NOAAINMFS Developments terns and operations were examined with respect to changes in success. The condition of the South Atlantic albacore stock was evaluated through SWFC Research Activities on production model analysis and Monte Albacore and Tropical , 1981-82 Carlo Simulation using updated data. The sensitivity of the results to data ac­ curacy was investigated. The production model analysis suggests that the South Atlantic albacore stock is being The La Jolla Laboratory of the NMFS CPUE vectors. Results indicate that exploited beyond MSY under the current Southwest Center, La Jolla, maximurr. sustainable average yield pattern of fishing. Calif., conducts research on Atlantic al­ (MSAY) is between 110,000 t and Research in support of ICCAT's In­ bacore and tropical in support of 150,000 t for the Eastern Atlantic, and ternational Skipjack Year Program the U. S. commitment to the Interna­ that the present is operating near (lSYP) continues at the SWFC. tional Commission for the Conservation this level with the optimal amount of Maturity-fecundity and feeding behav­ of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) . The Center effort. ior of skipjack tuna from the Western also administers a tuna port sampling Between 1975 and 1980, review of Atlantic are being investigated. Gonads program in Puerto Rico, maintains a Atlantic tropical tuna fisheries focused and stomach samples were collected comprehensive Atlantic tunas data base, attention on the expansion of the surface from landings in Puerto Rico and Brazil. facilitates the exchange of data between fishery. This expansion consisted mainly Gonads are being analyzed historically U. S. and foreign researchers and coor­ of an increase in the number of large to determine temporal/spatial distribu­ dinates general scientific matters involv­ purse seiners participating in the fishery tion of spawning adults, and stomachs ing ICCAT-related research being done and an offshore extension of the fishery are being analyzed for food contents by U.S. scientists. in the eastern tropical Atlantic during with particular attention to the occur­ During 1981-82, research continued this period. rence and extent of skipjack cannibalism on stock assessments and fishery evalua­ Single set data from the U.S. tropical in the Western Atlantic. A new approach tions of Atlantic tropical and albacore tuna fleet covering the period 1968-81 to stock identification using mitochond­ tunas. U. S. fisheries were monitored were analyzed. Changes in fishing pat- rial DNA is also being investigated. and biological and fishery data collected in cooperation with the U. S. tuna indus­ try and government officials. Atlantic tuna imports were sampled for biological information in Puerto Rico. Data col­ Fish Attraction Buoys hold the fish, providing greater effi­ lected through these activities were Deployed off California ciency to the fishery. A cooperative pro­ compiled and submitted to ICCAT, as ject to install FAD's has been initiated by required of ICCAT members. The use of anchored buoys as "fish the Fishermen's Cooperative Associa­ A document describing 1981 Puerto aggregating devices" (FAD's) was tion of San Pedro, the Southwest Region Rican import sampling activities was pioneered in the United States by the of NMFS, and the SWFC Tiburon prepared for the 1982 SCRS meeting. Honolulu Laboratory of the Southwest Laboratory. The 1981 results indicate that 79 percent, Fisheries Center (SWFC). After initial The staff of the Fisheries Develop­ by number, ofthe yellowfin tuna imports success in Hawaiian waters, the use of ment Task at Tiburon assembled equip­ sampled, and 83 percent of the bigeye FAD's spread to many of the islands in ment and materials needed to build tuna imports sampled were less than 55 the central and south Pacific. Perhaps the FAD's for deployment in the vicinity of cm fork length. Sampling for species most successful employment of FAD's is Sixty Mile Bank last summer. Much of composition in Puerto Rico during 1981 in the tuna purse seine fishery in the the equipment needed for constructing indicated that bigeye tuna comprised ap­ Philippines, where for many years, the FAD's was donated by the U. S. proximately 8 percent (by weight) of the "payaos," rafts constructed of , Coast Guard. Coast Guard personnel as mixed yellowfin-bigeye tuna import have been used to aggregate tunas. well as personnel ofthe SWFC Honolulu tonnage sampled. Off the California coast, bluefin tuna Laboratory also contributed useful tech­ The production model was used to show up regularly in summer and fall, nical advice on how to construct and analyze the Atlantic yellowfin tuna and are caught by purse seiners working anchor the FAD's. Early reports showed fishery. An approach which considers out of San Pedro and Port Hueneme. evidence of their worth. Reports from the appropriateness of the different pro­ Researchers at the SWFC Laboratory at sport fishermen indicated that many duction curves on the basis of current Tiburon, Cal if., bel ieve the FAD's de­ fish-mostly skipjack tuna-had been population theory was used to calculate ployed at strategic areas may attract and taken near both FAD's.

