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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 10 



In 30 days, the vessel landed 1,600 tons of 

 herring at Caraquet, N. B., for reduction to 

 meal. It is demonstrating the effectiveness 

 of West Coast purse-seine methods to East- 

 ern herring fishermen who have been limited 

 to small-scale operations. The seine net 

 used was 325 fathoms long and 36 fathoms 

 deep. In catches off Mackerel Point, the net 

 depth had to be reduced because herring were 

 found there in 30 fathoms. 



In addition to the skeleton crew that sailed 

 it to New Brunswick from Vancouver, B. C, 

 the vessel employs 5 East Coast fishermen. 

 Exploratory work elsewhere in the Gulf will 

 be carried out during the balance of the char- 

 ter. (Canadian Department of Fisheries, Ot- 

 tawa.) 



MID-JULY SALMON CATCH GOOD 

 IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 



As of July 15, 1966, the northern fishing 

 areas of British Columbia reported unex- 

 pectedly high catches of pink and sockeye 

 salmon in the net fisheries. One million 

 early pink salmon were taken from the run 

 to Whale Channel and the run was expected 

 to peak in August. During the first two days, 

 92,000 sockeye were taken in the Skeena Riv- 

 er. Troll catches of king and silver salm.on 

 were also good. (Canadian Department of 

 Fisheries.) 



LATIN & SOUTH AMERICA 

 Cuba 



EXPANDS FISHING FLEET 



From 1961 to May 1966, Cuba added over 

 680 small vessels built in her shipyards to 

 the fishing fleet and purchased 50 larger 

 vessels abroad. Most of the latter came from 

 Spain. Others were bought from Japan, the 

 U.S.S.R., and Poland. Almost all were tuna 

 vessels, except 6 cod trawlers bought from 

 Spain in 1966 and 5 medium trawlers (SRTs) 

 obtained from the U.S.S.R. in 1962. About 

 20 tuna vessels ordered from Spain are still 

 to be delivered. However, the first cod trawl- 

 er, the Manjuari, also purchased from Spain, 



was delivered to Havana in March 1966 and 

 soon after began fishing for cod off the Ca- 

 nadian Atlantic coast. The crew is Cuban, 

 but the captain is Russian. (It docked at St. 

 John's, Newfoundland, on June 27, 1966, for 

 servicing.) 



Cuban shipyards employ about 2,500 work- 

 ers and build 7 classes of wooden fishing 

 vessels 60 to 120 feet long. They are be- 

 ginning to construct a few steel vessels. By 

 1970, the Cubans hope to have 700 large ves- 

 sels (mostly in tuna and possibly cod and 

 other bottom fisheries) and 900 small craft. 

 The planned catch for 1970 exceeds 200,000 

 metric tons a year. Almost 4,000 young 

 Cubans are now being trained in marine and 

 fishery schools. 



Chile 



PRODUCTION OF FISH MEAL 

 AND OIL RISES 



Anchovy fishing in northern Chile during 

 June 1966 was considered good. Landings 

 totaled 99,600 metric tons, compared with 

 15,900 tons in 1965, and 93,700 tons in 1964. 

 Nineteen percent was landed at Arica and 81 

 percent at Iquique; fishing in the Pisaguaand 

 Tocopilla areas was discontinued. The great- 

 est fishing activity was in the area bordering 

 Peru, where the major part of the Arica and 

 Iquique fleets fished. 



The catches of the first 6 months of 1966 

 totaled 755,500 tons of anchovy, an increase 

 of 181 percent over 1965 and 24 percent over 

 1964. 



During June, 6 plants operated in Arica an 

 average of 11 working days; 21 plants oper- 

 ated in Iquique an average of 16 working days. 

 One plant in Arica, 2 in Pisagua, and 1 in 

 Iquique did not operate. 



Monthly production of fish meal during the 

 first halves of 1964-66 was; 



Month 



[anuary. 

 "ebruary 

 Vlarch . 

 April . . 

 May , . 

 lune . . 



Total January -June 



1966 



X 



196S 



1964 



33,500 

 27, 182 

 13,538 

 114,068 

 26,708 

 18,778 



(Metric Tons) 



12,836 



11,370 



10,278 



3,587 



4,090 



2,988 



133,774 



45,149 



24, 131 

 23,575 

 4,767 

 16,373 

 16,233 

 17,271 



102, 350 



