Although Ukai declined temporarily at the time of the Meiji Restoration, ayu of Ukai was often ordered and presented to daizenshiki (the Office for meals in the Imperial Court) during Meiji Period, and in 1890 a total of 1471 ken in Furutsu, Nagara Village, Inaba District and each village of Mugi and Gujo Districts was incorporated as an ayu fishing ground for the Imperial Court by Imperial Household Ministry.
明治維新で一時衰退したが、明治天皇の代にしばしば沙汰があり、大膳職に上納され、明治23年から稲葉郡長良村古津その他武儀郡、郡上郡の各村で延長1471間を宮内省の鮎漁の御猟場に編入された。