UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE FRED A. SEATON, SECRETARy oJOH L. r ~ t ~ , C OR COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW A review of developm 'nts and news of th fishery tnduslrtPS pr pared in the BRANClI F OMMER lAL FISHERIES

A. W. And rson, Editor J. Pileggi, ASSOCI

pondenc Elnd r qu sts ~ sh ngton 25, D. C.

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COVER: The Gearllc I. Bowers, a n w car- r carch and expl.or t r -fishln v el com- missioned by the U.-: Fish and Wildlife SeHlcc on Janu ry 7, I' ,in, ami, Fla, (See page 1 of this Issue.)

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Pa' Composition of Southern Oysters, by Charles F. Lee and Leonard Pepper .•...... •...... •.. 1 Exploratory Fishing Vessel George M. Bowers: Part I - Description of Vessel, by Reidar F. Sand ...... PartH - Vessel's Electrical and Auxiliary-Dnve Systems, by Richard L. 1 ce.ly...... 11

Page P~e RESEARCH IN SERVICE LABORATORIES: ...... 15 TRENIlS AND DEVELOP tENTS (Conrd.): Storage Tests on Frozen Fried FISh Sticks Pre­ Delaware: pared from Pacific Cod, by Max PatashniJ< and Oyst r Industry, 1954/55 ...... •.... :Xl John A. Dassow ...... •...... 15 ElectroOlc Fish Counter Developed ....• .•.• 31 Effect of Raw Material on TllOa-Me.a1 Quality, by Exploratory Vessels Fwd 'ew Shnmp and Yel­ C. R. Grau, Richard N. Barnes. Neva L. Karrick, lowhn Tuna Areas ...... • 32 and Lynne G. McKee ...... •.... 18 Federal Purchases of FIShery Produ Research Progranns Discussed at Pacific Fisher­ Fresh and Frozen Fishery ProductS Purchased ies Technologists Conference ..•...... •.. 20 by the Deparunent of Defense, April 1956 ... 33 Progress in Research on Southern Oysters ..... 21 Canned FIShery Products Purchased Through New Techniques for Freezing and Storing North Market Centers, January-March 1956 ..... 33 Atlantic Lobsters. by John A. Peters and Joseph W. Quartermaster Corps Research Emphasizes Flavin .••...•...... •.....•.•..... 22 New Lightweight Foods ....•...... 33 TRENa5 AND DEVELOPMENTS: •....•.••..... 24 Flonda: Additions to the Fleet of U. S. Fishing Vessels .. 24 Fisheries Research, October-December 1955 35 Alaska: Great Lakes Fishery Investigations: Bait Herring Prepared by New Method 24 Chub Fishery Not Responsible for Decline of Biological Studies Aid Sport Fishermen 25 Lake Michigan Trout .•...•...... ••.. 36 California: QJerational Plans for Service's Research Ves­ Logging and Fisheries Cooperate.in Elimination sel Cisco for 1956 .•...... 36 of Salmon Stream Damage •.•..•.••.•... 26 Gulf Exploratory Fishery Program: Pelagic Fish Distribution and Behavior Study Red Shrimp Caught in Gulf of Mexico by Oregon Continued (Airplane Sponing Flight 56- 3) .... 27 (Cruise 38) •...•...•...... • -:-:-:-:-: 37 Preseason 1955/56 Pacific Sardine Prediction Maryland: Confirmed ....•. .. .•..•..••.••.... 28 Oyster Prospects Bright on SomeMarylandBars 38 Sardine Catch for 1956/57 May Be Lower .•• . 29 Suspended Cultch for Oyster Set Tested in Whaling Industry Reactivated ••.••••...... 30 Chincoteague Bay •...... •... 39 Cans--Shipments for Fishery Products, January- Massachusens: March 1956 ...... •.• • ...•••..•... 30 Regulations for Weighiog, Sorting, and Culling Fish at Landing Ports ...... •..•. 40

