. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. October 1952 •COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 67 The press item also stated that United States approval is to be sought by- Ambassador Araki for these actionso * * « » » FISHERMEN BUILDING LARGER TUNA BOATS: Japanese tuna fishermen are showing interest in larger boats for operations in distant parts of the Pacific. Plans have been completed to construct a 500-gross-ton boat which will be the largest boat of its kind in the Japanese tuna fishery. Several 300-gross-ton vessels are already in operation and several more of the same class are nearin
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. October 1952 •COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 67 The press item also stated that United States approval is to be sought by- Ambassador Araki for these actionso * * « » » FISHERMEN BUILDING LARGER TUNA BOATS: Japanese tuna fishermen are showing interest in larger boats for operations in distant parts of the Pacific. Plans have been completed to construct a 500-gross-ton boat which will be the largest boat of its kind in the Japanese tuna fishery. Several 300-gross-ton vessels are already in operation and several more of the same class are nearing completion, reports an American Embassy dispatch from Tokyo dated September 8. The tuna-bonito fleet as of the end of 1951 (latest available published sta- tistics of the Japanese Fisheries Agency) consisted of 1,698 boats, aggregating approximately 104,000 gross tonso Of this total, 1,437 (64,633 gross tons) were wooden boats, many of which fish principally for bonito (skipjack). The balance of 261 were steel boats (39,345 gross tons) engaged in tuna and some skipjack fishing. Most of the wooden boats were less than 100 gross tons. Most of the steel boats (232) were in the 100- to 199-gross-ton class and only 8 in the 200- to 500-gro3s-ton class . Actually the largest tuna boat in 1951 was 314 gross '-'^>c?fci'r38tt£:r THE FRAMEWORK OF A SMALL JAPANESE TUNA BOAT. According to the Japanese press (Minato Shinbun, August 28), the proposed 500-ton tuna ship will be a converted vessel—the Akagi Maru now engaged in trans- porting ice to Korea, The new vessel will have a 550 horsepower engine, capable of 9 knots. Conversion of the vessel will begin in September. October 20 is scheduled as the sailing date for her first tuna trip. Tuna boats of this 500-ton class are arousing special interest of Japanese tuna-boat operators as a basis for determining whether boats of this type can ef- ficiently and profitably replace the mothership-type tuna fleet. Successful fishi
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