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Friday, July 27，1979
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'British Columbia fish firms out of seoson for Japanese markets
TOKYO — The J a pan-ese, their，allet8 fat with summer bonuses oft en ait|' ounting to severalhun4reds of dolla r31 each, havegonie fm their mid'year spending
,IVs theおiまt-giving seas on knowi\畔"ochugen,，，ヌtiine of j;ear whenpi^ople pay backfayors to tlio^ew" have been kind to them,ゅd itぉIlcosts歸ny.
Like many other ritu拜Is in ilvis I and of tradition,dc^， jxarimiMtt乡toreia have cashed in 《oniiiiercial ーpもct of the ciisto扭,CQmii^g upwith package辨(s of food —d drink tosi加pliんthもgiれ giving.
FormerlyfoodstwffSjgcin-erally fish, Were giv印，and thぉc"niiliu粉,but other gばtslikecai11iedf]h1it9drie《 mushroonis， soy sauce, evもfi detergetits， are popular, tool
,Thぉyear department st0re邵0kesn1— saii ihe threef^stest selling items were seasonings9 edible oil, 30ft ,drinlcs抑d that old Japanese favorite — Scotch whiskey* Packaged noodles pricもd at between多9.20 多13:80 also were in demancL
"lt，snひtagood system because it，s expensive," said Y的hihaf11Amahひ，interviewed while purchasing a 多140 hot tie of cogndc for his employer. "Bu仁we，re bound b5^ Japanese       it ion,"
AinaiU), a ini师elevel manager in &large trading cotnpany，sai(l he,likもmany
other emplQye^ in hぉpo< 8Jti(^i，was obliged to buy present3 for hs senioi:s out of respect a I id duty.
"It,s what you would call a matter of face, I suppose. It wouldlook very bad for meifl，as theonly ofte who がdn，t buy在nything,，, he siaid, adding,メ7t，s岭iiiethittg vveJ^a(j)ines(& doりi^iゅere,s nひfeejmg atUclie(ito the giving."
A sales clerk for (mもiead， ing^d—partntentがore in Tojk> yb，sfがhiひnal^lゃGin^ashbiK ぉing districtj "id9:i1 average customed* spends arouitd 多200 011 gifts priced at多お
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iBut he added, "There are not sひmari,i)eople buying this ，も，，幼ggesting one rもas on I nay bさthat people ぉenei^ally have les^ ni6ney tむsperid on such iteitis be-causさliving xosts have iii-creased.
Ih pぉt years stores were jammedto capacity with up to卿，OOO customers on a single Sunday, the most popiilir shopping day.
The actualgift-giving takesp】ace July15, which coincides with the oldlunar calendar or the Buddhist AllSouIs Day, To avoid the rush, many customersde-cideoiiagiきtj place the order and the store delivers "no extra cost.
Many firms order hundreds of the same set giving the department store alist of thei"ecipiehts， nきmes and addresses andleaving the shop tひdothei，est.
Although the choic6 of gifts is imnieroiis， some p的pie usually endlip>vith many sets of thcisamegばt. ThestoreきalJo>v custom, to come "ck duringゅesec-油d haIf甘-the moTfith to exchange thdr unwantetf gばぉfor (poupons that can: be liSi^d to purchase items aもth" store.
It ere is a selection (,f goods a I id e—va，もnt price list On sWe at one depart-mもnt store:
Boi of two melons growr^ innorthern Japan, $92; box of12 grapefruit, $18.50; three jars instant coffee, 多23; box of dried mushrooms, 多23; rice crackers wrapped iiv seaweed,多13.80; a botUe of Scotch whiskey, $115; bottle of cognac,多140; handbag,多180; and12 cans f ti證dむuiV多23.
一Richard Bill
VANCOUVER — The provincialgovernment has, taken action to forestall' disruption of the B,C. fishing industry ovhich has alameflfishermen and pro* (i"9rs here.
