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Coast of the United States, M Iv Theodore ~. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Gill Cruise 1, by Wilham W. Anderson, J~ck W PUBLICA TIONS Gehringer, and Edward Cohen, 160 pp. , illus., processed, August 1956.

THESE PROCESSED pUBLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FREE FROM THE DIVISION OF INFORMATION, U. s. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERV­ SSR-Fish. No. 182 - Japanese Albacore and ICE WASHINGTON 25, D. C. TYPES OF pUBLICATIONS ARE DESIG­ Bigeye Tuna Size Composition Studies, trans­ NATED AS FOLLOWS: lated from the Japanese by W . G. VanCampen, CFS - CURRENT FISHERY STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES 48 pp., illus., processed, June 1956. AND ALASKA. SSR.- FISH. - SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC REPORTS - FISHERIES SSR-Fish. No. 184 - Longline Fishing for Tuna (LIMITED DISTRIBUTION). SEP.- SEPARATES (REPRINTS) FROM COMMERCIAL FISHERIES in the Central Equatorial Pacific, 1954, by REVIEW. Edwin S. Iversen and Howard O. Yoshida, 33 pp., illus., processed, August 1956. Number Title CFS-1437 - South Atlantic Fisheries, 1955 Annual SSR-Fish. No. 185 - Blueback Salmon (Oncorhyn­ Summary, 10 pp. chus nerka) Age and Length at Seaward Migra­ CFS-1440 - New Jersey Landings, September1956, tion Past Bonneville Dam, by Raymond E. 4 pp. Anas and Joseph R. Gauley, 46 pp., proces­ CFS-1441 - Florida Landings, August 1956, 6 pp. sed, October 1956. CFS-1444 - Ohio Landings; October 1956, 2 pp. CFS-1445 - Fish Meal and Oil, October 1956, 2 pp. SSR-Fish. No. 190 - Saury Di&tribution and Abun­ CFS-1446 - Shrimp Landings, September 1956, 4 pp. dance, Pacific Coast, 1950-55, by Elbert H. CFS-1447 - North Carolina Landings, October 1956, Ahlstrom and Harold D. Casey, 69 pp., pro­ 2 pp. 6 cessed, November 1956. CFS-1448 - Alabama Landings, September 195 , 2 pp. SSR-Fish. No. 191 - Shad Fishery of the Ogee­ CFS-1449 - Florida Landings, September 1956,6 pp. chee River, Georgia, in 1954, by James E. CFS-1450 - Georgia Landings, October 1956, 2 pp. Sykes, 11 pp., processed, November 1956. CFS-1452 - Texas Landings, October 1956, 3 pp. CFS-1453 - New Jersey Landings, October 1956, Sep. No. 460 - Preliminary Results of Deep­ 4 pp. Water Exploration for Shrimp in the Gulf of CFS-1454 - Rhode Island Landings, July 1956, 3 pp. Mexico by the MIV Oregon (1950-1956). CFS-1455 - California Landings, August 1956, 4pp. Sep. No. 461 - Iron Sulfide Discoloration of Tuna CFS-1456 - New York Landing~, October 1956, 4 pp. Cans, No. 4 - Effect of Retorting and Cooling Canned Fish. SSR-Fish. No. 169 - Average Year's Fishing Con- Sep. No. 462 - Pilot-Plant Fish-Meal Dryer. dition of Tuna Longline Fisheries, 1952 Edition, Sep. No. 463 - Research in Service Laboratories edited by Nankai Regional Fisheries Research (December 1956): Contains these articles- -­ Laboratory and translated by W. G. VanCampen, "Variation in Proximate Composition of Right 133 pp., illus., processed, January 1956. Ob­ and Left Fillets of Rockfish (Sebastodes Ei!!.­ servations of the albacore fishing conditions in rriger) and Dover Sole {Microstomus pacificus), " the North Pacific area are presented. Fish Composition Studies, II IIAntibiotics for Fishery Products Preservation, " "Tech. Note SSR-Fish. No. 173 - Central North Pacific Albacore No. 35 - Improved Workmen's Stand for Pro­ Surveys, January 1954-February 1955, by Rich­ cessing Plants. " ard S. Shomura and 'ramio Otsu, 34 pp. , iilus. , processed, June1956. Containsfishingresults Research and Activities Under the Saltonstall­ from 7 exploratory cruises in the North Pacific Kennedy Act, Fiscal Year 1956, 194 pp., between January 1954 and February 1955, supple­ iilus., processed. A generously illustrated mented by Japanese commercial long-line catch annual report of the Secretary of Interior to data for the same period. Also included are dis­ Congress. Briefly discusses the Act and its cussions of the vertical distribution, sex com­ history, the American Fisheries Advisory position, and tagging of albacore as well as data Committee, and programs and allocations for on the miscellaneous species of fish taken. 1956/57. Gives a detailed account of a ct ivities and progress in fishery biological s tud ies of: SSR-Fish. No. 178 - PhySical Oceanographic,Bio­ salmon and related species; Pacific sardine; logical, and Chemical Data - South Atlantic January 1957 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 97

