Fish generally caught 
throughout Japan 
Fish caught in North 
Japan 
Fish caught in South 
Japan 
(sardine 
iwashi (anchovy 
(round herring 
nishin — herring 
hurl — yellowtail 
*? r8i /flatfish 
hi ram e ( 
sake -*• 8 aim on 
tara — cod 
tai — porgy or sea 
bream 
&ji — yellow mackerel 
maguro — tuna 
~<asu — trout 
bora — mullet 
samma — mackerel - pike 
wakasagi — surf smelt 
sawara «— Spanish 
issss 
mackerel 
katsuo — bonito 
fuka ■— shark 
* kurodai 
* konoshiro 
* ayu 
unagi — eel 
koi — carp 
X 
tobi-uo — flying fish 
* No English equivalent. 
Fishing Season a 
Japanese fishing is carried on throughout the year although in 
some areas certain seasons are relatively unimportant, many species have 
peak seasons, and certain fisheries have closed seasons. Figure 2 shows 
the seasonal pattern of the Japanese fisheries and in the following 
sections the peak seasons are indicated for the more important species. 
For several of the special "deep sea" fisheries the seasons may he summarized 
as follows: 
m 
Northern Fisheries (Russian waters, Karafuto, Kuriles and northern 
Hokkaido). April to October is the most important season in which the 
commercial operations are concentrated. 
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