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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 10 



experimental fishing for crab and fish in the 

 Okhotsk Sea, 40 miles off Kamchatka Penin- 

 sula, 



Another company is trying to expand in 

 trawling and tuna fishing as its fishing for 

 salmon, its chief operations so far, appears 

 destined to decrease with the advance of the 

 Soviets and Koreans in salmon fishing. It has 

 developed new fishing grounds off Sierra 

 Leone and is conducting experiments to em- 

 ploy reel-net fishing. It has three vessels 

 engaged in drag-net fishing in west African 

 waters to develop new ma eke r e 1 fishing 

 grounds . 



Another firm is building up its deep-sea 

 trawling to make up for a reduction of whale 

 catches. It now ranks third in this field. 

 Since 1965, it has been probing new grounds 

 southeast of New Zealand and off the Argen- 

 tine coast. 



And, in June 1966, another fishing firm 

 became the first to explore new grounds for 

 salmon in the Arctic Sea. ( The Japan Eco - 

 nomic Journal , Tokyo.) 



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EXPANDS TRAWL FISHING 

 IN NORTHEAST PACIFIC 



The Japanese Fisheries Agency issued 

 licenses in late July 1966 to two major com- 

 panies to operate experimentally four trawl- 

 ers east of 135° W. longitude and north of 

 30° N. latitude in the northeastern Pacific off 

 the North American coast. The two firms 

 already operate the stern trawlers Taiyo 

 Maru No . 82.(2,886 gross tons) and the Kiri- 

 shima Maru (3,495 gross tons) in the Gulf 

 west of 135° W. longitude. Each of the two 

 trawlers is accompanied by a 500 -ton trawl- 

 er. 



Another large firm plans to conduct ex- 

 perimental fishing in the same area. This 

 company operates the 3,500 -ton stern trawl- 

 er Takachiho Maru in the Gulf. The trawler 

 will be joined by the 550 -ton trawler Mogami 

 Maru . which was delivered August 1. After 

 a trial run in the Japan Sea, the Mogami Maru 

 departed Japan around August 9. 



The opening of fishing grounds east of 

 135° W. longitude and north of 30° N. latitude 

 will make it possible for the Japanese Gulf 

 of Alaska trawl fleet to operate year-round. 



In winter, when sea conditions are bad in 

 northerly latitudes, the trawlers will exploit 

 the waters farther south. The trawlers will 

 seek hake and other species. ( Suisan Tsu- 

 shin; Shin Suisan Shimbun Sokuho, and other 

 sources.) 



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REPORTS NORTH PACIFIC 

 WHALING DATA 



The catch of whales in the North Pacific 

 passed the 60 percent mark July 25, 1966: 



Sperm Finback Sei BWUJ / 

 Kyokuyo Maru . . - 567 764 411 



No. 3 Nishin Maru 1,186 - - - 



Nichiei Maru . . . - - - 260.5 



The Nichiei Maru was expected to attain 

 her quota and then hunt only sperm whales. 

 The Kyokuyo Maru's quota is 1,080 whales, 

 of which 844 are finback whales; she must 

 catch 277 finback whales and 236 sei whales 

 to fill her quota. The problem is to catch 

 proper ratio of finback to sei whales. 



There has been no progress in talks on 

 export price of finback whale oil. Market 

 conditions are reported bad. New stocks may 

 be stored in Rotterdam pending developments. 

 It is expected that 10,000-12,000 metric tons 

 of sperm whale oil from the North Pacific 

 will be exported to companies in the United 

 States and Europe at a price of US$201.60 a 

 ton. (Fisheries Attache, United States Em- 

 bassy, Tokyo, from Suisan Keizai and Suisan 

 Tsushin . ) 



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Communist China 



BEGINS TO DEVELOP TUNA FLEET 



A 3 19 -gross -ton tuna longliner ordered by 

 Mainland China's Technical Advancement 

 Corporation from a Japanese shipyard at 

 Shimizu was delivered to the Chinese owners 

 about August 1, 1966. The vessel was taken 

 to the port of Huang Pu (near Canton in 

 Kwangtung Province) by a Japanese crew. 



Communist China has apparently decided 

 to enter high-seas tuna fishing. This is the 

 first indication of the expansion of Chinese 



