UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES

DONALD L. MCKERNAN, DIRECTOR STEWART L. UDALL, SECRETARY

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE CLARENCE F . PAUT ZKE, COMMI SSIONER

DIVISION OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

RALPH C. BAKER, ASST. 01 RECTOR

COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW e A r e view of developments and news of the fishery industries

prepared in the BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES.

Joseph Pileggi, Editor G. A. Albano and H. Beasley, Assistant Editors

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CONTENTS COVER' The research vessel Hernan Cortez (built in 1964) of the Flor­

ida Bo'ard of Conservation is a conventional, double -rigged shrimp trawler. The double-rig deck arrangement permits dragging a single net from either side or two nets simultaneously . She participated (with the U. S. Bureau of Commercial F i sheries) in a s~rvey of the .trawl­fi sh potential off the Florida west coast to determ~ne ~he speCies co~­position, distribution, relative abundance, and avallabillty of bottomflsh to trawling gear. (See p. 1 of this issue.)

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TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS: Alaska :

USDI Inspection of Herring-Eggs-on-Kelp Peelability of F resh Pink Shrimp Discussed

Alaska F i shery Investigations: Earlier Red Salmon Eggs Require the Most

Thermal Units Spawning Channel Pink Fry Survival En­

couraging Shrimp Behavior Studies Continued

American Samoa: Tuna Fleet Status, J anuary 1966

California: Experimental Anchovy Fishery as of April

20, 1966 Anchovy Tagging Program Conducted

Cans--Shipments for Fishery Products, Jan­uary 1966

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TRENDS AND DEVELoPMENTS (Contd .): Central Pacific Fisheries Investigations :

Huge Skipjack Tuna Potential Seen Oceanographic Research Project Conducted

South of the Hawaiian Islands Trade Wind Zone Oceanographic Studies Con­

tinued Tuna Biological Studies Continued

Chesapeake Bay: Radioactive Wastes in Bottom Deposits Studied

Columbia River: "Operation Coho" Launched as Part of Hatch-

ery Evaluation Study . . Clarification Sought on Indian CommerCial

Fishery Federal Purchases of Fishery Products:

Department of Defense Purchases, February 1966

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TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENT (Contd.): Federal Purchases of Fishery Products (Contd.):

Veterans Administration Requirements for 1966

Fish Farming: Pond-Reared Catfish Has Food 'VIarket Po­

tential Fish Protein Concentrate:

Legislative Authority to Build Largp.-Scale Plant Recommended by Interior Depart­ment

Fur Seals: Prices for Alaska Skins at Spnng 1 'l6b A.uc­

tion Great Lakes:

Michigan's First Plantings of Silver Salmon Great Lakes Fisheries Explorations and Gear

Development: Alewife Spawning Migra+lOJ':'s Studipt:!

Gulf Fishery Investigations: Shrimp Biolog} Program Estuarine Program Experimental Biology Progra.n

Industrial Fishery Prodt:cts: U. S. Fish Meal Supplies III ~ 6 ~ anl Ear y

1966 U. S. Fish Meal, Oil, and Solubles.

Production by Areas, March : ~ 'l6 Production, February 1966

U. S. Fish Meal and Solublos Production and Imports, January- Febru uy

1966 ScIentists Study Why Fish Oils BF come Rar -

cid Maine Sardines:

23 .. Progress in Long Range PredlctlOl1S of Her-ring Supply

NatlOnal Fishenes ;:ns· ute. 23 .. Expanded Promo, lonal Pro~ram Planned "')r

1966 'Fish 'n Seafor)(. Parade" Nautical Charts:

24 List for Pacific Coastal Waters North Atlantic Fisheries Investigations:

25 Distribution of Larval Herring in Gulf of Maine Studied

North Pacific Fisheries Expl< r'ltbns and Gear Development:

25 Hake Population Survey Continued ·Oceanography·

26 New Research Vessel Oceanographer De-livered to Goverrment

27 New Hydrographic Vessel Launched for U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

Oregon: 27 Steelhead Stocking Program 28 Willamette Falls Steelhead Count High 29 Indian Fishery in ColumbIa River Surveyed 29 Salmon Hatchery Construction Contract

