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Murata, Tamoteu, Importance of Japanese Pelagic Sealing: Jour Fish Soc Jap (138), 
pp 701-711, Sep 1893, 
: "England 
An impassioned plea for the Japanese to engage in pelagic sealing: Eng - 
America and Ruesia eend their ehipe to the Bering Sea and off Siberia, not 
only for profit, but to extend their national prestige, So, to protect our 
prestige we must encourage Japanese in the same enterprise, 
Murata, Tamoteu, President's Speech to the Imperial Marine Products Co : Jour 
Fish Soc Jap (135), pp 753-756, Sep 1893, 
Murata accepts the presidency of the company "to strengthen our fishing and 
prevent foreign poachers visiting our territorial waters", 
Anon, Settlement of Dispute Between U, 58, and England on Catch of Sea Aninals: 
Jour Fieh Soc Jap (135), pp 757-760, Sep 1€93. 
as U, S, territorial rights in Alaska extend only three miles from the coast, 
henceforth the U, S, has no right to prohibit foreign vessels catching seals 
in the Bering Sea, 
Anon, Capture of Poaching Vessele: Jour Fish Soc Jap (135), pp 760-761, Sep 1893, 
wo English sealing vessele captured by the Russians in the Bering Sea have 
been handed over to a British warship which is convoying them to Yokohama — 
for settlement of the case by the English consul, 
Anon, Poac Ships to Come Next Spring: Jour Fish Soc Jap (137), p 870, Nov 
1893, 
Now that sealing ie prohibited in the Bering Sea, about 100 American vessels 
are expected in Yokohama next spring to operate off Kinkazan, 
Matsubara, Shinosuke, Nigration of Fur Seals into Japanese Waters; Jour Fish Soc 
Jap (139), pp 37-39, Jan 1894, 
This general note on the spring and autumn movements of seals off Japan clains 
the animals follow the cold currents and are caught only off the Pacific coast 
of northern Hone, No special seal fisheries have been developed in the 
Japan Sea, and the animals are caught there very seldom, usually accidentally 
in drift nets during tuna fishing operations, 
Murata, Tamotsu, Conference at the Joint Fishery Axposition in Kansai: Jour Fish 
Soe Jap (140), pp 81-96, Feb 1894, 
More outbursts against the foreign seal poachers who “take enormous riches 
from our seas, and then degrade the morals of our ports, Our guard against 
them is ineffectual, We must build many more than the two deep sea fishing - 
boats we now have, * 
Aikawa, Koreyoshi, Canadian Fisheries: Jour Fish Soc Jap (140), pp 104-114, Feb 
1894, , 
A description of the author's experiences fishing off the Pacific coast of 
North America between 1885 and 1890, In 1888 he made a woyage to Kodiak 
Island, during which 43 sea otters and 600 seals were taken, netting a profit 
of $9,000, “Canada is so very rich in sea resources I hope our people will 
take the initiative to go there and fish,* . 