60 Marine Fisheries Review Nineteen Named to Industrial Supply Co., Easton, Md.; each location by U. S. Consuls as well as James F. McHugh, R, consultant, at lunches and dinners where U. S. cod Regional Fishery Hampton, Vir. ew England Fishery dishes were served. Management Councils Management Council: Herbert R. The mission received wide exposure Drake, owner, Drake's Harborside Fish in the Brazilian press, radio, and televi­ Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Market, Rye, N.H.; Alan D. Guimond, sion. Although the participants did not Commerce, has appointed 19 people to President, Stonington Prod­ expect to make any sales, some did man­ the nation's eight Regional Fishery ucts, Point Judith, R.I.; William A. age to sell products. In addition, all de­ Management Councils. The appoint­ Lund, Jr., associate professor, Depart­ veloped an excellent understanding of ments (R = Reappointment) are as fol­ ment of Marine Sciences, University of the market and concluded solid business lows. Caribbean Fishery Management Connecticut, Noank, Conn. relationships which will lead to future Council: Arthur E. Dammann, R, The Fishery Management Councils, sales, barter, and joint ventures. Accord­ former chief scientist, Caribbean established by the Magnuson Fishery ing to the participants, the mission was a Fishery Management Council, St. John, Conservation and Management Act of tremendous success. V.I. Gulf of Mexico Fishery Manage­ 1976, prepare management plans for the ment Council: John M. Green, R, Presi­ fishery resources within their geo­ dent, Mil-Vid Properties, Inc., Beau­ graphic area. Council members are Guatemala, Honduras mont, Tex.; George A. Brumfield, R, selected from nominees submitted by Sign Tuna Agreement Vice President-Operations, Zapata the governors of the states served by Haynie Corporation, Moss Point, Miss.; each council. Guatemala and Honduras have signed Mary A. Kumpe, governing board a tuna licensing agreement that should member, Southwest Florida Water Man­ allow U. S. vessels access to major tuna agement District, Brooksville, Fla. u. S. Sends Dry Salted Cod grounds in the eastern tropical Pacific North Pacific Fishery Management Sales Mission to Brazil during the 1984 fishing season, accord­ Council: John R. Winther, owner, fish­ ing to the National Oceanic and Atmo­ ing vessel, Teresa Marie, Petersburg, Six U. S. firms and Mission Director spheric Administration (NOAA). Alaska; Sara S. Hemphill, President, Milton M. Rose, NMFS, returned on The agreement, signed by the United Trading Company of Alaska, Anchor­ September 21, 1983, from a lO-day States, Costa Rica, and Panama on 15 age, Alaska. Pacific Fishery Manage­ codfish sales mission to Brazil with stops March 1983, goes into effect as soon as ment Council: Richard A. Schwarz, in Sao Paulo, Salvador da Bahia, and Rio five coastal nations have ratified it. The assistant manager/engineering and proj­ de Janeiro. The mission's goals were to United States Senate gave its approval ects, USDOE, Idaho Operations Office, explore the market potential for exports for ratification on 27 July. U.S. officials Idaho Falls, Ida.; Robert G. Kaneen, of U. S. cod to Brazil and to position expected all five countries to ratify the retired from the California Department U. S. firms for future market penetration. agreement by the end of the year. of Fish and Game, Long Beach, Calif. Brazil is an important consumer of NOAA said the new multinational ac­ (and on 3 August 1983, Roger Thomas dry salted species (bacalhau) and in 1982 cord should end the cycle of seizures of was appointed to the Council's Califor­ imported 16,950 tons worth $42 mil­ U.S. tuna boats because of conflicting nia obligatory vacancy). South Atlantic lion. Over 90 percent of this fish was jurisdictional claims and the subsequent Fishery Management Council: J. M. imported from Norway. Although at this imposition of retaliatory embargoes re­ Pendarvis, R, owner, Pendarvis Chev­ time Brazil does not import any quired by U.S. law. The agreement will rolet, Edgefield, S.c.; Margaret A. from the U. S., it exports annually to this allow fishermen of any nation that is Stamey, R, member, North Carolina country $120 