End of a Poacher. . .

Few will question Japanese rights to fish freely on the high seas, but flagrant poaching seemed the only explanation of the fate of "Mie Maru", ashore in the Ongea Islands of the Lau Group, Fiji, in October. Another of the same fleet later sank in the New Hebrides area after "springing a leak"—presumably from similar hull damage, sustained about the same time.

The Fiji Public Relations Office photo was taken from a RNZAF Sunderland which flew down from Suva to investigate.