On January 28, 2017 (Saturday), at the I-206 classroom of Shimonoseki City University Main Building, the 9th Whale Archives Symposium "Chubu Family Material: Nankoyo Whaling through the Nisshin Maru Volume Map and the Past, Present, and Future of Whaling Mother Ships" was held.

In Part 1, Mr. Sou Ishikawa, Director of the Whaling Laboratory, Shimonoseki Academy of Marine Science and Technology, gave a report entitled "Past, Present, and Future of Survey Whaling Mother Ships," based on his experience on board Nisshin Maru. In addition, Mitsuhiro Kishimoto, a researcher commissioned by Shimonoseki City University Regional Co-creation Center, gave a report on the first Nisshin Maru, which was built before the war, based on the analysis of materials donated to Gifu University, entitled "What can be seen from the Chubu Family Materials and Nisshin Maru Volume Map".

In Part 2, a panel discussion was held with Mr. Eiji Mori, President and Representative Director of Kyosai Ship Co., Ltd., to the above two persons. After organizing the situation and issues of the aging Nisshin Maru, we discussed future whaling and whale food culture while discussing the future prospects for the construction of a new whaling mother ship.
Approximately 60 participants listened enthusiastically, and it was a fruitful symposium.

[Published date: 1.31, 2017]

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