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UNITED STATES DEPARTME NT OF THE INTERIOR
STEWART L. UDALL, SECRETARY
FISH A 0 \\ ILO Ll FF: SERVICE CLARENCE F. PAUTZKE, CDMMISSIONER
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BUREAU OF COVlMERCIAL FISHERIES DONALD L. MCKERNAN, DIRECTOR
DIVISION OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
RALPH C. BAKER, CHIEF
ES i tVI:.. 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
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, D. C. 20005.
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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CONTE~TS
COVER: A small 50-foot steel dragger with clean lines built for fishing out of Point Judith, R. 1. This vessel has a large fishhold capacity (900 cubic feet) and special framing to discharge fish quickly by hydraulic pumps.
Page 1 .An Electromechanical Fishing and Counting Fence Used in Ireland, by Julius Rockwell , Jr. 7 .. Scope Ratio- Depth Relationships for Beam Trawl, Shrimp Trawl , and Otter Trawl, by Walter T. Pereyra
Page TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS:
Alaska: 11 Foreign Fishing Activities in Bering Sea and
Gulf of Alaska 11 Soviet Trawlers Again Force Abandonment
of Kodiak King Crab Grounds 11 Soviet Vessels Leave Crab Grounds When
U. S. Patrols Arrive 12 U. S. Protests Soviet King Crab Trawling
off Kodiak Island 12 Foreign Fishing Fleets Target of Kodiak
Meeting 12 Bering Sea Patrol Activities Diminished 12 Inter-Agency Salmon Council Reviews Status
of Pacific Salmon 13 Fish ProceSSing Advice Available from Bu-
reau's Ketchikan Technological Laboratory 13 Crab Catch Promising for 1963 13 Alaska Canned Salmon Comparisons 13 Southeastern Alaska Salmon Fisheries 14 Alaskan Shrimp Fisheries at Crossroads 14 New Firm Planned for Juneau Area 14 New Fishway on Kodiak Island Opens Large
Spawning Area for Salmon Alaska Fisheries Investigations:
15 " Karluk Red Salmon Spawning Escapement High for 1963
Page TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS (Contd .):
Alaska Fisheries Investigations (Contd.): 15 Brooks Station Ecology Studies 15 Commercial Sized King Crab Males Scarce
on Albatross and Portlock Banks 16 Southeast Alaska Pink Salmon Run Shows Un-
expected Ocean Mortality 16 Young Pink Salmon Discovered Moving To-
wards Open Ocean in Large Concentration 16 Warm -Ocean Fish Appear in Alaska
American Samoa: 16 More Korean Tuna Vessels Fish out of Amer-
ican Samoa Aquatic Science Fellowships:
17 .. Universities Invited t o Participate in Educational Program
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission: 17 ., Adopts Resolution Calling for a 12 - Mile Fish
ing Limit California:
17 Pelagic Fish Population Survey Continue~ 20 San Francisco Bay Investigations Continued 21 Survey of Shrimp Resourc es in Northern and
Central Coastal Waters Continued 23 Annual Salmon Spawning Survey Conducted
Canned Fishery Products : 23 Struvite CrystalS Are Harmless
Contents continued page II.
II COMMERCIAL FISIIEHIES REVIEW Vol. 25, 0.12
CONTENTS (CONTIN{JI~D)
Page TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS (Contd.):
24. Cans--Shipmenis for Fishery Products, January-August 1963
Central Pacific Fisheries Investigations: 24 Factors Affecting Abundance of Summer
Skipjack Tuna in Hawaiian Waters 25 Tuna Studies Continued
Fur Seals: 25 Prices for Alaska Fur Seal Skins at Fall
1963 Auction Lower Great Lakes Fishery Investigations:
.26 Lake Trout Distribution Studies Continued Gulf Exploratory Fishery Program:
27 Shrimp Gear Studies Continued Gulf Fishery Investigations:
28 Shrimp Fishery Program 30 Estuarine Program 30 Physiology and Behavior Program 32 Contract Research 32 Shrimp Distribution Studies
Hawail: 33 Fishery Landings, 1962 34 Skipjack Tuna Landings , January-September
1963 Industrial Fishery Products:
34 •• U. S. Fish Mpal and Solubles, Production and Imports, January-August 1963
U. S. Fish Meal Oil, and SolublE's: 34 Production, August 1963 35 Major Indicators for U. S. Supply, Septem-
ber 1963 35 Production September 1963
Maine Sardines 36 Canned Stocks Included in Bureau of the
Census Survey Massachusetts:
36. Regulations Pertaining to Icing and Eviscer-ating Fish on Vessels Amended
Middle Atlantic States: 36 Fishery Landings 1962
