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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 10 



Boat Seafarer, Inc., New Bedford, Mass., 

 a 90 -foot overall wooden vessel, for scallops, 

 groundfish, flounder, and lobster. BCF pub- 

 lished notice of hearing in Federal Register , 

 September 3, 1966. 



Nicholas Rosa, 5207 Avenue T, Brooklyn, 

 N. Y, 11223, a 50-foot overall length alumi- 

 num vessel to fish for lobster and crabs. 

 Notice of hearing published September 17, 

 1966. 



Clyde R. Potter, Belhaven, N. C, 86 -foot 

 overall steel vessel, for butterfish, flounder, 

 porgies, sea bass, sea trout, swordfish, lob- 

 ster, scallops, and shrimp, including royal 

 red shrimp. Notice of hearing published 

 September 3, 1966. 



Harlan Truitt Murphy, Davis, N. C, 86- 

 foot overall length steel vessel to fish for 

 flounder, sea trout, porgies, king whiting, 

 swordfish, croaker, shrimp (including royal 

 red shrimp), scallops, and lobster. Notice of 

 hearing published September 8, 1966. 



NEW ANADROMOUS FISH 

 PROGRAM CLARIFIED 



The proposed regulations for a new Fed- 

 eral program to conserve and develop the 

 Nation's anadromous fish resources were 

 clarified and published in the Federal Regis - 

 ter , September 10, 1966, the effective date. 



They set forth the procedures the Interior 

 Secretary will use when he provides financial 

 and other assistance, through cooperative 

 agreements, to State agencies and other non- 

 Federal interests. The purpose of the assist- 

 ance is to conserve, develop, and enhance 

 the commercial and sport anadromous fish 

 resources of the Nation- -and Great Lakes 

 fish that ascend streams to spa wn. 



Note: See Commercial Fisheries Review , July 1966 p. 105. 



Eighty-Ninth Congress 

 (Second Session) 



Reported below are public bills and reso- 

 lutions that may directly or indirectly affect 

 the fisheries and allied industries. Introduc- 



tion, referral to committees, pertinent leg- 

 islative actions by the House and Senate, and 

 signature into law or other final disposition 

 are covered. 



COMMERCIAL FISHERY 

 RESOURCES SURVEY 



Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife 

 Conservation of House Committee on Mer- 

 chant Marine and Fisheries held hearing on 

 S. J. Res. 29, Aug. 24, 1966, to authorize and 

 direct Secretary of the Interior to survey 

 coastal and fresh-water commercial fishery 

 resources of the United States, its territories, 

 and possessions. Commissioner C. F. 

 Pautzke testified. 



Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife 

 Conservation of House Committee on Mer- 

 chant Marine and Fisheries, Sept. 1, 1966, 

 met in executive session and deferred further 

 action on S. J. Res. 29, to authorize and di- 

 rect the Secretary of the Interior to conduct 

 a survey of the coastal and fresh-water com- 

 mercial fishery resources of the United States. 



COMMODITY PACKAGING 

 AND LABELING 



House Committee on Interstate and For- 

 eign Commerce, Aug. 16-17 and 23-24, 1966, 

 continued hearings on H.R. 15440 and related 

 bills. Purpose of bills: to regulate interstate 

 and foreign commerce by preventing use of 

 unfair or deceptive methods of packaging or 

 labeling of certain consumer commodities. 

 Testimony from public witnesses. 



House Committee on Interstate and For- 

 eign Commerce, Sept. 7, 1966, continued hear- 

 ings on H. R. 15440, and related bills, the pro- 

 posed Fair Packaging and Labeling Act. 

 Harold E. Crowther, Deputy Director, BCF, 

 testified. 



ESTUARINE AREAS- -NATIONAL SYSTEM 

 OF ESTUARINE AREA 



Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife 

 Conservation of House Committee on Mer- 



