Surrounding net fishery

Japanese: 巻網漁業 - まきあみぎょぎょう（英語表記）surrounding net fishery

This is a fishing method that uses a purse seine net to quickly cast a net around a school of fish and gradually catch them by tightening it from one end. Purse seine fishing is the most active fishing method, and is as important as bottom trawl fishing. The target fish are sardines, mackerel, horse mackerel, skipjack, and tuna, which tend to gather in schools, and the fishery is affected by the fluctuation of these resources, but in recent years, almost one-third of Japan's annual catch is made by purse seine fishing. There are various sizes and shapes, from relatively small ones that reel in fish such as gizzard shad, mullet, and sea bass in inland bays, to large ones with float lines of 1,500 to 1,600 meters long that target skipjack and tuna.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

敏速に魚群の周囲に網をかけ回し，順次，端からしぼっていって漁獲する巻網を用いる漁業。巻網漁法は一網打尽という語が最もふさわしい漁法で，最も能動的な漁法といえる。底引網漁業と並んで重要な位置を占める。対象とするのが，集群性の強いイワシ，サバ，アジ，カツオ，マグロなどであり，これら資源の消長に左右されるが，最近は日本の年間漁獲量のほぼ1/3が巻網漁業によるものである。内湾でコノシロ，ボラ，スズキなどを巻く比較的小さなものから，カツオ，マグロを対象とするあば(浮子)綱の長さが1500～1600mにも及ぶ大型のものまで，規模･形状はさまざまである。

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