—Disseminating through demonstration and tech- 
nical services results of the above objectives. 
Figure 9 lists the Bureau of Commercial Fish- 
eries (BCF) budget in exploratory fishing Fiscal 
Year 1968. 
Figure 10 shows distribution of BCF personnel 
engaged in exploratory fishing and gear research 
by position type and location, Fiscal Year 1968. It 
should be noted that there are no naval architects, 
only three mechanical engineers, and but three 
electronic engineers working on fishing fleet prob- 
lems. With this low staffing level the Bureau 
cannot devote adequate attention to this subject. 
Figure 11 shows Bureau of Commercial Fish- 
eries exploratory fishing vessels and missions, 
Fiscal Year 1968. Figure 12 is a photograph of one 
of the newest exploratory fishing vessels operated 
by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. 
Figure 9 
BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES, 
BRANCH OF EXPLORATORY FISHING, 
PROGRAM FUNDS, FY 1968 
Total Funds 
Region and Location 
($ thousand) 
1- Seattle, Washington . 550 
2 - Pascagoula, Mississippi and 
St. Simons Island, Georgia 1,340! 
3 - Gloucester, Massachusetts . 450 
4- Ann Arbor, Michigan 265 
5 - Juneau, Alaska 175 
Total . 2,780 
————— 
Includes $400,000 non-recurring cost for outfitting new 
exploratory fishing vessel Oregon //. 
Figure 10 
BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES, BRANCH OF EXPLORATORY FISHING, DISTRIBUTION 
OF PERSONNEL, BY POSITION TYPE AND LOCATION, FY 1968 
Ten poston Seattle Pascagoula St. Simons Gloucester = Ann Arbor Juneau Central Total 
Wash. Miss. Island, Ga Mass. Mich. Alaska Office 
Fishery Biologists. 9 14 4 5 8 3 4 47 
Fishery Methods and 
Equipment Specialists . 4 4 1 2 4 4 0 ys 
Mechanical Engineers. 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 r} 
Electronic Engineers. 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 
Biological Aids and 
Technicians . : 0 Z 0 0 0 1 0 8 
Administrative Officers 
and Assistants, clerical 
personnel, Port Captains 
and Fleet Supervisors . 4 12 3 5 2 1 2 29 
Vessel Crew F : Zi 15 10 13 3 5 0 53 
Total. . . 27 53 18 26 17 12 7 160' 
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Total number of authorized positions—includes several vacancies. 
B. Hunting and Harvesting 
Many great fishery resources of the north 
temperate zone are fully exploited or overex- 
ploited. Marine harvest has definite limits, possibly 
much lower than theorized. During the past 
decade, fishing fleets have been expanded and new 
areas and new species fished. Overfishing may 
cause a serious decline of a species or an increase 
in population of another, possibly less valuable. 
While true that many groundfish resources now 
in high demand are heavily exploited, many 
pelagic resources such as anchovy, thread herring, 
jack mackerel, Pacific saury, etc., are lightly 
exploited. Many midwater resources currently are 
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practically unutilized off the United States. Thus, 
there is room to develop unexploited resources if 
technological developments and economic 
conditions allow this expansion. Potential areas of 
technological development are those concerned 
with fishing vessel design, fish detection systems, 
and new harvesting systems. 
A concerted effort to upgrade the existing U.S. 
fishing fleet through improved capability of vessels 
and gear, more efficient hull forms, increased 
propulsion power, more effective deck hardware, 
and improved capturing devices—would play an 
important role in improving the competitive posi- 
tion of our fishermen. However, if the United 
States is to take advantage of the biological 
