沒落的拼板舟文化 The decline of traditional canoe culture

最近差不多是飛魚群的高峰期了，單一艘機動船捕獲的飛魚數量從數百到破千都有。
而划划拼板舟出海的人，若可以有數十條就算不錯了。

相較於機動船，拼板舟速度慢、划不遠、不耐風浪，還要自己砍樹建造。
「機動船在我附近跑來跑去的找魚，魚群都被引擎聲趕跑啦。」一個划拼板舟出海的老人這麼跟我說。

拼板舟應該將來不會消失，它們會存在於博物館、展示櫃、海外某收藏家的客廳內。
可能還可以在飛魚季期間的灘頭上看到幾艘的蹤跡，只是不再下海；或者，下海也是讓遊客體驗划拼板舟，而非捕魚。

拼板舟的軀體以某種方式留著，但是拼板舟文化/靈魂消失了，但這就是時代變遷的必然性吧。

It is the peak of flying fish season at this moment. The fishing harvest can be over hundreds or thousands for those on a motor-driven boat. Conversely, the harvest of ten fish is fair enough for those on a traditional canoe.

Compared to a motor-driven boat, the speed of a traditional canoe is low, and it cannot go very far. It is not durable to wave, and it is hand-made of woods.

“A motor-driven boat is speeding around me, the shoal of fish is scared away by the sound of the engine!” an old me sailed a traditional canoe told me.

The traditional canoe shall not disappear, its appearance can be found in a museum, in an exhibition hall, or in a living room of an overseas collector’s house. Maybe we can still see its appearance on the seashore, but it is not used for sailing. Or, it can be used for sailing for the purpose of tourism, not fishing.

The body of a traditional canoe will exist in a certain form, but the soul of a traditional canoe is gone. I guess it is the necessity of the change of time. 

聯合圍捕飛魚

今天椰油、漁人、紅頭村落白天一起出去圍捕飛魚，早上七、八點出發，直到中午一點多回港。總共補獲6千5百多尾，魚獲上岸集中後，大家開始分飛魚，一開始會確認要分幾份，就會在地上放幾尾飛魚，接著將飛魚平均分到這些數量上。

朗島招魚祭 Lang-Dao tribe’s summoning of fish

朗島村民集體走往攤頭參加招魚祭

招魚祭是蘭嶼飛魚季的開始，每年由紅頭部落率先舉行，之後其他部落會在各自的攤頭上舉行。在蘭嶼，傳統文化迅速凋零，朗島部落是仍保留最多傳統的部落之一，

等不到飛魚 no flying fish

等待飛魚衝網

那天達卡安要出海捕飛魚，問我要不要一同去，我當然是開心地答應。跳上他那綠色小機動船，一駛出開元港，就看到船邊有數條尖嘴魚游動著，心想今晚應該是豐收的一次出航。

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與魚共眠 Sleep with fish

老海人與魚

一位老海人夜晚出海捕飛魚時，釣了四條大魚回來。
大概是太累所以打算天明時再來殺魚，但傳統上不能將未處理的魚帶進家門。
將魚放在外面擔心被人偷、或者動物來咬，
因此他就與魚兒們一同睡在自家門口前。

出航 voyage

漁夫將拼板舟推至海邊，等待適當的浪潮，再將船推進海中。

目前飛魚季已經進入小船可出海的時候(在飛魚季剛開始時，只能大船去抓飛魚)。
他們看海浪與風向決定晚上適不適合出海，但下雨的天氣無妨。
網到飛魚後，有的人會用飛魚當餌，在海上釣大魚。
牛港鰺(浪人鰺)、鮪魚、梭魚等....
這晚即有人釣到一尾7、80公分長的梭魚。

Fisherman pushed the canoe to the seashore, waited for the suitable wave, and then pushed the canoe into the sea.

Currently at this point of flying fish season, it is ideal to sail a canoe to catch fish. (At the beginning of this season, a bigger boat is required to fish.)

The fisherman would depend on the wave and wind direction to decide if it is appropriate to sail tonight. However, it doesn’t matter if it is a rainy day.

When flying fish was trapped in the net, some might use them as baits to catch big fish such as Giant trevally, tuna, barracuda…etc..

This night, someone got a barracuda with the length of 70 to 80 cm.

不速之客 An unexpected guest

今晚的夜捕飛魚，因為一隻不速之客闖入而讓鍾馬浪提早返航。
一條一米長餘的鯊魚，讓他的魚網破了好幾個大洞，而鯊魚也沒什麼經濟價值，讓他有些不開心。