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II COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 24, No . 2
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Page Page TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS (Contd.): FOREIGN:
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Gulf Fishery Investigations (Contd.): Shrimp Distribution Studies
Hawaii: Skipjack Tuna Landings, January-November
1961 Industrial Products:
U. S. Fish Meal and Solubles, Production and Imports, January-October 1961
U. S. Fish Meal, Oil, and Solubles Production, January-November 1961
Major Indicators for U. S. Fish Meal, Solubles, and Oil, December 13, 1961
North Pacific Exploratory Fishery Program: Survey of Deep-Water Marine Fauna off
Mouth of Columbia River Oceanography:
Aluminum Submarine for Oceanic Research New Educational Filmstrip "Deep Frontier-
An Introduction to Oceanography" Oregon:
Fish Commission Hair Seal Hunting Contract to be Renewed
Oysters: Long Island Sound Spawning and Setting Ob
servations, Summer 1961, by V. L. Loosanoff
Research Grants: Fellowship Grants to be Awarded for Fish
eries Research Sharks:
Interior DepartmenLReports on Atlantic Shark and Game Fish Study
Shrimp: United States Shrimp Supply Indicators as of
December 31, 1961 South Atlantic Exploratory Fishery Program:
Exploratory Fishing for Calico Scallops and Snappers
South Carolina: Fisheries Biological Research Progress,
October-December 1961 Tagging:
Bright Colors Aid Tag Recovery Tuna:
Migrations in North Atlantic Studies by R/V Crawford
Tagged Bluefin Swims Across North Atlantic Ocean
U. S. Foreign Trade: "E" Awards for Export Expansion Edible Fishery Products, November and
October 1961 Imports of Canned Tuna in Brine Under Quota United States Exports and Re-Exports of
Frozen Shrimp to Japan, January-September 1961
Vessel Mortgage Insurance Program: Applications Received and Approved in 1961
U. S. Fishing Vessels: Documentations Issued and Cancelled,
November and October 1961 Water Pollution:
Conference to Examine Problem of Water Pollution in Puget Sound, Upper Columbia River, and in Michigan
Wholesale Prices, December 1961
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International: International Northwest Pacl.flc Fisheries
Commission: Sixth Annual Meeting Russian and Japanese Pacific Salmon Catch,
1961 International Great Lakes Flshertes Com
mission: Interim Meeting of Commission
Food and Agriculture Organization: Eleventh Session of Conference Marine Resources Advisory Committee
Approved by FAO Commission Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission:
First Session Held in Paris Organization for Economlc CooperatIOn and
Development: Fisheries Comm lttee l\leets
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade: Report on Nineteenth Session
European Free Trade AssociatIOn: Council Accelerates 10 Percent Tariff Cut
Angola: Government Plans for Fisheries Development
Benelux Countries: Canned Fish Import Tariffs to be Raised
British Guiana: Japanese Fishery Expert for British Guiana
Canada: Annual l\Ieeting of Fisheries Research Board
of Canada British Columbia Salmon Pack, 1961 Development of Active Tuna Fishery in Pacific Refrigerated Sea Water Used to Transport
and Store Salmon Antibiotics Used to Preserve Fish Fillets Vacuum Method of Canning Herring Developed New Method of Unloading Salmon from Vessel
to Reduce Handling "Blown" Fish Oils Produced by Scientists Studies on Hormones in Salmon Plankton Research Effect of Winds, Tides, and Seasons on Ocean
Surface Currents Studied New Research Vessel Being Built Commercial Fishing Areas Expanded in
Northwest Territories New Brunswick Fish Meal Prices December
1961 ' Denmark:
Flatfish Filleting l\Iachine Tested 4th International Fisheries Trade Fair Fishery Trends, December 1961
El Salvador: Shrimp Fishery Trends
Fiji Islands: Government Welcomes Japanese Tuna Fish
ing Base France:
First Biannual International Fisheries Show German Federal Republic:
Fish Meal Prices, November 29, 1961 Fish Body Oil Market, September 1961
Ghana: Japanese Firm Constructing Fish Cold
Storage Plant
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February 1962 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW III
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Ghana (Contd.): 66 .. Fisheries Development Aid from Denmark
Requested
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Iceland: Fisheries Trends,November 1961 Exports of Selected Fishery Products, Jan
uary-September 1961 67 •. Fishery Landings by Principal Species, Jan
uary-September 1961 67 •. Fishing Exceptionally Good in 1961 68 .• Production of Processed Fishery Products
and Byproducts, Janual:'y-September 1961
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Utilization of Fishery Landings: January-August 1961 January-September 1961
India: 69 •. Indo-Norwegian Fisheries Development
Project
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Israel: Joint Japanese-Israeli Fishing Company
Planned Italy:
Import Limit Planned for Japanese Frozen Tuna
Commercial Fisheries Industry Japan:
United States Tuna Market Surveyed by Japanese Fishery Agency
Tuna Exporters Seek 100 Percent Letter of Credit
Proposed Freight Rate Reduction for Frozen Tuna Shipments to U. S.
