United States Dopartnent of the Intorior 

 Oscar L. Chapnan, Secretary 

 Fish and ^''ildlifo Service 

 albert M. Day, Director 



Special Scientific Report - Fisheries 

 No. 33 



Results of 'i;ncourag?.nent for the Dnvolomont of 

 Albacore Fishing Grounds in 1939 1/ 



Translated frci the Japanose language by 



W, G. Van Ganpcn 

 Pacific Oceanic Fis'.icry Investigations 



CONIENIS 



Pago 



I, The Purpose of 'Encouraging the Developnent of .'ilbacoro Fishing Grounds.. 1 



II, Itens Goncerned in the Plans for Carrying Out the Program of 



Sncouragencnt 1 



1. Outline of the albacore fishinf^ .rrounds dovelopnent conference 1 

 Participants - Speech by the Chief of the Fisheries Bureau - 



Concornin- the handling of subsidy funds for the 

 encoura^^enent of albacoro fishing ground 

 developmnt - Tatter? concerning the developnent 

 pro'Train discussed by the ConforoncG 



Figure 1 ;j:eas for the dovelopraont of albacore fishing grounds. 



2, Vessel personnel and the operation of private radio- telephone 



f racilities ^ 



III, Conditions Under ^"aich the Operations "ere Carried Out 3 



1 , Outline of the execution of operations S 



/■ Tabic s_7 



Table 1 Participating prefectures and vessels employed 

 Table 2 Vessel personnel 

 Table 3 Fishing gear used 



Figure 2 Opcirating days and fishing days for each cruise of 

 jach vessel 



2 , Outline of results of_operations 9 



/Tables and figure s_/ 



Published February 194-0 by the Fisheries Bureau of the I'inistry of 

 .igriculture and Forestry - Confidential 



