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Gulf of Mexico 



Silver Bay: New England side trawler used for exploratory fishing and de- 

 veloping and testing of trawl gear in the Gulf of Mexico and adjacent areas. 

 Chartered for 2 years at $30,000 per year, bareboat basis. Fuel, mess and gear 

 provided by the Government. Vessel is 96 feet in length, carries a crew of nine, 

 and can accommodate up to six Bureau personnel. Built in 1946, the vessel is 

 of steel and has a range of 3,000 nautical miles. 



Atlantic 



Dartmouth: Scalloper out of New Bedford. Used September 1958, total cost 

 $2,513, cost per day $359. (This was to have been a 2-year contract, with 50 

 days' use estimated, but the vessel changed hands and the new owner canceled 

 the contract.) Crew of 11 men included in hire of boat. Type of work was 

 dragging and sea-scalloping. The range of the vessel is unknown but it was an 

 offshore boat which could go to Georges Bank. Fuel capacity 36,000 gallons. 

 Length 85 feet. Carried three Bureau personnel. Electronic equipment : radar, 

 loran, depth indicators, and radio. 



Jacquelyn: Inshore dragger used for industrial fish project and sea scallop 

 project. Cost $1,500 or $300 per day for five 1-day trips. Three in crew. Range : 

 inshore. Length 43 feet. Carried 3 Bureau personnel. Electronic equipment: 

 radio, echosounder. Time used. May to October 1958. 



Silver Mink: Inshore dragger out of Provincetown used for haddock ecology 

 studies for 1 day once a month. Thirteen 1-day trips made, costing about $5,000 

 at $380 a day, including crew of five or six. Bureau personnel carried, three or 

 or four. Length, 62 feet. Range, not as far as Georges Bank, medium-range 

 offshore. Electronic equipment : radar, loran, radio direction finder and radio- 

 telephone. Time used, all of 1958 and to February 1959. This was an old 

 shrimp trawler, now a medium-size New England dragger. 



Unnamed vessel, used for Eastport redfish studies. Cost $30 per day, includ- 

 ing crew of one. Length 40 feet. Carried one to three Bureau personnel. No 

 electronic equipment. Total cost $1,770, for 59 1-day trips. Used July 1957 to 

 October 1958. 



Whaling City: Scallop dragger used before chartering the Dartmouth. Used 

 June to August 1957, for two 10-day trips at $500 a day plus fuel. Total cost 

 $10,500 ($500 for fuel). Cost included crew of 7. Type of work — deep scallop- 

 ing. Length 83 feet. Range : offshore. Carried three or four Bureau personnel. 

 Electronics equipment: radar, loran, direction finder, echosounder, radiotele- 

 phone. 



Silver Bay: Otter trawler, chartered for 3 months by Biological Laboratory 

 at Boothbay Harbor. Cost $300 per day, including crew and food, oil extra. 

 Range: 3,000 miles. Carried four Bureau personnel. Electronics equipment: 

 loran, radio, radar, echosounder. Use of vessel: plankton survey. 



Mr. Miller. Wliat is going to be the effect of laying up this ship 

 on civil service employees who operated her ? What is going to hap- 

 pen to them ? You just cannot say that we need scientists and need 

 people to build up an agency without the captain taking care of the 

 troops or perhaps saying the chiefs taking care of the Indians. What 

 is going to happen to the Indians in this case ? 



Mr. McKernan. We are doing quite a little bit in this regard, Mr. 

 Chairman. I do not wish to give the committee the impression that 

 we are going to be able to find jobs for everybody on the crew but, as 

 you know, we have a daily fisheries news bulletin that we put out in 

 New England as well as some other important fisliing ports. In this 

 particular bulletin we have run every day for about 13 days or so a 

 notice which, in effect, indicates that there are a number of well quali- 

 fied, experienced, loyal people. We enumerate the positions them- 

 selves and indicate that if anybody has any such positions we would 

 be pleased to communicate with the employees and attempt to act as 

 liaison between the employees and new employers. This ha? already 

 brought about some effects. 



