UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

STEWART L. UDAlL, SECRETARY

BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES DONALD L. MCKERNAN, DIRECTOR

DIVISION OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

RALPH C. BAKER, CHIEF FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE CLARENCE F. PAUT ZKE, COMM I 55 lONER

A review of developments and news of the fishery industries prepared in the BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES.

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

(;j<On special assignment for 7 months. **Acting Editor)

Address correspondence and requests to the: Chief, Fishery Market News Service, U. S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, Wyatt Bldg., Suite 611, 777 14th Street, NW., Washington 5, D.C.

Publication of material from sources outside the Bureau is not an endorsement. The Bureau is not responsible for the accuracy of facts, views, or opinions 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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CONTENTS COVER: The best way of overcoming thE! general lack of protein in the diets

of the Far Eastern populations is by increasing the production and consump­tion of fish. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations sent an expert in fish c ulture to Thailand to train and assist Thai technicians in improving and developing the fresh fish resources of their country. This photograph shows cast net fishing in the Chao Phya River. This method of fishing, although picturesque, is not efficient by modern standards.

1 .. Bottom Fish Survey Off the Oregon Coast, April-June 1961, by C. R. Hitz and D. L . Alverson 8 .. Accuracy of the Official Method for Determining Breading Percentages of Frozen Raw Breaded Shrimp,

by Mary E. Ambrose and Charles F . Lee 14 .• The Line-Trawl Fishery for Cod and Haddock at Chatham, Massachusetts, by Albert C. Jensenand Robert

K. Brigham

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TENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS: Ala:;ka:

Japanese Fishermen Not Extradited for Violation of Fishing Regulations

Foreign Fishing Activities in Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska

Expansion of Russian and Japanese King Crab Fishing Into Gulf of Alaska Predicted

Japanese Firm Shows Interest in Purchasing Alaska Salmon

Winter Catch of Herring for Bait Lower Vessels Prepare for Early Halibut Fishing

Season Chignik River Red Salmon Forecast for 1963

Alaska Fisheries Investigations: Pmk Salmon Spawning Channel at Olsen Bay

To Be Improved Winter Pink and Chum Salmon Egg Survivals

Encouraging

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TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS (Contd.): Alaska Fisheries Exploration and Gear Re­

search: Shrimp and Scallop Studies Planned

California: New Director Appointed for Institute of

Marine Resources Cans - -Shipments for Fishery Products, Jan­

uary-February 1963 Central Pacific Fisheries Investigations:

Predictions on Abundance of Summer Skip­jack Tuna in Hawaiian Waters

Federal Purchases of Fishery Products: Department of Defense Purchases, January

1963 Fish Meal:

Corn-Cottonseed Rations for Pigs Improved

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CON T E NTS (CONTINUED)

Page Page TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS (Contd.):

Fish Oils: 24. Mono- and Di-Nitrates Derivatives MayHave

Industrial Uses Fur Seals:

24 .. Prices for Alaska Skins at Spring 1963 Auc­tion Set Another Record

Great Lakes: 25 •. Public Hearing on Results of Studies in

Lake Superior Groundfish:

25 " Forecast of Abundance on New England Fish-ing Banks in 1963

Gulf Exploratory Fishery Program: 25 .. Northeast Coast of South America Surveyed

for Shrimp and Bottomfish Gulf Fishery Investigations:

27 Shrimp Fishery Program 29 Estuarine Program 30 Industrial Fishery Program 30 Behavior Program 31 Special Reports 31 Contract Research 31 Shrimp Dlstribution Studies

Hawaii: 33 Fish and Shellfish Landings, 1961-1962 33 Skipjack Tuna Landings, January-March 196 3

Industrial Fishery Products: 33 U. S. Production, 1962 34 U. S. Fish Meal and Solubles, Production and

Imports, January-February 196 3 U. S. Fish Meal, Oil, and Solubles:

34 Production, February 1963 35 Major Indicators for U. S. Supply, March

1963 Irradiation Preservation:

35 .. Radiation Pasteurization of King Crab Meat Reduces Bacterial Population

Maine Sardines: 35 Canned Stocks, April 1, 1963

Michigan: 36 Great Lakes Landings Drop Sharply in 1962

National Fisheries Institute: 36 Experiments Indicate Fish Diet Improves

Health North Atlantic Fisheries Exploration and

Gear Research 37 Electronic Trawl-Net Measuring and Tele-

metering System Tested and Evaluated 38 Tuna Stocks Off U. S. Atlantic Coast Sur-

veyed North Pacific Exploratory Fishery Program:

38 •. Distribution and Abundance of Adult Hake Off Southern California and Northern Mexico Studied

Oceanography: 40 •• Instrumentation, Facilities and Equipment

Discussed at ICO Meeting Oysters:

