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COMMEECIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 11 



East German: Early in September, a large 

 freezer stern trawler began to fish on Georges 

 Bank and was joined in mid-month by another 

 sistership. Both vessels belong to the Ber - 

 told Brecht class of stern trawlers (3,000 

 gross tons) and were built in 1965 in East 

 German shipyards. This is the first time 

 since 1962 that the East Germans have fished 

 on Georges Bank. Like the Soviet Union in 

 the early 1960s, East Germany has begun to 

 expand its fisheries into the southern ICNAF 

 area, and even in the southern Atlantic. 



Cuban: One fishing vessel came to Georges 

 Bank late in September. Purchased in Spain 

 for the expanding cod fisheries, the 1,100- 

 gross-ton vessel is based in Havana. 



Japanese: The Japanese Overseas Trawl- 

 ers Association announced in mid-September 

 that its members would jointly send a 1,000- 

 ton trawler to explore for new fishing grounds 

 in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coasts of 

 North and South America. It did not saywhen 

 the vessel would begin operations. 



OFF MID-ATLANTIC 



Soviet: No fishing vessels sighted off the 

 U.S. mid-Atlantic coast during September 

 except a few in transit headed north or south. 



IN GULF OF MEXICO 



Soviet: No fishing vessels were sighted 

 near U.S. coasts in September. Two medium 

 freezer trawlers (600 gross tons, class Maiak) 

 were sighted by the U.S. Coast Guard: one 

 on September 12 in the Old Bahama Channel 

 (north of Central Cuba); the other on Septem- 

 ber 14 near Anguilla Cays in the Santaren 

 Channel (160 miles south of Miami). No in- 

 formation is available on whether they fished 

 or were simply in transit. 



A sizable fleet (about 15 vessels) continued 

 fishing for herring-like fish on the Campeche 

 Banks off Yucatan. No details are available. 



28 Mexican shrimpers are already operating 

 in international waters off the Texas coast,' 

 according to the Governor of Campeche State. 

 Although in early August shrimp trawlers 

 were sighted fishing off Texas, none was 

 sighted in September. 



OFF ALASKA 



Japanese: The usual departure of many 

 fleets during the fall of each year reduced 

 the number vessels engaged in the fisheries 

 off Alaska to about 25 by the end of Septem- 

 ber. 



In early September, another small trawler 

 joined the Gulf of Alaska ocean perch fishing 

 fleet. By month's end, however, at least 3 

 factory trawlers had departed for Japan; this 

 reduced the Gulf fleet to no more than 10 

 trawlers. Operations of the trawlers and a 

 few supporting reefers were concentrated on 

 Albatross Bank southwest of Kodiak Island. 



The perch fishing fleet of one factoryship 

 and 10 trawlers had been operating in the 

 western Aleutians, but it moved to the area 

 west of the Pribilof Islands in early Septem- 

 ber. That fleet was scheduled to depart for 

 Japan by mid-September. 



One king crab factoryship achieved her 

 catch quota of 90,533 cases of king crab and 

 sailed for Japan on September 10. The sec- 

 ond king crab fleet of 1 factoryship and 5 

 trawlers continued fishing north of Unimak 

 Island. That fleet, delayed about a month in 

 getting to the grounds, was expected to con- 

 tinue operations into October to reach the as- 

 signed quota of 94,467 cases. 



The 4 fish-meal factoryships and their 100 

 trawlers left for Japan during September. 



The shrimp fishing fleet, which consistent- 

 ly operated north of the Pribilof Islands, 

 ceased operations and departed in early Sep- 

 tember. 



Cuban: In September, no fishing vessels 

 were sighted near U. S. coasts; 17 of them 

 (probably including duplications) were sighted 

 hand-lining and trapping in the Santaren Chan- 

 nel, the Old Bahama Channel, and off Cama- 

 guey Archipelago. Species taken were not 

 identified. 



Mexican: The September 17, 1966, issue 

 of Mexico City News reported that "at least 



The two remaining Japanese whaling fleets 

 left the Alaskan area by mid -September for 

 Japan. 



Korean: The fisheries training ship Baek 

 Kyung Ho called at Kodiak for reprovisioning 

 in early September. Personnel said they 

 were returning to Pusan after leaving Kodiak. 

 The vessel stopped in Tokyo on September 25. 



