Abstract
In 1967, the author published an article on the wooden fish-cases in big fishing ports along the Sanriku coast. This is a report of the author's investigation on the use of metal and cardboard fish-cases in Hachinohe. The metal and cardboard cases are used to meet the shortage of the wooden cases in the season of large quantity of landing during the period from October to November. Such cases have been in use especially for mackerel since 1962.
