September 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



CONTENTS 



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■An Evaluation of the Air Bubble Curtain as a Barrier to Alewives, by George A. Kupfer and William G. 

 Gordon 



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TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS: 

 Alaska Fisheries Explorations and Gear De- 

 velopment: 



Potential of Commercial Fishery for Large 

 Alaska Shrimp Studied 

 Central Pacific Fisheries Investigations: 

 Sonar Studies for Locating Subsurface Tuna 

 Tuna Biological Studies Continued 

 Columbia River: 

 Early Season 1966 Sockeye Salmon Run 

 Better Than Expected 

 Commercial Fisheries Research and De- 

 velopment Act: 



Grant-In-Aid Funds Apportioned to States 

 for Fiscal Year 1967 

 Fish Hatcheries: 

 Comprehensive Survey of Needs for Hatch- 

 ery Fish Announced 

 Great Lakes : 

 Lake Trout Fishery Encouraged by Sea 

 Lamprey Decline 

 Great Lakes Fisheries Explorations and Gear 

 Development: 



Seasonal Distribution and Abundance Studies 

 of Alewife and Chub in Lake Michigan Con- 

 tinued 

 Great Lakes Fishery Investigations: 

 Biological Research and Sea Lamprey Con- 

 trol, July 1966 

 Industrial Fishery Products : 

 U.S. Fish Meal, Oil, and Solubles: 



Production, May 1966 

 U.S. Fish Meal and Solubles: 

 Production and Imports, January-May 1966 

 Inland Fisheries Explorations and Gear De- 

 velopment: 



Oahe Reservoir Trawling Studies Continued 

 Maine Sardines : 



Canned Stocks, July 1, 1966 

 Marketing: 

 Edible Fishery Products, Midyear 1966 

 Price Increase in 1965 Modest for Fishery 

 Products --High for Meat 

 Maryland: 



Fishery Landings and Trends, 1965 

 Massachusetts: 



Fishery Landings, 1965 

 Mississippi: 



Landings and Fishery Trends, 1965 

 Nautical Charts : 

 New Chart Issued for Chesapeake Bay 

 New Chart Issued for Southeast Alaska 

 New Jersey: 



Fishery Landings, 1965 

 North Atlantic Fisheries Investigations : 

 Distribution of Brit Herring Studied 

 Lobster and Sea Herring Population Studies 

 Continued 

 North Pacific Fisheries Explorations and 

 Gear Development: 

 Pelagic Fishing Gear Research 

 Oceanography : 

 Interior Department Names Research 

 Oceanographer to Coordinate EASTROPAC 

 Expedition 



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TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS (Contd.): 

 Oceanography (Contd.): 



29 . . Newest Research Vessel "Oceanographer" 



Commissioned 

 Oregon: 



30 . . Dungeness Crab Catch, 1965/66 Season 



Shrimp: 



31 . . Gulf and South Atlantic Landings, 1965 



Tuna: 



31 . . Pacific Albacore Migrated Northward Early 



32 . . Aerial Survey of Waters Between Cape Cod 



and Cape Hatteras 

 Virginia : 



32 . . Fishery Landings, 1965 



Washington: 



33 . . Salmon Fingerlings Planted on Yakima Indian 



Reservation 

 Wholesale Prices: 

 33 . . Edible Fish and Shellfish, July 1966 

 FOREIGN: 

 International: 

 U.S.-U.S.S.R. Talks on Fishing Off U.S. 

 Coasts: 

 35 . . Fishery Discussions Concluded in Moscow 



Codex Alimentarius Commission: 



35 . . Expert Committee on Fish and Fishery 



Products to Hold First Meeting 

 Japan-Communist China Private Fisheries 

 Agreement: 



36 . . Meeting Proposed in October 1966 to Dis- 



cuss Innplementation 

 Japan-U.S.S.R. Agree on Scientific and Tech- 

 nical Cooperation in Fisheries: 



36 . . Text of Agreement 



International Commission for the Northwest 

 Atlantic Fisheries: 



37 .. 16th Annual Meeting 



International Council for the Exploration of 

 the Sea (ICES): 



37 . . Symposium on "The Living Resources of 



the African Atlantic Continental Shelf" 

 International Whaling Commission: 



38 . . Eighteenth Annual Meeting 



Food and Agriculture Organization: 



39 . . Committee on Fisheries Holds First Meeting 



42 . . World Symposium on Warm-Water Pond 



Fish Culture 



43 , . FAO Meetings on Fishery Matters, Septem- 



ber-December 1966 

 International Labor Organization: 



44 . . Two Conventions on Conditions of Work in 



Fishing Industry Approved at International 

 Labor Conference, by Walter H. Stolting 

 United Nations Development Program: 



45 . . UNDP/FAO Caribbean Fisheries Develop- 



ment Project 



46 . . Eela in Strong Demand in Europe 



46 . . World Fish Meal Production, March 1966 



Amierican Samoa: 

 4 6 . . Tuna Landings, January -April 1966 

 Angola : 



47 . . Foreign Investments in Fishing Industry 



47 . . Government Fishery Activities 



Burundi : 



48 . . Fishery Developments, 1965 



Contents continued page II. 



