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The fisheries of Japan / authorship, Michitaka Uda.: Fs52-2/686E-PDF

"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].

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Publication information
Department/Agency
  • Fisheries Research Board of Canada. Biological Station (Nanaimo, B.C.), issuing body.
TitleThe fisheries of Japan / authorship, Michitaka Uda.
Series title
  • Manuscript report series (biological) ; no. 686
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Cover title.
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Department of Fisheries and Oceans].
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-96).
Publishing information
  • Nanaimo, B.C. : Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Biological Station, October, 1959.
Author / Contributor
  • Uda, Michitaka, 1905-1982 author.
Description1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations, maps, graphs.
Catalogue number
  • Fs52-2/686E-PDF
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