f. The Tokyo Pisheries College tintil recently operated two 

 vessels. One is the "Unyo Maru* , a three-aasted barque of 444 tons. 

 This Is an old vessel that is now moored near the College. It was used 

 for practical exercises in seamanship. The second vessel is the 

 "Shimkotsu Maru" . This is a trawler of 500 gross tons and 1400 horse- 

 power. It is loaned to the College "by the Ministry' of Agriculture and 

 Forestry. The "Hakuyo Maru", 1327 gross tons and 1400 horsepower, former- 

 ly owned and operated hy the College and one of the best equipped and 

 most modern fish research vessels in the world, was taken over by the 

 Japanese Navy in February 1943 and was sunk by Allied submarine action 



in March 1944. 



g. The College divides its curriculvun into three sections: 

 The regular course, the postgraduate course, and the pelagic fisheries 

 course. The regular and the postgraduate courses are further subdivided 

 into the fishing, the technological, and the fish culture courses, 



h. The regular course lasts four years. Only successful 

 graduates of the foui>-year course of the middle or prefectural fisheries 

 school, or high school graduates are eligible to enter. Candidates are 

 limited in number and are rigorously selected, 



i. The postgraduate course is open only to graduates of the 

 College with high academic standing and the recommendation of the director. 



j. The pelagic fisheries co-urse lasts two years and only 

 highly qualified graduates of the regular course are eligible to attend, 



k. Courses of instruction are offered in general and aquatic 

 zoology, general and aquatic botany, ichthyology, bacteriology, fish 

 diseases, chemistry, oceanography, meteorology, history of fishes and 

 fishing, fish culture, fishery law, practical exercises in fish canning 

 and processing, mathematics, physics, morals (now banned), English, 

 German, economics, finance, merchandizing, navigation, seamanship, the 

 theory and manufacture of fishing gear, principles of fishing boat con- 

 struction, diesel and steam engineering, machine designing, practical 

 exercises at sea, swimming, rowing, and first aid. Before the war mili- 

 tary training by the army was included. During the war navy training was 

 introduced, 



1, The College has a student body of 300 to 400. The number of 

 students graduated from 1940 - 1945, in the various sections of instruction, 

 are shown in the following table: 



Year Fishing Course Technology Course Fish Culture Courses Total 



