(-4) Take immediate steps toward re-establishment in native hands of the former 

 Japanese commercial fisheries for bonito and tuna, this will serve the dual purpose of 

 providing income to natives and contributing to the short protein food supply of the 

 Orient . 



Such a permanent, long-range program is predicated on one or another, 

 possibly a combination, of the following methods: 



a. Financial support of Government for purchase of fishing vessels, equip- 

 ment and supplies; construction and maintenance of shore iacilities; providing 

 transportation both Tdthin and outside the area; obtaining managerial and tech- 

 nical personnel. 



b. Authorized exploitation of the fisheries by private capital with proper 

 safeguards for native interests. 



2. Subsequent 



ftecommendations have been made above for satisfying the immfidiate needs of 

 fisheries administration in Micronesia, But there is a longer view, with a more perman- 

 ent set of values. The only real foundation for intelligent protection and use of a 

 resource Is knowledge of it, and this comes irom research. The Japanese knew this and 

 established their llarine Fisheries Experiment Station at Koror, Palaus, in 1932. The 

 fruits of their investigations should be made public, but it certainly will be found 

 that a veiy large amount of iVindamental research remains to be done. It cannot be done 

 by administrative officers or by trade program specialists of the U. S. Commercial 

 Con^Jany. Such extensive facilities and trained personnel could be provided only by the 

 appropriate research agency of the Qovemment. For if the United States is to carry out 

 its obligations, pure as well as applied fisheries research must be encompassed. As 

 evidence of the fields in which investigations can prove valuable, there is apperxied a 

 very brief outline for a fisheries research program of Micronesia. 



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