UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES DONALD L. MCKERNAN, DIRECTOR

STEWART L. UDALL, SECRETARY

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

DIVISION OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

RALPH C. BAKER, ASST. DIRECTOR

CLARENCE f. PAUTZKE, COMMISSIONER

COMMERCIAL FISHER ES REVltW e A review of developments and news of the fishery industries

prepared in the BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES.

Jos eph 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, 181 5 North Fort Myer Drive, Room 510, Arlington, Va. 22209.

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COVER: Shows a larval swordfish being taken from a pan containing oth­er larval fish including marlin, tuna, and barracuda. The specimens were taken in plankton tows by the r esearch vessel John Elliott Pills­*ury of the Institute of Marine Science, University of Miami, while con-

ucting oceanographic investigations in the Tropical Atlantic between the northeast Bahamas and Bermuda. (Also see pp. 48-50 of this issue,)

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1 . ,Preliminary Report on Experimental Smoking of Chub (Leucichthys sp,), by Max Patashnik, Charles F. Lee, Harry L. Sea gran, and F. Bruce Sanford

12 .. Age Composition of th~ Commercial California Bluefin Tuna Catch in 1963, by Peter A, Isaacson

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TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS: Alaska:

Handling and Processing Aboard Japanese Vessels of Alaska Salmon

Foreign Fishing Activities Off Alaska Kodiak has Excellent Salmon Season Kodiak Processing Plant Very Active Good Progress in Herring Reduction Ample Supplies for Crab-Processing Plants Cordova Dungeness Crab Prices Drop Filing of Fishery Disaster Loan Applications

Extended to October 31, 1964 Alaska Fisheries Explorations and Gear De­

velopment: Shrimp Explorations Off Alaska

Alaska Fishery Investigations: Copper River Sockeye Salmon Serological

Sampling Naknek System Red Salmon Smolt Outmigra-

tion Karluk Lake Salmon Escapement Crab Tagging Program Olsen Bay Pink Salmon Run, 1964 Transplanting Live Pink Salmon Studies on Migrations of Juvenile Salmon

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American Fisheries Advisory Committee: 21, Fisheries Problems to be Discussed At 18th

Annual Meeting American Samoa:

21 ., American Samoan - Based Tuna Fleet Dwin­dUng

California: 21 San Franciso Bay Investigations Continued 23 Abalone Observations and Growth Studies 23 Albacore Tuna Migration Studies and Tagging 24 Pelagic Fish Population Survey Continued

Cans--Shipments for Fishery Products, Jan­uary-July 1964

Central Pacific Fisheries Investigations: 25 Swimming Behavior of Tuna and Mackerel

Studied 26 Skipjack Tuna Blood-Typing Studies Expanded 27 Trade Wind Zone Oceanographic Studies Con-

tinued Export Opportunity:

28 " New Sample Display Service Offers Export Development OPP( rtunity

Federal Purchases of Fishery Products: 28 ., Department of Defense Purchases, January­

August 1964

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TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS (Contd.): Foreign Fishery Reporting:

United States Fishery Attache Program in Foreign Countries

Freezing: Use of Liquid Nitrogen to Freeze Fish Studied

Fur Seals: Pribilof Islands Fur Seal Sk10 Harvest, 1964

Great Lakes Fisheries Exploration and G ar Development: Studies on Trawling of Commercial Species

in Lake Superior Continued Seasonal Distribution and Abundance Studies

of Alewife, Chub, and Yellow Perch in Lake Michigan Continued

Great Lakes Fishery Investiga hons; Lake Erie Yellow Perch Landings Down

Sharply in 1964 Gulf Fishery Investigations:

Shrimp Distribution Studies Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission:

Annual Meeting in Brownsv ille, Texas Industrial Fishery Products:

U. S. Fish Meal, Oil, and Solubles; Production by Areas, August 1964 Production, July 1964 Major Indlcators for U.S. Supply, July 1. 64

U. S. Fish Meal and Soluble ; Production and lmports, January-July 1964

Menhaden Catches North of Chesapeake Bay Decline

U. S. Fish Oil ProductIOn Forecast for 1964 Inventions :

Shrimp Head.and Vein RemOVing Tool Pat­ented

Louisiana: Fishery Landings, 1963

New York City: Relocation of Wholesale Fulton Fish Market

Recommended North Atlantic Fisheries Exploration and Gear

Research: Surf Clam Survey Continued Whiting Escapement Study Electrical Fishing Tests Continued

