August 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



65 



Japan (Contd.): 



Utilization of Saury in 1965, with Comparisons 





1965 



1964 



1963 1 



Fresh 



Frozen .... 

 Canned . . . 

 Meal and oil. 

 Otherlji . . . 



Metric 

 Tons 

 40,929 

 130,784 

 25,926 

 6,846 

 25,209 



% 

 17.8 

 56.9 

 11.3 



3.0 

 11.0 



Metric 

 Tons 

 37,410 



123,359 

 19, 837 

 12,470 

 16, 639 



% 

 17.8 

 58.8 

 9.6 

 5.9 

 7.9 



Metric 

 Tons 



% 



14.6 

 49.9 

 11.0 

 13.1 

 11.4 



53,449 

 181,953 

 40,262 

 47,069 

 41,523 



ToUl. . . 



229,694 



100,0 



209,715 



100.0 



364,256 



100.0 



1/Processed and used as food, e.g., salted, dried. | 



frozen saury, about one -third is expected to 

 be consumed as bait by the tuna long -line 

 fishery. (Suisan Tsushin , June 15, 1966, and 

 other sources.) 



WHALING IN 



EAST CHINA SEA REACTIVATED: 



A large Japanese fishing company has 

 recommenced whaling operations in the Goto 

 Islands in the East China Sea. The firm has 

 assigned to the operation the 430-ton whaler 

 Fumi Maru No. 5. On June 15 the Fumi Maru 

 was reported to have landed her first fin 

 whale. Another firm which had also until 

 last year engaged in the Goto Islands whale 

 fishery apparently does not plan on reenter- 

 ing the fishery. (Suisan Tsushin, June 21, 

 1966.) 



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North Korea 



SOVIET -NORTH KOREAN 

 FISHERIES COMMISSION MEETS: 



The 17th session of the Korean-Soviet 

 Commission on Scientific and Technical 

 Cooperation in Fisheries took place in Py- 

 ongyang, North Korea, May 10-17, 1966. The 

 Soviet delegation was headed by Minister of 

 Fisheries A. A. Ishkov. The agenda of the 1966 

 meeting of this Commission is not known. 



The Soviet-Korean Commission must not 

 be confused with the multilateral Western 

 Pacific Fisheries Commission of which both 

 North Korea and the U.S.S.R. are members. 

 Included in the latter Commission are Com- 

 munist China, North Vietnam, and Mongolia; 

 it was formed only 11 years ago. 



Republic of Korea 



REFRIGERATED TUNA VESSELS 

 ASSIGNED TO AMERICAN SAMOA: 



The Republic of South Korea assigned to 

 American Samoa in April, 6 new 180 -ton re- 

 frigerated tuna long-line vessels. Reportedly, 

 this is the first case of countries other than 

 Japan employing refrigerated tuna vessels 

 out of Samoa. Japan was the first to employ 

 them (in place of ice boats) and their use is 

 expected to become more widespread. (Nihon 

 Suisan Shimbun , June 1, 1966.) 



Libya 



FISHING VESSELS 

 ORDERED FROM POLAND: 



Polish shipyards have orders from Libyan 

 owners for 33 small fishing vessels designed 

 to fish in the Mediterranean. Included are 

 two training and research vessels. Delivery 

 is scheduled for the end of 1967. No details 

 on specifications or financing arrangements 

 are known. 



Malaysia 



SURVEY OF MARINE 

 FISHERY RESOURCES IN 

 COOPERATION WITH THAILAND: 



The Malaysian Minister of Agriculture 

 and Cooperatives announced on May 24, 1966, 

 that Thailand has agreed to join Malaysia in 

 a research survey of fishing resources in 

 waters surrounding Malaysia. The survey, 

 which is to be completed before the north- 

 east monsoon begins late this year, will be 

 carried out in three stages: (1) a six-week 

 survey in waters between Songkla and south- 

 ern Johore, (2) a survey along the east coast 

 of Malaya, and (3) a survey in waters around 

 Sabah and Sarawak. 



The intent of the survey is to identify un- 

 exploited fishery resources. By developing 

 new fishing grounds, the Minister hopes to 

 increase Malaysia's annual marine catch 

 (215,000 metric tons) by 100,000 tons. 



The Minister also announced that the Mal- 

 aysian Government is considering the pur- 

 chase from Thailand of 1 or 2 90 -ton fishery 



