August 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



43 



fleet and its unknown catch destroys the use- 

 fulness of PMFC's data series upon which 

 the member PMFC agencies depend for in- 

 formation regarding the abundance of bottom- 

 fish. Soviet cooperation in supplying catch 

 statistics and similar biological information 

 and in observing local conservation practices 

 is necessary if the fishery resources are to 

 be managed wisely. 



The directors of the Oregon Fish Com- 

 mission and Washington Department of Fish- 

 eries stated that PMFC's announcement on 

 June 9, 1966, of a proposed 7 -point policy 

 and program regarding foreign fishing had 

 been helpful to the respective Grovernor's 

 Committees on Foreign Fishing of which they 

 are members. At a joint meeting of the two 

 committees in June, an 8-poLnt program em- 

 bracing many of PMFC's provisions was rec- 

 ommended to the Governors of Oregon and 

 Washington. The directors of the Oregon 

 Game Commission and Idaho Department of 

 Fish and Game joined in urging that PMFC's 

 7 -point program be implemented as quickly 

 as possible. 



During the discussion of salmon problems, 

 concern was expressed about upsetting the 

 ecology of salmon and steelhead as the re- 

 sult of increased water temperatures result- 

 ing from dams and other projects on rivers. 

 The executive director of PMFC was in- 

 structed to prepare a proposed resolution 

 urging that high dams on all rivers be de- 

 signed and operated to provide releases of 

 cold water for the maintenance of salmon 

 and steelhead and other valuable fish. It was 

 urged that studies be expedited of means for 

 accomplishing this at such projects as the 

 Canadian storage dams on the Columbia and 

 High Mountain Sheep Dam on the Snake River. 

 If the cooling potential of those dams is not 

 utilized, the da^ns will cause increases in 

 water temperatures in addition to those pre- 

 dicted from the Hanford atomic electric plant 

 and those increases already caused by ex- 

 isting dams. 



Arrangements were approved for the Pa- 

 cific Marine Fisheries Commission's annual 

 meeting to be held in Seattle on November 17 

 and 18, 1966. 



Salmon 



U. S. PACIFIC COAST 



CANNED STOCKS, JUNE 1, 1966 : 



On June 1, 1966, canners' stocks (sold and 

 unsold) in the United States of Pacific csinned 

 salmon totaled 915,886 standard cases (48 

 1-lb. cans)--125,827 cases less than on May 

 1, 1966, and 35,758 cases less than on June 

 1, 1965, when stocks totaled 951,644 standard 

 cases. 



On the basis of total stocks of 1,263,744 

 actual cases (consisting of cans of 1/4-lb., 

 1/2-lb., 1-lb., etc.), red salmon accounted for 

 979,602 cases (mostly 1-lb. and 1/2-lb. cans) 

 or 77.5 percent of the total canners' stocks on 

 June 1, 1966; pink salmon accounted for 139,207 

 cases or only 11.0 percent (68,684 cases were 

 1 -lb. tails and 66,702 cases were 1 /2-lb. cans). 

 Next came coho or silver (54,230 cases), fol- 

 lowedby king (47,854 cases), and chum salmon 

 (42,851 cases). 



Carryover stocks at the canners' level 

 totaled 733,575 standard cases on July 1, 

 1965, the approximate opening date of the 



Table 1 - Total Canners' Stocks of Pacific Canned Salmon, 

 June 1, 1966 



Species 



June 1, 1966 



May 1, 1966 Apr. 1, 1966 



King .... 

 Red .... 

 Coho .... 

 Pink .... 

 Chum . . . 



(Nc 



47,854 

 979,602 



54,230 

 139,207 



42,851 



. of Actual Case 



42,298 



1,037,435 



73,153 



203,619 



68,120 



s) 



58,239 



1,112,151 



102,039 



255,864 



92,726 



Total. . 



1,263,744 



1,424,625 



1,621,019 



Table 2 - Cannere' Stocks on Hand June 1, 1966 (Sold and Unsold), by Species and Can Size 





King Red 



Coho 



Pink 



Chum 



Total 



48-4 lb 



4 



48.1.1b 



48-1 lb 



. , ^Artiial Ca<:p'!\ 1 



5,312 



40,814 



1,727 



1 



111,750 



341,769 



524,256 



1,827 



23,634 



20,601 



7,694 



2,301 



1,276 

 66,702 

 68,684 



2,545 



26 



12,833 



28,423 



1,569 



141,998 



482,719 



630,784 



8,243 



12-4 lb 





Total 



47,854 



979,602 



54,230 



139,207 



42,851 



1,263,744 





