combines, are primarily in the large scale modern operations such as the 
northern fisheries, trawling and deep sea operations and in the marine 
product export business. If the prewar corporate relations are existing 
at the time of occupation the fishing companies should be severed from 
these parent combines; this does not necessarily mean that the fis hi ng 
companies themselves should be broken down^ although in view of the 
recent organization into large government controlled companies this may 
also be desirable. 
The curtailment of Japanese fishing operations near the American 
continents, island possessions of the United States and in strategic 
areas is designed both as a security measure and as a step in checking 
Japanese fishery interests, which had reached far afield in distant 
waters just previous to the war. Until further international under¬ 
standings are reached regarding nations* use of fish resources in foreign 
or "open" waters, Japanese fishing in such foreign areas should be 
stopped; certainly such operations should not be permitted prior to a 
peace settlement. 
The last principle affects the Japanese Antarctic whaling and 
the north Pacific sealing operations. Although Japan has never been a 
party to the international control of Antarctic whaling if Japan is 
allowed to resume these operations because of shortages in fats and oils, 
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its activities should strictly conform to the provisions laid down by 
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