UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE RIOR

STEWART L. UDALL, SECRETARY

BUREA U OF CO \I\1 ERCIAL FISHE RI E DONALD L . MCKERNAN, DIRECTOR

DIVISION OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMEN T

FISH AND WILDLIF E SERVICE CLARENCE F . PAUT ZKE, COMMI SS IONE R

RALPH C. BAKER, CHIEF

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A review of developments and news of the fishery industries prepared in the BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES.

Joseph Pileggi, Editor

Address correspondence and reque sts t o the : Chief, Branc h of Market News , Bureau of Commercial Fis herie s , U. S. Department of the Interior , Wa shington 25 , D. C.

Publication of material from s ources outs ide the Bureau i s not a n e ndors em ent. The Bu r eau is not r e sponsib le for the accuracy of facts, views, or opinions con t a i ned in mate rial from outs id e sources .

Although the contents of the pub 1 i cat ion have not be f' n copyrighted and may be r eprinted freely, r eference to the source is appreciated .

Use of funds for printing this publication has been approved by the Di rect or of the Bureau of the Budget, May 10, 1960.

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CONTENTS COVER: Cod end of fish trawl being hauled aboard the U. S.

Bureau of Commercial Fisheries exploratory fishing ves ~ sel Silver Bay. Catches consisted of snapper, grouper, and related species . They were caught along the southeastern coast of the United States. (See pp. 1-7 of this issue . )

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1 .Snapper Trawling Explorations Along the Southeastern Coast of the United States, by Robert Cummins, Jr., Joaquim B . Rivers, and Paul Struhsaker

8 . The United States Fishing Industry and the European Common Market, by Harold E. Crowther and Art hur M. Sandberg

14 . Hydraulic Press for Laborator y P reparation of Fish Press Cake, by Lynne G. McKee and Richard W. Nelson

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TREN DS AND DEVELOPMENTS: Alaska:

Bristol Bay Approaches Ruled Alaska Ter-ritorial Waters

Russian Whaling Near Kodiak Salmon Pack in 1962 Largest in Ten Years Kodiak Area Salmon Catch Shrimp Catch Up in 1962 Herring 1962 Season Successful

Al aska Fisheries Exploration and Gear Re­sear ch: C hart ered T rawler Begins Exploratory Bot­

t om Fishing in Southeastern Alaska Stocks of Shrimp Located Near Prince Wil­

liam Sound Alaska Fisheri es Investigations :

Pink Salmon Studies R e d Salmon Studies in Bristol Bay - Naknek

River Sys t em Yukon River Salmon Research Herring Research King Crab Research Maiden Voyage of New Oceanographic Re ­

search Vessel

TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS (Contd.): American Samoa:

21 . Training Program for Samoans to Learn Long- Line Tuna Fishing

California: 22 Midwater Trawling for Salmon Fingerlings

Continued 22 Pelagic Fish Population Survey Continued 25 Abalone Growth Studies Conducted for Com-

mercial and Sport Fishery Cans - -Shipments for Fishery Products:

27 January-August 1962 28 By Areas, January-June 1962 and 1961

Central Pacific Fisheries Investigations: 28 Tuna Studies in South Pacific Continued 30 Fish Behavior Near Floating Objects StudIed 31 Fish Behavior Studied on First Raft ExpedI-

tion Fish Protein Concentrate:

33 .. ational Academy of Sciences Spurs InterlOr Department Research

Fur Seals: 33 .. Five Firms Seek United States Government

SealskIn Processing Contract

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Gr eat Lakes Fisheries Exploration a nd Gear R esearch: T rawl Fishing Investigation in Lake Erie

Great L akes Fishery Investigations: Lake Erie Fish Population Survey Continued Dredge Performance Tested for Bottom

Studies in Southern Lake Michigan Lake Trout Distribution Studies in Western

Lake Superior Continued Gulf Exploratory Fishery Program:

Shrimp Marking Study in Gulf of Mexico Electrical Field Experiments and Shrimp

Burrowing Behavior Observations in Gulf of Mexico

Gulf Fishery Investigations: Shrimp Fishery Program Behavior Program Estuarine Program Industrial Fishery Program Shrimp Distribution Studies

Industrial Fishery Products: Fish Meal, Oil, and Solubles:

U. S . Production, September 1962 How Much Fish Meal Should Broiler Rations

Contain for Best Results More Fish Meal and Oil in Animal Mlxed

Feeds Encouraged Inventions:

New Outboard Motor Tilting Device Patented New Fish Lure Patented New Lifeboat Launching Device Patented

Massachusetts: New Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission I

Michigan: Lake Trout Planted in Six Lakes

Middle Atlantic States: Fishery Landings, 1961

Missouri: Fisheries Research Unit for Missouri Uni­

versity New England:

Fisheries, 1961 Ohio River Basin:

Water Quality Management Plan for Upper Ohio River Basin

Salmon: Interior Department to Intervene in New Don

Pedro (CaliL) Reservoir Project Hearing Shrimp:

