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Gear rules by prefecture

Which gear a non-professional may legally use in each prefecture’s sea areas. Anything not listed may not be used at all.

Gear rules, prefecture by prefecture VERIFIED

Only the gear listed here may be used. Diving apparatus and spearguns appear nowhere on the list, so they may not be used at all — and hand spears or hand gathering may not be combined with diving apparatus. Even permitted gear can be limited by sea area, size and quantity.

○ Permitted● Permitted, but lights / fish-attracting lamps are prohibited△ Permitted, but not from a vessel※ Permitted, but chumming is prohibited▲ Permitted, but chumming from a vessel is prohibited× Prohibited

Hokkaido

×Trolling×Scoop net×Cast net×Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)×Rake / clam tool○Hand line & rod fishing○Landing net2○Hand gathering

Aomori 3

×Trolling○Hand line & rod fishing38○Landing net○Scoop net○Cast net○Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Rake / clam tool○Hand gathering

Iwate

×Trolling×Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)△Cast net○Hand line & rod fishing○Landing net○Scoop net○Rake / clam tool4○Hand gathering

Miyagi

×Trolling○Hand line & rod fishing○Landing net○Scoop net○Cast net○Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Rake / clam tool○Hand gathering

Akita

×Trolling△Cast net○Hand line & rod fishing35○Landing net○Scoop net○Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Rake / clam tool○Hand gathering

Yamagata

×Trolling×Cast net×Rake / clam tool△Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Hand line & rod fishing○Landing net○Scoop net○Hand gathering

Fukushima

×Trolling△Cast net○Hand line & rod fishing○Landing net○Scoop net○Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Rake / clam tool○Hand gathering

Ibaraki (sea areas)

●Hand line & rod fishing37●Trolling43●Landing net●Scoop net●△Cast net●Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)●Rake / clam tool5●Hand gathering

Ibaraki (Kasumigaura and Kitaura)

×Trolling●※Hand line & rod fishing●△Landing net●△Scoop net●△Cast net●△Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)●△Rake / clam tool●Hand gathering

Chiba

×Trolling×Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)●Hand line & rod fishing44●Landing net●Scoop net●△Cast net●Rake / clam tool6●Hand gathering

Tokyo

●Hand line & rod fishing48●Landing net●Scoop net●△Cast net●Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)●Rake / clam tool27●Hand gathering○Trolling7

Kanagawa

×Trolling●Hand line & rod fishing●Landing net●Scoop net●Cast net●Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)8●Rake / clam tool9●Hand gathering

Niigata

×Trolling△Cast net○Hand line & rod fishing○Landing net○Scoop net○Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Rake / clam tool○Hand gathering

Toyama

×Trolling×Rake / clam tool△Cast net○Hand line & rod fishing○Landing net○Scoop net○Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Hand gathering

Ishikawa

×Trolling△Cast net○Hand line & rod fishing45○Landing net○Scoop net○Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Rake / clam tool○Hand gathering

Fukui

×Trolling△Cast net●Hand gathering○Hand line & rod fishing46○Landing net○Scoop net○Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Rake / clam tool

Shizuoka 10

●Landing net34●Scoop net34△Cast net●Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)1234○Hand line & rod fishing11○Trolling7○Rake / clam tool13○Hand gathering

Aichi 14

×Scoop net●Landing net○Hand line & rod fishing○Trolling739○Cast net○Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Rake / clam tool28○Hand gathering

Mie

×Trolling△Cast net●Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)●Rake / clam tool28○Hand line & rod fishing○Landing net○Scoop net○Hand gathering

Shiga 15

×Rake / clam tool△Cast net○Hand line & rod fishing○Trolling16○Landing net○Scoop net○Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)17○Hand gathering18

Kyoto

×Trolling△Cast net○Hand line & rod fishing○Landing net○Scoop net○Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Rake / clam tool○Hand gathering

Osaka

×Trolling○Hand line & rod fishing○Landing net○Scoop net○Cast net○Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Rake / clam tool○Hand gathering

Hyogo

×Trolling×Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○▲Hand line & rod fishing●△Landing net19●△Scoop net19●△Cast net●△Rake / clam tool40○Hand gathering

Wakayama

×Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○▲Hand line & rod fishing47△Cast net○Trolling729○Landing net○Scoop net○Rake / clam tool○Hand gathering

Tottori

×Trolling○Hand line & rod fishing○Landing net○Scoop net○Cast net○Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)49○Rake / clam tool○Hand gathering

Shimane

×Trolling○▲Hand line & rod fishing20△Cast net○Landing net○Scoop net○Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Rake / clam tool○Hand gathering

