January 1965 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 105 RECENT i/A FISHERY PUBLICATIONS —--T -^-----—» *««r.<.Tri SERVICE CFS- 3645 - New Jersey Landings, July 1964, 3 pp. FISH AND WILDLIFE CFS-3647 - Florida Landings, August 1964, 8 pp. PUBLICATIONS CFS-3649 - Fish Meal and Oil, August 1964, 2 pp. CFS-3656 - Shrimp Landings, July 1964, 5 pp. - THESE PROCESSED PUBLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FREE FROM THE Sep. No. 714 Soviet Far East Fisheries Expansion. OFFICE OF INFORMATION, U. S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, WASHING- ARE DESIGNATED AS FOL- TON, D. C. 20240. TTPES OF PUBLICATIONS Sep. No. 715 - Overall View of Soviet Fisheries in LOWS: 1963, with Emphasis on Activities off United States cfs - current fishery statistics of the united states, Coasts. fl - fishery leaflets. mnl - reprints of reports on foreign fisheries, - i and sep.- separates (reprints) from commercial f i sheri es rev ew . Sep. No. 716 Supply, Sustained Yield, Manage- ssr.- fish. - special scientific reports --f isheri es (limited ment of the Maine Lobster Resource. distribution). Sep. No. 717 - Trawling Results of the R/V Anton Number Title Bruun in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. CFS- 3247 - Shrimp Landings, 1962 Annual Summary (Revised), 43 pp. Sep. No. 718 - Crab Industry of Chesapeake Bay and CFS-3563 - Gulf Coast Shrimp Data, January 1964, the South--An Industry in Transition. 17 pp. CFS-3566 - Gulf Coast Shrimp Data, March 1964, 17 pp, Sep. No. 719 - Review of the Movement of Albacore CFS- 3583 - Texas Landings, March 1964, 2 pp. Tuna Off the Pacific Coast in 1963. CFS-3584 - Shrimp Landings, April 1964, 5 pp. CFS-3586 - Gulf Coast Shrimp Data, April 1964, 19 pp. Sep. No. 720 - (Salmon) Abernathy Spawning Channel CFS-3589 - Texas Landings, April 1964, 2 pp. Proves Effective for Reproduction of Chum Salmon. CFS-3590 - New England Fisheries, 1963 Annual Sum- mary, 10 pp. Sep. No. 721 - Design and Operation of a Tray Rack CFS-3604 - Texas Landings, 1964, 2 May pp. for the Study of Oysters. CFS- 3607 - Virginia Landings, June 1964, 4 pp. CFS-3613 - Alabama Landings, April 1964, 3 pp. FL-46 - Dealers in Trout and Pondfishes, 77 pp., re- CFS- 3614 - Alabama Landings, May 1964, 3 pp. vised September 1964. CFS-3617 - Texas Landings, June 1964, 2 pp. CFS-3618 - Maryland Landings, July 1964, 4 pp. FL-190 - Turtle Trapping, 8 pp., illus. , revised CFS- 3621 - Georgia Landings, May 1964, 3 pp. May 1964. CFS- 3622 - Georgia Landings, June 1964, 3 pp. CFS- 3623 - Georgia Landings, July 1964, 3 pp. FL-411 - Care of Tropical Aquarium Fishes, 4 pp., CFS-3625 - Texas Landings, July 1964, 2 pp. revised May 1964. CFS-3626 - New York Landings, July 1964, 5 pp. CFS- 3628 - South Carolina Landings, March 1964. FL-560 - Author Index of Publications, Addresses, and 2 pp. Translations - 1962, Bureau of Commercial Fish- CFS- 362 9 - South Carolina Landings, April 1964, 2 pp. eries, Branches of Economics and Technology, by CFS- 3630 - South Carolina Landings, May 1964, 2 pp. F. Bruce Sanford, Kathryn L. Osterhaug, and Helen CFS-3631 - South Carolina Landings, June 1964, 3 pp. E. Plastino, 10 pp., April 1964._ CFS- 3632 - South Carolina Landings, July 1964, 3 pp. CFS- 3634 - Florida Landings, July 1964, 8 pp. FL-563 - Pacific Salmon, by Clifford J. Burner, 12 pp., CFS-3635 - Louisiana Landings, July 1964, 3 pp. illus., September 1964. Discusses the five species CFS- 3636 - Shrimp Landings, June 1964, 5 pp. of Pacific salmon-- One orhynchus gorbuscha . O. CFS-3637 - Gulf Coast Shrimp Data, June 1964, 25 pp. tschawvtscha . O. nerka . O. kisutch . and Q. keta : CFS-3638 - Maine Landings, July 1964, 4 pp. general life history; food; migration; commercial CFS-3639 - North Carolina Landings, August 1964, importance; water problems; and research on salm- 4 pp. on. Included are statistical tables showing data for CFS- 3641 - Rhode Island Landings, May 1964, 3 pp. 5 species of Pacific salmon occurring on the west CFS- 3642 - Georgia Landings, August 1964, 3 pp. coast of North America; commercial catch of salm- CFS- 3643 - South Carolina Landings, August 1964, on in Pacific Coast States, 1950-60; and value of 3 pp. commercial catch of salmon in Pacific Coast States, CFS-3644 - Maryland Landings, August 1964, 4 pp. 1950-60. , , 106 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 27, No. 1 FL-569 - The True Pikes, by Ernest G. Karvelis, 11 The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Labo- - pp., illus. , September 1964. Discusses scientific ratory , Oxford , Maryland ; Programs and Perspec names of pikes, their common names, physical tives . Circular 200, 52 pp., illus., October 1964. characteristics, occurrence, artificial propagation, Shellfish research in the Middle Atlantic States was and key to identification. Also descri es in detail materially advanced in 1960 when the Bureau of the characteristics of the muskellunge, northern Commercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory at pike, chain pickerel, grass pickerel, and redfin Oxford, Md. , was established on the