demersal food fish, calico scallops, and hard clams inside 10 fathoms off the Georgia 

 coast. This study is being coordinated with the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Exploratory- 

 Fishing Station, St. Simons Island. Industry receives the results from each cruise. 



Guam H-7-D Isaac I. Ikehara $39,000 



A study to determine the feasibility of developing a deep-sea commercial fishing industry 

 on Guam - Guam's commercial production of fresh fish comes almost entirely from the inshore 

 reef areas. The inshore fish populations are being rapidly depleted while the offshore fish 

 stocks are virtually untapped. Purposes of this study are to investigate the feasibility 

 of adopting the Hawaiian-type sampans for suitable fishing vessel for use offshore around 

 Guam, to determine the relative potential importance of the various fish groups, and to test 

 the marketability of the various species of fish that can be produced in commercial quantities 

 from offshore waters. 



Massachusetts 3-73-R R. Barry Fisher Completed 1968 



Study of the feasibility and application of Danish seining to the Massachusetts fishing 

 industry - Comparative fishing trials have been completed using a Danish seine and an otter 

 trawl in the coastal waters of Massachusetts. Resiilts of this study are inconclusive as to 

 the application of this new gear to the industry. 



Minnesota /i-22-D Charles R. Burrows Completed 1969 



Development of under-ice horizontal sonar scanning equipment and technique for locating fish 

 schools - The development of gear and methods for locating schools of fish under the ice with 

 sonar scanning equipment has been completed. As a result of this study, the industry has 

 purchased this equipment which will save many man-hours of needless searching for concentra- 

 tions of commercial fish species. 



Puerto Rico 2-39-R Rolf Juhl $59,500 



Gear research and testing of improved commercial fishing boats - To determine the most suit- 

 able commercial fishing gear and boats needed for upgrading the fisheries of Puerto Rico, 

 a Florida-type 37-foot lobster boat powered with a 160-hp. diesel has been outfitted and is 

 fishing experimentally on the bottom with pots and longlines. The project also provides for 

 test trolling and gill net fishing. 



Puerto Rico 2-70-R Rolf Juhl $120,500 



Exploratory and test fishing for tuna - Limitations imposed by tuna conservation measures and 

 foreign restrictions on traditional fishing groimds have created a need for developing other 

 fishing areas. Exploratory cruises are underway to determine if the Central Atlantic and 

 Caribbean areas have enough tuna to support a purse seine fishery. The Bureau of Commercial 

 Fisheries has provided a predetermined cruise track to give maximum coverage of the area. 



Rhode Island 3-53-R Richard W. Burton Completed 1967 



Operational testing of two pelagic trawls on two small draggers - This study off Point 

 Judith has been completed, and recommendations have been made to the New England fishing 

 industry relative to the nets, doors, and transducer system. 



Rhode Island 3-90-R David B. Thomson Completed 1969 



Assessment of the efficiency of the Danish tfinge trawl over conventional New England drag 

 nets - Fishing trials have been completed with the Danish Vinge trawl in Rhode Island waters. 

 The trawl was modified to fish off -bottom primarily for sea herring and alewife. Daily 

 catches averaged 4.0,000 pounds per vessel and exceeded the catches of the conventional 

 New England bottom trawl. Vessel owners were impressed over the catches with the vinge 

 trawl and have ordered several trawls. Results of this study have been made available to the 

 New England fishing industry. 



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