Atlantic Ocean Frozen Tuna Export Prices Canned Tuna Exporters Reject Packers'
Proposal to Raise Prices Canned Tuna in Brine Export Prices Raised Canned Tuna in Brine Exports to United States Exports of Canned Tuna Specialty Products New Canned Tuna Export Regulations An-
nounced 73 .• Export to U. S. of Canned Tuna Packed by
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Malayan-Japanese Cannery Approved Winter Albacore Tuna Fishery Under Way Yaizu Fishery Landings, November 1961 Forecast for Tuna Fishing in Eastern Pacific Tuna Mothership Catch 1>1 South Pacific Area South Pacific Tuna Operations Distribution of Tuna in the Pacific Ocean Tropical Atlantic Tuna Fishing Improves Tuna Fishing in the Atlantic Ocean Slow in
1961 76 •. Japanese Hope to Establish Frozen Tuna
Warehouse in Atlantic Area 76 .. Studies on Discovering "Green Meat" Tuna
Aboard the Vessel 77 .. Canned Tuna Pack, 1960 77 " Exports of Canned Fishery Products, Jan-
uary-June 1961 77 " Canned Mackerel Exports and Supply, April -
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November 1961 Sardine Industry Canned Sardine Exports Canning Operations of Large Fishing Com
panies Expand Through Tie - Ups with Small Packers
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Japan (Contd.): 79 . Plan to Survey East African Fisheries 79 . Fisheries Agency Permits Trawling South of
Alaska Peninsula 80 . New Freezer Factoryship for Eastern Bering
Sea Bottomfish Fishery 81 . Bering Sea Bottomfish Fishery Developments 81 . Sahlefish Fishing in Bering Sea 82 . Bering Sea Herring Catch Limit Contemplated 82 . Bristol Bay King Crab Operations 83 . Fish Meal Industry Study Planned 83 . Fish Meal Factoryship Production off Angola 84 . Octopus Landings
Liberia: 84 . Japanese-Italian Fish Plant for Liberia
Malagasy Republic: 84 • Exploratory Fishing for Tuna, by
A. Crosnier and P. Fourmanoir Malaya:
86 • Firm Hopes to Export Canned Tuna to United States
Mexico: 86 . Fishery Advisory Commission Created
Morocco: 86 • Sardine Production a.'1d Marketing 87 Canned Fish Export Trends
New Zealand: 87 Firm Hopes to Can Tuna
Nigeria: 87 Japanese Plan to Establish Fishing Base Held
Up Over Financial Difficulties Norway:
88 . Tuna Fishing Industry 88 . Withdraws from Whaling Convention 89 • Fisheries Minister's Views on EEC
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Peru: Exports of Marine Products, January-Sep
tember 1960 -61 Control of Canned Tuna Sales to Europe
Proposed Poland:
Trawlers Fishing off Guinea Fishing Plans for 1962
Portugal: Rules for Assuring Normal Supply of Gel
lidium to Agar-Agar Industry Rhodesia and Nyasaland Federation:
Lake Kariba Fishing Industry South Africa Republic:
One Spiny Lobster Area DestroyedbyVolcano South-West Africa:
South-West Africa Pilchard-Maasbanker Fishery Attains 1961 Quota
Spain: Vigo Fisheries Trends, 1961
Sweden: Sweden Refuses to Issue Floating Trawl
Patent to Dane Taiwan:
Joint Africa-Taiwan Fishing Operations U. S. S. R.:
New Freezer Fishing Vessel New Type Factoryship for Whaling and
Fishing Progress in Frozen Fish Production Salmon Culture Successful Fishery Landings Increased in 1960
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IV COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 24, No.2
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Page FOREIGN (Contd.): FEDERAL ACTIONS (Contd.):
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U. s. S. R. (Contd.): Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, 1956-60
United Kingdom: Aid fo r Fishing Industry
FEDERAL ACTIONS: Depa rtment of the Interior:
American Fisheries Advisory Committee-Objective s, Responsibilities, and Authority
Fish and Wildlife Service: Bureau of Commercial Fisheries:
Federal Standard for Grades of Frozen Fried Breaded Scallops
Federal Standard Proposed for Grades of Frozen Flounder and Sole Fillets
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: Food and Drug Administration:
Use of Sodium Nitrate in Smoked Cured Shad Department of the Treasury:
Coast Guard: Authorized to Intensify Oce anographic Studies
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FISHERY INDICATORS: . Chart 1 - Fishery Landings for Selec'ted States Chart 2 - Landings for Selected Fisheries Chart 3 - Cold-Storage Holdings and Freezings
of Fishery Products 109. Chart 4 - Receipts and Cold-Storage Holdings
of Fishery Products at Principal Distribution Centers
109. Chart 5 - Fish Meal and Oil Production - U. S. and Alaska
110 . . Chart 6 - Canned Packs of Selected Fishery Products
111. Chart 7 - U. S. Fishery Products Imports RECENT FISHERY PUBLICATIONS:
112. Fish and Wildlife Service Publications 114 .. Miscellaneous Publications
Marine fishes
Editorial Assistant --Ruth V. Keefe
Compositors--Jean Zalevsky, Alma Greene, and Helen Paretti
P hot ograph Cre~its: . P~ge by page, the following list gives the source or photographer for each photograph m thlS lssue. Photographs on pages not mentioned were obtained from the Service's file and the photographers are unknown.
Cover, p. 4 , and p. 6, fig. 6--Martin R. Bartlett; p. 1--Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; p. 2--Mark Rascovich, American Museum of Natural History; p. 6, figs. 7 & 9--John Arend, WHOI; p. 6, fig. 8--Charles F. Spooner; p. 14--Ward Gillilan, ~FG; p. 27 --Biological Laboratory, Galveston, Tex.; p. 34--Felton Deslgn Studio, Wash., D.C.; p. 38--H. Bullis· pp. , 50, 77, 78 , & 83--Consulate General of Japan, N. Y.; p. 86--United NatlOns; p. 96--Robert K. Brigham, Woods Hole, Mass.· pp. 102 & 103--Pub lic Info. Div. , Coast Guard, Wash., D. C. '