million worth of , party to the treaty to buy licenses to fish General Assembly, Raleigh, N.C. lobster tails, tuna and other species. for tuna in a broad area of the Pacific, Western Pacific Fishery Management The U. S. Foreign Commercial Ser­ including the 200-mile fishery conserva­ Council: Gertrude I. Nishihara, R, vice and the U.S. Embassy in Brazil tion zones of the member nations. founding member and board director of provided extensive support and arranged Fees charged fishermen from the first the Hawaii Fishing Coalition, Honolulu, for publicity and appointments prior to five countries to ratify the agreement Hawaii; Paul Stevenson, R, program di­ the mission's arrival. The participants will be $60 per net-registered-ton. That rector, Division of Instructional Devel­ recei ved detai led briefi ngs and fee may be renegotiated up to $100 per opment, Department ofEducation, Pago background material on the Brazilian net-registered-ton as other countries Pago, American Samoa. Mid-Atlantic market and over 170 business meetings subsequently join the treaty. Modern Fishery Management Council: Alfred J. were held with Brazilian importers, U.S. tuna boats are typically about 600 Hurlock, Jr., R, owner and President, brokers, agents, bankers, and govern­ net-registered-tons. Tunas covered by Hurlock Roofing Co., Wilmington, ment officials. In addition, mission the agreement include yellowfin, skip­ Del.; David H. Hart, R, retired com­ members had the opportunity to make jack, higeye, albacore, bluefin, bonito, mercial , Cape May, N.J.; contact with importers and key govern­ black skipjack, bullet, frigate, and Harry M. Keene, R, owner, Bay County ment officials at receptions hosted at kawakawa.

OCI.-Nov.-Dec. 1983.45(10-11-12) 61 (NMPIS), 4) NODC Marine Toxic Sub­ stances and Pollutants Data System, 5) Coastal Ocean Pollution Assessment News (COPAS), 6) Coastal Information System, 7) Pollution Data Entry Evalua­ tion Project, and 8) OPOIN Round Ocean Pollution Data Table. and Information Network General information on Network ac­ tivities and developments is available without charge. Requests for ocean pol­ lution data and information from NOAA or from other Federal agencies are ful­ NOAA's Ocean Pollution Data and In­ sources, as well as from state agencies, filled at costs determined by the individ­ formation Network (OPOIN) has been academic institutions, and other non­ ual agencies. Costs of data and informa­ established to improve dissemination of Federal facilities. tion products generally depend on the data and information resulting from CCRO establishment has enabled size and complexity of requests and on ocean pollution programs conducted or OPOIN to begin fulfilling one of its the abil ity of the activity to provide the sponsored by the U. S. Government. primary functions: Providing users of needed products. Ocean pollution data and information Federal ocean pollution data and infor­ Requests for NOAA ocean pollution tend to be collected to serve the pro­ mation with a single contact point. In data and information or for assistance in grammatic goals of particular agencies addition, a number of tasks to improve obtaining ocean pollution data and in­ and stored in forms useful primarily to accessibility of ocean pollution data and formation from other agencies or ac­ project investigators and agency person­ information have been completed or are tivities may be directed to Ocean Pollu­ nel. Furthermore, it is often difficult for underway. Significant accomplishments tion Data and Information Network/ both Federal and non-Federal users to to date include: I) Regional Coordina­ CCRO, National Oceanographic Data determine what ocean pollution data are tion and Referral Offices (RCRO's), 2) Center, NOAA/NESOIS E/OCx8, available from Federal sources and how Network Design, 3) The National Washington, DC 20235 (telephone to obtain them. The OPOIN is being Marine Pollution Information System 202-634-7510 or FTS 634-7510). developed as a coordinating mechanism to make these data and information more accessible and useful. In May 1981, NOAA's National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) es­ American Lobster Fishery was prohibited. Lobster