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"Age and Length Composition of the Sau-dino Catch 

 off the Pacific Coast of the United States 

 and Canada in 1950-51," by Frances E. Felin, 

 Anita E. Daugherty, and Leo Pr'.nkas, article, 

 California Fish and Game . July 1951, vol. 37, 

 no. 3, pp. 339-49, illus., printed. Division 

 of Fish and Game, Department of Natural Re- 

 sources, San Francisco, Calif. This is the 

 fifth report on the age and length composition 

 of the sardine catch off the Pacific Coast of 

 the United States and Canada and covers the 

 1950-51 season. There was no fishery off the 

 British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon 

 coasts in this season; and the interseason 

 (summer) fishery in California was prohibited 

 by law. Included are tables shovdng the length 

 frequency distributions of fish of each year 

 class sampled in the 1950-51 season by sex and 

 region of catch| calendar dates for the lunar 

 months in the season; and the number of fish, 

 by region of catch, in each year class caught 

 during the season. 



(Alaska) Annual Report No. 1 ior the Year 1949. 

 40 p., illus., printed, Alaska Department of 

 Fisheries, Juneau, Alaska. This is the first 

 annual report of the Alaska Fisheries Board, 

 created by the 19th Territorial Legislature 

 and approved March 21, 1949. This report is 

 a resume of the activities of the Alaska De- 

 partment of Fisheries for the year 1949. In- 

 cluded in this booklet are statistics giving 

 the number of salmon canneries and the pack by 

 districts for 1878-1949; comparative values of 

 canned salmon, giving initial price per case 

 and total value by species for 1905-1949; pro- 

 duction and values of 25 fishery products 

 taken in Alaskan waters for 1936-1947; a 

 chronological history of salmon canneries in 

 southeastern Alaska; and the Act that estab- 

 lished the Alaska Depcirtment of Fisheries. 



Annual Report of the Government of the United 

 States to the Food and Agriculture Organiza- 

 tion of the United Nations . prepared under the 

 direction of the U.S. -FAG Inter-Agency Com- 

 mittee, 172 p., processed, free (supply is 

 limited) . Office of Foreign Agricultural Re- 

 lations, U.S.Dept. of Agriculture, Washing- 

 ton, D.C., 1951. A section (5 p.) of this 

 report, jrtiioh deals with the food and agricul- 

 ture developments in the U.S., gives a resume 

 of the fisheries activities in the U.S. for 

 1950 and early 1951. Figures given cover 

 total production, number of fishermen, vessels, 

 shore workers and plants, and the production 

 of leading species (menhaden, pilchards, sal- 

 mon, tuna, mackerel, and shrimp). Per capita 

 consumption and prices for les.ding species of 

 fish and byproducts are also presented. Men- 

 tion is made of new product ion methods, market- 

 ing trends, fishery education and research, and 

 1950 legislation affecting the fisheries. 



Also included are discussions of the interna- 

 tional conservation agreements entered into by 

 the United States, B3A's technical assistance 

 projects, the Fish and Vfildlife's training of 

 foreign fishery experts and fishery projects 

 under the Point Four Program. 



THI, The Biology of the Longhorn Sculpin . MYOXO - 

 CEPHALUS OCTODECmSPINOSUS Mltchill . with a 

 Discussion of the Southern New England " Trash " 

 Fishery , by James E. Morrow, Jr. , (Studies of 

 the Marine Resources of Southern New England, 

 vol. XIII, article 2), 89 p., illus., printed, 

 11.35. Bulletin of The Bingham Oceanographic 

 Collection, Yale University; published by the 

 . Bingham Oceanographic Laboratory, New Haven, 

 Conn., February 1951. The second part of this 

 publication discusses the recent trash fishery 

 in southern New England. The great volume of 

 trash landings in 1949 and 1950 is pointed out, 

 and the reasons for the meteoric rise and fall 

 of this fishery are described. "In a theoreti- 

 cal discussion based on some rather rough es- 

 timates," according to the author, "it is 

 pointed out that stocks of trash fish in gen- 

 eral may be expected to decline, and that the 

 sculpin" (one of the maqy fish harvested by the 

 trash fishery) may suffer serious depletion 

 within ten years. However, the author adds, 

 "continuation of the trash fishery would be ex- 

 pected to have a beneficial effect on the fish- 

 ing industry as a vrtiole in this region." The 

 author suggests that studies of the biology and 

 ecological relationships of the major species, 

 as well as the collection of catch statistics, 

 should be actively pursued in order to provide 

 data on which to base regulatory measures for 

 this fishery. The first part of this publica- 

 tion reviews the history of the longhorn scul- 

 pin (an abundant resident species in the North 

 Atlantic coastal waters of North America, rang- 

 ing f rem New Jersey to Nova Scotia) , including 

 names and description. In addition, length- 

 weight relationship is treated in some detail; 

 breeding habits of species and the sexual cycles 

 of males and females are described; age deter- 

 mination is discussed; data on seasonal move- 

 ments and migrations, and food habits are pre- 

 sented. 



A Businessman ' 3 Guide to Trade with the United 

 ~ Kingdom . 151 p., printed. Special EGA Mission 

 to the United Kingdan (Available frcrn the Eco- 

 rcanic Cooperation Administration, Washington 25, 

 D.C.), 1951. This publication is designed by 

 BCA to facilitate the further developaent of 

 trade relationships between the businessmen of 

 Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the 

 United States, ?dth particular reference to 

 those smaller manufacturers and exporting firms 

 Y^iose foreign trade opportunities may be aided. 

 A summary of economic information regarding the 

 United Kingdom, together vdth a resume of import 