ocean research; North Atlantic trawl fishes; California Fishery Products Monthly Summary, Atlantic herring; Gulf of Mexico fishes; striped October 1956, 10 pp. ; California Fishery bass investigations; menhaden research; c ulture Products Monthly Summary, November 1956, of commercial mollusks; control of oyster pre­ 10 pp. (Market News Service, U.S. Fish and dators and drills; Gulf of Mexico oyster drills; Wildlife Service, Post Office Bldg., San albacore research; and commercial propagation Pedro, Calif.) California cannery receipts of channel catfish. Also lists contracts completed of raw tuna and tunalike fish, herring, mack­ as of June 30, 1956, and gives abstracts and de­ erel, anchovies, and squid; pack of canned tailed reports on commercial fishery studies of: tuna, mackerel, herring, anchovies, and exploratory fishing and gear research (includes squid; market fish receipts at San Pedro, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Gulf of Mex­ Santa Monica, San Diego, and Eureka areas; ico explorations; Maine sardine explorations; California imports; canned fish and frozen and gear development and research) and fishery shrimp prices; for the months indicated. technological studies (includes Middle Atlantic and Gulf research; development of voluntary Gulf Monthly Landings, Production, and Ship­ standards; chemical index for nutritive value ments of Fishery Products, November 1956, of fish meal, and new uses for and new products 5 pp. (Market News Service, U.S. Fish and from fish meal; improvement in quality of skip­ Wildlife Service, 609-611 Federal Bldg., New jack tuna; and survey of Great Lakes and Mis­ Orleans 12, La.) Gulf States shrimp, oyster, sissippi Valley fresh-water fishery). Brief re­ finfish, and blue crab landings; crab meat ports are included on commercial fishery eco­ production; LCL express shipments from New nomic studies and statistics, and f~shery educa­ Orleans; and wholesale prices of fish and shell­ tion, market development, and Market News fish on the New Orleans French Market; for Service. Thirteen appendixes list acts, minutes the month indicated. of meetings, and outlines referred to through­ out the report. Monthly Su=ary of Fishery Products Production in Selected Areas of Virginia, North Carolina,

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BARBADOS: EELS: Memorandum on the Barbados Fishing Industry --,r-The Eel Fisheries of Virginia," by James for Consideration gy the Marketing Committee, Wharton, article, The Commonwealth, vol. 29 pp., printed. Department of Science and XXIII, no. 11, November 1956, pp. 20-21, Agriculture, Barbados, B. W.I., 1954. illus., printed, 25 cents. Virginia State Cham­ ber of Commerce, 111 N. Fifth St., Richmond CANADA: 19, Va. Briefly discussed are the apathy to Fisheries Statistics of Canada, 1954 (British Virginia eel in Virginia; methods of eel fishing; Columbia), 14 pp., iUus., printed in French some reasons for the lack of eel on American and English, 25 Canadian cents. Department of menus; history of eel-eating; some misconcep­ Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of tions about eels; and suggestions for cooking Statistics, Ottawa, Canada. Contains tables eels. giving the quantity and value of fishery products landed in British Columbia in 1951- 54, by species ELECTRO-FISHING: and by fisheries districts; quantity and value of IICatches of Fish in New Brunswick Streams by manufactured fishery products for 1953-54; capi­ Direct Current Electro-Fishing," by H. tal equipment in the primary fisheries operations; Godfrey, article, The Canadian Fish Culturist, and the number of fishermen engaged in the prima­ issue nineteen, November 1956, pp. 1-8, prin­ ry fisheries operations. ted. Department of Fisheries, Ottawa, Canada, Fisheries Statistics of Canada - Newfoundland, Discusses investigations made with direct cur­ 1954, 4 pp., illus., printed in French and Eng­ rent electrical fishing gear; how fishing was lish. Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Industry carried out; and what fish were captured. In­ and Merchandising Division, Fisheries Section, cluded are descriptions of tables that showdif­ Ottawa, Canada, 1956. Presents statistical da­ ferences in behaviour within the electrical field ta on the Newfoundland fishery. Tables show and in catchability of the more abundant species quantity and value of the principal species; cap­ such as eels, salmon fry, "black-nosed" dace, ital equipment in the primary fishery operations; sculpin, burbot, and others. and number of persons engaged in the fisheries. FISHERIES MANAGEMENT: Fisheries Statistics of Canada, 1954 (Prince Concerning the Biological Basis of the Rate .2! Edward Island), 22 pp~ illus. , printed inFrench Exploitation, and Means of Managing the Abun­ and English, 25 Canadian cents. Department of dance of Fish Stocks, by G. V. Nikolsky, 16 pp., Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of Sta­ processed. (Preliminary translation by W. E. tistics, Ottawa, Canada. Contains tables giving Ricker from Ocherki.P.Q Obshchirn Voprosam the quantity and val ue of fishery prod ucts landed Ikhtiologii (Essays on General Problems of in Prince Edward Island in 1954- 54, by species Ichthyology), 1953, pp. 306-318). Fisheries and by fisheries districts; quantity and value of Research Board of Canada, Biological Station, manufactured fishery products for 1953- 54; cap­ Nanaimo, B.C., Canada. ital equipment in the primary fisheries opera­ tions; and the number of fishermen tJune 1955. cessed. International Commission for the North­ Discusses fish species that would be affected west AUantic Fisheries, Forest Bldg. , Carleton by a salinity barrier, probable effect of such St., Halifax, N. S., Canada, November 1956. a .harrier on fisheries and wildlife together COOKERY: wlth.problems of individual species, an eco­ Some Oyster Recipes, by Helen Evans Brown, nomiC evaluation of the fisheries and wildlife 28 pp., illus., printed. Ampersand Press, resources, and fishways and fish protection Pasadena, Calif., 1951. devices. January 1957 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 99

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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION: October 1956, pp. 3-7, illus., printed. Direc­ -yearbOok of Fishery Statistics (Annuaire Sta­ tor of Information and Educational Service, tistique des Peches, Anuario Estadistico de Department of Fisheries, Ottawa, Canada. Pesca) --Production and Fishing Craft (Pro­ Describes in detail the evolution of the cod duction et Bateaux de Peche, Produccion y Em­ trap from its invention 91 years ago to its barcaciones de Pesca), 1954-55, vol. 5, 390 present day rating as one of the most efficient pp., illus., processed, US$4. Food and Agri­ fishing devices. The author discusses the his­ culture Organization of the United Nations, tory of cod traps and cod fishing; the basic Rome, Italy, 1956. (Sold in the United States by structure of the cod trap; sizes and uses of cod Columbia University Press, International Doc­ traps; the briefness of the cod trapping season; uments Service, 2960 Broadway, New York 27, advantages in using the trap skiff; and others. N. Y .) This latest edition of the F AO Yearbook includes statistics from more than 150 countries A New Mid-Water Trawl for Herring, by W.E. and territories, given in 72 tables and, for the Barraclough and W. W. Johnson, Bulletin no. first time, important summary data are shown 104, 25 pp. , illus., printed. Fisheries Re ­ in diagrammatic form. Detailed tables are given search Board of Canada, Publications Office, for 73 selected countries which land about 75 Ottawa, Canada, 1956. percent of the world catch. Data available from USSR are given, broken down by species and ad­ GENERAL: ministrative units. If the Soviet Union is added liThe Choice and Solution of Mathematical Mod­ to the 73 selected countries, the details cover els for Predicting and Maximizing the Yield of about 84 percent of the world catch. The Year­ a Fishery, " by Kenneth E. F. Watt, article, book is arranged in eight sections, A to H. The Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of first four (A, B, C, and D) give details of catch Canada, voLl3, no. 