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Palle P TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS (Contd.): FOREIG : •••••••••••••••••.•••••••••• New York City: lnternational: Sugpsdcns for Crab Meat Packers •••••••• 41 orthwest Atlantic Fisheries Conun SlIIIPIdons for Transporters of Fresh Crab Fisheries Trends in Nort t Atlant Con- M...... 42 venuon A rea •••••••.••..••.•.. .•. NoJ'dl Atlantic Fisheries Exploration and Gear United 'ations Technical As !stan Researc:hz Proposals for Future Expanded Pr am 01 Excellent Catches of Deep-Water Lobsters by Technical ASSISUllce .••..•..•..••.•• Dekwue (Cruise 19) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 43 Japan-U.S.S.R. Reach Agreement on PacifiC Salm- Noi'di XtLiltlc Fisheries investigations: on Fishing ••••..•••.•••••••••••••• Survey of Haddock Eggs and Larvae Distribution Japan-U.S.S.R. Fisheries Treary •..••...• Continued by Albatross 1lI (Cruise 73) ••••• Fish-Processing Technologist Meet t Rotterdam 71 Selectivity of NylOn Cod Cnas Tested by Alba­ Australia: tross m (C ruise 74) ••••••••••••-:-:: •• ProspectS for Tuna Fishing Ind G 71 ~ggs and Larvae Distribution (Albatross Brazil: m, Cruise 75) •••••••••••••••••••••. ew Marine Laboratory Established ...•..• Norm Atlantic Herring Research: Cambodia: Vessel Chartered to Continue Herring Explora­ Canned FISh ImportS Prohibited: •••..•...• tions and Gear Research ••••• ••••••••. 46 Canada: Echo-Soundings and Samples of Herring Taken Brttish Columbia Reports Record Herrin Catch by Metacomtt (C ruise 1) •••••••••••••. for 1955/56 Season • ...... • . . • • • . . ~ North PaClfic Exploratory Fishery Program: Plant Standards and Inspection Program Experimental Midwater Trawling to be Tried by rated .•••.•••••...... ••..•..••.. 7 John N. Cobb (Cruise 27) •••••••••••••• 47 International Pink Salmon Management Request 7 PaClficHallJ>iitFleet Began Fishing May 20 ••• 48 Dogfish Bounty Established ..•...•..•... 7 Pacific Oceanic Fishery Investigations: Whaling in British Columbia ..•.•••••••• 7 Spring Abundance of Albacore Tuna North of Salt Subsidy for Atlmuc Coast S~t-FlSh Pro- Hawaiian lslands Checked by Charles H. Gil­ ducers ...••..•••..•...•..••..... 75 bert (Cruise 27) •••••••• :-:-:-:-:-:-:-. -:-:-•• 49 British Columbia's Fishennen's Short Universi S\diiJick Tuna Spring Distribution North of Lee­ Course .••.....•...... •.....••.. warq lslands Surveyed by John R. Manning AnublOlICS Tested on Wh:ue Carcasses .••.. (Cruise 30) •••••••••••••••••••••••• 50 Ceylon: Oceanography and Biology Along the Equator Trawler Fishing t to be Expanded ••••••. 76 Studied bY!:lllgtJ M. ~(Cruise 33) •••••• 51 El Salvador: 1955/56 Samp"""Iiflg Program on Equatorial Tuna Status of Fisheries E ipanslon Plans ...•••. 76 Complered ••••••••••••••••••••••. 52 France: Public Eating Places Survey: First Diesel-Electric Powered Flshin Trawler Frozen Fish and Shellfish Held in Cold Storage German Federal Republic: by Public Eating Places •••.••••••.••. 53 Rich FIShing Ground Found East of Greenland. 78 Survey lndicates Fish and Shellfish Dinners Greece: More Profitable .••••••••.•••••....• 54 Freezer-Catcher Boat Completed for Fis off Sallonstall-Kennedy Act Fisheries Projects: North African Coast •..•...•..•..••.. Fishery Advisory Group Recommends Continu- Freezer-Catcher Boat Completes First Tr ance of Program ••.•.• ••••••••••••• 55 Frozen Fish Tnp Arrives f m AtlantiC Ocean Shrimp: Haiti: Beller lnsulation of Shrimp Vessel Holds Needed 56 Coastal FISheries to be Expanded ..•..•... Improved Plant Layout Can Cut Costs in Frozen Ioeland: Shrimp Packing Plants •••••.••••••.•. 56 GroundflSh Catch Lower. Januu -March 1 South Atlantic Exploratory Fishery Program: GroundflSh Fillet Production, 53-55...... 8J Deep-Warer Red Shrunp Caught by Pelican IndlA: (Cruise 2) ••••••••••••••• ~ •••• 57 Good Potential Market for ~ and E Sport Fishing and Hunting •••••••••.•.••. 58 Bull-Traw Operatlons Su ful 1 1'\1\& Fishery • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • . • • • • • . • 59 lndonesia: U. S. Foreign Trade: Long-Line Tuna FlS Mak EcUb1e Fishery Products, February 1956 ••.• 59 Shrimp FIS Being Developed ••••••••• G rounclish F Wet lmports Up in Apr II ••••.•• 60 lsrael: ID1Iorts and Exports of Selected Fishery Prod- Cam~tgJ1 to Eat tore e.a FIS Pr ucts. AprU 1956 •••••••••••••••••• . . 60 Press Tour ••••.••••.•..•.•••••••• Vaerans' Hospitals Consumpoon of Fish ••••• 61 Japan: Washinaton: rth Pa iflC P am for Rsnoval of Scrap Fis 1955/56 • 63 Pa I Salmon FlS State Fish HatcherieS to Plant Record umber Japm-Red C IIl8 F les Council Hot of Sabnon in 1956 •••••••.•••••••••.• 63 ference. . • • • • • • • • • •. . •••.•..•••• Prices, May 1956 •••••••••••••• 64 usls Fkel .••••••••

