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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 8 



THESE PUBLICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE . BUT USUALLY MAY BE 

 OBTAINED FROM THE ORGANIZATION ISSUING THEM. 



U.S.S.R. 



The Fishing Industry of the U.S.S.R., by V. Shparlin- 

 skii, OTS 63-11122, 35 pp., processed, 1964. (Trans- 

 lated from the Russian, Moskv a, 1959). Clearing- 

 house for Federal Scientific and Technical Informa- 

 tion, U. S. Department of Commerce, Braddock and 

 Port Royal Rds., Springfield, Va. 22151. 



Fishing News International , vol. 4, no. 4, Oct. -Dec. 

 1965, illus., printed, single copy 3s. 6d. (about 50 

 U.S. cents). Arthur J. Heighway Publications, Ltd., 

 Ludgate House, 110 Fleet St., London EC4, England. 

 Contains these articles on U.S.S.R. fisheries: "Fo- 

 cus on the Soviet fleet," by Peter Brady, pp. 392- 

 400; "How Russia develops her fisheries and sea 

 power," by W. M. Chapman, pp. 402-403; "Hybrid- 

 ization- -a valuable contribution to Soviet economy," 

 by N. I. Nikoljuki, pp. 473-474, 476. 



VENEZUELA 

 La Biologia ^ Pesqueria del Camaron en la Zona Oc - 

 cidental (The Biology and Fishery for Shrimp in the 

 Western Area), by Joseph Jay Ewald, 36 pp., illus., 

 processed in Spanish, August 1964. Institute Vene- 

 zolana de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas, 

 Venezuela. 



Fishery Production in Venezuela During the Months 

 of January , February , March , and April of 1964 , 

 by Luis Rafael Salazar F., Boletin de Pesca No. 6, 

 76 pp., processed in Spanish, 1965, Ministerio de 

 Agricultura y Cria, Direccion de Investigacion, 

 Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras, Cumano, 

 Venezuela. 



La Industria del Camaron en Venezuela (The Shrimp 

 Industry in Venezuela), by Juan J. Pericchi Lopez, 

 85 pp., illus., processed in Spanish, 1965. Corpor- 

 acion Venezolana de Fomento, Sub-Gerencia de Ser- 

 vicios Tecnicos, Unidad de Estudios (Div. Estudios 

 Generates), Caracas, Venezuela. This book discus- 

 ses the exploitation and processing of shrimp in Ven- 

 ezuela. 



VESSELS 

 "Stability and crab fishing vessels," by B. F. Jensen, 

 article. Pacific Fisherman , vol. 63, June 1965, pp. 

 32-35, printed. Pacific Fisherman, Editorial Office, 

 71 Columbia St., Seattle, Wash. 98104. 



WHALING 

 "International Whaling Commission (Chairman's Re- 

 port of the Seventeenth Meeting), article, Norsk Hva- 

 Ifangst-Tidende (The Norwegian Whaling Gazette), 

 no. 2, February 1966, pp. 25-31, printed in English. 

 Norsk Hvalfangst-Tidende, Hvalfangerforeningen, 

 Sandefjord, Norway. 



YUGOSLAVIA 

 Morsko Ribarstvo , vol. XVII, no. 11-12, November- 

 Dec embeFT5657 pp. 201-238, illus., printed in Serbo- 

 Croatian. Morsko Ribarstvo, V. Bagata 3, P. O. 

 Box 185, Rijeka, Yugoslavia. Includes articles on: 

 "Eksploatacija oceanske ribarske flote" (Employ- 

 ment on high-seas fishing fleet), by P. Cetinic, pp. 

 223-230; "Najmladi kapetanprvi voda ribolova na 

 oceanskom tunolovcu" (Our youngest captain-leader ' 

 in high-seas tuna fishery), pp. 231-233. 



STORING LIVE FISH AT SEA 



The Soviet Union has been conducting experiments whereby itappearsto be com- 

 mercially feasible to store fish alive aboard fishing vessels at sea. This is done by 

 transferring the live fish directly from the nets into specially built tanks in the hold 

 of the vessel. These tanks contain sea water cooled by powerful refrigeration equip- 

 ment. In addition, the sea water is monitored and treated by special bactericidal 

 equipment. In recent experiments fish have beenheld alive in these tanks for as long 

 as three days, thus assuring their delivery in prime condition to factoryships or a- 

 shore. Early experiments did not use refrigeration equipment but instead employed 

 specially installed pumps and piping to draw cold, deep water from a considerable 

 depth beneath the ocean's surface. Fish stored in tanks containing this water re- 

 mained in first-class conditionfor a period of 24 hours. The experiments were con- 

 ducted aboard the Soviet trawler Leshch and proved equally successful on two sepa- 

 rate voyages. This method is now employed aboard the trawlers of the Sevastopol 

 Administration of Marine Fisheries. This method has proved less expensive than 

 conventional refrigeration, in terms of both initial and operating costs. It is hoped 

 thatfuture research will lead to storage times of up to a month or two. . . . or, perhaps, 

 for as long as half a year. This research is pioneered by V. Sopochkin of the Azov- 

 Black Sea Marine Fisheries Administration. (Geo-Marine Technology, March 1966. 



