Areas
Western Nagasaki and Goto Islands
Western Nagasaki and the Goto Islands form one practical East China Sea fishing area of ria coasts and offshore islands. Seasonal pelagic and rocky-shore fish provide varied targets, but swell, wind and transport conditions require care. Access varies, so check current local signs and rules before fishing.
- Prefectures
- Nagasaki
- Waters
- East China Sea & western Kyushu, Deep sea
Fish you can catch in this area
Fish biting this month are shown first
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Dusky Rabbitfish
アイゴ / Siganus fuscescens
August
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Peacock Grouper
アオノメハタ / Cephalopholis argus
August
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Knobsnout Parrotfish
アオブダイ / Scarus ovifrons
August
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Blacktip Grouper
アカハタ / Epinephelus fasciatus
August
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Yellowfin Goatfish
アカヒメジ / Mulloidichthys vanicolensis
August
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Tomato Grouper
アザハタ / Cephalopholis sonnerati
August
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Dotted Sweetlips
アジアコショウダイ / Plectorhinchus pica
August
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Chicken Grunt
イサキ / Parapristipoma trilineatum
August
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Spotted Knifejaw
イシガキダイ / Oplegnathus punctatus
August
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Barred Knifejaw
イシダイ / Oplegnathus fasciatus
August
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Dogtooth Tuna
イソマグロ / Gymnosarda unicolor
August
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Spotted Parrotfish
イロブダイ / Cetoscarus ocellatus
August
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Unicorn Leatherjacket
ウスバハギ / Aluterus monoceros
August
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Round herring
ウルメイワシ / Etrumeus micropus
August
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Palenose Parrotfish
オウムブダイ / Scarus psittacus
August
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Blacktail Snapper
オキフエダイ / Lutjanus fulvus
August
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Manybar Goatfish
オジサン / Parupeneus multifasciatus
August
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White-edged Lyretail
オジロバラハタ / Variola albimarginata
August
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Bluefin Trevally
カスミアジ / Caranx melampygus
August
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Japanese Anchovy
カタクチイワシ / Engraulis japonicus
August
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Skipjack Tuna
カツオ / Katsuwonus pelamis
August
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Greater Amberjack
カンパチ / Seriola dumerili
August
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Clown Coris
カンムリベラ / Coris aygula
August
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Honeycomb Grouper
カンモンハタ / Epinephelus merra
August
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Hong Kong Grouper
キジハタ / Epinephelus akaara
August
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Yellowfin Seabream
キチヌ / Acanthopagrus latus
August
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Longnose Emperor
キツネフエダイ / Lethrinus olivaceus
August
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Yellowfin Tuna
キハダ / Thunnus albacares
August
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Multicolorfin Rainbowfish
キュウセン / Parajulis poecilepterus
August
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Bigeye Trevally
ギンガメアジ / Caranx sexfasciatus
August
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Longtooth Grouper
クエ / Epinephelus bruneus
August
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Grey-spotted Puffer
クサフグ / Takifugu alboplumbeus
August
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Yellowfin Surgeonfish
クロハギ / Acanthurus xanthopterus
August
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Blacksaddle Coralgrouper
コクハンアラ / Plectropomus laevis
August
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Blue Mackerel
ゴマサバ / Scomber australasicus
August
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Titan Triggerfish
ゴマモンガラ / Balistoides viridescens
August
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Painted Sweetlips
コロダイ / Diagramma pictum
August
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Japanese Striped Eel Catfish
ゴンズイ / Plotosus japonicus
August
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Scissor-tailed Fusilier
ササムロ / Caesio caerulaurea
August
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Japanese Sardinella
サッパ / Sardinella zunasi
August
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Common Dolphinfish
シイラ / Coryphaena hippurus
August
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Sharpbeak Terapon
シマイサキ / Rhynchopelates oxyrhynchus
August
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Japanese Whiting
シロギス / Sillago japonica
August
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Highfin Grouper
シロブチハタ / Epinephelus maculatus
August