5, October 1956, pp--:- and landings. Section E gives disposition of the 613-645, printed. Queen's Printer, Hull, Que., catch and F shows production of preserved and Canada. The great expense of modern fisheries processed commodities. Sectlion G deals with research programs necessitates, prior to data fishing craft and section H with the whale catch. collection, careful consideration of the mathe­ Notes and glossaries of English, French, and matical model to be used in analysis. The sim­ scientific names of fish provide interesting and plest type of model requires little information, valuable background and explanatory informa­ but has poor predictive reliability. Progres­ tion. The Yearbook has been enlarged and con­ sively more complex models have higher infor­ tains more detailed information than was found mation output, in the form of predictive reli­ in previous issues. The text throughout is prin­ ability and insight into dynamics of the exploi­ ted in English and French, with the Introduction, ted population, but require higher information Notes, and Section titles also given in Spanish. input, not only as amount of data, but array of There are five new tables of statistics in this types of data. The general form of the most edition. The first, A-5, shows the world catch complex type of model is derived by consider­ and landings by countries arranged by regions, ation of available information on the dynamics thus providing comparable figures for the regions. of fish populations. The specific form of the B-2, which gives catch and landings in quanti­ component terms and the values of the para­ ties by groups of species and by countries, is meters must be derived in each instance also a new table. (The continental totals have through a combination of deduction and joint been summarized in table B-1.) F-l, a sum­ regression analysis. To solve the models, mary of production of preserved and processed catch-effort data must be weighted to avoid commodities in selected countries, is another gross errors, all readable scales must be new table, and so are B-1 and 2, which provide aged, regardless of difficulty in interpretation. statistics of the catch of whales by whaling areas and various modifications of the theory and and by countries and whaling areas. As the fore­ practice of tag-recapture programs are neces­ word states, the inclusion of more information sary. Schooling behavior and regenerated "has been made possible partly by improvements scale centers influence necessary minimum in the ~asic data obtained, including previously size of scale sample. unavailable official or semi-official figures for some countries, and partly I;>y a more extended The Distribution of Fishes Found Below a use of estimates in the calculation of totals." Depth of 2000 Meters, .by Marion Grey, - Fieldiana: Zoology, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 75-337, GEAR: printed. Chicago Natural History Museum, ~echanical Shellfish Digger Developed," by Chicago, Ill., July 1956. L. M. Dickie and J .S. McPhail, article, World Fishing, vol. 5, no. 11, November 1956,-PP:- The Effect of Hydroelectric Developments on 49-51, illus., printed. John Trundell Ltd., the Fishery Resources of Snake River; A Final Temple Avenue, London, E.C.4, England. Des­ Report, by Robert B. Irving and Paul Cuplin, cribes the operation and trials of the mechani­ 169 pp., illus., printed. Idaho Department of cal shellfish digger and the prospects of using Fish and Game, 518 Front St., Boise, Idaho, this method of gathering clams in Canada. At 1956. present it is illegal to use any but hand-tool methods for digging soft-shell clams in the Mar­ Tax Guide for Small Business, printed, 30 itime Provinces and Quebec. cents. Internal Revenue Service, Washington, D. C., 1956. (For sale by Superintendent of "The Newfoundland Cod Traps," by Mark Documents, Government Printing Office, Ronayne, article, Trade News, vol. 9, no. 4, Washington 25, D.C.) 100 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 19, No. 1

