damage vri.ll decrease in the future as tuna boats penetrate into and 

 develop these grounds o 



During the course of these investigations the author has felt deeply 

 thatp when the time cornea that we can freely establish fishing bases 

 in areas under foreign eontrolj, the tuna resources of these foreign 

 waters have a boundless future,, 



The Banda Sea is within four or five days" sailing for vessels 

 based at Palao^ *ind for vessels tsomlng from Japan Proper the trip one 

 way would require ten dayso This is less than half the time required 

 for vessels fishing in the waters of our So^sth Sea Islands o It is 

 hoped that eommereial operators will increasingly make this area 

 their objective for fishing and development o 



