Swordfish fishing - Swordfish fishing

Japanese: カジキ突ん棒漁 - かじきつきんぼうりょう
Swordfish fishing - Swordfish fishing

…fishing in which a harpoon is cast from a boat to catch large surface fish such as tuna and marlin. In Japan, swordfish have been caught since the Edo period, and the fishing method was known as swordfish trolling. Even today, the main catches are swordfish and marlin, but other billfish, tuna, dolphins, and sharks are also caught. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "marlin spear fishing" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…船上からもりを投げてマグロ,カジキなどの表層性大型魚類を漁獲する漁業。日本では江戸時代からカジキを対象として行われ,カジキ突ん棒漁として知られた。現在でもおもな漁獲物はメカジキとマカジキで,そのほか,他のカジキ類,マグロ,イルカ,サメなどもとれる。…

※「カジキ突ん棒漁」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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