▼essels (Table 8). These larger vessels may be described briefly by 
type: 26/ 
Trawlers, In 1937 there were 94 licensed trawlers, 
including those engaged in operations in foreign waters. Most of these 
were vessels of 200 - 600 tons, Diesel powered, with motor driven winches, 
freezing and cold storage facilities. The size of these by operating 
areas is indicated by the following data. 
27/ 
Operation Area 
Ifumber 
of Craft 
Total 
Tonnage 
Average Tonnage 
per Craft 
Eastern coast of China 
and Yellow Sea 
68 
18,726 
275 
• 
Southern China Seas 
18 
9,495 
527 
Bering Sea 
3 
1,217 
405 
Australian waters 
3 
1,419 
473 
Mexican waters 
2 
1,062 
531 
Small type trawlers . Only the larger boats of this type 
are 100 tons, some being as small as 20 tons. Most of these vessels 
have hand-manipulated drag nets and are provided with refrigeration 
facilities. 
i 
Cold storage transport ships . The number of this class 
of vessels is not known although one estimate places it as 27 (Table 8). 
The HieMro Gyogyo K. E. had 10 refrigerator vessels operating in north¬ 
ern waters freezing freshly-cau^it salmon and salmon-trout. 
267 Further details and pictures of fishing vessels are given in 
Office of Strategic Services typed report “The Fishing Industry of 
Japan,* 1942. 
277 Japan Fisheries Industry 1939 (Special Issue of Japan Times and 
Mail, 19391. 
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