ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES IS8l 
panied by any immature whale of the baleen or whalebone whales, 
which include, among others, the right, gray, sei, blue, fin, and hump- 
back whales and least rorquals. Certain exceptions are made in 
regard to the taking of whales for scientific purposes under special 
permit by the Secretary of Commerce and to whaling carried on by 
natives or Hskimos who are not employed by others nor under con- 
tract to deliver their whaling products to any third person. 
Department of Commerce Circular No. 300 contains the text of the 
convention, the Whaling Treaty Act, and the joint Beenlesmone pro- 
mulgated pursuant thereto. 
JAPANESE VESSELS IN BERING SEA 
Beginning in 1930, and in the six seasons since then, operations have 
been conducted by Japanese floating crab canneries on the high seas 
off the Bering Sea coast of Alaska, and particularly in Bristol Bay. 
From one to four floating plants, together with their auxiliary fishing 
vessels, have been engaged each year, and although operations have 
been confined almost exclusively to crab fishing and canning, one 
vessel also has operated a reduction plant, manufacturing fish meal. 
Two Japanese floating plants were operated in Bering Sea in 1936— 
the Taihoku Maru (8,253 tons), which has been operated in four 
previous seasons, and the Toten Maru (6,000 tons), which has been 
operated in three previous seasons. The Taihoku Maru was accom- 
panied by 3 trawlers of 398 tons each, 2 trawlers of 388 tons each, 
and 4 sea-bottom seine motorboats of 88 tonseach. The Toten Maru 
was accompanied by 3 accessory motor boats ranging in size from 45 
to 80 tons each. 
In the season of 1936, also, the Japanese floating salmon cannery 
Chichibu Maru was observed about 100 miles southeast of the Pribilof 
Islands, accompanied by six fishing tenders with approximately 2 
miles of gill nets in operation. This vessel was licensed by the 
Japanese Government to operate off the Siberian coast. Fishing 
there was delayed by ice conditions, and the Chichibu Maru was 
away from its normal place of operation until such conditions improved. 
In addition to these floating canneries, the training ship Hakuyo 
Maru of the Imperial Fisheries Institute made its annual cruise to 
Bering Sea, as 1t has for a number of years, for the purpose of instruct- 
ing students in pelagic fishing methods. Reports indicate that experi- 
mental canning of salmon, as well as crab meat, was carried on by 
this vessel in 1936. 
The trawler-type vessel Tenyo Maru (657 tons), with one auxiliary 
motor vessel of 61 tons, made studies of the routes of migration and 
availability of salmon in extraterritorial waters of Bering Sea under 
an appropriation by the Japanese Government. It is understood 
that this study is to be continued during the seasons of 1937 and 1938. 
WORES PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION 
An allotment of $55,996 was made to the Bureau by the Works 
Progress Administration for improving salmon spawning streams, 
destroying predatory enemies of salmon, and improving the marine 
railway in 1 Bristol Bay. Of this allotment, $14,000 was later rescinded. 
Although werk began on these projects in October 193 5, activities 
were confined largely to the calendar year 1936. 
