Some of the processing was likewise in the hands of large 
companies and closely coordinated with the fishing activities. This 
was especially true of the companies producing chiefly for the export 
markets such a6 those operating in the northern fisheries. The drying 
and salting of fish for home markets although done partly by the large- 
scale operators was also carried on in many small units. 
The Japanese government has been active in the fishing industry — 
in research, in training and in regulating the operations as well as in 
furthering the rapid and vigorous expansion of fishing into more 
distant seas. Government control permeates all parts of the industry 
and has been tightened during the war period. 
Japan's widespread fishing operations have encountered controversies 
with other nations — with the Soviet Union in its Northern fisheries, with 
the United States in its expansion of salmon fishing and with several 
nations regarding fur seal and whaling operations. 
Although this guide deals with all aspects of the fisheries, 
either in or based upon Japan proper, emphasis is pointed toward the 
role of. the industry in supplying food for domestic consumption. This 
was the primary importance of the industry in prewar years, although 
often overlooked by Westerners who were concerned with the Japanese 
export trade. Likewise the core of the fishery problems confronting 
military government authorities will be supplying food for the Japanese 
population. 
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