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.

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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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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

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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-

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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

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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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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

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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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