Japanese Summer Fishery for Albacore (G̲e̲r̲m̲o̲ A̲l̲a̲l̲u̲n̲g̲a̲). PDF Download

Author: Wilvan G. Van Campen
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Category : Albacore
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Book Description
The important albacore fishery carried on by a fleet of Japanese live-bait tuna boats in the spring and early-summer in the northwestern Pacific is described. An account is given of the the historical background of the fishery, and the magnitude of its production is compared with other Japanese albacore fisheries and with the United States west coast fishery. The seasonal trends in landings, geographical distribution of bases and fishing grounds, and the marketing and utilization of the catch are discussed. The fishery is shown to be the largest in the world for this species, although only a recent outgrowth of, and still subsidiary to, the Japanese skipjack fishery, and to be largely dependent on foreign markets for its support.