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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF CO lMERCIAL FISH RIES DONALD L. MCKERNAN, DIRECTOR
STEWART L. UDALL, SECRETARY DIVISION OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE RALPH C. BAKER, ASST. DIRECTOR
CLARENCE r. PAUTZKE, COMMISSIONER
. COMMERCIAL FISHERIES RE VIEW e A review 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
Address correspondence and requests to the: Chief, Fishery Market News Service, U. S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, 1815 North Fort Myer Drive, Room 510, Arlington, Va. 22209 .
Publication of material from sources outside the Bureau is not an endorsement. The Bureau is not responsible fo r the accuracy of facts, views, or opmions con t a i ned in material from outside sources.
Although the contents of the pub 1 i cat ion have not bee n copyrighted and may be reprinted freely, reference to the source is appreciated.
Use of funds for printing this publication has been approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, May 1, 1963.
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COVER: Shows Bering Sea catch of a Japanese trawler. The catch co~ mostly of Ala ... pollock aDd arrowtooth flounder (aloo kDown ... turbot). A few tanner crab can be leen In lower right hand comer. A total of 14 Japanese bottomfiob fleets (2 fiob meal flull aDd 12 freezer fleell) operated In the Bering Sea In 1964 and caught over 400,000 metric toDi of bottomfilh, nupasiDg the 1963 catch by about 100,000 tolll. Only about 2,000 !DOl of balibut and 6,000 !Dill of oab1efiob were repotted Ia the 1964 catch which CODIilted mainly of Alaska pollock, IOckfioh, flatfilh, and herring. Jap&Dele bottomfilh operatiolll In the Bering Sea expanded rapidly In 1960 and reached a peak In 1961 wben 33 fleell reported a combined catcl> of over 600,000 !Dill. Since 1961, fewer Japanese filhiDg fleets have gone to the Bering Sea, but the We of Japaneoe catcher veooelo In the BeriDg Sea h .. Increaoed. Japaoese larger litem traw1ero (serving ... iilhing veooelo and motherlhif&) made their fuIt appe.aran~ in the BerIng Sea In 1964.
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1 •. Review of Industrial Bottomfish Fishery in Northern Gulf of Mexico, 1959-62, by Charles M. Roithmayr 7 •• Summary of Tuna Observations in the Gulf of Mexico on Cruises of the Exploratory Fishing Vessel Ore-
gon, 1950-63, by Tomio Iwamoto --
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TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS: Fishing Vessel and Gear Developments:
Equipment Note No. 15--Airlift for Harvesting Oysters , by Leonard J. Johnson
Alaska: Foreign Fishing Activity off Alaska, October
1964 Japanese Bering Sea Bottomfish Catches King Crab Harvest at Kodiak and Westward Herring Catch Fluctuations Analyzed by Com-
puter Alaska Fishery Investigations:
Studies on Pink Salmon Migrations Sea Water May Accelerate Development of
Pink Salmon Embryos Salmon Spawning Beds Unstable After Earth
quake Karluk Red Salmon Run Increases in 1964
American Samoa: Tuna Prices Japanese Tuna Vessel Operators Seek Use of
Larger Vessels
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TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS (Contd.): Cans--Shipments for Fishery Products, Janu
ary-August 1965 Caribbean and Tropical Atlantic:
Fishery Resource Survey Continued Central Pacific Fisheries Investigations:
Experiments on Tuna Response to Outside Stimuli
Skipjack Tuna Biological Studies Continued Trade Wind Zone Oceanographic Studies Con
tinued Chesapeake States:
Fisheries Landings, 1963 Consumption:
Per Capita Food Consumption (Including Fish) Index Revised
Crab: United States-Japanese Talks on King Crab
Fishing in Eastern Bering Sea Concluded Conference on Technology of King Crab
Processing Economic and Marketing Study of Deep-Sea
Red Crab Undertaken
Contents continued page ll.
II COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 27, No.1
CONTENTS (CONTINUED)
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TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS (Contd.): Federal Purchases of Fishery Products:
TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS (Contd.): Pacific Marine Flsheries Commlsslon:
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Department of Defense Purchases, JanuaryOctober 1964
Fish Sticks and Portions: U. S. Production, July-September 1964
Great Lakes~ Fishery Landings, 1963 .
