Otaru and Muroran on Hokkaido and Yokohama, Kobe, Yokkaichi and Shimon- 
08 eki on Honshu. The small units producing sun-dried meal were, however, 
widespread; in general, where transportation facilities were not good 
or where there was no satisfactory equipment for manufacturing them into 
food, fish were converted into fertilizers. 
The fish meal production, i.e. the commercial industry, was con¬ 
trolled by a government-sponsored Fish Meal Producers and Exporters 
Association. 
Fish Oil Production 
Approximately 90 percent of the animal fats and oils and 30 per¬ 
cent of the total fats and oils produced in prewar Japan was from fish 
and other marine animals. In the period 1934 - 1938 annual production 
varied from 62,200 to 112,800 metric tons and averaged 83,800 metric 
tons (Table 55). 
TABLE 55 
Fish Oil Production in Japan fj 
Quantity 
Value 
(kan) 
(yen) 
1934 
22,037,028 
8,702 
1935 
16,595,515 
8,793 
1936 
30,079,000 
21,527 
1937 
24,437,345 
18,001 
1938 
20,428,790 
13,138 
Source: 
Japan-Manchukuo Yearbook, 
1940. 
a/ These figures appear to include Japan proper 
and Karafuto. Production of Korea and Formosa 
i8 not included. 
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