April 1951 



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CONTENTS, CONTINUED 



PAGE 

 FOREIGN (CONT.) 



INDONESIA: 



ECA FUNDS AIDING DEVELOPMENT OF FISHERIES 58 



japan: 



FISHERMEN FACING ECONOMIC CRISIS 59 



FISHING AREA INSPECTORS VESTED WITH POLICE POWERS 60 



EXPERIMENTS IN DRYING MARINE PRODUCTS BY INFRARED RAYS.. 60 



NORWAY: 



UMBRELLA-TYPE SAG NET FOR HERRING AND COD 60 



ELECTRICALLY- LIGHTED JIG 61 



FISH CANKERS ACCORDED PRIORITY FOR TIN PLATE 61 



EXPERIMENTAL STORAGE SILOS FOR HERRING 51 



PART OF 1950/51 WHALE OIL PRODUCTION SOLD 62 



PANAMA: 



TAXES FOR FISHING RIGHTS 63 



PORTUGAL: 



HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FISHING INDUSTRY, 1950 63 



SWEDEN: 

 ONE-BOAT FLOATING TRAWL 



UNITED KINGDOM: 

 HERRING OIL AND MEAL PRODUCTION, 1950. 



65 



VENEZUEl 



FISHERY PRODUCTS IMPORT DUTIES INCREASED 65 



FEDERAL ACTIONS: 67 



DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE: 

 NATIONAL PRODUCTION AUTHORITY: 

 TIN ALLOCATIONS INCREASED TO PROVIDE FOR CANNING OF 

 PER t SHABLE FOODS 67 



FORCES EXEMPTED FROM 



67 



CASES. 



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FEDERAL ACTIONS (CONT.): 

 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE: 

 NATIONAL PRODUCTION AUTHORITY 

 FOOD CANNERS ABLE TO INCREASE PACK IN 

 SIMPLIFICATION AND USE OF GLASS CONTA I 

 DEFENSE TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION: 

 DOMESTIC CIVILIAN TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS PROGRAMS 



SUBMITTED TO NPA 70 



ECONOMIC STABILIZATION ADMINISTRATION: 

 OFFICE OF PRICE STABILIZATION: 



CONTRACTS TO SELL FOR FUTURE DELIVERY 70 



FISH MEAL AND SOLUBLES PRICE CEILING REGULATION RECOM- 

 MENDED n ^ 70 



FROZEN TUNA FOR CANNING NOT FRESH F I SH 71 



RECORD-KEEPING REQUIREMENTS OF PRICE CONTROL PROGRAM... 72 

 NEW BASE PERIOD PLANNED FOR CONTROLLING PRICES OF 



IMPORTS AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL „., 73 



INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION: 



FREIGHT RATES INCREASED FOR 1951 73 



EIGHTY-SECOND ''.ONGRESS ( F I RST SESSION), MARCH 1951 ,74 



GRA PHS : 76 



LANDINGS AND RECEIPTS 76 



COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS AND FREEZINGS OF FISHERY PRODUCTS.. 77 



CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS 78 



PR I CES , 1 MPORTS, AND BYPRODUCTS 79 



RECENT FISHERY PUBLICATIONS: 60 



FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE PUBLICATIONS 80 



MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS 80 



Illustrator-- Gustaf T. Sundstrom 

 Compositors— Jean Zaievsky, Carolyn Wood, Betty Coakley 



Photographs credits : Pages 33 and 35— Gustaf T. Sundstrom; 



Pages 53 and 55 — iCconomic Cooperation Adniinistration. 



INTER10R--DUPLICATING SECTION, WASHINGTON, D. C, 



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