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Taking Advantage of Their Nocturnal habits... Lobster Gillnet Fishing Season Opens in Southern Mie Prefecture; Entangled Lobsters Are Removed From the Nets Using Specialized Tools
In southern Mie Prefecture, the spiny lobster fishing season opened on October 1st, and the catch began to be unloaded. At the Oosoneura fishing port in Owase City, fishing boats departed around 6:00 a.m. on the 1st, and fishermen pulled up spiny lobsters that had become entangled in the nets they had set. This fishing method, called gillnet fishing, takes advantage of the spiny lobster's habit of hunting for prey at night. At the port, the lobs…
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In southern Mie Prefecture, the spiny lobster fishing season opened on October 1st, and the catch began to be unloaded. At the Oosoneura fishing port in Owase City, fishing boats departed around 6:00 a.m. on the 1st, and fishermen pulled up spiny lobsters that had become entangled in the nets they had set. This fishing method, called gillnet fishing, takes advantage of the spiny lobster's habit of hunting for prey at night. At the port, the lobs…