5. Northwest Kyushu district covering the seas northwest of 
Kyushu 
6. The South Seas district covering seas south of Formosa. 
The peak season in Hokkaido and northeastern Honshu lasts five 
months from July until November. In southern Izu, the Nankaidc and south¬ 
ern Satsuma autumn, winter and spring are the seasons and in the South 
Seas the tuna fishing is done largely in winter and spring. 
Bonito, smaller than runa, frequent waters of the Kuroshio follow¬ 
ing this warm current toward the northeast in the spring reaching as far 
north as Aomori Prefecture and late in autumn return southwestward. 
Bonito fishing is conducted along the entire Pacific coast, hut the 
most important centers are Shizuoka, Kochi and Kagoshima prefectures. 
Although in the southern prefectures bonito is taken all through the 
year, the main fishing season is from April to October. 
Buri or yellowtail 17/ (Seriola sp. chiefly Seriola quinqueradiata) . 
a member of the Carangidae is taken in large quantities; in 1938 about 
73 million pounds were caught in Japanese coastal waters. They move 
northward along the Pacific coast in the warm waters as far as northern 
Honshu. They are most abundant in the coastal waters of southeast Japan 
from Choshi to the coast of Shikoku, Sagarni Bay being particularly pro¬ 
ductive. They are most abundant along the coast of Shikoku in January 
but remain until May; they migrate to the waters of Tosa province during 
the months of December and January. In general winter and spring con¬ 
stitute the fishing season. 
177 Relative of the Atlantic amberjack. It should not be confused with 
the many other fish called “yellowtail" in various parts of the world. 
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