White eel fishing this season has been lifted Kagoshima Osaki-cho December 16 14:38
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Fishing of eel fry "Shirasu eel" was lifted this season, and many fishermen gathered on the coast of Osaki-cho, Kagoshima on the first night of the first day to start fishing.
Japanese eel fry-out white eels hatch near the Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean and then migrate to coastal areas such as Japan and Taiwan on the ocean currents, and fishing begins around December in Kagoshima Prefecture.
On the night of the 15th night when fishing was lifted this season, about 70 people from the local fishermen who received permission from the prefecture gathered on the beach facing Shibushi Bay, downstream of the Hishida River flowing through Osaki Town. started.
The fishermen entered the sea around their knees and scooped up the sea many times with a net, and carefully moved a glass eel about 5 or 6 centimeters long to a special case that hung around the neck.
According to Kagoshima Prefecture, the catch of last season was 136 kilograms, the lowest ever, and the fisheries agency's data was 3.7 tons for the entire country, which was also a record low.
Akifumi Shimono, who is fishing in Osaki-machi, said, “It was about an hour since I started, and I was able to get 30 fish. The ocean currents have changed from last year and I look forward to fishing in the future.” It was.
This season's fishing will be until the end of March next year, and from January next year, there will be six fishing days off per month for the purpose of protection.