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Number and Tonnage of Large Japanese 
Fishing Vessels, 1939 
Type of Vessel 
Number 
Aggregate 
Tonnage 
Government ships 
38 
9,785 
Trawlers 
82 
25,238 
Tana and mackerel boats 
122 
16,358 
Whaling floating factory ships 
6 
100,370 
Whale catcher boats 
70 
18,116 
Crab and salmon floating canneries 
18 
. 59,209 
Fish transport ships 
27 
39,226 
Fishing boats owned abroad by 
Japanese private concerns 
9 
3,886 
Total 
372 
272,188 
Source: Civil Affairs Guide — Japan — Resources (6). 
Bonito and tuna vessels . These are Diesel-engined vessels 
some of which are smaller than 100 tons but others being from 100 - 300 
tons. They are equipped with livebait compartments and cold storage 
facilities. They are seaworthy vessels, many of all-steel construction, 
with cruising radii up to 2,000 miles. 
Floating factory ships . In 1939 there were reported to 
be 19 floating factory ships aggregating 64,000 tons which were employed 
in the salmon and crab fisheries. Although these average about 3,400 
tons some are as large as 8,000 tons. They each have a number of smaller 
auxiliary ships; some have but three or four such auxiliaries, but the 
larger factories have 10 or 12. 
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