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FISH FOR JAPAN.
Trawling Off the North Coast.
Further information about big catches
of fish bv a Japanese trawler off the
north-western coast of Australia is con
tained in a recent issue of the 'Straits
Budget,' which has been sent to Perth
by a visitor to Singapore. At the end
of last October a cable message from
Tokio reported the success of a prelim
inary survey of the fishing resources ot
these waters and the sending out of a
450-ton trawler, the Shinkyo Maru, by
the Kyodo Fishing Co. The Japanese re
ports referred to the waters of the North
West as ten times richer than the fam
ous fishing grounds of Hokkaido.
The article in the 'Straits Budget' says
that Japanese fishing vessels were now
regularly using Singapore as a centre
for the transhipment of catches made
off Western Australia. The Shinkyc
Maru, commanded by Cantain Sanada.
had just paid her third visit to Singa
pore carrying to her refrigerated holds
157 tons of fish for transhipment to
Japan. The trawler's range of operation
had been extended to 4,000 miles. On
her first experimental voyage last June
she transhipped 80 tons of frozen fish,
and on the second voyage in August 100
tons. It was expected that regular tran
shipments would be made at Singapore
every two months.
Commenting on the earlier messages
the Chief Inspector of Fisheries of West
ern Australia (Mr. F. Aldrich) said that
the fish would be taken by the trawler
from well outside the territorial limit
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