Fish pond sardines - Fish pond sardines

...The sardines caught with a purse seine net are transferred directly to fish ponds made of wooden frames assembled from square timbers and stretched over a net at sea, then towed to a base where they are kept until the bonito boats come to buy them. Sardines that have been kept in the ponds for more than a week are called "iketsuke sardines." The boats also have fish ponds (live fish storage areas) and transport them alive to the fishing grounds. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "iketsuke sardines" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…巻網でとったイワシは，海上で角材を組んで作った木枠に網をはって作ったいけすに直接移され，基地へ曳航され，カツオ船が買いにくるまで蓄養される。いけすで1週間以上ならしたイワシを〈いけつけイワシ〉と呼ぶ。船にもいけす(活魚倉)があり，漁場まで生かして運ぶ。…

※「いけつけイワシ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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