Figure 5. Pisheries research vessel of the Imperial Fisheries 

 Experimental Station, Tokyo. 



vessel the "Soyo Meani" , 220 gross tons, with a 333-horsepower diesel 

 engine (see Pigare 5). 



3. In addition to its plant in Tokyo, the Imperial Fishery 

 Experimental Station has field stations at Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture; 

 the Kasaoka Station, Kamizuma-Uchi-Kura, Okayama Prefectvire; the Nanao 

 Station, Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture; three minor experimental places at 

 Arashima, Shimane Prefecture; Minato in Chiba Prefecture; and Misaki in 

 Kanagawa Prefecture. Each field station has a permanent staff of three 

 or four persons. The experimental places have no regular staffs. 



4. The present steuff consists of 21 expert investigators, 14 

 assistant investigators, and approximately 85 lay employees, including 

 the ship's crew. 



5. The investigations carried on by the Fisheries Experiment 



Station are divided into 11 sections as follows: 



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a. Fisheries investigations (life history and population 

 studies) 



b. Fish technolo^ (studies in net preservatives, etc.) 



c. The chemistry of fishery products 



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