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Gridiron Length 



The identical trawlers, about 292 feet, will 

 be almost the length of a football field, and 

 about a third longer than the 195 -foot "Frosty 

 Morn," the longest U. S. fishing vessel. The 

 latter was built in 1958 and fishes for men- 

 haden in the Gulf of Mexico. 



The new vessels will be the first of their 

 type to be built or operated in the United 

 States and will be equipped to catch, freeze, 

 package fish fillets from such species as cod 

 and haddock, and produce fish meal and oil. 

 One vessel will operate in the Northwest At- 

 lantic; the other in the North Pacific. 



The subsidy law provides assistance to 

 build modern fishing vessels that meet cer- 

 tain requirements. The Federal contribution 

 equals the cost difference between building 

 vessels in U. S. and less expensive foreign 

 shipyards; the maximum subsidy is 50 per- 

 cent of the domestic cost. Public hearings 

 are held before any subsidies are awarded. 



Including the latest contracts, 11 vessels 

 have been subsidized. Three have been com- 

 pleted. 



FIRST ANADROMOUS 

 FISH FUNDS AWARDED 



Interior Department has allocated $750,000 

 to 5 States, the first funds under the Anad- 

 romous Fish Act of 1965. The Act seeks to 

 conserve and develop the.species that go 

 from sea up rivers to spawn- -salmon, shad, 

 etc. The Act also covers Great Lakes fishes 

 that spawn in tributary streams. 



The Federal funds are for fiscal 1967, 

 which began July 1, 1966, and may be used to 

 finance up to 50 percent of approved projects. 

 Michigan received $210,000; Washington, 

 $202,500; Maine, $130,000; Oregon, $120,000; 

 California, $95,000. The money will help pay 

 for 13 projects in research, stream improve- 

 ment, and construction of fishways, spawning 

 channels, and hatcheries. 



About $2 million is available in fiscal 1967 

 on a matching basis to 31 States bordering 

 the oceans or Great Lakes. The Act author- 

 izes up to $25 million through June 30, 1970. 

 No State may receive more than $1 million 

 a year. 



The Anadromous Fish Act is administered 

 jointly by BCF and the Bureau of Sport Fish- 

 eries and Wildlife. Together, they form In- 

 ;erior's Fish and Wildlife Service. 



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SETS NEW PERMIT OBLIGATION 

 FOR SEISMIC WORK 



Geological Survey now requires that com- 

 panies receiving permits to carry out seisniic 

 work must notify the appropriate BCF Re- 

 gional Director of the time and place of this 

 work. It also requires the companies to pay 

 the cost of having one observer acceptable 

 to BCF on board during the seismic work if 

 BCF thinks it necessary. 



Department of Commerce 



LOANS $30.5 MILLION 

 TO FISHERIES IN 1965 



The Small Business Administration (SBA) 

 of the Commerce Department loaned $30.5 

 million to 919 fishery firms in 1965. Recip- 

 ients were firms or persons engaged in com- 

 mercial fishing, operators of oyster farms, 

 hatcheries and fish preserves, tongers and 

 dredgers of oysters, and gatherers of sponges, 

 seaweed, etc. 



SBA also aided processors, such as canners 

 offish, shrimp, oysters, and clams--and those 

 engaged in smoking, salting, drying, freezing, 

 and packaging fresh fish products. 



Distributors included wholesalers of fresh 

 and cured fishery products and retailers of 

 all fishery products. Some truckers of fish 

 received loans, but they are not included in 

 the 1965 figures. 



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AIDS CONSTRUCTION OF 

 CALIFORNIA MOORING BASIN 



The Economic Development Administra- 

 tion has approved a $560,000 grant to help 

 build a $1,360,000 mooring basin in Noyo, 

 northern California; the State of California 

 is loaning $800,000. The basin will enable 

 the commercial fishing industry to expand. 



Noyo Harbor, at the edge of the city of Fort 

 Bragg, is the only improved harbor for about 

 175 miles of coastline from Bodega Bay to 



