Japanese salmon fishery in the Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean according to the Commercial Fisheries Review dated July 1968 No. 7

An item reported that on 15 May 1968 eleven Japanese salmon motherships with totally 369 catcher vessels left Hakodate, Japan bound for the fishing grounds in the Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean. The motherships involved were:

Shinano Maru, gross tonnage 9,048 tons, owner Nichiro Gyogyo

Chiyo Maru, gross tonnage 7,149 tons, owner Taiyo Gyogyo

Nojima Maru, gross tonnage 8,815 tons, owner Nihon Suisan

Meisie Maru No. 2, gross tonnage 9,356 tons, owner Nichiro Gyogyo

Jiyo Maru, gross tonnage 7,161 tons, owner Hokkaido Gyogyo Kooha

Kizan Maru, gross tonnage 8,622 tons, owner Nichio Gyogyo

Meiyo Maru, gross tonnage 7,152 tons, owner Hakodate Kokai

Kyokusan Maru, gross tonnage 10,757 tons, owner Kyokuyo Hogei

Otsu Maru, gross tonnage 8,033 tons, owner Hoko Suisan

Miyajima Maru, gross tonnage 9,612 tons, owner Hokoku Suisan

Meisei Maru, gross tonnage 8,571 tons, owner Nichiro Gyogyo