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ness of equipment. The plant covers nearly 9 acres, of which 
the dock occupies 14% acres and the buildings over 2 acres. The 
work extends over three years, and has three courses, any one of 
which may be selected for special study by students in their third 
year, each course occupying 10 full months. The department 
of fishing includes the following subjects in its regular curricu- 
lum: Methods of fishing, navigation, seamanship, ship-build- 
ing, meteorology, oceanography, applied mechanics, applied 
zoology, appled botany, mathematics, law, economics, book- 
keeping, elementary fisheries technology, and English. The 
department of fisheries technology has special instruction in 
marine food products, marine industrial products, bacteriology, 
applied mechanics, industrial chemistry, chemical analysis, ap- 
plied zoology, applied botany, law, economics, bookkeeping and 
English. In the department of pisciculture, the subjects are 
fresh-water culture, salt-water culture, protection of fish, embry- 
ology, bacteriology, oceanography, chemistry, applied zoology, 
applied botany, law, economics, bookkeeping, and English. Pro- 
vision is made for post-graduate investigations and for various 
special technical inquiries. The institute has an annual income 
from the government amounting to $70,000, and several minor 
funds; and has numerous graduates, most of whom obtain excel- 
lent positions as directors of fishing, fish-curing, and fish-cul- 
tural establishments. 
The Japanese Fisheries Society deserves mention. It was or- 
ganized about 25 years ago, and has done excellent work directly 
and in co-operation with the government. It publishes a month- 
ly journal, and has 4,979 members. 
It will, of course, be impossible in a short time to do more 
than present a brief general outline of the Japanese fisheries, 
and then to note particularly a few of the more attractive or 
important branches or phases of the industry. 
While the Japanese high-sea fisheries, for cod, halibut, 
whales, fur-seals, etc., are important, and while the river and 
lake fisheries yield considerable quantities of products, the shore 
fisheries alone give to Japan its prominent and unique position 
as a fishing nation. 
Of the most valuable products, many are identical with or 
similar to ours, the principal difference in the fisheries of the 
