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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 7 



that it is now better prepared to monitor en- 

 vironmental changes over short time inter- 

 vals. Significant changes which occurred be- 

 tween issuance of this forecast and com- 

 mencement of the fishery were reported by 

 radio broadcasts for the benefit of the fishing 

 industry starting June 1 . In addition, as the 

 summer season progresses, it was planned 

 to update and project ahead the oceanograph- 

 ic information and catch reports so that fish- 

 ermen at sea can make maximum use of the 

 data available. 



Note: See Commercial Fisheries Review , July 1965 p. 49. 



U. S. Fishing Vessels 



DOCUMENTATIONS ISSUED AND 

 CANCELLED. JAN. -FEB. 1966: 



U. S. Fishing Vessels 1 /--Documentations Issued and 

 Cancelled, by Areas, Jah.-Feb. 1966 with Comparisons 



Area 

 (Home Port) 



Issued first documents 



New England 



Middle Atlantic - • . 



Chesapeake 



South Atlantic .... 



Gulf 



Pacific 



Great Lakes 



Total 



Jan. 



196611965 



Feb. 



196611965 



Jan.-Feb, 



1966 1965 



(Number) 



1 

 1 

 3 

 5 

 22 

 10 

 1 



43 



Removed from documentation 2/: 



~3 



New England . . 

 Middle Atlantic 

 Chesapeake . . . 

 South Atlantic . 



Gulf 



Pacific 



Great Lakes . . 

 Hawaii 



Total 



2 

 7 

 3 

 10 

 14 

 1 

 1 



41 



26 



27 



32 



29 



5 

 24 



43 



5 

 3 

 4 

 8 

 10 

 3 

 1 



34 



2 

 1 

 8 

 9 

 34 

 20 

 1 



75 



5 



7 



13 



12 



14 



16 



2 



1 



70 



69 



61 



l/Includes both commercial and sport fishing craft. A vessel is defined as a craft of 5 



net tons and over. 

 2/Includes vessels reported lost, abandoned, forfeited, sold alien, etc. 

 Source: Monthly Supplement of Merchant Vessels of the United States, Bureau of Cus- 

 toms, U. S. Treasury Department. 



>!; ^^ ^ ^ ^ 



FIRST VESSEL COMPLETED UNDER 

 U. S. FISHING FLEET IMPROVEMENT ACT : 

 Completion of the first vessel constructed 

 with assistance of the United States Fishing 

 Fleet Improvement Act was announced May 

 19, 1966, by the U. S. Department of the In- 

 terior's Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. 

 The vessel was to be delivered to its new 

 owners in New Bedford, Mass., and will be 

 used to fish for scallops, groundfish, floun- 

 der, and swordfish. 



Scheduled to be christened Victor , the 88- 

 foot vessel was built at a Lake Michigan ship- 

 yard and made the trip to New Bedford via 

 Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario 

 and the St. Lawrence Seaway. 



The United States Fishing Fleet Improve- 

 ment Act authorizes payment of up to 50 per- 

 cent of the difference in the cost of building a 

 vessel in the United States and in less expen- 

 sive foreign shipyards. To qualify for a dif- 

 ferential payment, a vessel must be of ad- 

 vanced design, capable of fishing in expanded 

 areas, and must meet certain other condi- 

 tions required by the Act. 



When the Victor is finally accepted by the 

 owners, approximately $153,000, which rep- 

 resents 43 percent of its $355,800 cost, will 

 be paid by the Government and the balance by 

 the owners. 



U. S. Foreign Trade 



IMPORTS OF CANNED TUNA 

 IN BRINE UNDER QUOTA: 



United States imports of tuna canned in 

 brine during January 1 -April 30, 1966, a- 

 mounted to 24,355,597 pounds (about 1,159,790 

 standard cases), according to preliminary data 

 compiled by the Bureau of Customs, U. S. 

 Treasury Department. That was considerably 

 more than the 9,599,442 pounds (about 457,116 

 standard cases) imported during January 1- 

 May 1, 1965. 



The quantity of tuna canned in brine which 

 can be imported into the United States during 

 the calendar year 1966 at the 12f-percent rate 

 of duty is limited to 65,662,200 pounds (or a- 

 bout 3,126,771 standard cases of 48 7 -oz. cans). 

 Any imports in excess of that quota will be 

 dutiable at 2 5 percent ad valorem. 



AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF 

 FISHERY PRODUCTS. 1965: 



Shrimp from Venezuela continued to be the 

 main airborne fishery import into the United 

 States during the last quarter of 1965. In 1965, 

 airborne imports of fishery products into the 

 United States totaled 12.1 million pounds with 

 a value of $7.3 million. Airborne fishery im- 

 ports increased 13.8 percent in 1965 as com- 

 pared with 1964 when smaller quantities of 



