13, 
14, 
1887 
15. 
1888 
16, 
17. 
1891 
18, 
19, 
were put under the control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, It 
points out that the catch by foreign veseels camot be regulated because they 
operate beyond the territorial limites fixed by international lav, No mention 
ie made of fur seals as such, 
Anon, Gatch of Fur Seals; Jour Fish Soc Jap (21), p 50, Feb 1884. 
Short note on the results of a sealing trip “in northern waters” made by Mr 
Charley, & naturalized Bonin Islander, with a crew of 30 and six smell boats, 
Their ship returned to Tokyo with 1,379 male and 1,532 female seals taken be- 
tween April and July 1883, 
Anon, Prohibition of Sea Otter and Fur Seal Hunting: Jour Fish Soc Jap (27), 
p 27, Jun 1884, 
Publishes Government Notice No 16 of 23 May 1884, which prohibits bunting of 
seals and sea otters in Hokkaido except under license by the Ministry of Agri- 
culture and Commerce, and provides penalties for violations, 
Anon, Regulations for Hunting Sea Otters and Fur Seals and 
Selling their Raw Skins: Jour Fish Soc Jap (58), pp 57-58, Jan 1887, 


Notice of Imperial Decree No 80, promulgated 16 December 1886, which provides 
for the inspecting and stamping of all seal and otter skins by competent of- 
ficials before selling. Skine from Russian and American waters must be ac- 
companied by a certificate issued by these foreign governments before impor~ 
tation into Japan. 
Anon, Revised Regulations for Sea Otter and Fur Seal Hunting: Jour Fish Soc Jap 
(75), p 62, May 1988, a . 
Promulgation No 5 of 10 May 1888 by the Hokkaido local government limits the 
eealing season to 15 April-3l October each year and divides the area east of 
Yetorup and south of Shimshir islands and into three sections to be hunted 
alternately every third year, 
Anon, Jur Seal and Walrus Hunting: Jour Fish Soc Jap (80), pp 61-63, Nov 1688, 
Reports that most seals are found in the waters 120 miles east of Hokkaido, 
and that American sealing ships have made "large catches" of fur seals some- 
where in the Knrile, 
Anon, Poaching of Sea Otters: Jour Fish Soc Jap (106), tp 127-129, Feb 1691, 
Complains of foreign poachers exploiting the otters and seals in the Kurils, 
These vessels base at Shikotan Island and put in at Hakodate to sell their 
catch before leaving these waters to avoid possible confiscation by Russian 
patrol ships, Foreign vessels start hunting in early May, a month and a half 
earlier than the Japanese do, 
Sealing Troubles in the Bering Sea: Jour Fish See Jap (116), pp 802-804, Dec 1891, 
Gives a brief resume of the Bering Sea dispute between Canada and America 
because "the Bering Sea is very near our Kurils,. and British and American 
buntere are sure to invade the Kurile in the near future’, 
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