July 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



93 



U.S.S.R. (Contd.): 



provides at present 33 percent of the total So- 

 viet fishery catch. Ninety percent of that 

 catch is harvested by processing vessels 

 which deliver to shore bases fishery products 

 in finished or semifinished form. 



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KAMCHATKA FISHERMEN STRIVE 

 TO FULFILL CATCH QUOTAS: 



The catch goals for Kamchatka fishing ves- 

 sels provided that during May 1966 each large 

 stern factory trawler belonging to the Kam- 

 chatka Fisheries Administration catch 1,400 

 metric tons of fish. Since most Kamchatka 

 factory stern trawlers fish for ocean perch 

 and other rockfish, the monthly quota prob- 

 ably refers to those species. 



Each Kamchatka medium trawler was to 

 catch 260 metric tons, but Gulf of Alaska 

 medium trawlers fishing for Pacific ocean 

 perch and other rockfish were to catch 620 

 metric tons in May. 



The vessels during January-April 1966 did 

 not fulfill the planned landings of edible fish. 

 As a result, their planned catches for May 

 (55,900 tons) were set about 16 percent high- 

 er than originally scheduled (46,900 tons). 



FISHERY EXPORTS TO GREAT BRITAIN: 



A British firm, which is the sole import - 

 er and distributor of Soviet fishery products 

 for Great Britain, has concluded a US$3.5 

 million contract for the importation of Soviet 

 canned salmon and canned crab meat during 

 the first half of 1966. 



Editor's note: The firm, a subsidiary of a 

 larger food company, is a traditional import- 

 er of Soviet fishery products. In 1964, Soviet 

 crab meat and salmon exports to the United 

 Kingdom amounted to about $3.7 million. 



FISHERY EXPORTS TO GREECE: 



Two new delicatessen fishery products - - 

 squid and mussels canned in natural juice -- 

 are being mass-produced in the Soviet Far 

 East for Greek markets. By March 1966, 

 over 500,000 cans of squid and 30,000 cans of 

 mussels were shipped. 



Editor's note: The Greek firm is an im- 

 porter of frozen and canned fishery products 

 (mostly sardines from Portugal and anchovies 

 from Spain). 



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CANNING OF SHARK MEAT 



IN MURMANSK: 



The Fisheries Administration at Murmansk 

 has begun canning shark meat in four varie- 

 ties: in natural juice, smoked, fried, and 

 "steaks" or slices. ( The Evening Star , Wash- 

 ington, D.C., January 28, 1966.) 



Editor's note: Increasing Soviet opera- 

 tions off U,S, mid-Atlantic coast might have 

 produced incidental catches of sharks. In 

 1964, the Soviets reported a catch of only a- 

 bout 100 metric tons of sharks. However, in 

 early 1966 the Soviets reported the start of a 

 shark fishery in the Sea of Japan. It is pos- 

 sible that full-scale shark fishing in the At- 

 lantic is also being planned since it is hard 

 to conceive that the Soviets would invest ina 

 canning operation without making some pro- 

 visions for the steady flow of raw material. 



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DEEP-WATER RESEARCH DEVICE: 



A deep-water research device designed by 

 Soviet experts resembles a single-stage rock- 

 et. It can submerge to a depth of 12,000 me- 

 ters (39,360 feet) and register information a- 

 bout the physical processes taking place in 

 the water all the way to the ocean floor. The 

 automatic device incorporates electronic 

 measuring assemblies, with supply sources 

 and a self -balancing system. It is 4 meters 

 (13 feet) long and works according to a pre- 

 set program, automatically conducting an en- 

 tire series of measurements and obeying the 

 signals of its electronic programming block. 

 Upon completion of its task, the device re- 

 sponds to a recall signal and slowly ascends 

 to the surface where an antenna buoy emits a 

 signal. 



WHALING OPERATIONS: 



The Slava , one of the three Soviet whale 

 factoryships that operate in the Antarctic out 

 of European Russia, was transferred from its 

 home port of Odessa on the Black Sea to Vla- 

 divostok in the Far East. The transfer oc- 

 curred at the end of May 1966 after the Slava 

 concluded its 1965/66 Antarctic whale expe- 