parts may be tablished the Central Coordination and Management Plan Approved landed (until I January 1986), provided Referral Office (CCRO) to head the de­ that the sixth tail segment measures at velopment and operation of the Net­ Conditional approval ofthe American least ]'/16 inches in length and that not work. The goals of the Network are to: I) Lobster Fishery Management Plan was more than two claws are landed with Improve the accessibil ity and usefulness announced late last summer by the each lobster tai I. Landing of female of Federal ocean pollution data and in­ NMFS Northeast Regional Office. The lobsters bearing extruded eggs are pro­ formation to both Federal and non­ Plan was developed by the New England hibited, as is the removal of such eggs or Federal users, and 2) strengthen Federal Fishery Management Council to imple­ the possession of lobsters from which interagency communication and coordi­ ment the Federal share of a coastwide eggs have been removed. nation regarding ocean pollution data lobster management program. Regula­ Vessel owners intending to fish for and information, as well as state, re­ tions to implement the Plan were pub­ lobster in the fishery conservation zone gional, and private sector awareness of lished in the Federal Register on 10 (from 3 to 200 miles offshore) are re­ these resources. August 1983. The Plan will promote quired to obtain permits issued by The Network is intended to supple­ consistent coast-wide management of NMFS or through cooperative ment (rather than replace) existing this valuable fishery. Many of the mea­ agreements with the coastal states. agency data and information sources and sures are currently imposed by the NMFS will attempt to establish coopera­ will utilize existing facil ities where pos­ coastal states where lobsters are landed. tive agreements with each State before sible. The essential components of the The measures are scheduled to take ef­ the start ofthe 1984 fishing season. Until Ocean Pollution Data and Information fect over a period of 3 years. The mea­ that time, the NMFS Regional Director Network are now in place and available sures and their effective dates are as indicated that as a matter ofpracticality a to provide service to users. The CCRO is follows: valid State lobster fishing license would able to provide or assist in providing be sufficient for fishing in the FCZ. 7 September 1983 specific ocean pollution information or After 1January 1984, State licenses will data and data products from Federal Landing or possession of lobster meat only be accepted for FCZ fishing if the

62 Marine Fisheries Review license is properly endorsed and issued eral lobster fishery regulations by writ­ Fishing with a limited amount of gill under a cooperative agreement. After 1 ing to the National Marine Fisheries nets 0.55 miles long and composed of January 1984, fishermen who wish to Service, State Fish Pier, Gloucester, nets with mesh sizes ranging from 2.5 to apply for a lobster permit should contact Massachusetts 01930. the en­ 7.5 inches, 55 red squids were taken in their State marine fisheries agency to velope "Request for Lobster Regula­ three sets at lat. 41-42°N. Most of the determine whether a cooperative permit tions." squids (53) were taken on the 2.5- and program is in effect for their State. Any 3.5-inch mesh nets and two were taken fisherman may also apply directly to on the 4.5-inch mesh net. None were NMFS for an FCZ permit. Information taken on the 5.5- and 7.5-inch mesh about the lobster fishery will be col­ Hawaiian Cruise nets. lected using the NMFS Three Tier Fish­ Nets Squid Data The midwater trawl caught 166 ery Information Collection System. juvenile postlarval squids representing 6 The National Oceanic and Atmo­ or more species from lat. 27° to 42°N; 36 spheric Administration (NOAA) ship, percent of the catch was tentatively iden­ 1 January 1985 Townsend Cromwell returned to Hono­ tified as red squid. The presence of All lobsters landed whole must meet lulu on 25 September 1983, ending a juveniles and postlarvae suggests that 3 a minimum carapace length of 3 /16 53-day fishery research cruise in the the area is a spawning and nursery inches. All traps must be vented to allow central North Pacific to assess squid re­ ground for these species. Matsumoto release of sublegal lobsters and be sources between the Northwestern noted two interesting observations. One marked with the owner's identification. Hawaiian Islands and the fishing squid measuring 49.5 cm and weighing grounds of the North Pacific commercial 3.5 kg (7. 