Pot fishery of Lake Biwa, Japan.
1986
Yamane T. | Iitaka Y.
Lake Biwa with an area of 676 square km is Japan's largest body of freshwater where various fishing gears have long been operated for its fisheries. One major fishery of the lake uses three types of pots designed for catching carp, crucian carp, and prawns. In recent years the catch of the pot fishery, shows a decreasing trend and so with the total catch in the lake. Consequently, the number of licensed pot operators has decreased. With the pot target species also being harvested with the use of other fishing gears, the catch contributed by pot fishing has decreased relatively. The major lake fisheries are presented with emphasis on the pot fishery, using available statistical data to show how a traditional fishery has survived with the increased fishing pressure on a freshwater lake.
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