Officials of the Prefectural Fisheries Experiment 



Tokyo Chief, Oshima Branch Station 



Kanagav;a Chief of the Station 



Chiba Chief, Ilatsnura Branch Station 

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Aichi Chief of the Station 



Iwate Chief of the Station 



Aomori Chief of the Station 



Akita Chief of the Station 



Stations 



lionz aburo i la/n. gI i i 

 Mfi.ntio Songawa 

 Shichiro Kawahara 

 Yoshio Honda 

 Kazukp.tau Komatsu 

 Eikicbi Koinuma 

 Nobumasa Odo 

 Mikinosuke Cmnra 



Speech by the Chief of the Fisheries Biu'cau 



There is hardly any further necessity to say that the greatest duty 

 V7hich has been given those of us T';ho are concernod vath fisheries production 

 is to produce an abundance of food for our countrymen and to contribute to 

 the improvement of our intornatioral trr.de balance by developing marine re- 

 sources and increasing the supply of fitJheries products, ^-b feci the gravity 

 of this responsibility particularly today because of the effects of the 

 Incident. 



Operations to develop the albacorc fishing grou.nds -were carried nut 

 last year, but in viev of the fact that the development of these grounds has 

 an extremely important meaning in regard to the matters just mentioned, '.ve 

 are going to carry on similar operations again this year. 



Last year was the first time wc had engaged in such a project, but 

 thanks to the cooperation of all concerned we v/ere able to discover the 

 existence of promising new fishing grounds in the gv.ncral area in vjhich we 

 had expected to find t'lem. I am sure that you have all made studios from 

 various angles of your last year's oxpnrienccs and that you vdll briig full 

 self-confidence to the planning of this year's operations. I expect, there- 

 fore, that this yf-ar tto ■^lill be several times as successful as 're "/ore l^&t 

 year. I hope that you ^Till in your task of supervi;;ing and encouraging the 

 personnel engaged in these operations redouble your efforts of last y^ar so 

 that we may attain the anticipated results in the development of these fis'h- 

 ing grounds. 



Here in the Bureau we have been making detailed studies of the results 

 obtained by the various vcsscis which took part in last yr ar's operations. 

 As a result vjo have thought it appropriate to shift the area of op.- rations 

 slightly to the northwest thin yr r to thft area located bet'7cen 163° 2 and 

 165° W and between 30° and A5'^ N. On this point, however, as vjell as on 

 other aspects of this year's operating plans, v/e hope sincerely that you vdll 

 all express your opinions frankly so that the plans raai* be perfected and the; 

 success of the vtsnt-jrc enhanced. 



Matters Concerning the Grantinf^ o^ Subsidies for the Development 



of Albacore Grounds 



1. Ths subsidy funds are to be granted to defray the follovdng expenses of 

 fishing vessels v/hich participate in the developm:ent of albacore fishing 

 grounds in the North Central Pacific during the period from May 1 to October 

 31, 1939| in accordance with a plan deemed suitable by the Minister of 



