UNITED STATE S ARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ST E WART L. UDALL, SECRE TA RY FISH AND WILDLIFE S ERVI CE CL AREN CE F. PA UTZKE, COMMISS I ON ER BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES DONALD L. MCKERNAN. DIRECTOR DIVISION OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT RALPH C. BAKER, ASST. DIRECTOR COMMERC IAL FIS H EKiES HErlE · 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 . :nercial Fisheries, 1815 North Fort Myer Drive, Room 510, Arlington , Va. 22209. Publication of material from sources outside the Bureau is not an endorsement. The Bureau is not :onsible for the accuracy of facts, views, or opinions con t a in e d in material from outside sources. Al though the contents of the pub 1 i cat ion have not bee n copyrighted and may be reprinted freely, -e nc e to the source is appreciated. Use of funds for printing this publication has been approved by the Director of the Bureau of the :et, May 1, 1963. 5 / 31 168 CONTENTS COVER . The 114-foot French trawler La Rafale (200 gross to ns) , 1 of the 2 vessels chartered for the Guinean Trawling Su rvey . Because of the welght of the exceptionally large c at ch, c aught off the Ivory Coast , the cod end was split and lifted in t wo sections . Small grunter (Brachydeuterus auritus) formed about 90 percent of the catch .The Guinean Trawling Survey, by Frank Williams .Changes in Abundance of the Marine Worm, Glycera Dibranchiata, Associated with Seawater Temperature Fluctuations, by Robert L . Dow TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS . Alaska' Foreign Fishing Activities 10 Bering Sea P lans of King Crab Processors New Barge Facility at Ketchikan Being Built Herring Roe Readied for Shipment to Japan Gear Count for Southeastern Alaska Regis- tered Fishing Vessels Low I nterest Rate Loans Available to Fish- ing Industry Denial of Petition for Rehearing on Alaska Steamship Seasonal Cargo Rates Alaska Fisheries Exploration and Gear Research' Chartered Exploratory Vessel Begins Activities American Samoa: Ex-Vessel Prices for Tuna Japanese Fishing Firm to Charge Handling F ee for Deliveries to Cannery Cahfornia' C Sea P opulation Determined by Census ans: Sh ' lp ments for Fishery Products January- April 1964 ' Page TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS (Contd .): Cans (Contd .): 15. New Eas y -Open Aluminum Can Developed for Maine Sardine Industry Caroline Islands : 16 .• Commercial Fisheries Project at Palau Makes Headway Central Pacific Fisheries Investigations : 16 Behavior Studies of Little Tuna 17 Trade Wind Zone Oceanographic Studies Con- tinued 18 Oceanic Eddies Southwest of Hawaiian Islands Studied Clams : 19 New Laboratory Holding Method Crabs : 19 Effects of Certain Pyrophosphates on Mois- ture Retention in Canned King Crab Federal Aid for Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration: 20 .. Interior Apportions Funds to States for FY 1965 Federal Purchases of Fishery Products: 20 .. Department of Defenses Purchases, January- May 1964 Contents contmued page II.
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UNITED STATES ARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
ST EWART L. UDALL, SECRETA RY
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE CLAREN CE F. PA UTZKE, COMMISS ION ER
BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES DONALD L. MCKERNAN. DIRECTOR
DIVISION OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
RALPH C. BAKER, ASST. DIRECTOR
COMMERC IAL FISHEKiES HErlE · 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 . :nercial Fisheries, 1815 North Fort Myer Drive, Room 510, Arlington, Va. 22209.
Publication of material from sources outside the Bureau is not an endorsement. The Bureau is not :onsible fo r the accuracy of facts, views, or opinions con t a in e d 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, -ence to the source is appreciated.
Use of funds for printing this publication has been approved by the Director of the Bureau of the :et, May 1, 1963.
5 / 31 168
CONTENTS COVER . The 114-foot French trawler La Rafale (200 gross tons) ,
1 of the 2 vessels chartered for the Guinean Trawling Survey. Because of the welght of the exceptionally large catch, c aught off the Ivory Coast , the cod end was split and lifted in two sections . Small grunter (Brachydeuterus auritus) formed about 90 percent of the catch
.The Guinean Trawling Survey, by Frank Williams
.Changes in Abundance of the Marine Worm, Glycera Dibranchiata, Associated with Seawater Temperature Fluctuations, by Robert L . Dow
TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS . Alaska'
Foreign Fishing Activities 10 Bering Sea Plans of King Crab Processors New Barge Facility at Ketchikan Being Built Herring Roe Readied for Shipment to Japan Gear Count for Southeastern Alaska Regis-
tered Fishing Vessels Low Interest Rate Loans Available to Fish
ing Industry Denial of Petition for Rehearing on Alaska
44 .. Delaware II To Be Built as ew Explorat< Fishing 11esearch Vessel
Washington 45 Salmon Tagging in Puget Sound Continu «
Wholesale Prices : 45 Edible Fish and hellfish, June 1964
FOREIG International '
Fish Meal : 47 .. Production and Exports for Selected C (.
tries, January-March 1963-1964 World Production.
