Alaska Pollack population,Theragra chalcogramma, of Japan and its adjacent waters, I: Japanese fisheries and population studies∗

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Abstract
The present review starts with a brief history of Japanese Alaska pollack fishery and emphasizes its importance to that country. Alaska pollack fishery, including its history, fishing methods, fishing gears, fishing seasons, catch levels, migration of fish etc., in various parts of Japan and its adjacent waters is discussed. This is followed by a brief look at the present status of population studies, covering biological stocks in the Sea of Japan, the coast of Hokkaido, the west coast of Sakhalin and other important fishing grounds. Then successively, peculiarities of local fishery, problems of stock discrimination and interrelationships between other stocks, including Okhotsk Sea stock, Pacific ocean stock and Kamchatka stock, are taken up.

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