THESE pUBLICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABL,£ FROM THE FISH AND WILDLIFE ~, !l.\1! USUALLY MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE ORGERMANY: "Development of the West German Fishing In­ NORPAC 1955, M/V "Brown Bear," August.! dustry, " by Gerhard Meseck, article, Progress, to September 19, 1955, Preliminary Data vol. 45, no. 251, Summer 1956, pp. 138-144, Report, by Richard H. Fleming and staff, illus., printed. Associated Enterprises Limit­ Special Report no. 22, 104 pp., processed. ed, Unilever House, Blackfriers. London, E. C. University of Washington, Department of Ocea­ 4, England. One of the most striking examples nography, Seattle 5, Wash., February 1956. of the rebuilding of Germany's indllstrial strengt is provided by the Federal Republic's fishing OYSTERS: industry. The fleet has been largely replaced Effects of Two Parasites on the Growth of and a great advance made in equipment and tech­ oysters;-by R. Winston Menzel and Sewell H. niques for the processing and marketing of Hopkins, 3 pp., processed. (Reprinted from catches. This is a survey of what has been a­ Proceedings of the National Shellfish Associ­ chieved and is planned for the West German ation, vol. 45, 1954, pp. 184- 186.) Depart­ fishing industry. ment of Biology, A. &M. College of Texas, College Station, Tex. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS: (International North Pacific Fisheries Com­ Factors Controlling the Distribution of Oysters miSSion) Annual Report, 1955, 67 pp., illus., in ~ Neutral Estuary, by Nelson Marshall, 6 printed. University of British Columbia, 209 pp., illus., printed. (Reprinted from Ecology, Westbrook Bldg., Vancouver 8, B. C., Canada, vol. 35, no. 3, July 1954, pp. 322-327.) Oce­ 1956. A report in three parts containing sum­ anographic Institute, Florida State University, maries of research carried out for the Com­ Tallahassee, Fla. mission by research agencies of its three mem­ ber nations, Canada, Japan, and the United "Oil and Oysters," by James N. McConnell, States. Part I, Report of the 1955 Annual article, Louisiana Conservationist, vol. 8, Meeting, covers only preliminary material no. II, October 1956, pp. 4-6, illus., printed. since analysis of data from 1955 investigations Louisiana Conservationist, 126 Civil Courts was far from complete at the end of that year. Bldg., New Orleans 16, La. Discusses the Part II, Administrative Report, gives a very problems of continuing oyster production in brief account of membership changes, publi­ areas where mineral activity, especially oil cations, and fiscal status of the Commission. drilling, is increasing. Part III, The Research Program, reports on the concentrated program to determine the con­ Some Phases of the Biology of OSTREA EQUES­ tinental origin of stocks of salmon on the high TRIS Say and ~ Comparison with CRASSOSTREA seas and whether there is a need for joint con­ VIRGINICi\TGmelin), by R. Winston Menzel, servation measures for the king crab stock of no. 25, 83 pp., illus., printed. (Reprinted the eastern Bering Sea. from Institute of Marine Science, vol. IV, no. I, September 1955, pp. 70-153.) Oceanographic JAPAN: Institute, Florida State University, Tallahassee, ----suIietin of Tokai Regional Fisheries Research Fla. Laboratory, no. 13, 90 pp., illus., printed in Japanese with English summaries. Tokai Re­ PAKISTAN: gional Fisheries Research Laboratory, Tsuki­ The Mechanization of West Pakistan Fishing shima, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, June 1956. Con­ Boats, by H. Magnusson, C. S. Ohlsson, P. tains, among others, the following articles: Gurtner and Jan-Olof Truang, FAO- ET AP " Report on Samplin¥ Survey for 'Iwashi' Catch Report no. 403, 82 pp., illus., processed. and Fishing Effort;' "Body Length Distribution Food and Agriculture Organization of the United of the Japanese Anchovy, Engraulis japonica in Nations, Rome, Italy, 1955. Ise Bay, Mikawa Bay and Ensyu-Nada - I. Body Length in 1951 and 1952;" "Effect of Supersonic "Preservation and Curing of Fish in East Wave on Behavior of Fish;" "Studies on the Pakistan, " by Nazir Ahmed, article, Pakistan Breaking Strength of Netting Cords Made with Journal ~ Science, vol. 5, no. 3, July 1953, Various Twisting Machines;" and "Relationship pp. 117 -122, printed in English. Pakistan Between Jelly Strength and Chemical Compo­ Association for Advancement of Science, sition of Fish Meat Jelly. " Lahore, Pakistan.