Great Lakes Fisheries ExploratlOns and Gear Development: Seasonal Distribution and Abundance Studies
of Alewife, Chub, and Yellow Perch in Lake Michigan Continued
Gulf Fisheries ExploratiOns and Gear Develop-ment: Shrimp Gear Studies Continued
Gulf Fishery Investigations: Shrimp Distribution Studies
Halibut: "Greenland Halibut" Correct Name for That
Flatfish Species Hawaii:
Fisheries Landings, 1963 Industrial Fishery Products:
Growth-Promoting Ability of Fish Solubles in Chick Feed Confirmed
United States Marine-Animal Oil Trends 1964 and Outlook for 1965
U. S. Fish Meal, Oil, and Solubles: Production by Areas, October 1964 Production, September 1964 Major Indicators for U. S. Supply, Septem
ber 1964 U. S. Fish Meal and Solubles:
Production and Imports , January-September 1964
Inventions : New System to Help Keep Damaged Vessels
Afloat Inve3tment Opportunity:
Tuna Fisheries in Ryukyu Islands Labeling:
Pennsylvania Issues New Ruling on Requirements
Marketing: Edible Fishery Products, 1964
Middle Atlantic States: Fisheries Landings , 1963
New England: Fisheries Landings, 1963
North Atlantic Fisheries Investigations: Sea Herring Survey Conducted
North Pacific Fisheries Exploration and Gear Development: Newly-DeSigned Pelagic Trawl Tested
Oceanography: Conference Held on Dynamics of Air-Sea
Currents "Sea-Bed Drifters" Aid in Studying Water
Currents Deep-Diving Submarine Tested in Trial Dives Gulf of Guinea Surveyed by Research Vessel
Geronimo Oregon:
Silver ~almc:m Transplants May Help Build Runs m Wlllamette River System
Oysters: Maryland Observations for 1964
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Annual Meeting Held Salmon:
Pacific Northwest Canned Stocks. November 1, 1964
Salmon Research Cruise in the Western North Pacliic, by Robert R. French
Shrimp: Breaded Production, July-September 196"
South Atlantic Fisheries ExploratlOns and Gear Development: Long-Lining for Swordfish in South Atlantic
Tested Species Identiflca tion:
New Method Recommended for Adophon Sport Flsh:
New Research Vessel Dolphin to Study Coastal Game Fish Resources
u. S. Fishing Vessels; ew Swordfish Long-Llrung Vessels
Documentahons Issued and Cancelled, September 1964
U. S. Foreign Trade: Imports of Canned Tuna in Brine Under Quota Processed Edible Fishery Products, Septem
ber 1964 New United States Export Class ificatlOn Schedule Airborne Imports of Fishery Products, January-Ju�y 1964
Trends in Uruted States Exports of Flshery Products by Country, 1963
Wholesale Prices: Edible Fish and Shellfish, November 1964
FOREIGN: International:
European Economic Community: EEC Commlssion Wants to Move up Time
table for Customs Union Fish Meal:
World Produchon, September 1964 Food and Agriculture Organization:
Fishery Problems Discussed at 11 th SesSlOn of Indo - Pacific Fis heries Council
Sardme -Tagging Seminar InternatlOnal orth Pacific Fisheries Com-
mission: 11 th Annual Meeting
International North Pacific Fisheries Convention: Canadian Fisheries Minister Reports on
Ottawa Renegotiation Talks International Council for the Exploration of
the Sea: Symposium Planned on Ecology of Pelagic
Fish Species in Arctic Waters Convention on Fishing and Conservation of
Living Resources of the High Seas: Ratified by Uganda
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development:
59 •• Sanitary Regulations for Canned Fish Drafted at Meeting of Experts
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United Nations Special Fund: Fisheries Development Projects
Whaling: Japanese Views on Antarctic Whaling Develop
ments
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Jan lary 1965 ;\1 lER I L f I HERIE R VIEW
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rOREIG (Contd.): ustraha: Exports and Production of Spiny Lobsters,
and Tr nds, Fiscal Year 1963/64 Artlficial Cultivahon of Spiny Lobster to be
Tried orth Queensland Shrimp Beds Productlve
Shrimp Resources in Northern Waters Surveyed
I' oreign Trade in Fishery Products, Fiscal Year 1963/64
Canada: 64 Herring Fishing in British Columbia Halted
by Price Dispute 64 Fisheries Minister Reports to Parliament
on Fishing Industry Progress in 1964 67 Dome-Shaped Lobster Trap Designed with
