bay Harbor, Maine. The laboratory at Mil- 

 ford, Conn., features research on oysters and 

 hard clams, and the laboratory at Oxford, 

 Md., conducts other molluscan research 



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EXPLORATORY 

 FISHING AND 

 GEAR RESEARCH 



The Exploratory Fishing and Gear Re- 

 search Base at Gloucester is developing new 

 and more efficient methods of catching fish. 

 Investigations are also made to define and 

 possibly expand the limits of the fishery 



resource. 



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TECHNOLOGICAL 

 RESEARCH 



The technological research programs are 

 designed to bring about a more efficient utili- 

 zation of marine resources either as food or 

 as industrial products. The Technological 

 Laboratory in Gloucester conducts chemical 

 and engineering studies on the handling, 

 storage, composition, and quality of a wide 

 variety of fish and fishery products. The 

 Technological Laboratory at College Park, 

 Md., specializes in chemical and nutritional 

 studies of fishery products and related engi- 

 neering studies. 



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TECHNICAL 

 ADVICE 



The Technical Advisory Unit, located at 

 Boston, Mass., helps the industrial fishery 

 to find new outlets for fish meal and oil. It 

 maintains close liaison with users and pro- 

 ducers of industrial fishery products and 

 keeps them abreast of research developments 

 and product and market opportunities. 



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MARKETING 



Markctmg Offices are situated in Bos- 

 ton, Mass., New York, N. Y., and Baltimore, 

 Md. A test kitchen is located at College Park, 

 Md. Research and promotional and educa- 

 tional programs help the fishing industry to 

 sell domestically produced seafoods. Of ma- 

 jor importance are radio and television pro- 

 grams, fish cookery demonstrations, recipe 

 development, and consumer publications, 

 motion pictures, and other visual aids. 



STATISTICAL 

 SERVICES 



A statistical services unit has headquar- 

 ters in Gloucester and offices in 14 strategic 

 locations throughout the Region. It 



collects and analyzes information on the pro- 

 duction and value of all market forms of 

 commercial fish and shellfish. Special statis- 

 tical tabulations are prepared for the use 

 of the Bureau's Division of Biological Re- 

 search and for the International Commis- 

 sion for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries 

 (ICNAF), one of the many international 

 fishery treaties to which the United States 

 is a party. 



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MARKET 



NEWS 



Market News offices m Boston, New 

 York City, Baltimore, and Hampton, Va., 

 collect and distribute daily market data on 

 the type, amount, and first sales prices for 

 the fish offered for sale from all the impor- 

 tant fisheries of the area. These published 

 reports assist in the orderly marketing of 

 fishery products and aid in determining pres- 

 ent and future development of the fisheries 



