should pr<jvide all the necessary marine products* Although it might be 
advantageous to reestablish and develop the larger scale deep sea fishing, 
trawling, the Northern waters fisneries and fishing in colonial waters, 
it appears practicable to give first attention and emphasis throughout 
the period of military government to the coastal fisheries and aquiculture 
because: (1) in the past these fisheries have provided the great bulk 
of Japanese requirements; (2) the fishing and processing operations are 
simple and require equipment and facilities the major portion of which 
might be produced domestically; (3) problems of rights to the fisheries 
will be largely avoided since the majority of vessels engaged in the 
coastal fisheries stay within thirty miles of shore: (4) the coastal 
fisheries are largely communal in character and not dominated by large 
companies; (5) it can be expected that a large percentage of the small 
boats will be available whereas a considerable number of the larger ones 
will have been destroyed. 
The deep sea fisheries in home waters, trawling, fishing in Soviet 
waters and in colonial waters should be exploited to provide products to 
the extent that the coastal fisheries and aqui culture are unable to meet 
domestic requirements. Shortages of small boats and the necessary equip¬ 
ment for the immediate full exploitation of the coastal fisheries may 
make it desirable to operate some of the larger vessels which may be 
available and for which the necessary equipment is also at hand. Also, 
since the demarcation between “coastal fishing” and “deep-sea fishing in 
home waters“ is merely an arbitrary one, it may well be practicable to 
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