| 摘要 |
This invention aims to provide a method for transport and/or storage of live baits adapted to alleviate a loss occurring in the course of transport and/or storage and to maintain a freshness of the live baits for a long period. The invention also aims to provide a method for preparing artificial muddy sand effectively used for transport and/or storage of the live baits. The invention further aims to provide a container for the live baits which is convenient not only for transport and/storage of the live baits but also convenient to handle it at a site of fishing and adapted to prevent the live baits from creeping out therefrom. Method according to the invention for transport and/or storage of live baits comprises steps of: washing the live baits collected on their native seashore with seawater to remove extraneous matter such as muddy sand and then transporting the live baits to a transit station; transporting the muddy sand collected on the live baits' native seashore to the transit station separately of the live baits; packaging, at the transit station, the live baits in containers together with artificial muddy sand containing seashore muddy sand collected on the live baits' native seashore and artificial seawater; and cooling the live baits packaged in the containers and transporting them to destinations and/or storing them. Method according to the invention for making artificial muddy sand used to transport and/or store live baits comprises steps of: immersing paper product in artificial seawater to fibrillate the paper product; preparing a mixture of plant cellulose fiber of the paper product fibrillated in the seawater and muddy sand of the live baits' native seashore; and forming granular artificial muddy sand containing an amount of seawater from the mixture. Container according to the invention is adapted to contain the live baits together with artificial muddy sand comprising the muddy sand of the live baits' native seashore, the plant cellulose fiber and a certain amount of artificial seawater, wherein the artificial muddy sand being deformable, incompletely solidified and present in the form of grains each smaller than an average diameter of the live bait so that the live baits are kept in even contact with the artificial muddy sand scattering on a bottom of the container. The container according to the invention for live bait comprises a lid having a top plate and a peripheral wall A and a base having a bottom plate and a peripheral wall B so that the lid is detachably fitted to the base, wherein the peripheral wall B of the base gradually flares toward its upper opening and wherein a periphery of the upper opening is placed against an inner peripheral surface of the lid and a space is formed between the peripheral wall A and the peripheral wall B as the lid is fitted to the base.
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