considerable distance from the homeland. They are larger vessels and 
the equipment is more expensive; some of th£ vessels are more than 
100 - 200 tons and many are equipped with steam or Diesel engines. Due 
to the expensive equipment required for it, deep-sea fishing is of rather 
recent development and is for the most part large-scale enterprise in 
the hands of companies. Equipment and methods are more standardized 
than in the coastal fisheries. The catch is landed at fewer ports. 
The total deep-sea catch, as here considered, amounted to well 
million metric tons in pre-war years .divided as in Table 18, 
In the following pages these fisheries are described but not by 
groupings which are mutually exclusive. The figures in Table 18, however, 
do not overlap and therefore provide as accurate a total figure for the 
production of deep-sea fisheries as can be obtained. These do not 
include, however, the production of the floating canneries. 
Deexr-Sea Fisheries in Home Waters . The area of operations 
in "home waters" is not delimited by the Japanese and may include 
operations off the Kuriles, the Bonins and Kar&futo and bonito and 
tuna operations at considerable distances as well as fishing directly 
off Japan proper. This type of fishing may also include the drag net 
fishing near Japan proper. There is really no clsar distinction between 
these fisheries and some of the coastal fisheries, on the one hand, 
and some of the other deep-sea operations, on the other hand. 
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