. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. COmERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW. Vol. 12, No. 11 only when the schools approach land and account for a minor portion of the total Japanese skipjack catch. The Japanese have found over a period of years that it is far more economical to employ a smaller number of men and less expensive equipment to fish exclusively for the needed bait than to cause the fleet to lose fishing time in search of bait. The advantages entailed are manifold. As pointed out above, it is not necessairy for a fishing vessel to lose potential fishing time in baiting. This i
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. COmERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW. Vol. 12, No. 11 only when the schools approach land and account for a minor portion of the total Japanese skipjack catch. The Japanese have found over a period of years that it is far more economical to employ a smaller number of men and less expensive equipment to fish exclusively for the needed bait than to cause the fleet to lose fishing time in search of bait. The advantages entailed are manifold. As pointed out above, it is not necessairy for a fishing vessel to lose potential fishing time in baiting. This is particularly valuable during periods of good catch. Perhaps more important, it is possible for the bait fishermen to accumulate and impound a surplus of bait during periods of abundance of bait-fish schools. In this type of tuna fishing, it seems, both in the United States and Japan, that often bait-fish schools are scarce at just the time when tuna schools are most abundant and the need for bait is great- est. Since a ready supply of live bait is indispensable in avoiding costly delays in fishing, it is felt that this feature of the Japanese teclinique may be superior to that of the United States, and might be profitably investigated. Fishing vessels usually purchase bait directly fran the bait fishermen by stopping at the bait grounds before putting out to sea. During the peak of the skipjack fishing season, however, "bait carriers" (vessels which engage solely in the transport of bait) supply the fishermen at sea (Figure 1). These bait carriers (up to 50 gross metric tons in size) are generally operated independent of the bait and skipjack fisheries and profit by serving the needs of both. The bait fishermen are assured of a steady demand and the skipjack fisheraien are able to save valuable time by not having to go far out of their way to secure bait. Furthermore, by being supplied with bait at sea, fishing vessels can load up with maximum catches when fishing i
Size: 3506px × 713px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., book, bookcentury1900, booksubjectfisheries, booksubjectfishtrade