7 pounds) was taken at lat. squid gill-net fishery. Automatic squid 42°N, inside the area of the commercial 1 January 1986 machines, surface gill nets, and gill-net fishery; and a second, measuring All lobsters must be landed whole. A midwater trawls were used on the cruise, 52.6 cm and weighing 4.5 kg (9.9 measure prohibiting the possession of according to Richard S. Shomura, Di­ pounds), was taken at lat. 33°N, well V-notched lobsters in the fishery conser­ rector, Honolulu Laboratory, SWFC. south of the fishery. Both squids ex­ vation zone in portions of the Gulf of Two kinds of squids, flying squid and ceeded the presently known maximum Maine was also conditionally approved, red squid, both species caught and size of 45 cm for this species. for a period not to exceed 120 days (end­ utilized commercially by the Japanese, The second was the capture of flying ing 4 January 1984) from 7 September comprised the bulk of the catch (92 per­ squids in moderate to large numbers in 1983. The conditional approval made cent by number and 98.8 percent by the area to the south of the commercial the measure effective on an interim basis weight). Although their distribution fishery. Additional cruises to the area while the New England Council consid­ overlaps during parts of the year, there and in different seasons should provide ered modifications which would extend was a clear separation of the species the data necessary to determine if the the measure throughout the range of the during the cruise. Flying squids were concentration of this species of squid is fishery and provide for enforcement at taken south of lat. 35°N, whereas red large enough to support a commercial the dock. The public had an opportunity squids were taken north of this latitude. fishery. to comment on any changes in the regu­ The commercial gill-net fishery for red Matsumoto was assisted on the cruise lations required by these modifications. squid extends from lat. 40° to SOON in by Research Assistant Victor A. Honda During the 120-day conditional ap­ the central North Pacific. Other species ofthe Honolulu Laboratory. Other scien­ proval, it was unlawful for fishermen to of squids taken during the cruise were tists participating in the cruise were retain on board in the V-notch conserva­ the striped squid (1-14 at stations be­ Dean Parsons, Nat ional Marine tion area any lobster bearing a V-shaped tween lat. 29° and 400 N, and two Fisheries Service, Washington, D.C. notch in the right next to the juvenile Onychoteuthis banksii at lat. and Hiromichi Yatomi, Tokai University, middle flipper, or any female lobster 33° and 37°N). Japan. which is mutilated in a manner which Jigging was the most effective means could hide or obliterate such a mark. The ofcatching the squids, according to Wal­ V-notch conservation area is that part of ter M. Matsumoto, Chief Scientist on the fishery conservation zone north and the cruise. The best catch of flying Prepared and Preserved east of a line which begins at a point lat. squids (5.0 kg per machine per hour) 43°06'N, long. 700 34'W, and runs due was made at lat. 300 N, whereas that of Fish Imports Are Up 22% southeast to a point lat. 42°N, long. red squids was at lat. 42°N (13.4 kg per The United States International Trade 69°35'W, and then runs due east along machine per hour). The latter catch rate Commission has released a report indi­ the 42nd parallel to the seaward limit of is comparable with the catch rate of cating that during 1978-82, U.S. im­ the fishery conservation zone. about 10.0 kg per machine per hour at­ ports of prepared or preserved fish in­ Fishermen or interested members of tained by commercial jigging boats in creased from 234 million pounds to 285 the publ ic may obtain a copy of the Fed- the Japanese squid jig fishery. million pounds, or about 22 percent.

