00000nam 2200000zi 4500 9.949488 CaOODSP 20250325094752 m o d f cr mn||||||||| 250325e195910##bccabd ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng rda CaOODSP a-ja--- Fs52-2/686E-PDF Uda, Michitaka, 1905-1982 author. The fisheries of Japan / authorship, Michitaka Uda. Nanaimo, B.C. : Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Biological Station, October, 1959. 1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations, maps, graphs. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Manuscript report series (biological) ; no. 686 Cover title. Digitized edition from print [produced by Department of Fisheries and Oceans]. Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-96). "Although the Japanese fisheries had their origin in the very distant past, as long as the Stone Age, they were limited, up until a century ago, to coastal waters and were carried out by non-powered fishing craft such as oar-manipulated boats or small sailing vessels and by beach seine, angling (rod, hook and line), long line, square lift nets, set nets and drag nets. However, just prior to the present century, due to the activities of foreign (English and American) fur-seal and whaling vessels in the waters adjacent to Japan, the Japanese pelagic fisheries began to develop rapidly"--Page [1]. Fisheries Japan. Pêches Japon. Fisheries Research Board of Canada. Biological Station (Nanaimo, B.C.), issuing body. Manuscript report series (biological) no. 686. (CaOODSP)9.812823 PDF 16.0 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2025/mpo-dfo/fs52-2/Fs52-2-686-eng.pdf