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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 11 



Communist China 



NEW RESEARCH VESSEL BUILT 



Communist China's first marine research 

 vessel was built early in 1966. The 2,500- 

 gross-ton vessel Tung Fang Hung ("East is 

 Red") is equipped for biological, hydrological, 

 meteorological, geological, physical, and 

 chemical marine research. She has special- 

 ized laboratories and modern oceanographic 

 equipment. 



The Chinese have entered the tuna fisher- 

 ies with a vessel bought from Japan. They 

 have begun whaling with a specialized vessel 

 built at home. It is also reported that a plant 

 for manufacturing echo-sounders is in oper- 

 ation. 



Though available data are sketchy and 

 hard to interpret, there is little doubt that 

 Communist China's high-seas fisheries are 

 in the take-off stage of development. They 

 are about where the Soviet fisheries were in 

 early 1950s. 



early 1966, the Soviets delivered 3 medium 

 freezer trawlers under the U.S.S.R. -North 

 Vietnam technical assistance program. 



South Korea 



SETS UP MARINE PRODUCTS OFFICE 



The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 

 showed the nation's interest in promoting 

 fishing interests by elevating the former 

 Fisheries Bureau to a semiautonomous Office 

 of Marine Products. The new office is headed 

 by O Chong-kun, who was given vice minis- 

 terial rank. The former bureau had 6 sec- 

 tions; the new office has 3 bureaus (10 sec- 

 tions) and an office of planning. (U. S. Em- 

 bassy, Seoul, September 2, 1966.) 



North Vietnam 



FISHERMEN TRAIN IN U.S.S.R. 



On or about August 22, 1966, North Viet- 

 namese fishery students arrived at Nakhodka, 

 the largest fishing port in the Soviet Far East, 

 to study modern fishing techniques and proc- 

 essing technology. The visit may be related 

 to increased technical aid recently promised 

 North Vietnam by the Soviet Government. In 



CANADA 



FIRST -HALF 1966 LANDINGS 

 ARE DOWN BUT VALUE IS UP 



Landings during first-half 1966 totaled 

 808.2 million pounds valued at C$52.2 mil- 

 lion, compared with 834.2 million pounds 

 worth C$51.2 million during the same period 

 of 1965. 



Sea fisheries landings (including New- 

 foundland) during June 1966 amounted to 242.2 

 million pounds, an ex-vessel value of C$18.6 

 million compared to 238.0 million pounds 

 valued at C$19.1 million in June 1965. The 

 figures come from the June 1966 "Monthly 

 Review of Canadian Fisheries Statistics." 



Landings and ex -vessel values of principal 

 species were: 



Species 



June 1 



1966 1965 



1966 1 1965 



Landings 



Value 



Atlantic Coast: 



.(1.000 



87,443 



6,688 



2,989 



24,639 



28,870 



217 



7,320 



1,528 



Lbs.). 



83,047 

 6,170 

 5,044 



27,286 



25,810 

 800 



10,932 

 1.772 



. (1,0 



3,709 

 478 

 119 

 800 

 471 

 117 



4,151 

 578 



50 CS) . 



3,228 

 419 

 182 

 884 

 344 

 336 



6,580 

 981 



Cod 



Haddock 



Pollock 



Flounder and sole . . 



Herring 



Swordfish 



Lobsters 



Scallops 



Pacific Coast: 



8,210 



18,579 



5.716 



6.547 



19,539 



3,679 



2,890 



307 



2,383 



2,126 

 262 



1,596 



Halibut 



Herring 



Salmon 



Species 



Jan. -J 



une 





1966 1 1965 



1966 



1965 



Landings 



Value 1 



Atlantic Coast: 



. (1,000 Lbs.) 



.(1,00 



9,764 

 4,648 



723 

 3,016 

 1,500 



378 



11,754 



2,906 



C$) 



8,273 

 3,399 



925 

 2,505 

 1,178 



613 



14,789 



3,845 



Cod 



219,877 



65,085 



18,353 



88,874 



108,066 



627 



20,127 



7,527 



208,093 

 51,892 

 26,346 

 75,356 

 93,025 

 1,346 

 23,489 

 6.751 



Haddock 



Pollock 



Flounder and sole . . 



Swordfish 



Lobsters 



Scallops 



Pacific Coast: 

 Halibut 



14,929 



137,517 



7,510 



15,819 



221.205 



5,384 



5,145 

 2,299 

 3,290 



4,747 

 2,904 

 2,487 





Salmon 





