The oil in the set nets off the coast of Muroto City, Kochi Prefecture has begun to fall off, and a group made up of set net fishermen has made a ``Spring First Declaration'' and begun shipping.
Fixed nets have been set up in four locations off the east coast of Cape Muroto in Kochi Prefecture.
This week, the fish, which are over 1 meter long, started to come off, and they were landed on the 7th.
The ``Muroto City Set Net Fishery Promotion Council'', which is made up of local set net fishermen, calls the yellowtail caught at this time of year ``Spring Buri'' and will start shipping it from the 7th, and related parties gathered at Shiina Fishing Port to declare the ``Spring Buri''. "The we.
The yellowtail that is shipped locally as ``Haruburi'' weighs more than 7 kilograms and is beautiful in appearance.
Ken Hashimoto, chairman of the Muroto City Set-Net Fisheries Promotion Council, said with a smile, ``This year, we've started to see good fishing from early on, so we're looking forward to the season.''
The shipment of ``Haruburi'' harvested off the coast of Muroto will continue until mid-May this year.