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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 10 



Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife 

 Conservation of House Committee on Mer- 

 chant Marine and Fisheries met in executive 

 session Aug. 30, 1966, and continued consid- 

 eration of H. R, 12269, and related bills. 



Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife 

 Conservation of House Committee on Mer- 

 chant Marine and Fisheries met in executive 

 session Aug. 31, 1966, and approved for full 

 committee action S. 2720 (amended). 



FOREIGN FISHING OFF U. S. COASTS 



Sen. Morse spoke in Senate, Congressional 

 Record , Aug. 16, 1966 (pp. 18694-18696), an 

 article in July 20 Portland Oregonian con- 

 cerning the boarding of two Soviet fishing 

 vessels off Washington State by Coast Guard. 

 The text is printed in Record. 



FUR SEAL CONSERVATION AND 

 PRIBILOF ISLANDS ADMINISTRATION 



Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife 

 Conservation of House Committee on Mer- 

 chant Marine and Fisheries held hearing 

 Aug. 24,1966, on H. R. 9602 and S. 2102. Pur- 

 pose of bills: to protect and conserve North 

 Pacific fur seals and to administer Pribilof 

 Islands for conservation of fur seals and oth- 

 er wildlife. 



Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife 

 Conservation of House Committee on Mer- 

 chant Marine and Fisheries met in executive 

 session Aug. 30, 1966 --considered but de- 

 ferred action onH. R. 9602, and related bills. 



GATT TRADE NEGOTIATIONS 



Rep. Curtis spoke in House on Kennedy 

 Round of trade negotiations now in progress 

 under General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 

 (GATT) in Geneva. 



JELLYFISH -CONTROL ELIMINATION 

 IN COASTAL WATERS OF U. S. 



S. 3744 (Brewster) introduced in Senate 

 Aug. 18, 1966, to provide for control or elim- 

 ination of jellyfish and other such pests in 

 coastal waters to Committee on Commerce. 

 Sen. Brewster noted in Congressional Record, 

 Aug. 18, 1966 (p. 18937), that this is com- 

 panion bill to H. R. 11475. 



Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife 

 Conservation of House Committee on Mer- 

 chant Marine and Fisheries met in executive 

 session Aug. 25, 1966, and approved for full 

 committee action H. R. 11475 (amended). 



METRIC SYSTEM STUDY 



House Committee on Rules, Aug. 25, 1966, 

 denied a rule on S. 774. This authorizes Sec- 

 retary of Commerce to make a study to de- 

 termine advantages and disadvantages of in- 

 creased use of the metric system in the Unit- 

 ed States. 



H. Res. 998 (Miller) introduced in House 

 Aug. 31, 1966. Resolution provides for con- 

 sideration of S. 774. 



MINIMUM WAGE 



Hearing before Committee on Rules, House 

 of Representatives, on H. R. 13712. This is a 

 bill to amend Fair Labor Standards Act of 

 1938 to extend protection to additional em- 

 ployees, raise minimum wage, etc. Part III, 

 Apr. 26, 1966, 7 5 pp., printed. Contents in- 

 clude statement by congressman and discus- 

 sion by committee members. 



S. Rept. 1487, Fair Labor Standards 

 Amendments of 1966 (Aug. 23, 1966, report 

 from Committee on Labor and Public Wel- 

 fare, U. S, Senate, to accompany H. R. 13712), 

 80 pp., printed. Committee reported favor- 

 ably with an amendment. Discusses back- 

 ground, purpose, major provisions, section- 

 by -section analysis, and changes in existing 

 law. 



Senate Committee on Labor and Public 

 Welfare in executive session, ordered favor- 

 ably reported, with an amendment in the na- 

 ture of a substitute, H. R. 13712. 



Senate Aug. 26, 1966, passed H. R. 13712, 

 to amend Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. 

 The Senate rejected Amendment No. 771 by 

 Sen. Thurmond, which would add to existing 

 exemptions individuals in shelling of shellfish 

 such as oysters and crabs. 



House Aug. 30, 1966, disagreed with Sen- 

 ate amendments to H. R. 13712, agreed to con- 

 ference with Senate; appointed conferees. 



Conferees met in executive session Aug. 

 31, 1966, to resolve differences between the 

 Senate- and House -passed versions of H. R. 

 13712. 



Conferees in executive session Sept. 1, 

 1966, agreed to file conference report on dif- 

 ferences between Senate- and House -passed 

 versions of H. R. 13712. 