eastern shore pickerel. of Chesapeake Bay. Committed to increased under standing of shellfish biology, and with particular in- FL-573 - Graduate Educational Grants in Aquatic Sci- terest in factors influencing survival, growth, and ences for the Academic Year 1965-66, 4 pp., illus. reproduction of shellfish, the laboratory joined a October 1964. group of state and university research units involved with comparable problems. This series of papers SSR-Fish. No. 467 - Annual Fish Passage Report - has been prepared by biologists concerned with the Rock Island Dam, Columbia River, Washington, laboratory's activities. Included are: "A brief his- 1962, by Paul D. Zimmer and John H. Broughton, tory of Federal shellfish investigations in Chesa- 29pp., illus., August 1964. peake Bay," by James B. Engle; "The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory at Ox- SSR-Fish. No. 468 - Statistical Records and Computa- ford, present and future," by Carl J. Sindermann; tions on Red Salmon ( Oncorhynchus nerka) Runs in "Environmental features of the laboratory site; the the Nushagak District, Bristol Bay, Alaska, 1946- Tred Avon River," by Robert W. Hanks; "Natural 59, by Ole A. Mathisen, Robert L. Burgner, and and artificial pond culture of oysters," by William Ted S. Y. Koo, 34 pp., illus., June 1963. N. Shaw; "Studies of oyster microparasites, " by Aaron Rosenfield; and "Progress in surf clam bio- SSR-Fish. No. 479 - Age and Size Composition of the logical research," by Arthur S. Merrill and John R. 1960 Menhaden Catch Along the U. S. Atlantic Coast, Webster. with a Brief Review of the Commercial Fishery, by William R. Nicholson and Joseph R. Higham, Jr., The Commercial Fisheries of the Gulf and South Atlan - 44 pp., illus., August 1964. tic Region and Their Needs . Circular 181, 42 pp. illus., September 1964. Discusses in detail the SSR-Fish. No. 484 - Field Techniques for Staining- status of the commercial fishery resources of the Recapture Experiments with Commercial Shrimp, Region, their utilization, and their needs. Summa- by T.J. Costello, 15 pp., illus., August 1964. rizes the programs that should be continued or under- taken within the Region to strengthen the fishing in- SSR-Fish. No. 485 - Disappearance of Dead Pink Salm- dustry and point the way to full utilization of the re- on Eggs and Larvae from Sashin Creek, Baranof sources of the Gulf and South Atlantic waters. Many Island, Alaska, by William J. McNeil, Ralph A. of the needs will be met by industry without assist- Wells, and David C. Brickell, 15 pp., illus., August ance. Other needs will be met by cooperative indus- 1964. try-Government action; and still others, particularly in the field of biological research to provide the Annual Report of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries basis for resource management, must be met through Technological Laboratory . Seattle . Washington . Government efforts- -both State and Federal. Coor- Calendar Year 1962, by Patricia S. Terao, Circular dination and integration of those separate activities 180, 15 pp., illus., September 1964. The Techno- are possible through the Gulf States Marine Fisher- logical Laboratory of the Pacific Region, Bureau of ies Commission and the Atlantic States Marine Fish- Commercial Fisheries, one of six such laboratories, eries Commission, and their standing committees. began its research activities on May 2, 1933. The laboratory carries out research on the preservation Fisheries of the World , by Sidney Shapiro, 17 pp., and utilization of fish and shellfish, the chemical printed. (Reprinted from Farmer's World. The properties of constituents, and the application of re- Yearbook of Agriculture 1964 . U. S. Department of search findings to new and improved fishery prod- Agriculture, pp. 161-177.) Some experts on marine ucts. By preparing technical bulletins and answer- resources believe that about 90 percent of the ocean's ing inquiries, the laboratory also provides the fish- productivity is unused and that utilization eventually ing industry and the general public with information can be increased at least fivefold without endangering on fishery products. Currently three major re- aquatic stocks, according to the report. The global search programs are under way. The first program catch was 20 million metric tons in 1950 and nearly aims at widening markets for fish oils, and consists 45 million in 1962. It may reach 70 million by 1980. of organic chemical investigations of the properties The report discusses types of fisheries, methods of and reactions of fish oils, of their derivatives, and capture, utilization of the world's catches, interna- of industrial evaluation of potential uses for these tional trade in fishery products. United States par- products. The second, in cooperation with the ticipation in 9 international fisheries conventions. Atomic Energy Commission, concerns the irradia- United States aid programs to foreign fisheries, tion pasteurization of several species of fish as a oceanographic research, and the First Law of the means of extending the storage life of iced fish.