Nutrition: 37 An Improved Method of Determining Thia-
minase Activity of 'Vhole Fish Developed Oceanography:
37 Communications Satellite Assists Oceanog-raphers
38 Electronic Device Speeds Collection of Plankton
39 Data Quality Control Experiment 39 Influence of Weather on Ocean Currents
Studied 40 Marine Technology Society Established 41 World Oceanographic Data Display System
Oysters: 41 Patent' Granted for Chemical Compound to
Control Enemies Shrimp:
41 Fresh Water Shrimp Planted in California and Nevada Lakes
42 Futures Trading for Frozen Shrimp Opens in Chicago
43 United States Shrimp Supply Indicators, October 1963
U. S. Foreign Trade: 43 Imports of Canned Tuna Under Quota 43 Airborne Imports of Fishery Products, June-
July 1963
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TRENDS AND DEVELOPME TS (Contd.): U. S. Foreign Trade (Contd.):
Umted States I'ishertes Trade Miss on to Europe Proposed
World Trade I·'air ShlP to Exhibit AmericanMade Products
Vessels. Two Texas Shrimp Fishlng Vessels Fmanced
nd r Mortgage Insurance Program Wholesale Prtces:
Edlble FISh and Shellflsh, October 1963 FOREIG :
InternatlOnal: European ECOnOmIC Commuruty'
InvltatlOn to Attend West European FisherIes Conference Accepted
Food and Agriculture Orgamzahon: Mectmg on the Use of Protem-Rlch Foods
In Developmg Countnes Gulf nd Canbb an FISheries Instltute:
InternatlOnal Flsherles Problems Dlscussed at 11aml 1eetmg
International Cooperative Investigation of the TropIcal Atlanhc: Equalant II Completed Plans for Equalant III
International PaCIfIC Salmon FIsheries CommISSIon: ExceSSIve Mortallty of Sockeye Salmon m
Fraser RIver System Under Study orth PaCIfIC Flsherles ConventlOn: Second 1E' tmg m Tokyo Falls to Resolve
Problems orth PaCIfIC Fur Seal Conventlon; Protocol Amendmg Interim ConventlOn
Slgned \ orld Fishery Catch:
Fishery Landmgs 1962 Argenhna:
Fish Meal and 011 ProductlOn and Exports, 1961-1962
Australia' 54 Canned Tuna Import Duties Increased 54 Duties on Canned Fish Increased Temporarily 54 Exports and Landings of Spiny Lobsters,
Fiscal Year 1962/63 55 Gulf of Carpentaria Surveyed for Shrimp
Resources 56 Shrimp Exports up Sharply m Fiscal Year
1962/63 56 Market for Canned Sardines and Pilchards 57 South Australia's 1963 Tuna Landings ot
Up to Expectations Bahamas:
57. Jurisdiction over Territorial Waters and Adjacent Shelf Announced
Cambodia: 57. New Fisheries Service Vessel Built with
United States Aid Canada:
58 Committee on British Columbia Fishing In -dustry Problems Appointed
58 Sale of Smoked Fish in Air-Sealed Contain-ers May be Prohibited
58 Vessel Construction SubSidy Program Denmark:
59 Loans and Grants to Fishermen fo r Fiscal Year 1963
Contents continued on page III.
December 1963 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW III
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CONTENTS (CONTINUED)
FOREIGN (Contd.): Denmark (Contd.):
Marine Oil Foreign Trade, January-June 1962-1963
Order Received from Chile for Fish-Freezing Plant
Ecuador: Foreign Minister Restates Policy on Law of
the Sea Law Amended on Tax Treatment of Foreign
Freezerships Purchasing from Fishermen for Export
E1 Salvador : Increased Duty Rates for Canned Mackerel
Proposed Faroe Islands :
Fishing Gear Damaged by Foreign Fishing Fleets
France: New Side Trawler Equipped to Freeze Part
of Catch Greece :
Fisheries to be Developed Under 5 -Year Plan
Landings by Large Freezerships Higher for January-August 1963 Period
Iceland: Exports of Fishery Products to Soviet Bloc,
January-June 1963 Utilization of Fishery Landings , January
April 1963 Fishery Landings by PrinCipal Species ,
January-April 1963 Herring Fisheries Trends, January-Septem
ber 1963 Italy:
Tuna Packers Association Seeks Aid from Japanese Producers
Japan: Bering Sea Fisheries Trends, October 1963 Bering Sea Bottomfish Fishery May Be Cur
tailed Fishermen Request Permission to Enter
Tuna Fishery Danish Traders Request Offers of Japanese
Tuna Market for Frozen Tuna Exports to United
States Dull in September Prices for Frozen Big-Eyed Tuna in Czech
oslovakia Lower Owners of Overseas-Based Tuna Vessels
Seek. to Add Freezing Equipment Order for Owners to Convert Vessels to
Portab1e-Boat-Carrying Tuna Motherships Extended .
