BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//School of Public Policy and Global Affairs//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:School of Public Policy and Global Affairs - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180316T1626Z-1521217600.1869-EO-24029-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260307T011128Z CREATED:20180315T222121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T211919Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180328T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180328T133000 SUMMARY: Owning the Ocean: Alaska Fishermen and the Japanese ‘Invasion’ of Bristol Bay\, 1937-1938 DESCRIPTION: The entry by Japanese fishing vessels to Bristol Bay\, Alaska\ , in 1937-38—what Alaska salmon fishermen invariably referred to as an “inv asion”—not only fed the fishermen’s anxiety over the imperialist ambitions of the Asian nation\, but forced them to confront their own ideas of owners hip over the salmon and the very ocean itself. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract
The entry b y Japanese fishing vessels to Bristol Bay\, Alaska\, in 1937-38—what Alaska salmon fishermen invariably referred to as an “invasion”—not only fed the fishermen’s anxiety over the imperialist ambitions of the Asian nation\, bu t forced them to confront their own ideas of ownership over the salmon and the very ocean itself. This paper examines the ways Alaskans interacted wit h and understood the salmon\, the physical environment of Bristol Bay\, and the conceptual nature of ocean borders\, and how those perspectives entere d the political and diplomatic discourse on the eve of the Second World War .

About the Speaker
Ross Coen is a PhD candidat e in history at the University of Washington where he is studying the histo ries of race\, environment\, and science in early 20th-century Alaska salmo n fisheries. He is the author of three books on the history of the North Am erican West\, most recently Fu-Go: The Curious History of Japan’s Balloon B omb Attack on America\, published by the University of Nebraska Press in 20 14.

Event Poster

LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/owning-the-ocean-alaska-fis hermen-and-the-japanese-invasion-of-bristol-bay-1937-1938/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/03/Mar-28-Poster-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 DTSTART:20180311T100000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR