JAPANESE WEALING IN THE BONIN ISLAND AREA 

 (A Preliminary Report) 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



Summary 3 



A. Introduction 5 



B. Japanese Prewar Whaling Activities Around the Bonin Islands ... 5 



C. The War Years 1941-1945 . 7 



D. Negotiations Leading to Authorization of Japanese Whaling Around 



the Bonin Islands .. 10 



E. Summary of Bonin Whaling Operations Under Allied Supervision, 

 1945-46 12 



Appendices 



Appendix I. Fishing Areas 17 



Appendix II. Whaling Industry 18 



Appendix III. Whaling Operations, 30 November 1945 19 



Appendix IV. Use of Harbors 22 



Appendix V. Whaling Operations, 25 March 1946. . 23 



Figures 



Figure 1. Whaling Ground Off Bonin Islands 4 



Figure 2. Authorized Bonin and Volcano Whaling Grounds 6 



Figure 3. Whale Catches Around the Bonin Islands 8 



Figure 4. Locality of\ Whales around the Bonin Islands 13 



Tables 



Table 1. Monthly Whale Catches 15 



Table 2. Whaling Fleet of the Ocean Fishing Oo....il!|i 16 



Table 3. Receipts of Whale Products , 16 



Table 4. Disposition of 1945-46 Season Whale Products! !!!!!! 