Study of United States Canned Tuna Import Quotas Requested
Tuna Fishing Base at New Caledonia Activated
Tuna Fishermen Training Program Planned Two Firms May End Tuna Mothership Op
erations in South Pacific Federation Requests Permit to Import Her
ring from U.S.S.R. Fish Meal Purchased from South Africa Renewal of Kelp Harvesting Agreement with
Soviets Requested
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FOREIGN (Contd.) : . Japan (Contd.) :
Prohibition of High-Seas Pink Salmon Fishing Proposed by Soviets
Marine Oil Exports , January-June 1963 and Forecast for Calendar Year 1963
Canned Salmon Prices for 1963/64 Export Year
Another Stern Trawler Launched for Atlantic Ocean Fishery
Stern Trawler Leaves for Fishing Grounds off Newfoundland
Press and Fisheries Society Comments on North. Pacific Fisheries Treaty Renegotiation
Industry Plans for North Pacific Fisheries Commission Meeting
Fisheries Agency Director Comments on INPFC Meeting
Republic of Korea: Financing of New Fishing Vessels Aided by
Government Guarantees Italian - French Contract to Build Fishing Ves
sels Held Up Mexico :
Market for Canned Sardines Restricted to Domestic Production
Drop in United States Shrimp Prices Forces Vessel Owners to Seek Relief
Prices for Baja California's Spiny Lobster Exports Renegotiated
Netherlands: Air Pump Developed for Unloading Fish from
Vessels Marine Animal Oils Supply and Disposition
for Year Ending June 30, 1963 New Zealand:
Fish and Shellfish Landings, 1962 Norway:
Fish Canning Industry Marketing Group Sets Record for Frozen
Fish Exports in Year Ending June 1963 Panama:
Spiny Lobster Exploratory Fishing Project Continued
Philippine Republic: Canned Sardine Bids Cancelled
Poland: Fisheries Trends, July 1963
Portugal: Canned Fish Exports , January-June 1963 Canned Fish Pack, January-June 1963
Somali Republic: Tuna Cannery to be Built with Soviet Aid
South Mrica Republic: .Pilchard - Maasbanker Fishery Landings and
Production, 1959-63 Pilchard - Maasbanker Fishery, July 1963
South-West Mrica: Fisheries Trends, July 1963
Taiwan: New Fishirtg Vessels to be Financed by World
Bank Loan Thailand:
Fisheries Landings Increase Fisheries Surveyed for Potential Investment
by United States Firm
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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 25, No.12
CONTENTS (CONTINUED)
FORE IGN (Contd . ): U.S.S.R.:
Fisheries Trends in Northwest Atlantic, October 1963
Unit ed Arab Republic: Fishing Industry Status in 1962 and Outlook
for 1963 United Kingdom:
Production of Fish Flour Arouses Interest Tropical Fish Resources Overrated
Uruguay: Imports and Exports of Fisher y P roducts,
1962 Foreign Fisheries Briefs:
Soviet New Floating Cannery Active in Nort h Pacific and Bering Sea
Soviet North Pacific Fishing Vessels Report Good Catches
Soviet Plans Deep-Water Fishing in Bering Sea
Soviet Fishing Fleets in Eastern North Pacific and Bering Sea Decline in October
Soviets Deliver Frozen Fish to Cuba
Page FEDERAL ACTIONS:
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: Food and Drug Administration:
85 Petition Requests Revision of Canned Tuna Standards
85 Smoked Fish from Great Lakes Area to be Distributed as a Frozen Food
Department of the Interior: F ish and Wildlife Service:
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries : 86 . . Federal Standards for Grades of Frozen
Raw Breaded Fish Portions Department of the Treasury :
Coast Guard: 88 Oceanographic Effort Expanded
Bureau of Customs: 89 Duty-Free Treatment of Certain Lobster
Crates and Certain Large Boxes for Shipment and Reshipment of Fish
White House: 89 Fishe r y Items t o be Considered for Trade
Agreeme nt Negotiations 92 Eight y -Eighth Congress (First Session)
RECE NT FISHERY P UBLICATIONS: 95 Fish a nd Wildlife Se rvice Publications 97 . Miscellaneous Pub lication!'l
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