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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 9 



recreational value of a "picturesque and his- 

 toric area." The chart, identified as Chart 

 553-SC, is described as "a basic document 

 for navigating the area." 



CAPE CHARLES 



Nautical chart covering the Chesapeake Bay (area indicated by 

 the box). 



The chart can be purchased for $1 from 

 nautical chart agents or at a 20 -percent dis- 

 count if ordered in lots of 10 or more from 

 the Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington 

 Science Center, Rockville, Md,, 20852, where 

 individual copies may also be obtained. 



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NEW CHART ISSUED FOR 

 SOUTHEAST ALASKA: 



A new edition of a nautical chart covering 

 part of southeast Alaska was issued by the 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey, an agency of the 

 U. S. Department of Commerce's Environ- 

 mental Science Services Admiinistration 

 (ESSA), Nautical charts are important to 

 fishing interests in the area, as well as 

 to its timber and mining industries which 

 must transport their products by sea. 



The chart, the first new edition of Chart 

 8201 inmore than three years, covers south- 

 east Alaska from Etolin Island to Midway Is- 



Islands, including Sumner Strait. It is the 

 12th edition of the chart (first issued in 1888). 



The new edition includes the results of 

 recent hydrographic and topographic surveys, 

 and shows changes in the area during the 

 past three years. Included for the first time 

 in the chart is an inset of Duncan Canal 

 in the vicinity of Big Castle Island based on 

 1965 hydrographic and topographic surveys. 

 The inset is more than 10 times larger in 

 scale than the base chart. 



Nautical chart covering southeast Alaska (area indicated by 

 the box). 



Chart 8201 provides coverage for the pri- 

 mary shipping routes of fishing vessels which 

 operate in southeast Alaska. In 1965, about 

 484 million pounds of fish and shellfish 

 valued at some $72 million were marketed 

 by Alaskan fishermen. 



New Jersey 



FISHERY LANDINGS, 1965 : 



Summary : Landings of commercial fish 

 and shellfish in New Jersey during 1965 to- 

 taled 159,9 million pounds with an ex-vessel 

 value of $11.3 million--an increase of 15 

 percent in quantity and 20 percent in value 

 compared with 1964. Menhaden landings 

 were up 10.0 million pounds, and surf clams 

 were up 5.5 million pounds. There were ap- 

 preciable increases in landings of sea scal- 

 lops, swordfish, scup, whiting, blue crabs, 

 and bluefish. 



Following are some of the highlights of 

 the New Jersey fisheries during 1965: 