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Leopard Coralgrouper
スジアラ / Plectropomus leopardus
August
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Bullet & frigate tuna (souda-gatsuo)
ソウダガツオ / Auxis rochei / Auxis thazard
August
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Star-eye Parrotfish
タイワンブダイ / Calotomus carolinus
August
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Goldspot Pigfish
タキベラ / Bodianus perditio
August
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Wedgetail Triggerfish
タスキモンガラ / Rhinecanthus rectangulus
August
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Giant Grouper
タマカイ / Epinephelus lanceolatus
August
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Blackeye Thicklip
タレクチベラ / Hemigymnus melapterus
August
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Festive Parrotfish
ツキノワブダイ / Scarus festivus
August
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Purple Rockcod
ツチホゼリ / Epinephelus cyanopodus
August
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Flagtail Triggerfish
ツマジロモンガラ / Sufflamen chrysopterum
August
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Rainbow Runner
ツムブリ / Elagatis bipinnulata
August
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Yellowtail Coris
ツユベラ / Coris gaimard
August
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Bluespine Unicornfish
テングハギ / Naso unicornis
August
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Japanese flyingfish
トビウオ / Cypselurus agoo
August
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Redlip Parrotfish
ナガブダイ / Scarus rubroviolaceus
August
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Steephead Parrotfish
ナンヨウブダイ / Chlorurus microrhinos
August
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Scalpel Sawtail
ニザダイ / Prionurus scalprum
August
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Greencheek Parrotfish
ニシキブダイ / Scarus prasiognathos
August
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Double-lined Mackerel
ニジョウサバ / Grammatorcynus bilineatus
August
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Twinstripe Fusilier
ニセタカサゴ / Pterocaesio marri
August
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Horn Dragonet
ネズミゴチ / Callionymus curvicornis
August
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Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish
ハゲブダイ / Chlorurus spilurus
August
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Forktail Rabbitfish
ハナアイゴ / Siganus argenteus
August
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Ornate Emperor
ハナフエフキ / Lethrinus ornatus
August
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Longspined Porcupinefish
ハリセンボン / Diodon holocanthus
August
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Ringtail Maori Wrasse
ヒトスジモチノウオ / Oxycheilinus unifasciatus
August
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Greasy Rockcod
ヒトミハタ / Epinephelus tauvina
August
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Blue-barred Parrotfish
ヒブダイ / Scarus ghobban
August
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Doublebar Rabbitfish
ヒメアイゴ / Siganus virgatus
August
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Humpback Snapper
ヒメフエダイ / Lutjanus gibbus
August
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Almaco Jack
ヒレナガカンパチ / Seriola rivoliana
August
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Swarthy Parrotfish
ブチブダイ / Scarus niger
August
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Bengal Snapper
ベンガルフエダイ / Lutjanus bengalensis
August
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Cardinal Goatfish
ホウライヒメジ / Parupeneus ciliatus
August
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Sea Mullet
ボラ / Mugil cephalus
August
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Japanese Horse Mackerel
マアジ / Trachurus japonicus
August
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Whitespotted Conger
マアナゴ / Conger myriaster
August
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Japanese pilchard
マイワシ / Sardinops melanostictus
August
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Common Octopus (East Asian)
マダコ / Octopus sinensis
August
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Convict Grouper
マハタ / Epinephelus septemfasciatus
August
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Snubnose Dart
マルコバン / Trachinotus blochii
August
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Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish
ミヤコテングハギ / Naso lituratus
August
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Oriental Sweetlips
ムスジコショウダイ / Plectorhinchus vittatus
August
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Temperate Scad
ムロアジ / Decapterus muroadsi
August
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Grey Seabream
メイチダイ / Gymnocranius griseus
August
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Coral Grouper
ユカタハタ / Cephalopholis miniata
August
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Greenblotch Parrotfish
レモンブダイ / Scarus quoyi
August
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Horsehead Tilefish
アカアマダイ / Branchiostegus japonicus