47 March and February 1964 48 Supply Indicators for Principal Export!.
and Importing Countries, 1963 , Food and Agriculture Organization:
48 .• International Symposium on How to Ke \ Fish Fresh
International Pacific Halibut CommissiOI 49 .. Halibut Fishing Restrictions Proposed
International Commission for the Northwi Atlantic Fisheries:
49 .. 14th Annual Meeting Held at Hamburg International Council for the ExploratIOn the Sea:
51 .. New Draft Convention T o Be Considere: Annual Meeting
Contents continued page III.
just 1964 COMMERCIAL FISHERIE REVIEW III
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CONTE TS (CO TINUED)
FOREIGN (Contd.) International (Contd .)
International Indian Ocean Expedition ; India's Oceanographic Research Program
International Whaling Commission; 16th Annual Meeting Held
Northeast Atlantic Fisheries CommisSion . Second Meeting Held at The Hague
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Deve lopment: Japan Joins OECD
Argentina: Fish Meal and Oil ProductlOn and Exports,
1962-1963 Australia:
Modified Tuna Long-Lining in Shore Waters British Guiana :
Shrimp Industry Trends, 1963, and Outlook for 1964
Canada: New Tuna Cannery Planned for Nova Scotia Chinook and Silver Salmon Tagging Program
in British Columbia Salmon Tagging on Atlantic Coast Marine Oil Production, Utilization, and For
eign Trade , 1961-1963 Changes Announced in Fishing Vessel Assist
ance Regulations New Research Station on Lake Huron New Oceanographic Research Vessel Com
missioned Ten Scholarship Awards in Fisheries Fields
Chile: Tuna Industry Expanding
Costa Rica : Fish and Shellfish Landings , 1963/64 Season
Denmark: Authority Sought for Ratification of Western
European Fisheries Convention and New Fishing Limits
Water Purification and Protein Extraction Process May Be Applied to Fish Reduction Industry
German Federal Republic: Fish Meal and Marine Oil Industry Trends ,
1963 New Oceanographic Research Vessel
Launched One-Main Fiberglass Submarine Developed
Ghana: Outlook and Plans for Fishing Industry Ex
pansion Fishery Landings Up Sharply m 1963 First orweglan-Built Stern Trawler
Launched Greece'
Freezer-Trawler Landings, January-March 1964
Honduras' Fisheries Trends First Quarter 1964
Iran ' Fisher) Trends and Developments
Ireland, allop Grounds Discovered
ruted tates Team Begins Fisheries ~urvey Japan
Canned Tuna in Brine Sale to United States
Page FOREIG . (Contd.)
Japan ( ontd.) 67 Exports of Cann d Tuna m Brln 0
DestinatlOn 67 Standard Pnc s Estabh h d for nn d
White meat Tuna m Bnn 68 Exports of Canned Tuna p Clalt 68 Canned Tuna l\Tark t Trends 68 Japan Tuna Packers sso la lOn mb r
Pack Bulk of ann d Tuna 68 Export Targets for Fish >ry and Aqu I d
ucts, Fiscal Year lO64 69 Summer Albacore Fish ry and Export Tr nd 69 Tuna Bases at Penang Op rate at Lo 69 Tuna Fishmg Trends m 'outh Pa ihe 70 Tuna Fishing Trends m Bantle 70 Firm to Operate Purse- me Fl I nti 70 Halibut Mothership Return 70 Canned Pmk Salmon !::xport Prices 70 Japanese North PacifiC ",10th >rshlp Imon
86 Fisheries Survey Planned U . S. S . R .· 95 r Vessel
86 Fishing Fleets Claimed S eking Fish Rath r Than Profits
86 Sovlets Claim Marine Groups Can Be Iden- 7 · . tified by Sound \.\'aves
United Kingdom 86 Fish Marketing InformatlOn Servlc Intro - 7 · .
duced by White Fish AuthOrity 87 Vessel and Gear Research
FEDERAL ACTIO S' Federal Trade Commission: 7
88 Bars Discriminatlon in Rentals and le~ of Shrimp Peeling MachlOery 8
10 105 U:;c Unn>ou
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------~- ~ Editorial Assistants: Ruth V. Keefe and Jean Zalevsky
Compositors: Alma Greene, Donna K. Wallace, and )\larjorie l\.IcGlone
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