of the fishermen throughout price control has been that the government 
prices were too low to make fishing operations pay. In the summer of 
1944 when the flow cf food to the large cities was especially poor an 
attempt was made to increase food shipments by authorising the food con¬ 
trol agencies to pay prices high enough to cover the transportation 
costs. 26/ In August 1944 it was reported that official ceiling prices 
of fish were increased 20-27 percent. 
Details of fish prices during the war period are lacking except 
for the two following items: 
1. A prisoner of war who formerly worked in a fish market in 
Tobata reports the retail prices listed in Table 71 as prevailing during 
the period May 194? to April 1943 and states that prices paid by the 
store to wholesale dealers were about 20 percent less than these retail 
prices. 
2. In June 1944 the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce by 
which fish prices are controlled announced maximum selling prices for 
ground dried fish as given in Table 72 . 
Wartime Reorganization of the Industry 
Administrative Reorganization . During the war changes in the 
administrative organization affecting fisheries were numerous but full 
details of most changes are lacking. In October and November 1943 parts 
26/ Wartime Distribution of Food in Japan,” Office of Strategic 
Services, March 1945. 