40 Florida Drill Stopped by Treated Sand South Atlantic Exploratory Fishery Program:

41 Availability of Calico Scallops Off Georgia and Florida Coasts Resurveyed

South Carolina: 41 .. Fisheries Biological Research Progress,

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TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS (Contd .) : Tuna:

New England Purse -Seine Fishery Takes Leap Forward in 1962, by John J . 0 '

United States Fisheries: Canned Fishery Products, 1962 Fish Sticks and Portions Production , Packaged Fishery Products Production,

U. S. Fishing Vessels: Another Large Steel Trawler Added to

Fleet Bottom Fishing Vessels Urged To Comt

With International Regulations DocumEmtations Issued and Cancelled, 1\

1963 New Research Vessel for North Atlantic

Fisheries Investigations Commissione c U. S. Foreign Trade:

Airborne Imports of Fishery Products, October 1962

Edible Fishery Products, February 1963 Export Credit Insurance, First Quarter 13 Imports of Fish M eal Up Sharply m Man

1963 Washington:

Salmon Catches by Sports Fishermen Go. in 1962

Wholesale Prices: Edible Fish and Shellfish, April 1963

FOREIGN: Inte rna tional:

Fish Meal: Production and Exports for Selected Co

tries, January 1963 Food and Agriculture Organization:

Fisheries Included in Agenda of World Food Congress I

Inter-American Tropical Tuna CommisBl Lower Quota for Yellowfin Tuna Caugh,

Eastern Pacific Proposed International Cooperative Investigation 0

the Tropical Atlantic: Guinean Trawling Survey

North Pacific Fisheries Convention: Japanese Views on Revision of Convent

International North Pacific Fisheries C o mission: Japan Gains New Halibut and Herring l~ ­

ing Grounds in Eastern Pacific Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Commiss i 'l

Bottomfish Spawning and Development ~ North Atlantic To Be Studie d

International Northwest Pacific Fis he r WI Commission: Japan and U. S. S. R. Reach Agreement c

Northwest Pacific Salmon Cat ch Quota Swedish-Norwegian Shrimp F ishing Agree

ment Extended Through 1964 Europe:

West European Fishery Conference to l\'t ·in Esb je r g

Aden Protector ate : Muka lla is Cente r of Fishe rie s Developlll S

Angola: Fisheri e s Trends i n Mocamedes Area, U.

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CO TE TTS ( OJ. TI ED)

FOREIGN (Contd.): Austraha:

Oceanographic Data Center To Be Established Brazil:

N w Fishery Cooperative Formed in Parana tate

Canada: British Columbia Adopts Resolutions on Ter­

ritorial Waters and Fisheries Convention Amendments

Fish ries Problems of Maritime Provinces Dlscussed at Meeting

Approval of Japanese Halibut Fishing in Eastern Bering ea Delayed

Processed Scallop Products SubJect to Com­pulsory Government Inspection

Imports of Octopus for Halibut Bait Increase Lobster Open Season Postponed in Two Areas

Due To Ice Floes West Coast Herring Landings Set ew Re­

cord for 1962/ 63 eason Production, Utilization, and Foreign Trade

in Marine Oils, 1962 Fresh-Water Fish Used in Making Fishery

Products Specialties Ceylon:

Import Licenses for Fishery Products Re­quired

Chile: Fisheries Potential Studied by orwegian

Mission Fisheries Trends, April 19 63 Fish Meal and 011 Industry Trends, 1962 Whaling Industry Trends, 1962

Cuba: Fishery Trainees Sent to Soviet Union

Ecuador: Permit Granted to Foreign Freezership To

Purchase Fish Faroe Islands:

Fisheries Trends, April 1963 France:

Import Licenses May ot Be Issued for Fro­zen Tuna in 1963

French Guiana: Two Uruted States Firms Expand hnmp

Operations German Federal Republic:

Fi h '!\1eal and .!\larine Oil Industry Trends, 1962

Orders for ew Vessels by oviets t:ncertain Ghana:

Territonal Waters Extension D bated Greece

Active ponge Fishery Expected in 1963 :\umb r of Fishermen Increases

Guinea: JOint Fishing Venture with Japanese Pro­

po:;ed Iceland:

ontract 'igned for ale of Frozen Fish Fillet:; to the 'onet mon

FI,'h ri s Trends, pril 1963 India:

Imporls of . tanne Oils. 1961-1962

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OREIGI ( ontd.): India ( ontd.):

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Iran: FIsh ~rl(~S D velopm nt ProJ

Ireland: D ve lopm nt of f I hmg Indu nn d

Italy: Fishery Landmgs, Janu I' -

Japan: Atlantic Oc an Tr wI FI h ry Tr nd. prll

1963 Exports of Tuna ann d 10 (11 nd p

Products, FY 19 2 Exports of 'ann >d Tuna 10 011 In r 10

Exports of Tuna ann d 10 Bnn to th lmt d States, by R glOnal stmatlOn. 1 58-1 2

Tuna PI'lc S III Early pI'll 1963 Exports of Froz n Tuna to he mt d

luggish in Lat> ApI'll 1963 Tuna Export Quot S for Ov I'