Awarded Rhode Island:

29 Fishery Landings, 1965 30 Marine Experiment Station to be Established

by University of Rhode Island Salmon:

30 .. U. S. Pacific Coast Canned Stocks, March 1, 1966

Shellfish Farming: 31 .. Potential Along U. S. East Coast

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Shrimp: 31 U. S. Consumption tn 1965

South Caroltna 32 Fishenea Biological Research P rogress ,

January -l\Iarch 1966 Tuna:

34 .• EconomIC Study of Tuna FIShtng by U. S. Bu-reau of CommercIal Fisheries

United States Fisheries: 34 Fish ConsumptlOn in 1965 Highest III Ten

Years 15 1963 Census of Commercial FIsheries 35 Landmgs and Value of Commercial Fisheries

HIgher ir. 1865 U. S. FishinR Vessels:

36 Fisheries Loan Fund and Other Financial Aid for Vessels, January I-March 11, 1966

17 DocumentatIOns Is lIed and C'lncelied Year 1965

1.'. S. Foreign Trade: '38 Imports of Canned Tuna m Brllle Under Quota

Washmgton: % Salmon F Ishlllg Re:gulahons for 1966 III Grays

and Will&.pa Harbors Prop'::lsed '38 Salmon FIshing Regulations for Puget Sound

in 1966 Adopte'l Wholesale Prices

19. Edib e F!<;h and Sl-ellllsh April 1966 I'OREIGN:

International: Fish Meal:

41 World ProductIon, 1965 and January - Feb -ruary 1966 with CO"1pansons

41 ProductlOn and Exports for Selected Coun-tries 191) 5 :md January 1966

Food and Agriculture- OrganizatlOn' 41 •. 'hor.d TradE' III FIshery Products

191)4 Fresh-Water Fish:

45 " IBP Technical I\Ieetmg on the Biologica: BaSIS of Fresh-Water Fish Production

Herring: 45 Herring Research in Norwegian Sea

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade: 45 Twenty-Third SesslOn Held in Geneva

Inter - American Tropical Tuna CommisSlOn. 46 Annual Meeting Held in Guayaquil, Ecuador

Law of the Sea: 47 Convention on Fishing and Conservation of

.he Living Resources of the High Seas Enters into Force

47 .. Conference Held at University of Rhode Is-land

North Sea Continental Shelf: 48 Agreement Between Britain and De nmark

Northwest Pacific Fisheries Commission: 48 Report on Tenth Meeting Between Japan and

U.S.S.R. Organization for Economic Cooperation and

Development: 50 Fisheries Committee Meeting

Salmon: 50 United States-Canadian Pacific Salmon Con-

ference Fishing Vessels:

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FOREIGN (Contd.): Aden:

Fishery Trends in 1965 and Outlook for 1966 Angola:

Goverrunent Regulations Discourage South­African Fishing Firms in Angola

Australia: Tuna Season Short in New South Wales

Brazil: Packing Firm Starts Fishing Fleet

Canada: Catch Expansion Forecast at Atlantic Off­

shore Fishing Vessel Conference, by E. A. Schaefers

Processing C;omplex on Gaspe Peninsula Planned

Fishery Landings, 1965 Goverrunent to Help Fishing Industry Repair

Newfoundland Storm Damage Quebec's Maritime Fisheries, 1965 Program to Improve Fish Handling at Sea Pumps to Unload Salmon Developed in Brit-

ish Columbia Bulk Handling of Herring Meal Tested in

British Columbia Chile:

Reappearance of Anchovy Prevents Closure of Fish Meal Plant

Inauguration of Anchovy Conservation Colombia:

Japanese Tuna Enterprise Fails to Materi­alize

Cuba : Additions to Cuban Fishing Fleet Fishery Landings in 1965 Havana Fishing Port Imports of Moroccan Fish Meal Servicing of Soviet Fishing Vessels Shellfish Exports to France

Derunark : Fishery Landings, Pnces. Processing, and

Foreign Trade in 1965 and Outlook for 1966 Fish Meal, Oil, and Solubles Production and

Exports , February 1966 Small Fish Meal Plant for Research Use De­

veloped Sealskins from Greenland Auctioned

Ecuador: Law on Foreign Fish Landings

East Germany: Fishing Vessels Sold to Danish and Swedish

Firms Greece:

Fishery Landings and Trends. 1965 Frozen Fish Imports Banned

Guinea: Fishery Aid b y Soviets

Iceland: Export Stocks of Principal Fishery Products.