Oct.-Nov.-Dec. 1983, 45(10-11-12) 63 The imports consisted primarily of needs of wide and varied interests, in­ count squid were skinned by machine 1 canned fish, much of which is similar to cluding the Congress, the courts, Gov­ (Townsend Model 7000 ) with little or the types of such fish domestically pro­ ernment agencies, importers, domestic no difficulty, The Townsend will skin duced. Imports of prepared or preserved producers, research organizations, and whole or cleaned (mantle tubes only) fish have supplied about one-quarter of many others, The summaries contain squid at about 15 squid/minute. With a U. S. consumption of such fish in recent descriptions of the thousands of prod­ little practice, the skinning rate can be years. During the period, U.S. exports, ucts imported into and exported from the increased, The yield of cleaned tubes which showed an irregular upward trend United States and information on prod­ from this operation was 38 percent. from 81 million pounds in 1978 to 102 uct uses, U,S, producers, and customs Squid are normally bleached by soak­ million pounds in 1982, consisted treatment. The summaries also include ing in fresh water slush ice before they mainly of fish roe. U. S. consumption, analyses of the trade, as well as those are packed and frozen, This requires consisting mostly of canned fish, aver­ bearing on the competitiveness of U.S, about 4-8 hours of soaking with several aged about I billion pounds a year and industries in domestic and foreign stirrings. Besides bleaching for market­ showed no marked shifts. markets, ing, this process also serves to remove U. S. production of prepared or pre­ Copies of the report (USITC Publica­ much of the "squid ink" while increas­ served fish showed no discernible trend tion 841, Control No, 1-3-37) can be ing weight. In our preliminary tests, the in terms of quantity, reaching a high of obtained from the Office of the Secre­ squid increased their gross weight by 1.0 billion pounds in 1981 and a low ofan tary, United States International Trade 10,7 percent in 4 hours, estimated 0.8 billion pounds in 1982. Commission, 701 E Street NW, Wash­ Squid packed 40 pounds/bag, iced The U. S. industry consists of hundreds ington, DC 20436. and stored at 35°F, spoiled in 3Vz days of firms that prepare or preserve fish in after landing, Spoilage was charac­ canned, cured, and special ity forms; terized by an intense sulphur dioxide most of the firms are located in coastal odor and reddening of the white mantle areas. Puget Sound Squid flesh, Squid held in slush ice were of This report is one of a series of sum­ Resource Evaluated acceptable quality through 4Vz days of maries of trade and tariff information refrigerated storage, containing information on U. S. im­ The Utilization Research Division of Several local brokers familiar with ports, exports, production, and condi­ the Northwest and Alaska Fisheries squid products were invited to evaluate tions of competition in world trade. The Center (NWAFC) has been cooperating the quality of our 2,5-day frozen prod­ summaries are designed to meet the with the Washington State Department uct. The concensus was that the products of Fisheries and a were of excellent quality and compared vessel owner in evaluating the commer­ favorably with squid products produced This statement is required by The Act of August 12. 1970. Section 3685. Title 39, U.S. Code, showing ownership, man· cial potential of squid, Loligo spp" in California, agement. and circulation of the Marine Fisheries Review. publi­ cation number 366·630. and was filed on 29 September 1983. taken from Puget Sound. The Review i~ publ ished qU3ncrly (four issues annually) with an annual subscription price of $8.75 (sold by the Superintendent About 350 pounds ofsquid, caught by Harold 1. Barnett of Documents. U.S. Government Priming Office. Washington. DC 20402). The complete mailing address of the office of the Elusive in Port publication is: Scientific Publications Office. F/NWR1, Angeles harbor, were evaluated for pro­ NMFS. NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Bin C15700. Seattle. WA 98115. The complete mailing address of the head­ cess yields, fresh storage characteristics, quarters of the publishing agency is: National Marine Fishenes Service. NOAA. Department of Commerce, 2001 Wisconsin and marketability. The squid, harvested Reward for Ave., N. W., Washington. DC 20235. The name of the publisher is Jack McCormick and the editor and managing editor is Wi II is by brail, ranged in size from 87,5 to 134 Hobart: their mailing address is: NMFS Scientific Publications Tagged Pollock Office. 