OVERSEAS FISHERIES 



1. Japanese overseas fisheries (excluding whaling) prior to World War II consisted of operations in 

 Soviet territory from land bases as permitted by treaty; operations in waters off the Kwantung Peninsula. 

 Korea, Formosa, and the Mandated Islands: factory vessel fishing for crab and salmon in hhe waters ol the 

 Okhotsk and Bering seas; trawling in the East China, South China, and Yellow seas; and small-scale opera- 

 tions in other parts of the world (Figure li and Table 9) 12/. 



2. nith the exception ol the fishing in Russian waters, these fisheries first became important about 

 1915 with the development of power fishing vessels. From this time until shortly before Worlc ?ter II, the 

 general trend of production was upward a^ areas of operation expanded and vessels and eouiai.ent were in- 

 creased and improved. The production rose to an average of about 25"?, 000 tons for 1931-5'?. During World 

 War II production from these fisheries dropped, anC since I9I43 it has been unimportant. 



3. The population of fish in the overseas areas is sufficient to permit recovery of these fisheries 

 to the highest prewar level and probably to even higher levels. ttTiat overseas areas, if any, will be 

 available for Japanese operations renains a mat'er to be settled by international agreements. 



12/ The Japanese also carried on trawling off Mexico, South An^rlca, India, Australia, and the Straits 

 Settlements and in 3erlnR Sea in 1935-^40. The part of these catches landed In jRpan is incluflea 

 here in the figures for "trawling';. The =uT.ouni, of fish landed in foreign countries and consumeo 

 there is Included in the production statistics of those countries and not in the data given here. 



PRODUCTION OF OVERSEAS FISHERIES 



200 



1910 



1915 



1920 



1925 



1930 



1935 



1940 



1945 



NATURAL RESOURCES SECTIOt) SHO SCAP 



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19 



