kind of Fukiibc-ami, called '■'Ryoiio-Fitkubc-avi" , is used 
made with 2 bag-nets and 2 openings, which is suitable to the coast, the tidal 
current being very rapid. It was fixed for the first time in 1913, and caught 
about 35 Kan every evening in spring and sometimes an even greater quantity. 
Again at ]\Iiyazaki-mura, which is situated near the boundary line between 
Etchu Province (Toyama Pref.) and Echigo Province (Niigata Pref.), the Ho- 
tani-ika is often caught by a drag-net, though the quantity is small. 
In view of these facts, though this region is not so well known among 
those li\'ing in Toj'ama Prefecture as a fishing place for Hotaru-ika, as those 
of other Prefectures, it is clear that in this region also it is caught to some 
extent. This, according to the preceding explanations, arises from the facts 
that the lOO-F-line is very near the coast and the water is very clear. And 
the reason that the catch is much less than that of Namerikawa, depends 
either upon the facts that the current is much more rapid and the banks fewer 
here than at Namerikawa, or that a net more suitable to that region, would 
produce a longer catch. 
If the preceding facts of all the regions in Toyama Prefecture be sum- 
marised, we reach the conclusion that the most favorable coast for the Hotaru- 
ika fishery is (i) one whose loo-F-line is sufficiently near the beach, (2) where 
some steep depression in a form valley extends at right angles to the shore, 
and (3) where the tidal current is not too rapid, but where the water is clear 
enough. 
