August 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



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



EXPLORATORY FISHING IN 

 NORTHERN BERING SEA: 



The fisheries research vessel Kalmar of 

 the Pacific Scientific Research Institute for 

 Fisheries and Oceanograpny (TINRO) sailed on 

 a research cruise to the Northern Bering Sea 

 from her home port of Vladivostok at the end of 

 June 1966. During the 4 -month expedition, the 

 TINRO scientists will study the possibility of 

 developing commercial fisheries north of St. 

 Lawrence Island in the northern Bering Sea 

 to follow closely behind Japanese interest. 



FISHERY RESEARCH IN THE PACIFIC: 



The Soviet oceanographic research vessel 

 Voieikov began its 16th scientific cruise in 

 mid-June 1966. In addition to hydrological 

 investigations, research on fishery resources 

 of the Pacific will also be conducted; the em- 

 phasis will be on whale and saury resources. 

 Voieikov has conducted extensive research in 

 the northeastern Pacific in the past (she was 

 off United States and Canadian coasts in 1965 

 with the Shokalskii and 2 other hydrographic 

 vessels). As far as we know, however, this 

 is the first time that these vessels will also 

 conduct fishery research. 



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SAURY RESEARCH OFF U.S. COASTS: 



The scientific fishery research vessel 

 Ogon departed the home port of Vladivostok 

 early June 1966 for an exploratory-research 

 cruise that will last seven months and include 

 the area from Vancouver Island to Mexico. 

 She will first operate with the ocean perch 

 fishing fleet off Vancouver Island. (It was 

 the Ogon that in 1965 found large concentra- 

 tions of ocean perch in that area.) The real 

 purpose of her cruise is to confirm the oc- 

 currence of large concentrations of saury 

 which she found around the 40th parallel last 

 year. 



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OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH 

 VESSEL ENDS ATLANTIC STUDIES : 



The Soviet oceanographic research vessel 

 Mikhail Lomonosov returned to her home 

 port of Sevastopol on January 12, 1966, after 

 a 3 -month voyage in the Northeastern Atlan- 

 tic and the Norwegian Sea. The vessel, which 

 has a displacement of over 6,000 tons. 



carried a team of 130 scientists (including 12 

 women) and was equipped with 16 modern lab- 

 oratories. The Marine Hydrological Institute 

 of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences oper- 

 ates the vessel. During the trip the scien- 

 tific party studied the formation of radio- 

 active fields in the Northwestern Atlantic and 

 came to the conclusion that in view of strong 

 currents and intensive water exchange the 

 Northwest Atlantic must be closed to radio- 

 active waste disposal. The expedition also 

 studied the directions of known currents with 

 the use of an electronic computer installed on 

 board the vessel. 



Editor's Note: The Mikhail Lomonosov , 

 the largest Soviet oceanographic vessel, has 

 been in the forefront of Soviet oceanographic 

 efforts for several years. During 1964-1965, 

 she participated in the First Joint Soviet - 

 Cuban Fishery and Oceanography Research 

 Expedition in the Gulf of Mexico and the Car- 

 ibbean Sea. 



United Arab Republic 



JOINT FISHERY RESEARCH WITH U.S.S.R.: 

 The Soviet Union and the United Arab Re- 

 public have concluded an agreement for joint 

 fishery research in the southern part of the 

 Mediterranean near the Egyptian coast. This 

 scientific survey will begin in January 1966, 

 and last one year. Participating will be eight 

 Soviet and five Egyptian biologists and ocean- 

 ographers aboard a Soviet vessel. The prin- 

 cipal purpose of the survey is the discovery 

 of new marine resources and the study of 

 fish concentrations, and their food patterns. 



United Kingdom 



SUPPLY AND DISPOSITION OF FROZEN 

 PROCESSED WHITE FISH, 1953-1965: 



British production of frozen processed 

 white fish has about doubled during the last 

 10 years, but domestic consumption has in- 

 creased at an even faster rate. Domestic 

 output has been insufficient to satisfy do- 

 mestic consumption since 1960, and in 1965 

 imports made up about 30 percent of the 

 British supply of frozen processed white fish. 