North Atlantic Fisheries Investigations: Summer Distribution and Abundance of Ground­

fish Species Studied Continental Shelf Waters Surveyed

North Pacific Fisheries E¥plorations and Gear Development: Survey of Deep-Water Marine Fauna Off

Mouth of Columbia River Continued Experimental Fishing with "Cobb" PelagIC

Trawl Oceanography:

Larval Specimens of Tuna, Swordfish, and Marlin Collected in the Tropical Atlantic

Exchange Visits by United States and Soviet Oceanographers

Small Portable Marine Work Platform with Derrick

Oregon: Metolius Salmon Hatchery Closes and Ex­

perimental Hatchery Station Opens Oysters:

Light Strike in James River Seed Beds in 1964

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Devplopm nt of Diseas -Resl nt Oy ter Strains

P stlcld s: Str ng!!n Rules Ord r d in Us

on Lands Adminl f>red by D Intenor

Pres rvatlon: Sh If Life of fo rOlPn sh Studl d

RadlBtlOn Pre ervotlOn: A c ptane!! T .st An ct d for Petrale _

Fill t tion or Fish at S a Plann d

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Loan Fund and Other F nanclBIA! for Ve el, J ly I-Sep ember 3D, 1 64

.·e,o; Small St rn-Tr ... ler CanY.Q!! Prlnce U .. Foreign Trade:

Alrborne lmport~ of F ~hery Prod c s, Jar uary- 1ay 19 4

lmpor of Canned Tuna 10 Brme 'nder Qu Proce ed Edible Fl - hery Produc s, July 1

Wages; • 'e\\ 11tnunum ""'ages for Onshore Flsherj

Workers Wash ington:

Survey of Fish and WIldhfe Resources of get Sound and Adjacent Waters

Weather; Storm Warning Buoys for Gulf of .Iexlco

~~olesale Prices; Edible Fish and Shellfish, September

FOREIG : Internahonal:

orth Pacific Fisheries ConventlOn: Parties to the Convention Reswned Ta I Q

in Ottawa Japanese Fishing Industry Position on eg(

tia tlOns Japanese Press Reachon to Talks

International Council for the Exploration ( the Sea: New Convention Approved at Conference

Copenhagen International Convention on the Territoria

Sea and Contiguous Zone: Dominican Republic Ratifies Convention

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FOREIGN (Contd.): International (Contd.l:

Fish Meal: Production and Exports for Selected Coun­

tries, January-June 1963 -1964 World Production, June 1964

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: Bureau Meeting of Fisheries Committee

Held Food and Agriculture Organization:

Fishery Training Center to be Built in South Korea

Whaling: Soviets Propose Conference for Revision of

Antarctic Catch Allocation Argentina:

Fisheries Trends, 1963-1964 Australia:

Facilities Expanded to Handle Increased Tuna Catch

Joint Ventures with Japanese in Shrimp Farming and Tuna Fishing in Australia

Considered Shrimp Fishery Good in 1964 Increase in Scallop Exports Planned Scallop Fishery Expands Exporting Pet Food to the United States Standards for Oys ters Proposed

Canada: Federal- Provincial British Columbia Fish­

eries Committee Established Federal- Provincial Atlantic Fisheries Com­

mittee Meeting in Ottawa New Chart of Nova Scotia Fishing Banks

Ceylon: Proposed Government Fisheries Corporation

May Lead to Fisheries Expansion Colombia:

Fisheries Trends and Potential Cuba:

Catch and Fishing Fleet Expanded Denmark:

New Fisheries Attache Appointed for U. S. and Canada

France: Shipyards Receive Orders from Soviets for

Fishery Factoryships and from South Korea for Trawlers

German Federal Republic: New Fish-Gutting Machine Offered by Firm

Ghana: Technical Fisheries Assistance by Soviets

Greece: Atlantic Freezer-Trawler Fishery Trends ,

January-June 1964 Greenland:

12-Mile Fishing Limits Modified to Continue Certain Historic Fishing Rights of Other

Countnes Halibut Fishery Trends , 1963 Shrunp Fishery Trends , 1963-196 4 Ocean Catfish Fishery, 1963

Iceland: Exports of Fishery Products , January -June

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FOREIGN (Contd.): Iceland (Contd.):

Fishery Landmgs by Principal Specie , J n­uary-April 1964

Utilization of Fishery Products, January-April 1964

Lobster Products Exports Increased New Type Lobster Product Available First Fish Sausages Produced

Ireland: Fish Meal Factory Planned for East Coa"t

Japan: Albacore and Yellowfin Export Pnce Frozen Tuna Sales to U. S. Continued Slo •