Okayama 21

×Trolling×Scoop net●▲Hand line & rod fishing△Landing net△Cast net○Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Rake / clam tool○Hand gathering30

Hiroshima

×Trolling●▲Hand line & rod fishing●△Landing net●△Scoop net●△Cast net●Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)●Rake / clam tool●Hand gathering

Yamaguchi

×Trolling△Cast net●Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)36●Rake / clam tool36○Hand line & rod fishing○Landing net○Scoop net○Hand gathering

Tokushima

×Trolling●Landing net●Scoop net●Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)41●Rake / clam tool42○Hand line & rod fishing○Cast net○Hand gathering

Kagawa

×Trolling●▲Hand line & rod fishing22●Landing net●Scoop net●△Cast net●△Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)●△Rake / clam tool●Hand gathering

Ehime

×Trolling○▲Hand line & rod fishing●Landing net●Scoop net△Cast net●Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Rake / clam tool○Hand gathering

Kochi

×Trolling●Landing net●Scoop net●Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Hand line & rod fishing○Cast net○Rake / clam tool○Hand gathering

Fukuoka 31

×Trolling●Landing net●Scoop net△Cast net●Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Hand line & rod fishing24○Rake / clam tool○Hand gathering

Saga 23

×Trolling△Cast net●Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)●Hand gathering30○Hand line & rod fishing32○Landing net○Scoop net○Rake / clam tool

Nagasaki

×Scoop net●Landing net○Hand line & rod fishing○Trolling7○Cast net○Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Rake / clam tool○Hand gathering

Kumamoto

×Trolling●Hand line & rod fishing●Landing net●Scoop net●△Cast net●Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)●Rake / clam tool●Hand gathering

Oita 25

×Trolling△Cast net○Hand line & rod fishing50○Landing net33○Scoop net33○Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)26○Rake / clam tool○Hand gathering

Miyazaki

×Trolling△Cast net●△Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)△Rake / clam tool○Hand line & rod fishing○Landing net○Scoop net○Hand gathering

Kagoshima

×Trolling△Cast net○Hand line & rod fishing○Landing net○Scoop net○Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Rake / clam tool○Hand gathering

Okinawa

●Hand line & rod fishing△Cast net○Trolling○Landing net○Scoop net○Fishing spear (excluding harpoons)○Rake / clam tool○Hand gathering
See the full grid instead — wide table, scrolls sideways
PrefectureHand line & rod fishingTrollingLanding netScoop netCast netFishing spear (excluding harpoons)Rake / clam toolHand gathering
Hokkaido ○×○2××××○
Aomori 3○38×○○○○○○
Iwate ○×○○△×○4○
Miyagi ○×○○○○○○
Akita ○35×○○△○○○
Yamagata ○×○○×△×○
Fukushima ○×○○△○○○
Ibaraki (sea areas)●37●43●●●△●●5●
Ibaraki (Kasumigaura and Kitaura)●※×●△●△●△●△●△●
Chiba ●44×●●●△×●6●
Tokyo ●48○7●●●△●●27●
Kanagawa ●×●●●●8●9●
Niigata ○×○○△○○○
Toyama ○×○○△○×○
Ishikawa ○45×○○△○○○
Fukui ○46×○○△○○●
Shizuoka 10○11○7●34●34△●1234○13○
Aichi 14○○739●×○○○28○
Mie ○×○○△●●28○
Shiga 15○○16○○△○17×○18
Kyoto ○×○○△○○○
Osaka ○×○○○○○○
Hyogo ○▲×●△19●△19●△×●△40○
Wakayama ○▲47○729○○△×○○
Tottori ○×○○○○49○○
Shimane ○▲20×○○△○○○
Okayama 21●▲×△×△○○○30
Hiroshima ●▲×●△●△●△●●●
Yamaguchi ○×○○△●36●36○
Tokushima ○×●●○●41●42○
Kagawa ●▲22×●●●△●△●△●
Ehime ○▲×●●△●○○
Kochi ○×●●○●○○
Fukuoka 31○24×●●△●○○
Saga 23○32×○○△●○●30
Nagasaki ○○7●×○○○○
Kumamoto ●×●●●△●●●
Oita 25○50×○33○33△○26○○
Miyazaki ○×○○△●△△○
Kagoshima ○×○○△○○○
Okinawa ●○○○△○○○
Source: https://www.jfa.maff.go.jp/j/yugyo/y_kisei/kisoku/todo_huken/index.htmlAs of 2026-03-31✓ checked 2026-08-25
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