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Bin C15700, Seallie. WA mm (mantle length) and weighed from 98115. The owner is the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 28 to 79 g, The sizes observed here gen­ During September 1983, fisheries 51.. N.W.. Washington. DC 20230: there are no bondho1der5.. mortgagees. or other security holders. The purpose. function. erally corresponded with the size of biologists tagged small "harbor" pol­ and nonprofit status of the organization (agency) and the exempt status for Federal income tax purposes has not changed during squid typically found in the California lock along the central Maine Coast. the preceding 12 months. The extent and nature of circulation is as follows: Total number of copies (A) (average number of fishery as reported by Kato and Each tag is a yellow spaghetti-like tube copIes of each issue during the preceding 12 months) was 2550 which is inserted below the dorsal fin, and lhe actual number of copies of the single issue published Hardwick (FAO Fish, Rep, (170) Suppl. nearest to the filing date was 2551 Paid circulation (B) IS and a $3 reward will be given for each handled by the U. 5. Government Printing Office. Washington, 1:150 pp., 1975), DC 20402, and (e) the total number printed fortheir sales (mail returned tag, subscriptions and indi vidual sales) was 750 for both (he average About 19 pounds of squid (average number of copies each issue during the preceding 12 months and 8,0 count squid/pound) were processed Anyone capturing a tagged pollock the actual number ofcopies of the single issue published nearest to the filing date. Free distribution (D) by mail. carrier or other by hand which included removing tenta­ should return the tag, together with in­ means. samples, complimentary, and other free copies (average number of copies each issue during the preceding 12 months) cles, viscera, and skin and washing the formation on the date and location of was 1800 and Ihe actual number of copies of Ihe single issue capture, to the nearest National Marine published nearest to the filing dale was 1801. The tOlal distribu­ mantles, This yielded 6,2 pounds (33 tion (E: sum of C and D) (average number of copies each issue Fisheries Service (NMFS) port agent during the preceding 12 months) was 2550 and the actual percent) of mantles or steaks and 3 number of copies of the single issue published nearest to the filing date was 2551 There were no copies not distributed or pounds (16 percent) of tentacles for a returned from news agents (F). The total (G: sum of E and F) is total recovery of edible meats of 49 per­ equal to the net press run figures shown in item A: 2550 and 255 I Mention of trade names or commercial firms copies. respectively. I certify lhat the statements made by me cent. A similar yield was obtained for does not imply endorsement by the National above are correct and complete. (Signed) Jack McCormick. Publisher. small (13 count) squid, Ten pounds of 9 Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA.

64 Marine Fisheries Review (offices in Rockland, Portland, and digital tapes and photographic negatives quired twice daily over any specified re­ Gloucester), or to the nearest Maine De­ between the two organizations whenever gion of the world. partment ofMarine Resources (MDMR) the need arises. The staff at SDSD-meterologists, office or representative. The Satellite Data Services Division's oceanographers, systems analysts, and The tagging project is a cooperative archive dates back to April 1960, with others-is ready to help users get en­ effort between the NMFS Northeast data from the original TIROS-I satellite, vironmental remote sensing data that fit Fisheries Center (NEFC) in Woods and continues through the present. In­ their needs. Additional information on Hole, Mass., the MDMR, and the Cana­ cluded in the archive today are data from SDSD products, services, ordering pro­ dian Department of Fisheries and the complete TlROS series, ESSA cedures, and prices can be obtained by Oceans in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Ac­ series, ITOS/NOAA series, and ATS/ contacting: NOAA/NESDIS, Satellite cording to Stephen H. Clark, Chief of SMS/GOES series of spacecraft. Data Services Division, World Weather the NEFC's Gulf of Maine-Georges Currently, SDSD is receiving digital Building-Room 100, Washington, DC Bank Resources Investigation, the proj­ data and film products from the two op­ 20233; telephone: (301) 763-8111. ect "should provide information for