United States Shrimp Supply Indicators, October 1962

Tuna: Pack in United States and T erritories in

1962 at R ecord High Bluefin T agged off Cali fornia Shark-Tuna R elationships in East ern P acific

Under Study United St ates Fisheries :

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Ed i b Ie FISh n nd She llfish , October 1 r 62 FOREIG :

Inte rna t lO n;)I: Ge ne r a l Ag r ee ment on T a ri ffs and Trade:

T wr nti e th Sessio n of Contrac ting Partlp.s E ur o pe :

West b u r o pea n I' Is he r y Conf r e nc e Held in .ro tf·bor g

Scandinavia n a nd Br it ish F is h(> rJ e s ASSOC1-hons 1\1 ee t

r'ood a nd Agricultu r e Orgam zatw n: Asia ti c F r es h-Wa t e r Shrim p Cu lture Ex ­

p nments Successful 1">\0 Requests r'unds fo r C pnt ral medea

j 'lsJnng Indus t ry Study Interno.lhonal ssoc.at lOn of Fish leal, 1anu­

facture r s. Repor t o n T hlrd Annual Confp renee

Intergove r nme ntal Oceanogr a phic Commi::; ­sion : Results and Recommendations of Second

SeSSlOn Indo - Pacific Fisheries Counc Il :

Tenth SesslOn Held In Seoul Fish ?'. leal:

World Produc tlOn, August 1962 rgentine Republic: Joint Japanese - Argentine T una Fishing Ven­

ture Australia:

\\ estern Aus tralia B egins E xport of Shrimp Fishenes Resear ch, Deve lopment , and Ad ­

ministration Discussed Tagging Results i n Australia n Wa ters

Brazil : New Shrimp Proces s i ng a nd Expo rting

Company Canada:

Frozen Fis h Tra de Miss io n t o Europe P rice Di s agreeme nt Tie s Up British Colum ­

bia He rr ing F leet New R e s ear c h Vessel G. B. Reed Launched P acific Salmon T agging - - -

Ceylon: F i s he r y Tre nds and F oreign Investment

P o s sibilities Chi le :

F ishe r ies Tre nds , September 1962 De nma rk:

F ish Fillets and Blocks and Fishery Indus­trial Products Exports , January - August 1962

U . S. May Get Fillets Formerly Sold to East Germany

68 Fishe r y Exports , January-August 1962 68 Fish-Reduction Plant Odor Contr ol Studied 68 Fishe r y Landings in Danish P orts , J a nuary-

Fish Sticks a nd Por tions P roduction, July - August 1962 September 196 2 Fiji Islands:

U. S. F i s hing Ves sels : 69 Tuna Base Approved by Japanes e Governrnen Documenta tions Issu ed a nd Cancelled , Sep- 69 Fishe ries Division to be Est ablished

t ember 1962 Ghana: U . S. Foreign Tra de: . . 69 Economic Cooperation wit h J a pa n

Imports of Canned T1lna 10 Br10e Under Quota 69 Six Fishing Vessels t o be Purchased from Japa

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F OREIGN (Contd. ): Ghana (Contd .) :

Soviet s Land Fish in Ghana Sovi e t s to Deliver Fishing Vessels Ghanaian Fishermen T rained to Use Purse

Seines Greece:

Outboard Motors Donated t o Greek Fisher­men

Iceland : Fisheries T rends , Late September 1 962

Japan : Price Drop in August 1962 for Frozen Tuna

Exports to U. S . Status of Frozen Yellowfin Tuna Export

Quota Frozen Tuna Exports to U. S . Direct from

Japan, April - September 1962 Frozen Tuna Exports to Italy Exports of Frozen Tuna to the United States ,

1961 Exports of Frozen Tuna and Canned Tuna in

Brine , FY 1961 Eleventh Sale of Canned Tuna in Brine for

Export to U . S. Exports of Canned Tuna in Oil, April-July

1962 Exports of Canned Tuna in Oil , April-August

1962 Exports of Canned Fishery Products , Jan­

uary-March 1962 Canned Tuna in Oil Market in Europe

Weakens Tuna Vessel Operations in Atlantic Ocean,

October 1962 Research Vessel to Survey Eastern Pacific

Ocean Tuna Resources Tuna Ex-Vessel Prices at Tokyo New Regulations for Portable - Vessel-Car­

r yi ng Tuna Motherships Four Japanese Firms to Use Class Two Tuna

Motherships with Portable Vessels Tuna Mothership Operation in Indian Ocean Yaizu Fishery Landings , January-August

1962 Frozen Tuna Heads Exported for Bait Frozen Halibut Export Trends , August 1962 Canned Jack Mackerel Sales, April-Septem-

ber 1962 United States-Japan Agree on Sanitation

Standards for Fresh or Frozen Oysters Stern Trawler Departs for West African

Waters Republic of Korea:

Korean Group Visits Italy to Implement Loan to Build Fishing Vessels

Lebanon: Fishenes Trends

Malaya: Joint Japanese - Malaya n Cannery Reported

Packing Tuna in Brine Mexico:

