Yatsudeami - Yatsudeami

Japanese: 八手網 - やつであみ

A floating fishing net with a dense center and wider outside, shaped like a furoshiki cloth. It is also written as "Hataami." It is a multi-rod net, an expanded version of a pole-holding net, with the medium-sized net measuring about 9m. This net is used on rocky beaches about 40m deep, and is caught by using a propeller, bait, and bonfires to lure schools of fish onto the net. The catch is mainly sardines, horse mackerel, bluefin tuna, and mackerel. The fishing method involves laying the net in the sea in the shape of a sail, following the tide, and when a school of fish comes over the net, the tow rope is pulled to narrow it, and the fish are caught with a dip net.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

漁網の中央部が緻密で，外側が広めの風呂敷状の浮敷網（うきしきあみ）。〈八田網〉とも書く。棒受網の規模を拡大した多艘張網で，網の大きさは中位のもので9mほどある。この網は水深約40mの岩浜で，駆具，撒餌（まきえ），篝火（かがりび）などを使って魚群を網上に誘い，漁獲する。漁獲物はイワシを主に，アジ，ムロ，サバである。漁法は網が潮流を受けて，海中に帆を張った形になるように敷き，網上に魚群が来ると，網の曳綱を引いて狭め，タモ網ですくって漁獲する。

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