Based on the data supplied from the fisheries-surveying boats, more than 50 in number, in the years from 1936 to 1939, the relations among the time of angling (
t0), the duration of angling (
T) and the catch of Katuo (
n) were examined statistically.
Three maxima shown in the catch-curves (Fig. 1),
i. e. the principal one dominating early in the morning (5-9 h. a. m. about after the sunrise), which covers nearly the half of the total catch in a day, the secondary one falling about after the noon, and the tertiary one in the evening before the sunset, are noticed. Those maxima and the exponential decay indicated in the general trend of the catch curves (Fig. 2) can be interpreted mainly as the results of the behaviour of the shoals of “Katuo, ” subjected to their feeding habit, besides the disturbance of the shoals due to fishing, etc.
As regards to
T, the dominant value of the catch corresponds to 10-40 minutes and unto 80 minutes of
T the catch increases with the increase of
T, and then beyond 80 minutes the catch falls down rapidly.
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