Bell M. Shimada

Dr. Bell M. Shimada

Born	(1922-01-17)January 17, 1922 Seattle, Washington
Died	June 2, 1958(1958-06-02) (aged 36) near Guadalajara, Mexico
Resting place	Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, Washington
Nationality	United States
Fields	Fisheries science
Institutions	United States Fish and Wildlife Service 1948-1958 Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission 1952-1958 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 1956-1958
Education	Bachelor's degree, University of Washington 1947 Master of Science in Fisheries, University of Washington 1948 PhD, University of Washington 1956
Known for	Study of Pacific Ocean tuna fishery
Spouse	Rae Shimada née Shimojima
Children	Allen Shimada (b. 1954), Julie Shimada (b. 1957)

Bell M. Shimada (January 17, 1922 - June 2, 1958) was an American fisheries scientist. He is noted for his study during the 1950s of tuna stocks in the tropical Pacific Ocean and its important effect on the development of the post-World War II tuna fishery on the United States West Coast

Bell Masayuki Shimada was born in Seattle, Washington, on January 17, 1922, to Japanese immigrant parents. As a boy, he demonstrated an aptitude for mathematics and science. After graduating from Franklin High School, he attended the University of Washington, where he studied at the School of Fisheries.

The United States entered World War II with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Early in the war, concerns arose in the United States that Japanese-Americans might sympathize with Japan, leading to a program of internment of Japanese-Americans which involved "evacuating" them involuntarily from the United States West Coast and incarcerating them in inland concentration camps. This interrupted Shimada′s studies when he was "evacuated" on April 27, 1942. He was incarcerated at Minidoka in Idaho on April 29, 1942.