July 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



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Japan (Contd.): 



orderly fishing operations so that this Treaty 

 will be enforced smoothly." ( Sankaii, April 

 15, 1966.) 



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FISfflNG VESSEL CONSTRUCTION 



TRENDS, 1965/66: ^_^_ 



Fishing vessel construction data compiled 

 by the Japanese Fisheries Agency show that 

 in Fiscal Year 1966 (April 1965-March 1966) 

 a total of 807 steel vessels were approved by 

 the Agency. This represents an increase in 

 number of 33 vessels over FY 1965 but a de- 

 crease in total vessel tonnage of 2,592 gross 

 tons. The FY 1966 construction trends were 

 characterized by a marked increase in ves- 

 sel building activity in the distant -water trawl 

 fishery and a decline in the tuna long -line 

 fishery. Particularly noteworthy was the 

 drastic decrease in the construction of tuna 

 long -liners of over 200 gross tons in size 

 (reflecting the depressed condition of that 

 fishery) and an increase in the construction 

 of skipjack pole-and-line vessels in the 100- 

 to 250-ton class. In the distant -water trawl 

 fishery, a total of 38 vessels aggregating 

 35,227 gross tons was built, compared with 

 21 vessels totaling 16,659 gross tons in FY 

 1965. In the tuna long-line and skipjack pole- 

 and-line fisheries, a total of 60 vessels ag- 

 gregating 11,765 gross tons was approvedfor 

 construction, compared with 129 vessels, to- 

 taling 27,463 gross tons, for FY 1965. By 

 size class of vessel, they were as follows 

 (1965 figures in parentheses); Under 100 

 tons --6 vessels (21); 100-200 tons--41 ves- 

 sels (54); 200-300 tons--10 vessels (37); 

 over 300 tons--3 vessels (17). ( Shin Suisan 

 Shimbun Sokuho, April 19, 1966.) 



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Republic of Korea 



PURCHASE OF TUNA VESSELS 

 FROM WEST GERMANY: 



South Korean interests have commissioned 

 a West German shipyard in Leer to build five 

 tuna long-line vessels. The five vessels are 

 expected to be delivered in 1966. ( AUgemeine 

 Fischwirtschafts - Zeitung . ) 



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FISHING FLEET EXPANSION PLANNED: 



According to the Government of the Repub- 

 lic of Korea (ROK), the country's fishing fleet 

 totals 48,716 vessels. These include 6,463 

 (13.2 percent) motorized and 42,253 (86.8 per- 

 cent) non-motorized vessels, but about 17,000 

 are vessels over 10 years old. With assist- 

 ance from Japan, the ROK plans to modernize 

 her fishing fleet by motorizing the non-pow- 

 ered fleet and by replacing the older vessels 

 with new and larger motorized vessels. 



The ROK's distant -water tuna fleet totals 

 45 long-line vessels and, as of March 1966, 

 40 were reported fishing out of American 

 Samoa. Under the proposed fishing vessel 

 expansion plan, the distant -water tuna fleet 

 is to be increased by over 200 vessels in the 

 next 10 years. (Note: Other foreign vessels 

 based at Samoa in March included 26 Japan- 

 ese and 36 Formosan vessels.) ( Suisancho 

 Nippo . May 7 & 9, 1966.) 



Malaysia 



FISHERY TRENDS: 



On July 1, 1965, the administration of 

 fresh-water fisheries was reorganized. The 

 federal fry production stations and training 

 of farmers and would-be fish culturists in 

 fish culture practices is now under the Fish- 

 eries Officer (Extension). During the third 

 quarter of 1965, 232 new fish ponds covering 

 Sonne 40 hectares (excluding the unknown 

 acreage of the 18 ponds opened up in Pahang) 

 were put into operation. A total of 305,914 

 fish fry were distributed free to pond owners 

 and a further 249,700 fish fry were released 

 into various waters for public fishing. 



Mechanization of fishing boats continued 

 to progress with 388 inboard engines and 175 

 outboard engines installed during the third 

 quarter of 1965. The marked preference for 

 outboard engines over inboard engines in 

 Johore Province continues. 



The second 5 -month marine fisheries 

 training course for 1965 commenced in Pe- 

 nang on July 1, 1965. The enrollment at the 

 end of September totaled 25, of which 7 were: 

 from the Borneo States. 



In Kuala Trengganu, the third 3 -month 

 marine fisheries course for the year began 



