also eight in addition to the Miyagi Mnru, In .'ug^Jist there were two vessels 

 besides the Miyagi Marn, and in September five wore operating in addition 

 to the Shiratori Maru. The Aomori's engines broke down and she returned to 

 port without fishing. In October five vessels besides the Miyagi Man 

 operated. On October 31 the operations were v;ound up and on November 12 the 

 Aomori Maru returned to Misaki, marking the end of the operations for this 

 year. The total number of vessel operations totaled 29 (see Chart 2). The 

 gear used was chiefly the longliues described in Table 3. 



(2) Outline of the results of the operations 



The results of the operations of each vessel are shown in Table Ut 

 Combined Results of Operationsj Table 5, Results of Operations for Each 

 Voyage; Table 6, Report of Results of Each Voyage for Each Vessel j and 

 Figure 3, Track Charts of Each Vessel. The albacorc catch ratio shov/n in 

 Tables U and 5 is the percentage obtained by dividing the number of albacorc 

 taken by the number of hooks on the longlines employed. 



_ Table 2 Personnel of Participating Vessels 

 £ This table has been omitted from the translation. _/ 



/ Tables U and 5 are inserted here. There then follows in the original Table 

 6, wtiich is the complete fishing log for each trip of each vessel. These 

 log sheets have been omitted from the translation because most of the essen- 

 tial information contained in them is presented in Tables 4 and 5. Table 6 

 is followed by the track charts of each vessel, _/ 



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