August 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



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sex ratios were 8 to 1 and 13 to 1 with males 

 predominating. By contrast, those fish taken 

 in Port Gardner and Hood Canal had a sex 

 ratio of nearly 1 to 1. 



The stomach contents of hake caught off 

 the coast of Washington contained principally 

 euphausids and occasionally anchovies. 



In F*uget Sound a strong continuous echo 

 return from near surface water (5 to 15 fath- 

 oms) was encountered off Seattle and as far 

 south as Case Inlet and Carr Inlet. A half- 

 hour tow with the pelagic tow was made on 

 those signs, but no organisms were taken. 

 Subsequently, plankton tows made through 

 these signs caught many ctenophores, which 

 may explain the strong echo returns. 



COOPERATIVE STUDIES: In cooperation 

 with the Bureau's Seattle Technological Lab- 

 oratory, a lot of Pacific hake was delivered 

 to a reduction plant in Puget Sound for oil 

 yield tests. Also, about 600 pounds of hake 

 were iced at sea for delivery to the Seattle 

 Technological Laboratory. The iced fish were 

 to be used for quality tests to determine their 

 use in fish blocks. 



Note: See Commercial Fisheries Review, July 1966 p. 38. 



Oceanography 



STUDENT WORK -STUDY PROGRAM OF 

 U. S. NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE: 



Fifty college students from across theNa- 

 tion participated this summer (1966) in a 

 work-study program of the U. S. Naval Ocea- 

 nographic Office, Suitland, Md. On-the-job 

 training takes place during collegiate vaca- 

 tions in support of formal studies conducted 

 during the past scholastic year. 



Students enter the summer training pro- 

 gram at a grade level based on their previous 

 academic progress. After successfully com- 

 pleting each period of on-the-job training, the 

 students are granted leave to return to col- 

 lege. No salary is paid for the time a trainee 

 is in college and each must defray expenses 

 involved in their formal education. On com- 

 pletion of both on-the-job training and college 

 education, a student is then eligible to join 

 the Naval Oceanographic Office as a regular 

 employee. 



The program is geared toward assisting 

 ambitious college students interested in oce- 



anography to utilize their talents and training 

 toward a challenging career. Young people 

 studying oceanography, mathematics, chem- 

 istry, cartography, physics and engineering 

 are given competitive examinations and those 

 at the top are selected for the summer pro- 

 gram. 



Oregon 



CHINOOK FINGER LING LIBERATION 

 TIED IN WITH BONNEVILLE 

 HATCHERY EXHIBIT: 



Release into the Columbia River from the 

 Oregon Fish Commission's Bonneville Hatch- 

 ery of 5.5 million fall chinook fingerlings was 

 scheduled for June 28, 1966, announced that 

 State's Fisheries Director. The young fish, 

 measuring 3j inches long, were reared at the 

 hatchery for about 120 days. The hberation 

 coincided with the opening of the Commission's 

 new public exhibit at the Bonneville station. 

 The exhibit incorporated the idea of the self- 

 guided tour so popular in various parks and 

 other places of historic or scenic appeal. 



The Oregon Fish Commission plays host 

 to about 2 million visitors at Bonneville 

 Hatchery each year. Although hatchery per- 

 sonnel may occasionally be available to an- 

 swer questions by visitors, the Commission 

 has felt the need for a good interpretive dis- 

 play that would give detailed information on 

 hatchery operations as well as other phases 

 of its activities without the visitor having to 

 look up someone to answer his questions. 



The new public display included 7 major 

 points of interest located at different places 

 throughout the hatchery grounds. Since a 

 An.sitor to this or any other hatchery cannot 

 hope to see at any particular time of the year 

 all of the seasonal activities that are con- 

 nected with modern fish culture, the Bonneville 

 display attempts to fill the gap by explaining 

 what activities take place at each particular 

 locale, when it takes place, and its role in 

 the overall activity of the hatchery. 



"We look at the opening of the Bonneville 

 self-guided tour as the unveiling of an impor- 

 tant new recreational and educational attrac- 

 tion," the Fisheries Director said. Modern 

 concepts of color and form have been used 

 freely to give even wider appeal to an inter- 

 esting and important conservation story. 



