The Nearshore Beach Fishermen of Yachigashira, Japan
Unanswered Questions
When I left the fishing community, I had far more questions than when I arrived, which is an enjoyable state of affairs: there is far more to this puzzle than I have thus far uncovered.
- Will they replace the older wooden boats?
- Are there still trees near Mori large enough to get a boat bottom out of a single, shaped plank?
- What are the details of construction?
- Are the glass boats really displacing the older wooden boats?
- How do they keep from fishing out the limited coastal fishery resources?
- Can the fishery resources support a more expensive boat?
- Who controls the raising of the orange flag?
- Who determines when they fish?
- Is there controlled access this fishery, and how does that work?
- What do they do during the winters? (must be unfishable)
- Do they operate independently, or as a cooperative?
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