Envhonment Minis"r R9fe Mai announced recently that no newlicencぉ willbe issued to new fish buyers processing plきnts uptilfurther iioticも,
ProHterMlng Jap^n^sein-Vestinetit in fish proce紐ing operations oiitheB.C Coast which si lip to <Japan ha4 led to fe争r3 of spintlHug p"ces and Short doihゆtic siippHea, The J apゅまde攀]hd irt-陶tもd herring roe piiceslぉt gjpi^ingandconcei^nhadbe^n expfぉse"b(mt its effect on tiie saimonfぉhery no>v tinder w: a yV'
In rもc:ent dayi^， sjpokesmeti dr the Unitedぉisher讲eii and A Jlied Workers, Unioれ hadbuUdnholed both federal t is^jfieri es M illis"James McGrathajidlVIair, de-tnandirig a moratorium on licences, but none willbe port of frozen salmon.
Mai" said inVictoria that individuals and companies m&y coiitimie to applyfo^r Heences， but none will.be granted pending further study.
、Fullfinancial disclosure willhave to accompany alJ applit"ions， Mair said.
A report made for the federai fisheri的s e rv i c e about a year ago said that Japanese companies had then invested in atleast20 B.C. iish processing operations
Go I w?nment and ind ustry spoke^smen agfee the involvement must be considerably higher now.
Fisb人irinぉ，sljiiion dent J?-iLkN[icho！ and seerふ tary-ti'easiireir George Hewi-son taHIUedMXiGrath when tlie irinistei' in你enew C6n-servaU，/ego>^ei^ninent was in Vancouver on a ia?nuiariz-aticmtourr^ently,
Thもn thもy went to Victoria H，はh15Q ，ettibers of the union to get acommiぉ mもntirom Mair;
A spokesman forJVIcGjrath said lie shariedthもfisher-m印，s concern butp-pinted out tl:ait1ieensXfiぉof fisb plants fs 、 pro V ftid a1re-sponsミbUy，
Mair promised at that fime he would study the situation and see whatゃould be done aboutは.
He、v:i;:on said the fishermen asked spedfically that: • No uewlicences be issued to fish processors untilthere is a {uii disclosure of cor*
p or ate Mnicture. • ThiU 110lice I ices be issued for pi:ocessing of fish at seに
f That the new companies which ha ye sprung up-"est i' mated byUieFぉherm紐，s U?uon?it30 orinore by now ー聯ke fuひdisclosureof their financiall)まing.
The union also asked Mc' Grath jTqj* a ceiling on the amount of processed fish that could, be exported. It proposed a 3Q-per cent qiー ta on pink and so ckもye salmon—the big caches ©f tKe seasonrきkt got under way Apま】5.
A factejr that makes the pjl^dbleirt i^ore Urgent thjTn it miゆt otherwise beぉthit fisiieWcs authoit4ties have pi^edictedapoorsalnuyn harvest this yもar while the Japanese       heaVil乂 into the
The Japan， manoもuvie ぉa :rv'!atively new form of econotnスc penetration aさfai" as B.Cおconcerned. Firms are npt being taken over directly —something which CO did be prevented by federal l<c}gi si at ion. Instead, the Japanese areorgamzmg "joint ventiire" deals with Canadian companies.
that means is that inI'eturn for theii:investment they get first rights tひtheィ，:sh — buyer control, in effect And if it，s allowed to continue it will miean eventuさ"control of the fish-cries resource*
It could also mean that Canauians miglit see precious 1ew of their own sal-mQn.
The strategy is designed also io beat the 200-mile fishin》r Hmits introduced two ye ill's aゅ：Tho seli n\Us, imposed by mo St fぉhing na; tions， haveled to many of the Japanese high seas fa(!-tory ships b"ng tied up. So thもJapanese ai'e now coming jhthrpughー the baゅ door.
The itiviesfment camぉaign is sup,;)Qrtccr by theJaぉ逸n-j^"、'eゅment kn4 b a died fin的"ally^ by some of the most t，owerfulcorporations jln the world, including Miレ sifeushトand Marubeni.
(I^itsibusIiPsきaies in all i)roducts aゅas】ai'g^e as: GeneralMotors. It handled nearlyばbillion in Canadian imports and exports in the financialyear ending March 31.Marubeni, mean* while, is Japah，s fourth largest trading conglomerate, and is also highly active herり
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