ILLUSTRATIONS (Continued) 



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38 Saipan. Eonito fishing. No. 1, Laying out live-bait net. 



June, 19A6 -. 63 



39 2. Driving live-bait into net. 



June, 19^6 63 



40 3« Drying-up live bait net. 



June, 1946 65 



41 4. Bailing live-bait from net to 



tanks. June, 1946 65 



42 5» Detail of live-bait and tanks, 



June, 1946 65 



43 6, Salt water sprayer. June, 1946 . 66 

 U. 7. Method of fishing. June, 1946 .. 66 



45 Ailihglaplap. Anchor and float for sponge culture. August, 1946 . 71 



46 Truk. Native produced Trepang (dried sea-cumbers) August, 1946 ... 74 



47 Truk. Trociius shells. May, 1946 74 



48 Saipan. Beach seining No. 1. Setting net. June, 1946 77 



49 2. Hauling net. June, 1946 77 



50 3« Catch (mostly 4 to 5 inch goat- fish) 



June, 1946 78 



MAPS 



The Mandated Area Facing 1 



Ehiwetok Atoll, Marshalls Facing 5 



Ailinglaplap Atoll, Marshalls 6 



Kvjajalein Atoll, Marshalls Facing 7 



Jaluit Atoll, Marshalls 9 



Liklep Atoll, Marshalls k 1^ 



Majuro Atoll, Marshalls 1^ 



Kusale Island, Carolines IV 



Ponape Island, Carolines ^9 



Nxikuoro Atoll, Carolines 23 



Kapingama rangi Atoll, Carolines 23 



Truk Group, Carolines 29 



Kuop Atoll, Carolines 31 



Palaus, General chart, Carolines 34 



PeLLaus, No. 1, Kayangel Islands 34 



Palaus, No. 2, Babelthuap Island 35 



Palaus, No. 3, Koror to Felelieu 36 



Saipan, Marianas ^9 



Tinian, Marianas .' ^1 



Rota, Marianeis 53 



Guam, Marianas 54 



Figure TABLES 



1 Bonito Catch - Japanese Mandate Islands, 1934-41 ^0 



2 Prices of Fresh Bonito, 1934-41 ^0 



3 Vfeight Relation, Eonito Sticks to Fresh Bonito 60 



4 Number of Fishing Vessels in the Mandate Islands, 1937 61 



5 1941 Catch L Production - Mandated Islands 61 



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