dis­ erational geostationary satellites­ tinguishing different pollock popula­ GOES-East and GOES-West-every tions, or 'stocks,' and for determining half-hour, 24 hours a day, in addition to Double Freezing Pollock migration patterns in the western Gulfof data from the polar-orbiting satellites, Maine." Clark adds that "such infor­ NOAA-7 and NOAA-8, plus NASA's Is Tested in Alaska Lab mation is needed to effectively manage NIMBUS-7 with its experimental The Kodiak Laboratory of the pollock resources in the Northwest Coastal Zone Color Scanner. Over 10 NWAFC Utilization Research Division Atlantic." million photographic negatives and the has participated in a cooperative exper­ The Canadian Department of equivalent of over 250,000 computer­ iment with a group of Alaska-based Fisheries and Oceans has tagged small compatible tapes have been archived to fishermen and a company representing a harbor pollock along the east coast of date. Chinese firm interested in processing Nova Scotia for several years. Those Products available from the Satellite Alaska pollock. The experiment in­ tagged fish have been recaptured Data Services Division include both volved freezing whole pollock held for throughout the Scotian Shelf region, and full- and reduced-resolution digital data various periods on ice, then thawing the a few have also been recaptured on east­ from the NOAA satellites, as well as fish, filleting, and refreezing in the fillet ern Georges Bank and in the central Gulf photographic prints measuring up to 30 block form. This mode of operation has of Maine. Until now, no comparable by 30 inches. Prices for a digital tape been considered to be one method of tagging study has been done for the large start at $99 each; lO-inch black-and­ handling Alaska pollock for domestic concentrations of small harbor pollock white photographic prints start at $8.50. use and is of considerable interest. found in some areas along the Maine Analysis charts (both historical and cur­ The tests at Kodiak consisted of two coast in summer and autumn. rent) are available on a subscription phases. The first was simply the prepara­ basis, with weekly mailings. tion of blocks to be evaluated by the Several products available through the fishermen's potential customer. The NOAA's Environmental Division are currently being used by or­ second phase was a laboratory-scale test ganizations who are also familiar with using pollock held on ice for periods of Satellite Data Archive Landsat data. These products include 3, 4, and 5 days. Samples of each lot NOAA's Satellite Data Services Divi­ tapes and film of images acquired by the were frozen whole and stored at -18°C. sion (SDSD) functions as the official SEASAT Synthetic Aperture Radar After 45 days, the fish were thawed, U. S. archive for all data and information (SAR) sensor, and high-resolution (1.1 filleted, packed into 16.5-pound blocks, from NOAA's geostationary and polar­ km) data from the Advanced Very High and refrozen. Following an additional orbiting satellites, i.e., the Metsat sys­ Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) sen­ storage period of 30 days, the blocks tem, as well as several NASA experi­ sors aboard the present NOAA-series were evaluated along with fillets pre­ mental satellites and some of the U. S. polar-orbiting satellites. SAR data, with pared from single frozen lots. Defense Meteorological Program satel­ 24-m resolution, have provided a wealth The results show detectable quality lites. of information for the geologic and loss due to double freezing. However, As a part ofthe National Environmen­ oceanographic community, offering the quality is acceptable and the change tal Satellite, Data, and Information Ser­ coverage from July-October 1978 over is probably not sufficient to justify rejec­ vices (NESDIS), SDSD is located in the the United States, Canada, Central tion by a commercial user. If the product World Weather Building near Washing­ America, Western , Greenland, is acceptable to the user, the trawlers ton, D.C. This arrangement gives the Iceland, and the surrounding waters. landing fresh Alaska pollock at Kodiak Division access to near-real-time data AVHRR data, with l-km resolution as and Kodiak processors will have a mar­ concerning the operational environmen­ compared to Landsat's 80-m resolution, ket for whole frozen fish. tal satellites under NOAA's manage­ have proven useful as a source of mul­ ment. It also facilitates the transfer of tichannel information which can be ac- Richard W Nelson

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