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Japanese fishermen identified by towel wrapped around their head (hachimaki).Here a group of Japanese fishermen are taking on a load of frozen tuna bait (saury, Cololabis saira), preparatory for a fishing trip that could last as longas 40 days. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection | Jerome S. W. Marr)