At the Saga fishing port in Kuroshio-cho, which is the largest base for skipjack fishing boats in Kochi prefecture, the first skipjack tuna fishing boat has departed for 10 months of fishing.
The 147-ton "88th Saga Myojin Maru" owned by a local fishery company departed for the first time as a skipjack tuna fishing boat.
On the 1st, 24 crew members, including technical intern trainees from Indonesia, prepared for departure by loading food and drinks on the ship from the morning and attaching a large fishing flag to color the departure.
Then, I removed the rope that was connected to the quay and left the port under the watchful eye of about 100 family members and company members.
With the decrease in the number of fishermen, there is a shortage of manpower even on a skipjack single fishing boat, but this boat has an Indonesian man who has completed technical intern training and obtained a status of residence of "Specific Skill No. 1". is.
The ship heads for the waters south of the Ogasawara Islands, chasing bonito moving northward in the Pacific Ocean until late November, and repeats fishing and landing.
Mr. Yasushi Morishita, the chief fisherman, said, "There are some dark stories such as the decrease in landing, but I would like to do my best to catch a lot of bonito and aim for the best landing in Japan."