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Page Pag UNITED STATES: UNITED ST AT ES(Contd.): Events and Trends: Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Program 1 Value of 1966 Catch is Near 1965 Record ( ontd.): 1 Situation and Outlook North Atlantic Fisheries Explorations and 2 President Johnson Signs Fish Protein Con- Gear Development: centrate Bill 20 .. " D laware" S eks Industrial Fish on 2 October Wholesale Prices and Indexes for Georges Bank Edibles South Atlantic Fisheries Investigations and Industrial Fishery Products: Gear Development: 4 Fish Meal Supply is Up 7.6"10. Solubles Down 22 .. "Oregon" Studies Availabillty of Swordfish 13"/0 and Bottorniish 4 U.S. and World Fish Meal Situation and Outlook Tropical Atlantic Fisheries InvestigatlOn5: 5 Shrimp Imports Rise 5.2% 22 RIV " ndaunted" Visits Recife 6 Can Shipments for Fishery Products Increase 22 a l!forni;:, IS" Scofield" Samples Coas al Shrimp 6 Defense Department Changes Finfish Pur- 24 ew BCF Film Honored chases 24 Boston Trawlers Improve Fish Handling 6 Canned Salmon on USDA'S "Plentiful List" Methods Marketing: 25 Auke Bay Biologists Successfully Transplant 6 Survey Shows Fish Products More Popular Salmon 7 Bluefin Fishery Sets Record 25 Cooked Salmon, Stored Then Warmed, Be- 7 Albacore Season Nears Record in Northwest comes RanCid QUickly But Poor in California 25 Identify Cause of "MSX" Disease 7 1965 Great Lakes Landings Same as 1964 26 Chinese A-Blasts Affect Oysters 8 Spacecraft May Help Increase Fish Catch 26 Analyze King Crab Data 8 Tv Camera Shows Tests at 45,000 Feet 26 Combine Heat and Irradiation to Pasteurize 8 "" Recovers Instruments From Dungeness Crab 1eat Ocean Bottom 26 Conduct Time- Studies of Salm­ 10 1967 Small Boats Better Equipped, Says onella In Fish Meal Coast Guard 27 Irradiate Mackerel to Study Vietnamese Food States: 27 Galveston Studies Distribution and Abundance Ca:!.ifornia: of Shrimp Larvae 11 Anchovy Landings Total 2,500 Tons 27 Shrimp Cultivated in Artificial Ponds Louisiana: 27 Studies Life History of Pink Shrtmp Off Flortda 11 1965 Landings Hit Record High 28 Method Found to Peel Pink Shrimp Maryland: 28 Lake Trout Thrive on Alewives 12 Ancient Oyster Shells Found 28 Tagged Seal Pups Weigh Less Than Untagged Michigan: 28 Sealskin Prices Are Down 12 EDA Processing Plant Completed 28 Workshop Discusses Swordfish and Tuna 12 Meal Plant Planned Longlining 12 Federal Aid Project Productive in Missouri 29 Lends Gear for Winter Hake Fishery North and South Dakota: 29 Keel Laid for BCF Exploratory Vessel 12 Estimate Fish in Oahe Reservoir 29 Dr. J. L . McHugh amed BCF Acting Deputy Oregon: Director 13 Willamette Chinook Set Record Federal Actions : 13 Coho Catch in Columbia is Best Since 1929 Department of the Interior: 13 Seeks to Establish Sockeye 30 Fisheries Loan Fund Has Provided early Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Programs : $22 Million North Pacific Fishery Investigations: 30 FishingVessel Mortgage Insurance Program 15 · . Results of Salmon Research Cruises, 30 Fishing Vessel Construction Differential Summer 1966 Subsidy Alaska Fisheries Explorations and Gear 30 Subsidies Help Build Stern Trawlers Development: 31 First Anadromous Fish Funds Awarded 16 · . R Iv "Sablefish" Continues Gear Studies on 31 Sets ew Permit Obligation for Seismic Shrimp Trawls Work Central Pacific Fisheries Investigations: Department of Commerce: 17 · . "Cromwell" Studies Techniques to 31 Loans $30.5 Million to Fisheries in 1965 Track Tuna 31 Aids Construction of California Mooring Great Lakes Fisheries Explorations: Basin 18 · . "Clifford" Aids Lake Superior Fisheries 32 Plans Expansion of Foreign Trade Reports Inland Fisheries Explorations and Gear De- 32 Its Survey of Canned Foods to Include Fish velopment: 32 Vessel Owners to be As ked for More Infor- 18 · . "Hiodon" Continues Oahe Reservoir Studies mation Gulf Fisheries Explorations and Gear De- FEATURES: velopment: 33 Hard Clam Explorations Off Southeastern 19 "Bowers" Electric Shrimp Trawls Are United States Successful 43 Trends in Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Trawling Fleet 20 Attraction of Anchovies to Light Studied