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Page Page FOREIG ' (Contu.): FOREIGN (Contd.): MexICO: United Kingdom (Contd.): "Red Tide" Reported off West Coast , •••.•. 83 Distant-Water Trawlermen Double Levy for Merida Fisheries Trends, January-March 1956 84 Advertising ••.••.•. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 90 FislUng Fees for Foreigners Increased .•..• 84 Yugoslavia: 'f:W Zealand: Sea Fishing Association to Aid in Building Fish New Whaling Station Established •.•.••••.• 84 Cannery in India ••.•.••.••••.•••... 90 orway: FEDERAL ACTIONS : •••••• •.• • • • • • • • • • • • . 91 Canned Fish Trends, First Quarter 1956 •••• 85 Department of the Interior: Automatic Feeding and Sorting Machine for Her- F ish and Wildlife Service: ring Developed ...•.•.•.•• • ••••.... 85 Broad Fisheries Legislative Program Promoted 91 Panama: Department's Solicitor States Alaska's Area- Red Shrimp Identified as "Penaeus brevirostris" 85 Licensing Program Legal ..••.••.•••• 93 Peru: --- Suomela Promoted to New Fish and Wildlife Base Prices for Whale Meal and Swordfish Ex- Service Post •....•••••••••.•••••. 93 port Duties Revised ...•. .••.•.•.••• • 86 Whaling Regulations Published ••••.••..• 94 Republic of the Philippines: Department of State: Canned Japanese Anchovies Classified as Sar- Latest Trade and Tariff Agreement Concluded. 95 dines .•...... ••••••....• • 86 White House: Portugal: Action Taken to Help U. S. Fishing Industry. • . 96 Canned Fish Pack, January- October 1955 •••• 86 Eighty-Fourth Congress (Second Session) .•••• 96 Canned Fish Exports, January-December 1955 • 86 FISHERY INDICATORS: .••• .•••••••••••.• 99 Fishery Trends, December 1955 •••••••••. 87 Chart 1 - Fishery Landings for Selected States. 99 Fishery Trends, April 1956 ••••••••••••.. 87 Chart 2 - Landings for Selected Fisheries. • . • . 100 Spain: Chart 3 - Cold-Storage Holdings and Freezings of Fisheries Trends, Ap ril 1956 •••••••••••. 88 Fishery Products •••.•••••••••••••••. 101 Sweden: Chart 4 - Receipts and Cold-Storage Holdings of Frozen Fish Demand Increases •••.•• • • .•. 89 Fishery Products at Principal Distribution Turkey: Centers • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . 102 International Fishery Exhibition to be Held Sep­ Chart 5 - Fish Meal and Oil Production - U. S. tember 15-22, 1956 ••••••••••••••. ••• 89 and Alaska •••.• . • ..••••••••••.•••• 102 Union of South Africa: Chart 6 - Canned Packs of Selected Fishery Price Controls on Hake and Canned Fish Re- Products • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • . • • 103 moved •.•...... •.•••••••••.••... 89 Chart 7 - U. S. Fishery Products Imports •.••. 104 United Kingdom: RECENT FISHERY PUBLICATIONS: •••••••••. 105 Silver Cod Trophy for 1955 Awarded to Hull Fish and Wildlife Service Publications ••••••. 105 Trawler .•...... ••••••.• .••.• • .. 89 Miscellaneous Publications ••.•.••••••.•• 10 6

Editorial Assistant--Ruth V. Keefe Illustrator- -Gustaf T. Sundstrom

Composltors--Jean Zalevsky, Alma Greene, and Helen Joswick ******* Photo ra h Credits: Page by page, the following list gives the source of pho­ t graph r for each photograph in this issue . Photographs on pages not mentioned 'r obtained from the Service's file and the photographers are unknown.

P. 25--R. W. Coad;p. 25-- I SouthernFisherman;" p. 41--A. M. Sandberg; p. 54--G. T . Sundstrom; and p. 58--R. G. Schmidt.