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 :

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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