UNITED STATES ARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

ST EWART L. UDALL, SECRETA RY

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE CLAREN CE F. PA UTZKE, COMMISS ION ER

BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES DONALD L. MCKERNAN. DIRECTOR

DIVISION OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

RALPH C. BAKER, ASST. DIRECTOR

COMMERC IAL FISHEKiES HErlE · 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 . :nercial Fisheries, 1815 North Fort Myer Drive, Room 510, Arlington, Va. 22209.

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CONTENTS COVER . The 114-foot French trawler La Rafale (200 gross tons) ,

1 of the 2 vessels chartered for the Guinean Trawling Survey. Because of the welght of the exceptionally large catch, c aught off the Ivory Coast , the cod end was split and lifted in two sections . Small grunter (Brachydeuterus auritus) formed about 90 percent of the catch

.The Guinean Trawling Survey, by Frank Williams

.Changes in Abundance of the Marine Worm, Glycera Dibranchiata, Associated with Seawater Temperature Fluctuations, by Robert L . Dow

TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS . Alaska'

Foreign Fishing Activities 10 Bering Sea Plans of King Crab Processors New Barge Facility at Ketchikan Being Built Herring Roe Readied for Shipment to Japan Gear Count for Southeastern Alaska Regis-

tered Fishing Vessels Low Interest Rate Loans Available to Fish­

ing Industry Denial of Petition for Rehearing on Alaska

Steamship Seasonal Cargo Rates Alaska Fisheries Exploration and Gear Research' Chartered Exploratory Vessel Begins

Activities American Samoa:

Ex-Vessel Prices for Tuna Japanese Fishing Firm to Charge Handling

Fee for Deliveries to Cannery Cahfornia'

CSea Otte~ P opulation Determined by Census ans: Sh ' lpments fo r Fishery Products January-

April 1964 '

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Cans (Contd . ) : 15. New Easy -Open Aluminum Can Developed

for Maine Sardine Industry Caroline Islands :

16 .• Commercial Fisheries Project at Palau Makes Headway

Central Pacific Fisheries Investigations : 16 Behavior Studies of Little Tuna 17 Trade Wind Zone Oceanographic Studies Con-

tinued 18 Oceanic Eddies Southwest of Hawaiian Islands

Studied Clams :

19 New Laboratory Holding Method Crabs :

19 Effects of Certain Pyrophosphates on Mois-ture Retention in Canned King Crab

Federal Aid for Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration:

20 .. Interior Apportions Funds to States for FY 1965

Federal Purchases of Fishery Products: 20 .. Department of Defenses Purchases, January-

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CONTENTS (CONTINUED)

TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS (Contd.)· Fish - Farming :

Labor-Saving Gear Tested in Rice-Farm Ponds

Fish Handling : Air Pump for Unloading Fish

Fish Kills : Fish Kills by Water Pollution in 1963

Fur Seals : Modified Tagging Techniques Suggested to

Prevent Excess Mortality Gear : .

Midwater Trawl Tests Successful in Paciflc Coast Hak.e Fishery

Great Lakes Fisheries Exploration and Gear Research : Seasonal Distribution and Abundance Studies

of Alewife and Chub Stocks in Lake MichI­gan Continued

More Effective Traw ling of Commercial Species in Lake Superior Studied

Great Lakes Fishery Investigations' Sea Lamprey Control in Lake Supenor and

Lake Michigan Gulf Fishery Investigations :

Shrimp Distribution Studies Industrial Fishery Products :

Observations and Views in Texas on Use of Fishery Byproducts in Animal Feed

U . S . Fish Meal and Solubles : Production and Imports , January -April 1964 Production and Imports, January-March

1964 Production and Imports , January- Februar)

1964 U . S . Fish Meal , Oil , and Solubles : Production , April 1964 Production , March 1964 Major Indicators for U . S Supply, March

1964 Major Indicators for U S Supply , February

1964 Inventions :

Mechanical Fishing Vessel Unloader Belng Developed

Investment Opportunities : Philippine Fishing Industry AID Abstracts Available at Department of

Commerce Field Offices Irradiation Preservation :

Irradiation of Fish at Sea Maryland :

