サケ網おこしモニターツアーに参加しました。
I participated in a trial tour to watch salmon harvest from a set net.
経験豊富な地元の漁師さんが同行し、地域と網の説明をしてくれました。
A veteran local fisherman came along with us and gave us some talk
about the area and the nets.
海中ではこうなっているそうです。まっすぐに飛び出た網に遮られ、魚は網の
中へと誘い込まれます。出口が見つからず奥へ奥へと誘導される仕組みだそうです。
This is how the net is set up underwater. The barrier net cut off the path and the fish
need to swim along it. It gets directed into a maze of net, unable to back up.
漁師さんたちは海中の網を手繰り寄せると、
船上クレーン付きの丸網で中の魚をすくい上げます。
The fishermen hauled up the net underwater and scooped up the fish within,
with a net hung from a crane onboard.
船長さんの鋭い目は開眼の熊を見逃しません。
The captain's sharp eyes never miss the bears on the beach.
熊が立つのは遠くを見たいからだとか。
見ていたのは船上の人間か、網から溢れる鮭か。
Bear stands up to look further away, I hear. I wonder which one
he was looking at, a ship full of people, or a net full of fish.
港に戻って水揚げです。
Fish got unloaded at the port.
熟練した目で瞬時に魚の大きさと質を見極め選り分ける漁師さんたち。
The expert fishermen were able to sort out the fish
by the size and the quality with just a glance.
ここから全国の市場に送られます。大漁の時はこの倍獲れるとか。すごい量で、
ちょっと複雑な気分です。鮭は大好きです。しかし、こんなに獲ってていいのかな？
中で潰されて死んだ烏賊がホイホイと捨てられてカモメの餌となっていました。
The salmons are sold nationwide from here. I was told that the haul would be a double
on a good day. I have a mixed feeling about this. I love salmons. However,
it just looks such a sizable haul. There were many squids squashed
and died in the net, got thrown away to feed the seagulls.