Shrimp Fishery Trends , August-September 1962

Morocco: Territorial Waters Extended Frozen Sardine Exports to France to be Re­

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FOREIGN (Contd.): Mozambique:

Seeks Joint Fishing Venture with Japan Nigeria:

Poland Sends Factory Trawler to Nigeria Norway:

Tuna Landings as of September 9, 1962 Herring Fishery Trends , September 1962 Fishery Sales Organization's Sales and Ex-

ports Set Records Nearly All Ex-Whalers Have Shore Jobs New Norwegian Stern Trawler Hekktind

Peru: Exports of Principal Marine Products, Jan­

uary-June 1962 Fish Meal Marketing Organization Gains

Legal Control Over Peruvian Fish Meal Exports

Government's New Procedures for FishMeal Plant Licenses

Ryukyu Islands: Tuna Fishing Trends

South Africa Republic: New Direct Shipping Point for Fish Meal Participation in Indian Ocean Research

Spain: Bilbao Tuna Fisheries Trends , Third Quarter

1962 Tunisia:

Territorial Waters Extended U.S.S.R . :

Fishery Exploration in Bering Sea Fishing Fleet Expansion and 1961 Catches Stern Trawler Returns from West Africa Two-Boat Trawl Used in North Atlantic

United Kingdom: Fishery Studies by Humber Laboratory

FEDERAL ACTIONS: Department of Commerce:

Area Redevelopment Administration: Industrial Loan to Fishery Firm in Wash­

ington State Approved Department of Health, Education, and Welfare:

Food and Drug Administration: Survey of State and Local Food and Drug

Laws Public Health Service:

Shellfish Sanitation Centers to be in Opera­tion in 1963

Department of the Interior: United States Strives to Rehabilitate Its Fish­

ing Industry Fish and Wildlife Service:

Bureau of Commercial Fisheries: New Assistant Regional Director Appointed

for Great Lakes ~nd Central Region Sport Fisheries and Wildlife:

Two Fishery Research Stations Dedicated Department of Labor:

Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions: Expiration Date Extended on Handicapped Work­

er Certificates Issued to Shellfish Industry Conditions Governing Employment of Learn­

ers at Subminimum Wage Rates U. S. Tariff Commission:

Proposed Changes in Import Tariff Schedules Include Frozen Fish Blocks and Monofilament Gill Nets

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FEDE R AL ACTIONS (Contd.) : T r easury Department:

Coast Guard: Amended Federal R egulations fo r Port

Security Cards Eighty-Seventh Congress (Se c ond Sessi on)

F ISHERY INDICATORS : Chart 1 - Fishery Landings for Select e d St a t e s Chart 2 - Landin gs for Select e d F i sheri es Chart 3 - Cold - Storage Holdings a nd Freezings

of Fishery Products

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FISHERY INDICATORS (Contd.): Chart 4 - Receipts and Cold-Storage Holdings

of Fishery Products at Principal Distribution Centers

Chart 5 - Fish Meal and Oil Production - U. S. and Alaska

Chart 6 - Canned Packs of Selected Fishery Products

Chart 7 - U. S. Fishery Products Imports RECENT FISHERY PUBLICATIONS:

. Fish and Wildlife Service Publications

. . Miscellaneous Publications

ORIGIN OF MAINE SARDINE CANNING INDUSTRY

11 Sardines were first packed at Na nte s , France , in 1834, and by 1860 a fairly good market had been c r eated for French sardines in this coun ­try. Efforts were made to e stablish a n American industry in 1871, uti ­lizing young menhaden as raw materia l. In 1877 Julius Wolff began can ­ning small her r i n g at Eastport, M e ., and is credited with starting the first really s u c c e s s fu I Am erican s a rdine cannery . In a few years a large number of sardine canne r s wer e operating in northern Maine and nearby Canada ."

- -"Principles and M ethods in the Canning of Fishery Products , " Research Re port No.1 (page 3) , U. S . Fish and Wildl ife Se rvice .

E ditori al Ass i s tant--Ruth V. Keefe

Compositors- - Jean Z a l evs ky, Alma Greene, Helen Paretti, and Raie Carron

Photograph Credits : Pag e by pag e , the following list gives the source or photographer for each photograph i n this issue. Photographs on pages not mentioned were obtained from the Service's file a nd the photographers are unknown.

Cover & p. 6 --J. B. Rivers , Brunswick, Ga.; p. 4--P. J. Struhsaker, Bruns wick, Ga. ; p. 17 (upper right) --Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game, (lower right)--F. Hipkins; p. 18--V. L. Fortin; pp. 30 & 32--Biologi­c al Laboratory, Honolulu, Hawaii; pp . 47 & 69--A. W. Anderson, U. S. Regional Fisheries Attache for Europe; pp. 51 & 54 --F. B. Sanford a nd C. F. Lee; pp. 57 & 66 (lower right) --FAO; p. 66 (upper right)-­United Nations ; p. 76--Consulate General of Japan, N. Y.

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