August
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Striped Barracuda
アカカマス / Sphyraena pinguis
August
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Olive Goby
ウロハゼ / Glossogobius olivaceus
August
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Marbled Eel
オオウナギ / Anguilla marmorata
August
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Devil stinger
オニオコゼ / Inimicus japonicus
August
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Great Barracuda
オニカマス / Sphyraena barracuda
August
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False Kelpfish
カサゴ / Sebastiscus marmoratus
August
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Thread-sail Filefish
カワハギ / Stephanolepis cirrhifer
August
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Japanese silver-biddy
クロサギ / Gerres equulus
August
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Blackhead Seabream
クロダイ / Acanthopagrus schlegelii
August
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Japanese Seabass
スズキ / Lateolabrax japonicus
August
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Cinnabar Goatfish
タカサゴヒメジ / Parupeneus heptacantha
August
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Japanese cutlassfish
タチウオ / Trichiurus japonicus
August
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Yellowback Seabream
チダイ / Evynnis tumifrons
August
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Javelin Goby
ハゼクチ / Acanthogobius hasta
August
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Daggertooth Pike-conger
ハモ / Muraenesox cinereus
August
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Yellowtail Kingfish
ヒラマサ / Seriola lalandi
August
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Japanese Amberjack
ブリ / Seriola quinqueradiata
August
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Tarwhine
ヘダイ / Rhabdosargus sarba
August
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Crescent-tail Bigeye
ホウセキキントキ / Priacanthus hamrur
August
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Pacific Chub Mackerel
マサバ / Scomber japonicus
August
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Yellowfin Goby
マハゼ / Acanthogobius flavimanus
August
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Redlip Morwong
ミギマキ / Goniistius zebra
August
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Great Blue-spotted Mudskipper
ムツゴロウ / Boleophthalmus pectinirostris
August
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Spotted Flagtail
ユゴイ / Kuhlia marginata
August
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Bigfin Reef Squid
アオリイカ / Sepioteuthis lessoniana
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Rosy Seabass
アカムツ / Doederleinia berycoides
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Golden Threadfin Bream
イトヨリダイ / Nemipterus virgatus
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Korean Black Scraper
ウマヅラハギ / Thamnaconus modestus
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Yellow goosefish
キアンコウ / Lophius litulon
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Broadbanded thornyhead
キチジ / Sebastolobus macrochir
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Splendid Alfonsino
キンメダイ / Beryx splendens
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Blackedge Nibbler
クロメジナ / Girella leonina
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Japanese Black Seaperch
クロメバル / Sebastes ventricosus
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Golden Cuttlefish
コウイカ / Sepia esculenta
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Dotted Gizzard Shad
コノシロ / Konosirus punctatus
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Japanese Spanish Mackerel
サワラ / Scomberomorus niphonius
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Tiger Puffer
トラフグ / Takifugu rubripes
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Blackfin Seabass
ヒラスズキ / Lateolabrax latus
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Olive Flounder
ヒラメ / Paralichthys olivaceus
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Japanese Parrotfish
ブダイ / Calotomus japonicus
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Spiny Red Gurnard
ホウボウ / Chelidonichthys spinosus
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Red Seabream
マダイ / Pagrus major
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John Dory
マトウダイ / Zeus faber
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Gnomefish
ムツ / Scombrops boops
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Smallscale Blackfish
メジナ / Girella punctata
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Bigeye Tuna
メバチ / Thunnus obesus
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Japanese Red Rockfish
メバル / Sebastes inermis
Main fishing facilities in this area
Takashima Tobishima Iso Fishing Park
Nagasaki
A full-scale fishing park on Tobishima islet off Takashima Island, with rod rental and a shop; closed Tuesdays from December to February.
Seasons, sizes and eating quality are general guides. Rules change, so check the latest prefectural, fishery-cooperative and site rules before fishing. This app provides general information, not legal advice.