UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES DONALD L. MCKERNAN, DIRECTOR
STEWART L. UDALL, SECRETARY DIVISION OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
FISH AND WILDLIFE SE RVICE RALPH C. BAKER, CHIEF
CLAR EN CE F. PAUT ZKE, COMMI SSIONER
.COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 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 :ommercial 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 'esponsible 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, 'eference to the source is appreciated.
Use of funds for printing this publication has been approved by the Director of the Bureau of the ludget , May 1, 1963.
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CONTENTS COVER: The r e search vessel Townsend Cromwell, the new sea
going laboratory of the U. S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, is seeking new areas in the Central Pacific where tuna and other fish can be caught. (Also see p. 32 of this issue.)
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TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS: Alaska:
Foreign Fishing off Alaska , November-December 1963
Fishery Ventures in Juneau Area Kodiak Cold -Storage Plant Processing Dun
geness Crab Winter Fishery for Bait Herring Begins Near
Ketchikan Second Conference on Technology of King
Crab ProceSSing Crab Tag Recoveries Reduced by Heavy
Winds Success of Pink Salmon Egg Deposition
Varies in Sashin Creek Rail-Barge Services Expanding
American Fisheries Advisory Committee: Fisheries Problems Discussed at Annual
Meeting California:
Pelagic Fish Population Survey Continued Bottomfish Study in Southern Coastal Waters Dungeness Crab Survey in Northern Coastal
Waters Shrimp Distribution Survey Continued
Central Pacific Fisheries Investigations : Speed and Swimming Effort of Tunas Studied
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TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS (Contd.): Federal Purchases of Fishery Products:
Department of Defense Purchases, JanuaryAugust 1963 and January-September 1963
Films: New Oceanographic Film Shows Work of Ma
rine Scientists Great Lakes Fishery Investigations :
Whitefish Spawning Survey in Western Lake Superior
Gulf Fishery Investigations: Shrimp Fishery Program Contract Research Estuarine Program Industrial Fishery Program Sea -Water Laboratories Biological Indicators in East Lagoon
Hawaii: Skipjack Tuna Landings, 1963
Industrial Fishery Products: U. S. Fish Meal, Oil, and Solubles:
Production, November and December 1963 U. S. Fish Meal and Solubles :
Production and Imports , January-November 196~
Mair.- _ .. >I 'chnps: Cannuu Stocks , January 1, 1964
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TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS (Contd.): North Pacific Fishery Investigations:
Joint United States -Canada Salmon Research in North Pacific
Nutrition: Research Program on Composition and
Nutritive Value of Fishery Products Oceanography:
Indian Ocean Explorations by the Pioneer Oregon:
Salmon Egg Take in 1963 Sets New Record Preservation:
Quality of Fish Held in Refrigerated Sea Water Tested
South Atlantic Exploratory Fishery Program: Fishery Explorations for Commercial Spe
cies off Georgia Continued Exploratory Trawling for Commercial Spe
cies off South Carolina Sturgeon:
Soviets Use New Type Equipment to Hatch Fry Artificially
Tennessee Valley Authority Commercial and Sport Fish Catches, 1963 Reservoirs Offer Larger Commercial Fish
Harvest U. S. Foreign Trade:
Airborne Imports of Fishery Products: October 1963 September 1963
Imports of Canned Tuna Under Quota Imports of Fish Meal and Scrap by Customs
Districts; DE:.cember 1963 November 1963
Edible Fishery Products: November 1963 October 1963
U. S. Vessels: New Research Vessel Commissioned for Bu
reau of Commercial Fisheries Wholesale Prices:
Edible Fish and Shellfish, January 1964 Yellow Pike:
Increase Predicted of Commercial Landings in Lake Erie
FOREIGN: International:
European Free Trade Association: Industrial Tariffs Reduced Another 10 Per
cent Fishing Limits:
Modified 12 - Mile Fishing Limit Proposed at European Fisheries Conference in London
Fish Meal: Production and Exports for Selected Coun
tries, January-October 1963 Food and Agriculture Organization:
1962 World Fish Catch by Species Groups World Tuna-Like Fish Catch, 1962 Director-General Re-Elected at November
1963 Conference Fisheries Developments in Bay of Bengal,
Arabian Sea, and Persian Gulf Proposed Salmon:
Intermingling of United States and Canadian Pacific Salmon Under Study
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FOREIGN (Contd.): International (Contd.):
International Fisheries Exhibition Planned for Scheveningen in the Netherlands
Whaling: Fleet Composition of 1963/64 Antarct ic
Whaling Season Aden:
International Interests in Gulf of Aden Fisheries
Angola: Fish Cannery Planned for Angola by South
African Interests Australia:
Fisheries Landings, 1962/63 Canada:
Fish Catch, 1962 Federal-Provincial Conference on Fisheries
Development Fisheries Minister Emphasizes Need for
Scientific Research Cod Population in Northwest Atlantic Studied North Atlantic Lobster Industry Pacific Salmon Transplanted to Atlantic Coast Salmon Escapement on East Coast Improved
in 1963 Tuna Migrations off Atlantic Coast Studied Harp Seal Stocks Decline North Pacific Groundfish Resources Studied
by Scientists Salmon Studies in Gulf of Alaska Fishery Resources of Far North Surveyed Developments in Refrigeration Aboard
Vessels "Airlift" Pump to Unload Fishing Vessels
Being Developed Improvement in Texture of Fish Fillets
Studied New Method to Speed Tuna Canning Devised Scientists Develop New Process for Smoking
Small Fish New Electronic Fishery Research Aids De
veloped Ways of Producing Fish Protein Concentrate
Studied Fish Meal Experimentally Stored in 2,000 -
Pound Containers Denmark:
Landings and Fishing Industry Trends, 1962-1963
Industry Views Presented at Annual Meeting of Danish Fisheries Council
Dominican Republic: Prices on Ca~d Mackerel, Canned Tuna,
Canned Sardines, and Dried Cod Reduced Fiji Islands:
Status of Tuna Base German Federal Republic:
Developments on New Fish Reduction Method Ghana:
Fisheries Agreement with Soviet Union Signed Import Duty on Fish Affects Japanese and
Russian Trawling in Atlantic Ocean Greece:
Freezer-Trawler Landings, January-October 1963
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FOREIGN (Contd.): Guatemala:
Commercial Fishery Limited in 1963 Because of Lack of Vessels
Ireland: Joint Japanese-Irish-French Trawling Base
Japan: Frozen Tuna Export Price Trends , January
1964 Frozen Tuna Export Prices , December 1963 Frozen Tuna Exports to the United States ,
1962-1963 Frozen Tuna Exports to Yugoslavia Canned Tuna in Brine Sales to United States Canned Tuna in Oil Exports, April-October
1963 Japanese Comment on Canned Tuna Market
Trends Canned Tuna Promotion in United States High Prices Paid for Fresh Tuna in Tokyo
Market Eastern Bering Sea Mothership Bottomfish
Areas for 1964 Fish-Meal Operation in Eastern Bering Sea
Planned Plans for 1964 Trawler Operations in East
ern North Paaific Ocean Future of Dist&'nt-Water Trawl Fisheries Fish - Freezing Operations off Angola Plan
ned Whale Oil and Meat Production, 1962/63
Season Baleen Whale Oil Sales by Japanese Whaling
Firms Establishment of Foreign-Based Whaling
Operations Studied Licenses to Operate Two Whale Catcher
Vessels off Chile Issued Spanish Trawl-Caught Fish Imported by
Japanese Firm Exports of Fishery Products , April-Septem
ber 1963 Number of Small Vessels to Fish in New Off
shore Tuna Fishery Fishing Vessel Construction, January 1964 Permits Issued by Fisheries Agency for Ves
sel Construction, December 1963 Bottomfish Long-Line Fishery off New Zea
land Planned High Speed Engines for Fishing Vessels
Recommended Mauritius Island:
Japanese Tuna Transshipment Base at Port Louis
Morocco : Canned Sardine Market Trends , 1963
Netherlands: Antarctic Whaling Results , Early 1963/64
Season Norway:
Canned Fish Exports, January I-October 26, 1963
Fisheries Landings and Exports , 1963
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Pakistan: 66. New Fish-Processing Plant Established at
Karachi Poland:
66 Trawling Operations in the Northwest Atlantic 66 Trawling Operations off Northwest Africa
Portugal: 67 African Trawling Fleet May be Serviced by
Mothership Rumania :
67 .. Two New Freezer Stern Trawlers Ordered from Japan
South Africa: 67 Tuna Company Expanding Fishing Fleet 67 Fish Meal Export Quota for 1964 Increased
South-West Africa: 68 Pilchard Season in 1963 Sets Record
Spain: 68 Fisheries Development Plan, 1964-1967 68 Fishery Trends at Vigo and La Corona, Octo-
ber-December 1963 Taiwan:
69 Fisheries Trends , 1963 U.S.S.R.:
70 New Series of Freezer-Trawlers Under Con-struction in Denmark
71 New Polish-Built Factoryship Delivered United Arab Republic:
72 Fish Canning United Kingdom:
72 Fishery Loans Interest Rates Revised 72 Trawler Fishermen Get More Pay and Addi-
tional Paid Holidays 73 Boxing-Fish-at-Sea Tests Carried out by
Trawler 73 New Frozen Fish Thawing Unit 75 Trawler Stella Leonis Wins Silver Cod
Trophy for 19-63--FEDERAL ACTIONS:
Department of Commerce : Small Business Administration:
76 .. Alaska Firm to Receive Loan Funds from SBA Instead of ARA
Department of the Interior: Fish and Wildlife Service:
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries: 76 New Fees for Fishery Products Inspec-
tion Services 77 Newly Appointed Fishery Attaches Arrive
at Posts Department of Labor :
Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisiorus: 77 .. Shellfish - Processing Industry to be Survey-
ed Again Department of Treasury :
Bureau of Customs : 77 Imports of Canned "Tuna With Vegetables"
Dutiable at 20 Percent Ad Valorem 78 Eighty-Eighth Congress (Second Session)
RECE T FISHERY PUBLICATIO S 81 Fish and Wildlife Service Publications 82 . Miscellaneous Publications