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sua Shi getada. ansion of Fishing Rights: Jour Fish Soc Jap (288), pp 1-16, 
un 1901. 
Requests more adequate government protection of the Japan sealing operations 
in northern waters, and urges establishment of a base on Shaumehir lIeland, 
from which Japanese vessele may operate in Kamchatkan and Commander Island 
waters. 
Shimura, Jiro. On Fur Seal Hunting: Jour Fish Soc Jap (235), pp 1437-1443, Feb 
1902. 
As the fur seals coming down the sast coast of Japan have decreased so 
markedly, other hunting grounds should be sought. The author, a cadet in the 
Imperial Fisheries School, claims seals have not decreased, they have just 
been driven away by excess hunting because the fishery is so lucrative and 
prices for seal fur are increasing. Hotes an apparent increase of seals in 
the Japan Sea and pleads for increasing pelagic sealing operations. 
Anon. On Sealing in the Japan Sea: Jour Fish Soc Jap (239), pp 1675-1674, Jun 
1902. 
A member of the crew of the Hoku Maru argues hotly for protection of the fur 
seal fishery in the Japan Sea against American poaching. Demande that be- 
cause the U. 5S. has restricted sealing in the Bering Sea, Japan should pro- 
hibit all foreign ships in waters off Japan. 
Anon. Commander Island: Jour Fish Soc Jap. (242), pp 23-30, Oct 1902; (243), 
Pp 27-29, Now 1902, 
A short popular description of the island, ite fauna and flora, apparently 
compiled from unspecified foreign sources. 
Anon. ‘Demand for Sea Animal Furs: Jour Fish Soc Jap (243), pp 26-32, Nov 1902. 
The greatest market for fur seal and sea otter is in Europe and Russia. Sea 
otters are now very rare and command the highest prices. Seal fur brings a 
much lower price and does not dye as well. 
Anon. Water for Keeping Sea Animals: Jour Fish Soc Jap (245), pp 35=36, Jan 1903. 
Review of a New York Aquarium publication, noting the suitability of fresh 
water for keeping seals in aquaria where salt water is unobtainable. 
Anon. The Seal in the Komandorski Islands (in English): Jour Fish Soc Jap (245), 
p 3, Jan 2903. : 
Quotes a Russian report that the fur seal yield on the Commander Islands has 
decreased 75 percent in 10 years and the size of the herds has decreased 90 
percent. 
Anon. Japanese Sea-Otter Hunting Ship Sunk: Jour Fish Soc Jap (245), p 44, Jan 
1903. 
The U. S. "Fishing Gazette" reports the Japanese schooner Chitose Maru was 
sunk recently by a Russian cruiser near Kappa Island. 
