V. ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE INDUSTRY 
Government Administrative Organization 
Central Government . The central governmental administration of 
the Japanese fishing industry in prewar years was through the Fisheries 
Bureau (Suisan Kyoku), one of the six bureaus of the Ministry of Forestry 
and Agriculture (Norinsho). 89/ This bureau exercised control over all 
aspects of the industry although, much of the administrative and supervisory 
work was delegated to prefectural governments and various associations. 
It licensed and directly administered certain fisheries (see page 168); 
carried out the regulation of international treaties; supervised and aided 
the various societies and associations, carried on research; provided for 
tne protection and propagation of fish; and published the national fisheries 
statistics. 
In 1938 the bureau contained five sections, two of which were the 
Fisheries Administration Section and the Fishing Boat Insurance Section. 
One source names two of the other sections as the Fisheries Superintendence 
Section and the Aquiculture Section whereas another source reports the 
remaining three sections to have been the Ocean (High Seas) Fishing 
Section, the Marine Products Section and the Control Section. The Imperial 
Fisheries Institute, a government school, is really a part of the Fisheries 
Bureau. 
89/ In late 1943 in a wartime government reorganization parts of two 
Ministries *— Agriculture and Forestry and Commerce and Industry — were 
consolidated to form a new Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce (Noshosho). 
The Fisheries Bureau is thought to have been transferred intact to this 
new ministry. 
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