Japanese Fisheries, 133 pp., illus., printed. POND FISHERIES: Sangyo Kelzal Shimbun, Tokyo, Japan, 1955. ~rrages in Israel and their Utilization for MALTA: Fish-Breeding, by Dr. A. Yashouv(Wirszubski), ~ Report on the Fishing Industry of Malta, by General Fisheries Council for the Mediter­ T. W. Burdon, 79 pp., illus., printed. Govern­ ranean, Technical Paper no. 17, 10 pp. , pro­ ment Printing Office, Malta, 1956. cessed. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, October 1954. MAURITANIA: Barrages are natural seasonal ponds. La peche d'outre mer - Mauritanie (Overseas Fishing - MauritanIa), by R. Moal, Science et PRESERVATION: Peche, ~ol. 1, no. 28, September 1955, 6 pp.­ "Icing Cod with Salt-Water Ice, " by Paul prmted In French. Institut Scientifique et Tech­ Hansen, article, Industrial Refrigeration mque des Peches Maritimes, 59 avo R. Poin­ vol. 131, ?,o. 5, November 1956, pp. 20:51, care, Paris 16, France. pnnted, smgle copy 25 cents. Nickerson & January 1957 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 101

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Collins CO., 433 N. Waller Ave., Chicago 44, on Problems of the Sal=on Industry of the Far Ill. Describes a pilot-scale investigation of the East), 1953, pp. 160-168). Fisheries Research use of salt-water ice for the icing of "wet" cod. Board of Canada, Biological Section, Nan aim 0 , No systematic investigation was r.lade on the B. C., Canada, 1956. raw fish, but the general impression was that the fish iced in "sea" water ice were less spoiled SARDINES: at the end of the experiment than those iced with Les Sardinelles de la Regi08 de Pointe-NOire- - ordinary ice. It seems that the over- all quality Perspectives Economiques u' elTeSOffrent of sea-water iced fish gained more from the (Sardines from the Zone of Pointe- Noire-­ delay in spoilage than it lost through partial Their Economic Prospects), Science et Peche, freezing and salt uptake. In the present experi­ no. 31, December 1955, 6 pp., printed ~ ment, however, the fish were iced with newly­ French. Institut Scientifique et Technique des prepared, homogeneous salt-water ice in pro­ Peches Maritimes, 59 avo R. Poincare, Paris portions much above those used in practical 16, France. icing of fish. Experiments on a more practical scale are therefore necessary before it can be ~ Statistical Contribution to ~ ~ ~ Ecol­ seen whether salt-water ice may be of commer­ ~ of Sardine (SARDINA PILCHARDUS) 10 the cial value to the keeping quality of iced fish. Central Adriatic, by Sime Zupanovic, Acta Adriatica, vol. VIT, no. 10, 1955, 31 pp. , "The Radiation Preservation of Foods, " article, illus., printed. Institute of Oceanography and Industrial Refrigeration, vol. 131, no. 5, No­ Fisheries, Split, Yugoslavia. vember 1956, pp. 15-19, printed, single copy 25 cents. Nickerson & Collins Co., 433 N. Wal­ SHARKS: ler Ave., Chicago 44, ill. Discusses the use of "Victory over the Shark, " by Ralph N. Hill, atomic radiation to preserve foods with a mini­ article, Natural History, vol. LXV, no. 7, mum of refrigeration by destroying insects and September 1956, pp. 352-356, illus., printed, micro-organisms which promote decomposition single copy 50 cents. American Museum of and spoiling. Includes the following brief re­ Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St. , ports: "Nature of the Radiation Process, " by New York 24, N. Y. Vividly describes the Capt. Reuben Pomerantz; "Current State of Ra­ search for a repellant against sharks to pro­ diation," by Lt. Col. Truman F. Cook; "The