Fiscal Years 1 63 and 1 &4 Tuna Fishing Bas ~ at FiJI I I nds Operators of Tuna 10th r hIps WI h Port bl

Catcher V ss Is Form sso latlOn Tuna ;\lothershlp to b d for

Atlantlc Tra 'ling Tuna 1\loth rshlp to Fish Off 1 xlcan 0 Second Tuna mer Equlpp d wIth low r

Block Tuna BehavIor 1 'ear Oc an Flot am tudl d Exports of Cann d Fishery Product • J n­

uary-October 1 62 Export Targets for Frozen and C nn d Fl h

ery Products. FY 1963 Increase of Exports of ann d hrlmp I 1'0-

posed in FY 1963 Fisheries Laboratones and EducatIOnal

InstItutIOns Flsh- teal Factory'hlp to Op rat 10 B I' n

'::-ea Production of Fish au ag and Ham Imports of oVlct-Produced H rnn Incr Permission ought to Fish Exp rlm n 11

for King rab 10 Gulf of Ala ka • 'ew .1.arine R 'ourc s Prot cion

tion almon Fish nd Mission to

J. Tew ponge upplIers ough Vessels ASSigned for R S

and KIng Crab Joml ales Group Consld I' d for 1. I'

Whal Oil RepublIc of Kor a:

Fish I'le Tr nds, Latvia:

Whale 1 at Ie ICO

SaJ Cahform LandIn 1962/63 ason

10zamblqu . Import of F sh r Prod 1 -1

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CONTENTS (CONTINUED)

FOREIGN (Contd.): Netherlands :

Antarctic Whaling Results, 1962/63 Season Nigeria:

Imports of Certain Fishery Products, 1961 and January-October 1962

Market for Canned Fish Norway:

Fishery Products Exports World's Second Highest in 1961

Fishery Trends, April 1963 Production from 1962/63 Antarctic Whaling

Season Sharply Lower Whale Oil Production (Antarctic) Sold in

Advance Okinawa:

Licenses Granted to Import Tuna Vessels from Japan

Panama: Spiny Lebster Exploratory Fishing Project

Continued Peru:

Fish Meal and Oil Industry Trends, 1962 Proposed Tc..xes on Fish Meal Exports Re­

vised U. S. Vessel Purchased for Tuna-Canning

Factoryship Portugal:

Canned Fish Exports, 1962 Canned Fish Pack, 1962 Canned Fish Industry Concerned Over RIsmg

Common Market Tariffs Fishery Trade with Soviet Bloc in 1962

South Africa Republic: Power Blocks for Lampara Seining Pur­

chased South-West Africa:

Walvis Bay Pilchard FIshery Trends, Jan­uary 1963

Sweden: Fish Meal and Marine Oil Industry Trends,

Fiscal Year 1962/63 Thailand:

Imports of Marine Oils, 1961-1962 U.S.S.R.:

Bering Sea King-Crab Mothership Fishing Fleets, 1963

Fishing Activities Off Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, March-April 1963

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Flounder Stocks in Southeastern Bering Sea Survey d

Whale Factoryship Fishing in North Pacific United Kingdom:

Antibiotic Ice Improv s Quality of Fish Landed

Imports of anned Salmon, 1961-62 FEDERAL A TIO S:

Department of ommerc: Area Redevelopm nt AdmlmstratIOn:

Grant Approved for Harbor ImprovementE in ew Bedford, Massachusetts

Small Busmess Administration: Loans to Fishery Firms

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Food and Drug Admimstration:

Standards of Identity for Frozen Raw Breaded Shrimp Established

Department of the Intenor; Bureau of Indian Affairs;

Indian omm rcial }o-<lshing Regulations in Alaska

Fish and Wildlife ervlce: Bureau of Sport Fisheries and WHdlife:

Tew Pesllclde-Wlldlife Laboratory Dedi...­cated

White House; Offlce of Special Representative Estabhshecl

to Implement Trade Expansion Act of 1962 Eighty-Eighth Congress (First Session):

FISHERY L DICATORS: Chart 1 - Fishery Landings for Selected State Chart 2 - Landings for elected Fisheries Chart 3 - Cold -Storage Holdings and Freez-

mgs of Fishery Products Chart 4 - R ceipts and old-Storage Holding

of Fishery Products at Principal Distributi Centers

Chart 5 - Fish 1\.1eal and Oil Production Chart 6 - Canned Packs of Selected Fishery

Products 'Cha rt 7 - 1'.,; S. Fishery Products Imports

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