Chesapeake Bay "Fish-Kill" Controls Es­tablished

Mississippi : Mississippi Sound Portlarval Shrimp Studies

Continued State Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Re­

ceives Grants North Atlantic Fisheries Investigations:

Sea Scallop Population Survey on Georges Bank Continued

Blackback Flounder Tagging Program Return of Unmarked Oceanic Instruments

Requested Oceanography:

Water Sampling Studies in Central Pacific Ocean

Page TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS (Contd . )·

Oceanography (Contd.): 35 Research Vessels of University of Miami l'

SubJect to Umon Rules 36 Deep-Diving Submanne for Oceanographic

Research CommiSSioned by Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutIOn

36 . . Grants Awarded University of .Vliami for I

Floor Studies Oregon :

36 Steelhead Planted tn Yamhill River Salmon :

37 Columbia River Summer Fishery PostPOI\ ~ Shellfish '

37 Anesthetic lay Aid Biological Research Shrimp .

37 nited States Shrimp Supply Indicators, 1964

South Atlantic and Gulf of MeXICO: 38 Soviet Fishing ACtiVity

South Atlantic Exploratory Fishery Progra-r: 38 Bottomfish Explorations Continued

Tagging ' 39 Patents Awarded on. 'ew Methods for Tra(

Ing Fish MigratIOns Trout ·

40 U. S . Production by Commercial Farms Tuna .

40 1964 Albacore and Blueftn Tuna Catch For cast for nited States PaCific Coastal Al

U . S. Fishing Vessels ' 42 Flshenes Loan Fund and Other Financial

for Vessels , April I-June 30,1164 42 Documentations Issued and Cancelled, !VIa

1964 . S . Foreign Trade :

43 Imports of Canned Tuna (Brine) Cnder Qu 43 Processed Edible Fishery Products Apri

1964 U S. Research Vessels:

44 .. Delaware II To Be Built as ew Explorat< Fishing 11esearch Vessel

Washington 45 Salmon Tagging in Puget Sound Continu «

Wholesale Prices : 45 Edible Fish and hellfish, June 1964

FOREIG International '

Fish Meal : 47 .. Production and Exports for Selected C (.

tries, January-March 1963-1964 World Production.

47 March and February 1964 48 Supply Indicators for Principal Export!.

and Importing Countries, 1963 , Food and Agriculture Organization:

48 .• International Symposium on How to Ke \ Fish Fresh

International Pacific Halibut CommissiOI 49 .. Halibut Fishing Restrictions Proposed

International Commission for the Northwi Atlantic Fisheries:

49 .. 14th Annual Meeting Held at Hamburg International Council for the ExploratIOn the Sea:

51 .. New Draft Convention T o Be Considere: Annual Meeting

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CONTE TS (CO TINUED)

FOREIGN (Contd.) International (Contd .)

International Indian Ocean Expedition ; India's Oceanographic Research Program

International Whaling Commission; 16th Annual Meeting Held

Northeast Atlantic Fisheries CommisSion . Second Meeting Held at The Hague

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Deve lopment: Japan Joins OECD

Argentina: Fish Meal and Oil ProductlOn and Exports,

1962-1963 Australia:

Modified Tuna Long-Lining in Shore Waters British Guiana :

Shrimp Industry Trends, 1963, and Outlook for 1964

Canada: New Tuna Cannery Planned for Nova Scotia Chinook and Silver Salmon Tagging Program

in British Columbia Salmon Tagging on Atlantic Coast Marine Oil Production, Utilization, and For­

eign Trade , 1961-1963 Changes Announced in Fishing Vessel Assist­

ance Regulations New Research Station on Lake Huron New Oceanographic Research Vessel Com­

missioned Ten Scholarship Awards in Fisheries Fields

Chile: Tuna Industry Expanding

Costa Rica : Fish and Shellfish Landings , 1963/64 Season

Denmark: Authority Sought for Ratification of Western

European Fisheries Convention and New Fishing Limits

Water Purification and Protein Extraction Process May Be Applied to Fish Reduction Industry

German Federal Republic: Fish Meal and Marine Oil Industry Trends ,

1963 New Oceanographic Research Vessel

Launched One-Main Fiberglass Submarine Developed

Ghana: Outlook and Plans for Fishing Industry Ex­

pansion Fishery Landings Up Sharply m 1963 First orweglan-Built Stern Trawler

Launched Greece'

