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Anon. Company Established: Jour Fish Soc Jap (297), P 115, Jun 1907. 
Notice of the establishment on May 1907 of the Greater Japan Deep Sea Fishery 
Co, capitalized at ¥1,.500,000 to catch seals and sea otters and to manufacture 
marine products. 
Anon. Catch of Otters and Seals: Jour Fish Soc Jap (301). pp 41-42, Oct 1907. 

Wotice of the catch of the first three sealing vessels of the season to return. 
Anon. Guard Against Poaching in the Bering Sea: Jour Fish Soc Jap (301), p 50. 
Oct 1907. 
Notes that Canadian, Russian, and Japanese cutters are bei 
ng dispatched to 
guard against poaching in the Bering Sea, 
reneneres Iwac. How to Tan Fur Seal Furs: Jour Fish Soc Jap (303), pp 18-25, Dec 
Translation, without acknowledgement of source or author, of a foreign article 
on the tanning, dyeing, and marketing of fur seals. 
Anon. Instructions to Sea Otter and Fur Seal Hunters: Jour Fish Soc Jap (205), 
P 45, Feb 1908. 
The Minister of Agriculture and Commerce warns sea otter and fur seal hunters 
to avoid international complications by not approaching the protected waters 
of other nations. 
Anon. Poaching by Japanese Fishermen: Jour Fish Soc Jap (305), p 53. Feb 1908. 
Digest of an account in “an American fisheries magazine" of Japanese depreda- 
tions on Copper Island reported by a Russian cutter. <A Japanese vessel whioh 
escaped reporte the sinking of another Japanese schooner, the Kaike Maru, ty 
the Russian patrol near the Commander Islands. Seven of her l2-men crew were 
killed by gunfire, and the remaining five drowned when the vessel, sank. 
Anon. Destruction of Seals (in English): Jour Fish Soc Jap (307), p 4, Apr 1906. 
Editorial comment on an article in the Fishing Gazette on the enormous des- 
truction of seals now taking place, which moet terminate, in their estination, 
"within a decade". Suggests a clause protecting seals be inserted in the new 
Ruseo-Japanese treaty, and that Japan should “have the honor of being first in 
demanding so important and necessary a neasure". 
Anon. Latest State of Fur Seal Hunting: Jour Fish Soc Jap (308), p 55, May 1908. 
Canadian anthorities warn that fur seals will be exterminated unless a pro- 
tective treaty is concluded between Canada, the U. S., Russia, and Japan and 
hopes Canada will take the initiative with the U. S. for the treaty. Also 
notes that “now is the best hunting season in the Bering Sea", lists the re- 
ported Newfoundland hair seal catch, and telis of the wreck of the sealer 
"“Ella® in California. | 
Anon. Second Report on the Fur Seal Catch: Jour Fish Soc Jap (309), pp 56-57, Jun 
1908. | 
Notes on landings in Canada, and news of the fleet of 38 Japanese sealers en- 
route to the Bering Sea where the USS Denny is reportedly on guard against 
poachers. 
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