tect men adrift in life belts or rafts. The au­ Effect of Radiation Sterilization on Wholesome­ thor gives a detailed account of the scientific ness of Foods," by H. F. Kraybill; and "Future project and how it originated; experiments con­ Potentialitites for Radiation, " by Colonel ducted in. laboratory tanks with dog sharks; William D. Jackson. eventual discovery of copper sulphate, ammo­ nium acetate, and other powerful repellants; REFRIGERATION AND FREEZING: search for a shark-infested ocean area suitable "Influence of Freezin Rate on the Denaturation for further testing; experiments in the ocean of Cold-Stored Fish,'r by R. M. Love, article, and discovery of almost magical results with Nature, vol. 178, no. 4540, November 3, 1956, copper acetate; and effective methods of using pp. 988-989, illus., printed. St. Martin's copper acetate to repel sharks. Press, Inc., 103 Park Ave., New York 17, N. Y. Briefly reports the results of testing denatur­ SHELLFISH: ation of fish frozen at different temperatures ~ and Mussel Culture, Rapports et Pro­ and rates of time. ces-Verbaux des Reunions (Reports and Ver­ bal Proceedings of Meetings), vol. 140, part RED SNAPPER: m, 61 pp. ,illus., printed in French and Eng­ ----rrAlabama's Artificial Snapper Banks," by lish, Kr. 17(US$3. 28). Conseil Permanent In­ George Kyle, article, Alabama Conservation, ternational pour l'Exploration de la Mer (Inter­ vol. 28, no. 2, September 1956, pp. 4-7, 15, national Cc;mncil for Exploration of the Sea), 25, illus., printed. Alabama Department of Charlottenlund Slot, Denmark, January 1956. Conservation, 711 High St., Montgomery, Ala. Reports on experiments in making artificial SOUTH CAROLINA: banks in deep water in the Gulf of Mexico by Harvest from an Experimental One-Acre Salt­ planting used car bodies and heaps of scrap Water Pond at Bears BlUff Laboratories, South metal. This project was initiated when it was Carolina, by G. Rob ertr:;"unz, Contributions discovered by fishermen throughout the years from Bears Bluff Laboratories No. 21, 2 pp. , that sunken ships and other hulks on the bottom printed. (Reprinted from Progressive Fish of the sea prove to be good fishing spots. The Culturist, vol. 18, no. 2, April 1956, pp. 92, artificial banks concentrate bottom-feeding 93, 94.) Bears Bluff Laboratories, Wadmalaw fish such as snapper, grouper, jewfish, and Island, S. C. spadefish, in an area where they can be more easily harvested by fishermen. Mosquito Fleet, by Francis B. Taylor, 4 pp. , illus., printed. (Reprinted from Bulletin of the SALMON: International OceanOgraphiC Foundation, vol-.- Contribution to a Biological Foundation for the 2, no. 1, March 195 .) The Marine Labora­ Sallrion !UihkngTndustry ~the AIriur BasTn:Oy tory, University of Miami, 439 Anastasia Ave .. UTNi 0 s y, 10 pp. , processed.lPreliminary Coral Gables 34, Fla. Briefly discusses the translation by W. E. Ricker from Trudy Sovesh­ recent growth of marine fisheries in South ~ ~ Voprosam Lososevovo Khoziaistva Carolina and especially mentions that most Dalnevo V,ostoka (Proceedings of a Symposium fishing was formerly accomplished by the Vol. 19. No.1 102 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW

