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March and June 1895 off northeast Honshu, A first-hand report, with observer's 
comments on the distribution, migration, individual veriation, and habits of 
the seals, how they are hunted, and how they are skinned and the pelts pre- 
served, The veesel's log is appended, 
Nagase, Teuichi, Supervisor's Report on Fur Seal Fisheries Experiments, Repts Fish 
Inv Sec Min of Agr and Com for 1895, pp 152-142, Feb 1896. 
Report on the sealing voyage of the Unohi Maru, 7 Marche3 June 1695, during 
which 502 seals were taken mainly off Kinkazan, This account is concerned 
mostly with the design and operation of the vessel and details costs, ex- 
penses, receipts, and profite, It concludes that an average profit of ¥1,700 
per voyage may be expected by the owner, 
Kitahara, Tasalku, ort on Fisheries and Breeding Grounds of Fur Seal and Sea 
Otter: Repts Fish Inv Sec Min of Agr and Com for 1895, pp 142-146, 2 maps, Fe 
1896, 
fhe Chishima Maru No 1 left Hakodate 23 June 1895 for the Kurils and returned 
24 September 1895, Both otters and seala were found to have decreased greatly 
because of excessive bunting, The complete protection of the breeding grounds 
from all hunting between April and October is recommended, enforced by naval 
patrola, 
Anon, nergl Conditions of North Pacific Se : Jour Fish Soc Jap 
(165), pp 394-100, Mar 1896, 
4 summary of the Canadian report of the 1896 pelagic senaling operations, based 
largely on landings in Victoria, 
Murata, Tamoteu, Address to Meeting of the Fisheries Society: Jour Fish Soc Jap 
(166), pp 484-490, Apr 1896, 
Sea otter fishing, which wae formerly very profitable, bas been ruined by 
foreign ships. Fur seal fishing is now very prosperous, but the animale are 
diminishing too because of the excessive influx of more and more foreign ships, 
The society must give heed to this serious condition, 
Anon, On the Control of Poaching Ships; Jour Fish Soc Jap (166), pp 516-517, Apr 
1896, 
A Diet member aske why the Japanese Government is so negligent in guarding 
against foreign poaching shipe and is answered that as there are no breeding 
grounds in the Kurils, it is not necessary for Japan to spend as much as 
America and Ruseia do in patrolling the Pribilof and Commander Islands, 
Anon, Warship Musashi Guards Agpinst Foreign Poaching: Jour Fish Soc Jap (166), 
p 517, Apr 1696, 
The Musashi left for Hokkaido 6 April, from where she will patrol the Kurile 
against foreign vessels during the sealing season, 
Anon, Japanese Ships for Fur, Sealing: Jour Fish Soc Jap (166), p 517, Apr 1896, 
Lists nine Japanese vessels licensed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Con- 
merce to engage in sealing, 
