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Sakata, J. Qn Fur Seal Furs: Jour Fish Soc Jap (310), pp 22-26, July 1908. 
A report on the London market by the Japanese consul. He describes the 
broker's handling methods and urges Japan to learn to tan furs rather than 
selling the hides unprocessed. 
Anon. Deep Sea Fishery (in English): Jour Fish Soc Jap (312), pp 2-3, Sep 1908. 
"The reported opening of the negotiations by Japan for participation in the 
Behring Treaty is premature....In consequence of the Portsmouth Treaty Japan 
now owns Robben Island off Sakhalin....By joining the treaty, Japan will 
better prevent conflicts in the future and protect seals in her territorial 
waters." Also reports two Japanese ships arrested by an American patrol ship 
off St Pauls Island. 
Anon. Ruseia and the Miyemaru Case: Jour Fish Soc Jap (312), pp 42-43, Sep 1908. 
Describes the case of a Japanese sealer caught by the Russians 12 miles off 
the Commander Islands. The vessel was seized and searched, and the crew con- 
demned to death, but released after intervention by the Japanese charge — 
d'affaires at Vladivostok. 
Anon. Seal Fishery (in English): Jour Fish Soc Jap (314), p 4, Nov 1908. 
"Thirty-six sealers went thie year. With the exception of the two vessels 
held in custody in the American territory, all of them have returned.....with 
more than 11,000 seals and 1,000 sea otters, which are valued at more than 
five million yen." 
Anon. Amalgamation of Sea Animal Hunters: Jour Fish Soc Jap (316), p 47, Jan 1909. 
The pelagic sealers of Japan decide to unite for their common benefit, prima- 
rily to oppose the restriction of sealing in the North Pacific as proposed by 
Russia and the U. 5. 
Anon. New Seal Rookery (in English): Jour Fish Soc Jap (316). p 4, Jan 1909, 
Announces the discovery by a Japanese sealer of a new seal rookery “not marked 
on charts of maps" north of the Russian port of Sakhalin, "The island is said 
to be an exceedingly rich one, and the discoverer made a small fortune by a 
raid on‘the rookery." 
Anon. Sealing on the Littoral Coast (in English): Jour Fish Soc Jap (317), p 4. 
Feb 1909. 
The returns for 32 ‘sealing boate operating in the Okhotsk Sea last year were 
82 sea otters and 1,300 seals, valued at over ¥3,000,000, “an unexpectedly 
large showing". 
Anon. Seal Hunting Rights of America: Jour Fish Soc Jap (320), pp 53-54, May 
The 20-year monopoly for fur seal hunting on the Pribilofs held by the North 
American Trading Co expires in a few years. Hunting thereafter will be con- 
trolled by the Marine Products Bureau of the Island's Commerce and Labor De~ 
partment. 
Anon. Seal Fishery (in English): Jour Fish Soc Jap (321), p 3, Jun 1909. 