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"mosquito fleet, " crazily- rigged boats which and conservation efforts to protect sea turtles are now being replaced with modern boats and from extinction. equipment. Also discusses the need for re­ search of near-shore and deep-sea fish and of TURKEY: shrimp, oysters, and crab. The author states Balik ve Balikcilik (Fish and Fishery), vol. IV, that "under- utilization of the State's fishery re­ no. 12:-December 1956, 26 pp., illus., print­ sources could be even more a waste than over­ ed in Turkish with table of contents in English. fishing. How to st~ike a balance between the bio­ Et ve Balik Kurumu, Istanbul, Turkey. Con­ logical factors and the economics of fishing pres­ tains articles dealing with trawling in Turkish sure calls for uninterrupted research of local sea waters; methods of fish extraction by the conditions and enforcement of enlightened laws. " use of vertical and horizontal boiler systems; biology of tuna and recommendations about new SWEDEN: gear to the Turkish fishermen. A general sur­ Fiske, 1954 (Fisheries, 1954), 78 pp., illus., vey of electricity-producing fish is also des­ printed in Swedish with summary in English. cribed. Recom=endations about trawling meth­ Central Bureau of Statistics, Stockholm, Sweden, ods in the Black Sea are given, and the future 1956. An account of the fisheries in Sweden in of Turkish fishing boats is discussed. 1954. Contains statistics mainly relating to salt­ water fisheries. The decline observed for sev­ UNITED KINGDOM: eral years past in the total number of fishermen Sea Fisheries Statistical Tables, 1955, 38 pp., continued during 1954. The primary reason for (mostly tables), printed, 4s. (56 U. S. cents). this is apparently the decrease in the supply of Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, fish in certain areas and the fishermen's conse­ London, England, 1956. (Available from Her quent adoption of some other occupation. The Majesty's Stationery Office, London). Includes coastal industries have frequently offered more statistics on the quantity, total value, and av­ regular and, above all, higher incomes. At the erage value of fish and shellfish production in end of 1954 the total number of fishermen was in Great Britain (mostly England and Wales) by 19,552, of whom 11,731 were professional fish­ species, region, and other categories for 1955. ermen. In addition, to discussions of the salt­ Breakdowns by first-class British vessels, water fishery and the fresh-water fishery, sta­ demersal landings, and pelagic landings are tistics are given for the number of fishermen, presented. Data on imports and exports are fishing gear, and fishing craft in the salt-water included. Also given are the number of fisher­ fishery, by counties, in 1954; quantity and val­ men, number and gross tonnage of vessels, and ue of fishery products in different fishing areas and number of first-class vessels by stations and by counties; and the salmon and whitefish and type of gear. fisheries, etc., in certain rivers in 1954. A list of fish and shellfish in Swedish, Latin, and Eng­ U. S. CONGRESS: lish is also presented. - Fisheries Legislation, Hearings before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ TURTLES: merce, United States Senate (Eighty-fourth "Our VaniShing Sea Turties, "byChapmanGrant, Congress, second session on S. 2379, S. 3275, article, The Scientific Monthly, vol. 83, no. 5, and S. 3339.),299 pp., printed. Committee November 1956, pp. 257 258, printed, 75 cents on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Wash­ single copy. The Scientific Monthly, 1515 Mas­ ington, D. C., 1956. (Available from Super­ sachusetts Ave., N. W., Washington 5, D. C. intendent of Documents, Government Printing Discusses briefly the need for uniform legislation Office, Washington 25, D. C.) lfJ

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