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Migration of wild and cultivated juvenile honmoroko Gnathopogon caerulescens of from the spawning and nursery areas in Lake Biwa were investigated, both in the Ibanaiko Lagoon and its outlet to Daido River, using beam-trawl surveys in 2013 and 2014. The study demonstrated migration of G. caerulescens from a nursery lagoon toward Lake Biwa after the juvenile stage. These findings appear to be the first direct evidence for migration of an exclusively pelagic cyprinid species from a littoral nursery to a pelagic adult habitat in a large deep lake.

To estimate the catch of Honmoroko Gnathopogon caerulescens by recreational anglers around Ibanaiko lagoon, which is adjacent to Laka Biwa, for eŠectiveˆsheries management, we randomly interviewed anglers from