(a) In addition to fishing in waters near the Home 



lelanda and former colonies (including thn mandated 

 islands) , Japan operated salmon and crab fisheries 

 in northern waters of the Oknotsk and Bering seas, 

 trawling in the East China and Yellow seas, whaling 

 in Antarctic waters, and small scale fisheries off 

 the coasts of Alaska, British Columbia, Mexico, 

 Central America, and South -"^merica of the V/estern 

 Hemisphere, and in Indian and -fiustralian waters of 

 the Far East . 



d. Ports 



(l) The fisheries of Japan are conducted from many small and 

 a few large ports scattered along the coasts of the Home 

 Islands. Some important ports which serve as bases for 

 large-scale operations are Hakodate, vhoehi, Shimonoseki , 

 Tobata, and Nagasaki. 



e. Marine products 



(l) Japan produces a great variety of marine products for 

 food. Several hundred different species of fish alone 

 are eaten in Japan. Among the important edible products 

 are! 



(l) The practice of aquiculture (culture of fish, shellfish, 

 and seaweed) is nighly developed and illustrative of the 

 importance attached to fisheries by Japanese. Species 

 raised include carp, eel, oyster, clam, and seaweed as 

 well as trout and otner fresn water fish. The output 

 from tnis production contributes considerably to the 

 food supply. 



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