Year Jishing Course Technology Course Fish Culture Course Total 



36 20 92 



34 29 95 



46 26 123 



The total ntanber of graduatee from 1897 to 1945 was 2,778. The Institute 

 employs 170 people including the boat crews. 



a. The Hakodate Jlsheries College parallels the teaching and 

 research carried on at the Tokyo Fisheries College. In addition to the 

 courses outlined above, the Hakodate College offers a course for training 

 teachers in fisheries subjects. Summary outlines of both institutions 

 are given in Table 2. 



3. The Universities 



a. Three of the seven Imperial \iniversities in Japan Proper 

 have departments of fisheries. These universities are the Hokkaido 

 Imperial University at Sapporo, Hokkaido, the Tokyo Imperial University, 

 Tokyo, and the Kyushu Imperieil University, Fukuoka. These departments 

 offer three-year courses which lead to a college degree in fisheries, the 

 "fiakushl" which corresponds to a Master's degree. 



b. The oldest and most renowned department of fisheries is 

 at the Tokyo Imperial University. It forms one of seven departments in 

 the Faculty of Agriculture. On the staff are four professors, three 

 assistant professors, three lecturers, five reguleu:, and seven or eight 

 part-time laboratory assistants. Graduates from the Tokyo Imperial 

 University, for the most part, make up the staff of the fisheries de- 

 partments of the other two universities. 



c. Courses of instruction are offered in the following 

 subjects: Zoology (general and aquatic), botany, plankton, oceanography, 

 properties of natural water, principles of fisheries, culture of aquatic 

 products, methods of fishing, technology of fishery products, hydrobiology, 

 bacteriology and pathology, animal histology and embryology, organic 

 chemistry, refrigeration, fisheries law, applied meteorology, fishing boat 

 machines, fishing boats, and a seminar in fishing. Elective courses 

 offered are experimental genetics, political economy, physical chemistry, 

 and biochemistry. 



d. Bach faculty also provides a university-hall (Daigaku- 

 In) or postgraduate course. No regular courses of lectures or seminars 

 for gradiiate students are given, although occasional courses may be 

 offered. Two years (usually) are spent in research under a major pro- 

 fessor. At the end of this time, the student may present a thesis, which 

 consists of original research, to an examining committee. If the committee 

 looks with favor on the thesis, the candidate is granted the doctor's 

 degree or "Hakushi". 



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