Freezer-Trawler Landings, January-March 1964

Honduras' Fisheries Trends First Quarter 1964

Iran ' Fisher) Trends and Developments

Ireland, allop Grounds Discovered

ruted tates Team Begins Fisheries ~urvey Japan

Canned Tuna in Brine Sale to United States

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Japan ( ontd.) 67 Exports of Cann d Tuna m Brln 0

DestinatlOn 67 Standard Pnc s Estabh h d for nn d

White meat Tuna m Bnn 68 Exports of Canned Tuna p Clalt 68 Canned Tuna l\Tark t Trends 68 Japan Tuna Packers sso la lOn mb r

Pack Bulk of ann d Tuna 68 Export Targets for Fish >ry and Aqu I d

ucts, Fiscal Year lO64 69 Summer Albacore Fish ry and Export Tr nd 69 Tuna Bases at Penang Op rate at Lo 69 Tuna Fishmg Trends m 'outh Pa ihe 70 Tuna Fishing Trends m Bantle 70 Firm to Operate Purse- me Fl I nti 70 Halibut Mothership Return 70 Canned Pmk Salmon !::xport Prices 70 Japanese North PacifiC ",10th >rshlp Imon

Prices 71 Salmon Catch by J\.Iothershlp Fl> t5 71 Hokkaido Packers Begm Packing Pink Imon 71 Salmon Fishermen Request Tun, rlshing

Licenses 72 Atlantic Trawl Landings, 1963 72 Joint Japanese-Canadian Flshmg Ent rpn

in Canada Proposed 72 King Crab Fishing In Bnstol Bay Improv 72 King Crab Canned Pack and Exports, hscal

Year 1963 73 ReactlOn to ew . Law on shm m T r

ritorial Waters 74 Shrimp Import Trends 74 1964 Frozen Oyster Pack for Export to

United States 74 Fish Meal PriCE'S 74 Marine Oil Supply and Dlspo ItlOn, 1 2-1

and 1964 Forecast 76 Japanese l\lay Purchase Dutch \\ hahn

Factoryshlp Mexico'

76 Shnmp Vessels Bullt for Kuwait 77 Secondar) Flshen s of • maloa

Netherlands 79 Fish Meal Pnces, 1962-1 63 79 Marine Oil upply and DI po ItlOn

Comparisons Netherlands West Indl

81 .. Six Tuna I e Vessels Assl n d 0

West Indies Base orway

81 Lofoten od Fish r I) sapp m n 82 Improved Echo- 'ound r Off

Firm Pakistan

82 .. Shnmp Proe sing Capa Karachi

Peru 82 Fish t al ProductlOn and E; p

April 1964 83 Fish. t al E por For a f 83 :>'larlne Oil -upply nd D po

and 1 64 Foreca t PhlhppmE'S

83 .. Gov.:rnment Op ned Ano h r Bid Canned rdm

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CO TE TS ( TIN ED)

Page Page FOREIGN (Contd . ) :

South Africa Repubhc: ion, and W liar

84 Fishing Vessel Makes Remarkably Good Anchovy Catches 90 · .

South - West Africa' 84 .. Pilchard Season at Walvis Bay Gets nder

Way Spain 90

85 Fishery Trends at VlgO, January- larch 1964 Thailand : 92

86 Fisheries Survey Planned U . S. S . R .· 95 r Vessel

86 Fishing Fleets Claimed S eking Fish Rath r Than Profits

86 Sovlets Claim Marine Groups Can Be Iden- 7 · . tified by Sound \.\'aves

United Kingdom 86 Fish Marketing InformatlOn Servlc Intro - 7 · .

duced by White Fish AuthOrity 87 Vessel and Gear Research

FEDERAL ACTIO S' Federal Trade Commission: 7

88 Bars Discriminatlon in Rentals and le~ of Shrimp Peeling MachlOery 8

10 105 U:;c Unn>ou

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------~- ~ Editorial Assistants: Ruth V. Keefe and Jean Zalevsky

Compositors: Alma Greene, Donna K. Wallace, and )\larjorie l\.IcGlone

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