Katagami Bay

Japanese: 形上湾 - かたがみわん
Katagami Bay

...The depth of the bay is about 10m in the center, shallow in the east, and about 20m in the west. Fishing is done in the bay using gill nets and single-line fishing for mullet and sea bream, and beach seine fishing for anchovies. Cultured pearls, which replaced the natural pearls harvested by the Omura Domain during the Edo period, are now produced mainly in Katagami Bay on the west coast. At the mouth of the bay is Hario Island, and the bay is connected to the open ocean by the Hario (Inoura) Strait and the Haiki Strait, but there is little seawater transport in the bay, and in the summer the seabed water in the center of the bay becomes anoxic, and red tides also occur.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Katakami Bay" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…水深は中央部で約10m,東部で浅く,西部では約20m。湾内ではボラ,タイなどの刺網や一本釣り,カタクチイワシの地引網などの漁業が行われ,また江戸時代に大村藩により採取されていた天然真珠に代わる養殖真珠の生産が,今は西岸の形上(かたがみ)湾を中心に行われている。湾口に針尾島があり,外洋とは針尾(伊ノ浦)瀬戸と早岐(はいき)瀬戸によって通じているが,湾の海水の移流は少なく,湾中央部には夏季に海底水が無酸素化する現象がおこり,また赤潮も発生した。…

※「形上湾」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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