February 28, 1966 Exports of Fishery Products 1964-65 Fishery Landings by Principal Species. Jan­

uary -October 1965 Utilization of Fishery Landings , January­

October 1965 Trade Agreements with East European Com­

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FOREIGN (Contd.) : India:

Expansion of Shrimp Exports to th Unit d States

Fishing Chart of India's West Co at to b Published by Norway

Fresh-Water Fisheries Dev lopm nt Ireland :

Fishenes Expansion in 1965 Ivory Coast:

Deve!c.pments in Tuna FI herles Japan:

Tuna Prices Dechne Export Quotas for Frozen Tuna. 1966/67 Canned Tuna Export Plans of Tradln Firm Frozen Tuna Exports to U. S. and Puerto

Rico. January 1966 Export Price of Canned Tuna In Brine to

United States Frozen Swordfish Export ValidatIOns to U. S.

and Canada, Apnl 1965-January 1966 Exports of Frozen Rambow Trout, January

1966 Exports of Marine Products, November 1965 Japan-Communist Chma (Prlvate) Fish rles

Agreement South Georgia Island Whaling Operation to

Cease Mauritania:

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Shrimp Shortage in Tangter Sardine Fleet Recovers from Storm D rna Tangier Sardme and Tuna CannlOg Sea on New Fish Complex Planned Agar-Agar Plant to Move from Tangler

Mozambique: Fisheries Productlon, 1961-1965

Netherlands: Fishery Landings, 1964-1965

Nigena' New Shrimp Fishing Enterprise Form d Frozen Fish io.1arketmg and Distribution

Norway Herring and Cod Fishery Trends, March 1 ,

1966 Ban on Foreign Fishery Landin s 1ay B

Relaxed \\h'lhng Factoryshlp 1a Be If ted to Her-

rlOg Fishery Pakistan:

12-\1I.e Flshmg Limit ht to Extended" Conserv

Panama: 81 Interest In Developing the FI h 1 1 Indu ry

Increases 82 Shrimp Catch and Exports 1 65

P ru: 82 F Ish Mea. and Oil tuatlon iarch

Poland: 82 Fishery Id to 'rla

Portugal: 82 Canned Fish Exports 5

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F ORE IGN (Contd.): Portu gal (Contd. ):

Canned Fish Pack, 1965 Modern Vessel Joins Cod 1"1

South Africa: Pelagic Shoal Fish Catch Up In 1

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Atlantic Taiwan:

Fisheries Development Tr nds To Buy Fishmg Vessels

Togo: Receives Fishmg Vessel from V. est

Tunisla: Five Fishmg Vessels from bast rmnn

U. S. S. R.: Pacific aUop Productlon and Exports to

U. S. Fish ProductIOn Costs Expansion of Paclflc 'Ish rI s Pacific Ocean Perch Cntch by Large rn

Factory Trawler Ocean Perch Fishery Off Prlbllof Islands Shrimp Catch in the Gulf of lask Sealing Operatlons BE."gm In Paclflc Whaling Begms 10 the. 'or h Paclflc Expansion of Flshmg f Ie t Additions to Paclflc Fleet Freezer -Trawler Prtlukl Dehvered 0

viets by Damsh Shlpyard Expertmenta~ Catamaran Tra .... l r ~orthwest Atlantlc Flshery Research Flshery and Oceanographlc Studies of th

Pacific Ocean Research in the Indian Ocean Study of Fish Reaction 0 Sound

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