Ju ly -August 1964 Atlantic Tuna Fishery, August 1964 Tuna Resources in Eastern PaCific to beSur­

veyed by Research Vessel Study of Resource Management Problems

Confronting Tuna Fishing Industry Market Value of Tuna Fishing Licenses Con­

tinues to Fall Driftwood Released by Tuna Vessels Recov­

ered Mothership Firms to Consign Sales of Pack

of Alaska Pink Salmon to Land-Based Pack­ers Association

Halibut Landings and Exports, 1958-63 Japanese Views on New Law Prohibiting

Fishing in U. S. Territonal Waters by For­eign Vessels

King Crab Operations in Bristol Bay Bering Sea Mothership-Type Bottomfish Op­

erations Freezershlp Returns with A tla ntic Tra wl­

Caught Fish Atlantic Trawl Fishery Exploratory Trawling in Northwest Atlantlc

to be Continued J apan to Join Northwest Atlantic Fisheries

Convention Longer Trip Doubles Bottomfish Catch for

Trawlers m New Zealand Waters Licensing of Bottomfish Operations Off. el'.

Zealand Status of Voluntary Fishery Export Controls,

FY 1964 Hokkaldo Saury Canners Sign Advance Pur­

chase Agreement with Fishermen's Asso­ciation

Fish Meal Association Organized Fisheries Agency Approves Japanese-Chile-

an Whale Meat Sales Agreement Fishing Vessel Construction Eight Factoryships to be BUilt for .S.S.R. Fisheries Agency to Build Large Re earch

Vessel Republic of Korea:

Freezer Vessel Launched at 'etherlands Shipyard

Mexico: Opening of Shrimp Fishmg Sea on

ew Tanff Rates for Four Categones of Fishery Products

Foreign Trade m Fishery Produc 3 Fisheries Trends. 1963

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102 Four Fishery Training Vess Is rd r d by Goverrunent

Morocco: 112

102 Joint Moroccan-French Tuna Flshlng Ex- 11 3 ploration Planned 11 3

103 Canned Sardine Loans R c Ive Ren wed Par-tial Guarantee from Government 114

Norway: 103 Exports of Canned Fish , January-July I 64 103 Herrmg Fish Meal Quality ontrol Studl 114

Panama: 11 5 104 Tuna Fishlng Regulations for for 19n V

sels in Panamaman Waters 11 Peru:

105 •. Fish Meal and Oll Industry Trend , Janun r y -July 1964 and Outlook In ptemb r I 4

Phllipplnes: 1 I 106 .. Development of Fishing Indus try purr'd by

Change In Goverrunent Imporl Pohcy Poland:

107 Fishing Vessel Construc tion Program 11 7 .. Senegal:

109 Four Tuna Vessels to be Pur ch ed fro m British

South Africa Republic: 11 7 . 110 Tuna Vessel Delivers Good Catch 110 New Anchovy Fishery May Develop Rapidly 110 Production of LeadlI1g Processed FI hery 11

Products , 1962-1963 111 Fisheries Catch, 1963 111 Domestic Consumption of Leading Proc c_ s d 120

Fishery Products , 1963 112 Fiberglass Vessel Successful In Pilchard 124

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Editorial Assistants: Ruth V. Keef and Jean Zale\'sky

Compositors: Alma Greene , Donna K. \ allace , and 1 r ori

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Photograph Credits: Page by page, the following list gives the source or photograp for each photograph in this issue. Photographs on pages not mentioned were obtained fr , the Service's file and the photographers are unknown,

Cover and pp. 49 r, 50 (fig. 4)--Wllham M. Stephens, The Manne La bora to I) , UnIversity 01 Miami, p. 16 (figs. 2 r, 3)--U. S. Coast Guard; pp. 3 r, 39--F. B. Sanford and C. F. Lee, p. 42--Exp. Fish r, Gear Research Base, State Fish Pier, Gloucester, M ss., p. 48--Don Heuer, The Marine Laboratory, University of Miami. pp. 61 r, 62 --Blount Manne Corp. Warren, R. I.; p. 74--Industrlas PesquerasAtlantico, Sur S. A .1. C. , BuenosAues, Argentma pp. 77 r, 78--Australian News r, Information Bureau, p. 8O--E. Estlander, FAO p. 81--Robert O. Smith; pp. 83 r, 84--Nordischer Maschinenban, Rud. Baader, Lubeck, Germany; p. 89 (right)--Arnie J. Suomela; p. 94--Consulate General of Japan, . Y., pp. 100-102--R. S. Croker; p. 106--M. Lindner; p. 111--A. C. Jensen, Woods Hole, Mass.

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