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Page Page INTERNATIONAL; FOREIG T (Contd.): 47 J apan and South Korea Hold Flshery Tal ks Europe (Contd.)· Northwest P ac lflc F isherles Convent[on; Iceland (Contd.): 47 J ap an to Renegot late Treaty wlth USSR 60 How Flsh Were Used North P aclflc Fls hery Conventlon; 60 Labor-Saving :'Ilachmt'I'Y Ie ts. T l d 47 J apane s e Offlcial Dlscusses lts Renegotla- Italy: t lon wlth C anada and U. S. 61 Duty-Free Frozen Tund Quo han t! Sou ht Flsh Meal; 61 Frozen Tuna :\lal'k 1 Improv s 48 .. World Produc tion J a nuary- July 1966 is 11 '70 Portugal; Above 1965 Period 61 Canned Flsh Pack and Expor s Drop OECD ; Spam: 48 Fisheries Committee Mee ts 62 Revlses Label Rules for Imported Foods ; Unlted Kingdom: 48 3 Nations Conduc t R esearch 62 Flrm Freezes Prlce for Cod Flllds 49 World Network Provides Weather Information Asla: to Mariners Japan: FOREIGN; 63 Imports of Marine Products r' RISing Canada ; 63 Employment Drops in Flshing Industry 51 Landings Are Down But Value Up Slightly 63 Catches of Squld, :'Ilackerel, and Saury Decline 51 Conside rs Limit ing Salmon Fleet Size 64 Factoryships Returning From Eastern 51 Herring Fis hermen Ask High er Ex- Vessel Bering Sea Pric es 64 Fish Meal Factoryship Completes North 51 Two Atlantic C r a b Species Show Promise Pacific Operation Latin Ame rica ; 64 1966 Whale Catch in North Pacific Was Good Mexi c o ; 64 Exports It Million Canned Tuna in Oil and 53 Plans Shrimping Expansion in Internation- Specialty Packs al Waters 65 Exports of Fresh and Frozen Tuna Decline 53 Gulf Shrimp Fish e r men Win Improved 65 Exports of Canned King Crab Good But C ontrac t Supplies Inadequate Cuba ; 65 Fish Oil Production Up in 1965 53 Plans to Expand St a t e - Owned F l eet 66 Export Price is Up for Canned Shrimp 54 Soviet F i s he r y Sp ecialists Visit 66 Salmon Roe Prices Drop B r azi l: 66 Exports of Canned King Crab to United 54 Mobi le Fish Marke ts Are Successful Kingdom Drop 55 Japanese Whaling t o Increase Off Brazil 66 U. S. Market for Canned Tuna Weakens E r: ua dor ; 67 Canned Saury to be Sold to United States 55 Tuna Canne r y Ceases Operations 67 Hake Gaining Consumer Acceptance Peru ; 67 To Cultivate Pearls in Fiji Islands 55 F ish Meal Production and Supplies are High 67 Joint Whaling Venture With Norway Under Europe; Way USSR ; 67 Hokkaido is Rebuilding Salmon Runs 5 6 19 65 F ish Meal P roduction is High But 68 Communist China Fisheries Team Visits Below Needs 68 Imports From Chine Rose in 1965 5 6 Doubles E xpor ts t o J apan in 1965 Republic of Korea: 5 7 Whale Produc ts Exported to J apan 68 Report on Tuna Fleet 57 Se lls Alaska P ollock to Japan for Fish Meal 68 Norway and Netherlands Promise Credits 57 Murmansk Fish eries Are Expanding 69 Negotiates for Second Fishery Loan From 57 New Ste rn T rawlers Reach Pacific Fleet Italian-French Consortium 57 Flagship Returns From Northeastern Pacific 69 Fishery Exports Are Rising 58 Pacific Squid F ishery is Productive 69 Vessel Returns From North Pacific Survey 58 Fishing in Barents Sea is Poor India; 58 Capelin St ocks in Barents Sea Are Large 69 Soviet Union Aids Fisheries 58 Research Vessel Visits Australia Micronesia: 58 C onduc ts He r ring Research in Bering Sea 69 New Tuna Vessel Launched 59 Vessels Return From Pacific Research Cruise Solomon Islands: Denmark ; 69 New Company to Exploit Spllly Lobster 59 Date of Production to be Required on Africa: "Semipreserved" F i sh Products South Africa: East Germany; 70 Reduces New Transshipping Levy 59 .. Begins Fishing on Northwest Atlantic's 70 Factoryship Success Inspires l 'ew Venture Geor ges Bank 70 Proposes International Conference Ic eland ; 71 ~lidyear Fishing Trends 59 Sets Ex- Vessel Prices for Shrimp, Cod, 71 Shoal Fish Catch Drops 10 First-Half 1966 Haddock, Herring South-West Africa; 60 Fis hery P roducts Exports Present Uneven 71 Pilchard Factories ReachlOg Quotas P icture PUBLICATIONS: 60 Re ports Lan9ings by Principa l Species, 72 Fish and Wildlife Service January- 'larch 1965 & 1966 73 . Miscellaneous