July 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



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FEDERAL 



ACTIONS 



Department of the Interior 



nSH AND WILDUFE SERVICE 

 BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES 



HEARINGS ON APPLICATIONS FOR 

 FISHING VESSEL CONSTRUCTION 

 DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDY: 



The following firms have applied for fish- 

 ing vessel construction differential subsidies 

 to aid in the construction of vessels to en- 

 gage in various fisheries: 



Old Colony Trawling Corp., 220 Northern 

 Ave., Boston, Mass. 02110, has applied for a 

 fishing vessel construction differential subsi- 

 dy to aid in the construction of a 131 -foot o- 

 verall length steel vessel to engage in the fish- 

 ery for groundfish and flounder. The Bureau 

 of Commercial Fisheries, U. S. Department 

 of the Interior, published the notice of the 

 hearing in the Federal Register . May 5, 1966. 



American Stern Trawlers, Inc., 26 Broad- 

 way, New York, N. Y. 10004, steel vessel 

 with a length between perpendiculars of 262 

 feet to engage in the fishery for bottomfish, 

 hake, and herring in the North Pacific Ocean. 

 Notice of the hearing appeared in the Federal 

 Register , June 1, 1966. 



Hearings on the economic aspects of the 

 applications were scheduled to be held. 



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APPLICATIONS FOR 

 FISHING VESSEL LOANS: 



The following applications have been re- 

 ceived for loans from the U. S. Fisheries 

 Loan Fund to aid in financing the purchase of 

 used fishing vessels: 



James Peyton Allenbaugh, 724 Terrace 

 Ave., Aberdeen, Wash. 98520, 42-foot wood 

 vessel to engage in the fishery for crabs, 

 salmon, and tuna. Notice of the application 



was published by the U. S. Department of the 

 Interior's Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 

 in the Federal Register , May 5, 1966. 



John Clifford Edwards, 61 O St., Hoquiam, 

 Wash. 98550, 49.6-foot registered length 

 wood vessel to engage in the fishery for 

 crabs, tuna, and bottomfish. Notice of the 

 application was published in the Federal Reg - 

 ister , May 5, 1966. 



Gilbert Lee Krigbaum, Westport, Wash., 

 48-foot registered length wood vessel to en- 

 gage in the fishery for salmon, albacore, and 

 crabs. Notice of the application was pub- 

 lished in the Federal Register , May 18, 1966. 



Howard H. Conn, P. O. Box 306, Peters- 

 burg, Alaska 99833, 50-foot registered 

 length wood vessel to engage in the fishery 

 for halibut, salmon, black cod, Dungeness 

 crab, and king crab. Notice of the applica- 

 tion was published in the Federal Register, 

 June 4, 1966. 



John C. Morgan, P. O. Box 532, Naples, 

 Fla. 33940, 37 -foot wood vessel to engage in 

 the fishery for mackerel, pompano, and 

 grouper. Notice of the application was pub- 

 lished in the Federal Register , June 7, 1966. 



Regulations and procedures governing 

 fishery loans have been revised and no long- 

 er require that an applicant for a new or 

 used vessel loan replace an existing vessel 

 ( Public Law 89-85 ; Fisheries Loan Fund 

 Procedures--50 CFR Part 250, as revised 

 August 11, 1965). 



Note: See Commercial Fisheries Review, June 1966 p. 101. 

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PROPOSEDU.S. STANDARDS FOR GRADES 

 OF FROZEN HEADLESS DRESSED WHITING : 



Notice of proposed standards for grades 

 of frozen headless dressed whiting was pub- 

 lished in the Federal Register , May 18, 1966, 

 by the U. S. Department of the Interior in ac- 



