With respect to fisheries, various fishing methods including Eri (in kanji, 'enter' at right and 'fish' radical at left) fishing (a fishing method leading fish into a stationary net to trap and catch fish), shitakiryo and netfishing were practiced.
漁業では、えり（魚偏に入）漁（魚を誘い込んで逃げ場をなくして捕獲する漁法）をはじめとして浸木漁、網漁などさまざまな漁法が用いられた。