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Unique Features 82 ew Export Tax on Fish r Produ 69 Experimental Oyster Hatchery Opened on
Prince Edward Island 69 New Research Vessel E. E. Pnnce to be
Built for Atlantic Investigations Chile:
70 Tuna Export Industry Planned 70 Fisheries Trends, Third Quarter 1964 71 Fish Meal and Oil Production Estimate for
1964 and Outlook for 1965 Ghana:
72 Foreign-Built Trawlers Received Iceland:
72 Exports of Fishery Products, January-Au-gust 1964
India: 72 .. Fisheries Trends and Exports, Fiscal Year
1963/64 and January-May 1964 Ireland:
73 Fishing Limits Extended to 12 Mlles 73 Fisheries Report Released on Survey Made
by U. S. Study Group Jamaica:
74 Fishery Industry ExpanslOn Planned Japan:
74 Frozen Tuna Export Market Trends 75 Export ValldatlOns of Frozen Tuna and Tuna
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Tuna Purse-Seine Fleet Arrives in Africa Purse-Seining Gear Improvements Adopted Canned Salmon Produchon and Market
Trends Canned Shrimp Exports , January-September
1964 Fish Canners DlsCUss ProductlOn Costs v..ith
Flshenes Agency Representahves Position Developed for International. 'orth
Paciflc Flshenes CommisslOn ,t 'tln Industry Teehng cheduled to D velop POsI
hon for orthw st Paclflc Fish nes Com-mission Teeting
Berm S a Bottomhsh Fisherj Trav..ling Operations in Gulf of Alaska Development of • 'e.\ F IShlO Grounds
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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 27, No . 1
CONTENTS ( ONTINUED)
FOREIGN (Contd.): United Kingdom (Contd.):
New British Import Surcharge Does Not Apply to Fish and Fish Preparations Nor to Certain Fishing Vessels
Underwater "Sound Wave Searchlight" Developed for Fisheries Use
Viet-Nam: Increase in Shrimp Exports Planned
Yugoslavia: Tuna Vessels Being Built w.ith Aid of For
eign Know-How Canned Fishery Products Output, 1963 and
January-June 1964 FEDERAL ACTIONS:
Department of Health, Education and Welfare: Public Health Service
Amendments Proposed to Regulations for Medical Care of Commercial Fishing Vessel Owner Operators
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Department of the Interior: Bureau of Commercial Fisheries:
99 ., Fishing Vessel Construction Subsidy Regu-lations Adopted
Bureau of Indian Alf~irs: 103 .. Change Proposed in Indian Commercial
Fishing Regulations in Alaskan Annette Islands Reserve
Department of the Treasury: Coast Guard :
103. New International Regulations for Prevent-ing Collisions at Sea
RECENT FISHERY PUBLICATIONS; 105 Fish and Wildlife Service Publications 109 . Miscellaneous Publications
SALMO TRAVEL
All Atlantic salmon tagged in the Narraguagus River, Maine, by the Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission, that have been recovered outs Ide the river, ha ve been taken in ocean waters and not in other salmon rivers . According to a bi-010gist' several have been recovered in commercial nets in the ocean from the vicinity of Nova Scotia (170 miles), ewfoundland (760 miles), and as far north as 30 miles above the Arctic Circle on the west coast of Greenland.
Editorial Assistants : Ruth V. Keefe and Jean Zalevsky
Sr. Compositor Alma Greene Jr . Compositors: Mary Andrews and Mary Donaldson
* * * * * Photograph Cre~its: . P~ge by page, the following list gives the source or photographer
for each photograph m thIS Issue. Photographs on pages not mentioned were obtained from the Service's file and the photographers are unknown.
Pp. 7 & 8--To~io Iwamoto ; p. 16 !figs. 2 & 3) & p. 17--U.S. Coast Guard ; pp. 19 & 21--USIS Fort deFrance, Martmque .. FWI; p. 26 (nght)--Fred Hopkins; p. 37 --Andrew L. PintD ; pp. 42 & 43--Woods ~ole OceanographiC Institution ; p. 49--Blount Marine Corp. Warren R.l. pp. 6S & 67 --Info. Serv-Ices Departm t f F'sh' 0 " • , en 0 I eries, ttawa, Canada· p. 66--National Sea Products Limited Lunenburg Nova Scotia; pp. 68 {; 69--Dupont of Canada Limited; p. 71--E. R. Pariser; p. 77--W. C. Herrin~to~; C6 ~(~;6-_~~~~ate G~neral of Japan, N. Y .. ; p. 83--Mi.lton Lindner, p. 84--S. Bunnag, FAO;
APP . photo, p. 92--C. BavagDob, FAO ' outside back cover--Shrimp Association of the
mencas. '
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