Cod were taken from boats by hand lines and trawl 
lines. Hand lines of more than 500 feet in length, bearing two hooks 
baited with herring or mackerel, were still used in immediate prewar 
years but trawl lines were more common. The trawl lines consisted 
of trunk lines about 1,200 feet long to which short lines were attached 
at the ends of which were hooks. A trank line with 100 or more hooks 
made a "basket" and each boat carried 14 to 15 such baskets. Herring, 
sardines, squid or flounders were used as bait. 
For mackerel a parse seine and what is called a 
"scare-cord seine" were commonly used. A parse seine for mackerel, 
3,300 feet long and about 200 feet deep, was cast by two boats while 
one or two other boats assisted in surrounding the school; about 50 men 
were required. One of the scare-cord seines used, consisting of a 
pocket of about 108 feet and two wings each 3,000 feet long, was 
operated from four boats manned by 50 - 60 men. 
Tuna ware caught by drift nets, large trap nets, 
haul seines and parse seines and by trolling as well as by trawl lines 
and long-line (haenawa) although the latter two of these.methods were 
used primarily beyond what can be called coastal waters. 
Drift nets about 30 feet deep and 5,000 feet long were put out 
in the evening across a current or wind direction in seas 30 - 60 miles 
offshore. 
Tuna pound nets ( maguro dal Do -ami ) with leader nets of 700 - 
800 feet were set so as to capture tuna. 
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