July 1950 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES ~IEW 69

RECENT FISHERY PUBLICATIONS

Recent publications of iu~~rest to the commercial fisning industry are listed below.

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE PUBLICATIONS THESE PROCESSED PUBLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FREE FROM THE DIVISION OF INFORMA­

TION, FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, WASHINGTON 25, D. C. TYPES OF PUBLICATIONS ARE DESIGNATED AS FOLLOWS:

CFS - CURRENT FISHERY STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ALASKA. FL - FISHERY LEAFLETS. SEP.- SEPARATES (REPRINTS) FROM COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW. SL - STATISTICAL SECTION LISTS OF DEALERS IN AND PRODUCERS OF FISHERY

PRODUCTS AND BYPRODUCTS. WL - WILD LIFE LEAFLETS.

SSR -FI SH . - SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC REPORTS--FISHERIES (LIMITED DISTRIBUTION).

Number ~ CFS-548 CFS-549 CFS-550 CFS-552 H. -254 PI. - 293

FL -365

n. -372 FL -374 It -375

1L -376

SL -28

Sep.-253 Sep.-254

Title - Frozen Fish Beport, Final, May 1950, 10 p. - Maine Landings, by Counties, 1949 Annual Summary, 11 p. - Fish Meal and Oil, April 1950, 2 p. - Texas Landings, April 1950 , 4 p. - Frozen Fish Reryort, Final, June 1950, 10 p.

(Revi8ed)- List of Fishery Associations in the United States and Alaska, 9 p. (Revised)- List of Fishermen's and Fish Shore Workers' Unions in the U. S.,

Alaska, and Hawaii, 9 p. - Sales Patterns for Fresh and FrOzen fish and Shellfish, 1935 and

1946. 102 p. - Report on the Fisheries Industry in the Republic of KOrea. 37 p. - Freezing and canning King Crab, 9 p. - A Survey of the Colll/Dercial Fishery Possibili ties of Seward Penin.-

sula Area, KOtzebue Sound. and Certain Inland Rivers and Lakes in Alaska, 24 p.

- Albacore 'lUna Exploration in Alaskan and Adjacent Waters--1949, 34 p.

(Revised)- lftlo1esale Dealers in Fishery Products. Michigan. 1950, 2 p.

- "John N. Cobb" Uses New Rig for Slo-Speed Trolling. - Studies on Methods of Extracting Vi tamin A and Oil from 1i sbery

Products--Part III - Experiments on the Extraction of Low-Oil­Content Livers witll Petroleum Ether by the Sbalcing Method.

WL-330--0rganizations and Officials Concerned with Wildlife Protection:--1950, 35 P. Lists t~ names and eddresses of officials and organiza­tions concerned with the protection or manage­ment of fish and wildlife. It includes U. S.

Federal and state government agencies, Canadian Dominion and provincial government bodies, Latin American government organizations, and various private groups.

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SSR.,Fish. No. 20--The Gonads of Skipjac!\: fran Palao Watsrs, by Klzo Matsui, 5p., 111us., processed, April 1950. Limited distrlbution. A translatlon from Jap",nese. While the autnor was engee.ed in a study of the brein of the ekipjack tune at the Palau Tropical f>iologioal Station from SeptelLber 1941 to Januery 1942, he was able also to !L8~e some observations of the gonads of 9OJll8 of these

fiab. Tht. paper reports on these Ob"Ml! t l oDi. ']he opinion wIlicb ths aut or has reachedfrcm the rellUl. til reported ill this pe.,er 18 thet it the annuill change s in tll8 degree of ripece.. tf the Fonsds could be 8s certaine1 1n ev~ rJ rea _he" sklpjaclC are taken , aa:le cl.ar1!icat ion c.! the problea;.s of the locatlcn of IIjJ WIling gr • and

he r.1gretions of the s ... c es co Id te at a ioa1.

'" '" '" '" '" THE FOLLOWING SERVICE PUBLICATION IS A AILABLE ONLy FROM ~ PfelFIC

Qf£.l..ff MENTIONED ~ THE ~.

Production of Flsoery PrOducts in Virginia, ryland and NortilciU=OlIiii1 (JUI r,;portad to Hwnpton , i ah­ery ti:arket News Office), 28 p., processed, Uay 1950. (Available free fran the ~ket 'ews Ser­vice, U. S, Fish and Wildlife Service, p. 0, Box 447, Hampton, Va.) In addition to a review of the trends in the production of fiaoery products in certain areas of Virginia, L!aryland, and North Carolina, this publication contains sta-

t stlcal ata by J:lonths and s ... c es 0 t e ~ cd-10 s 0: t ery ro ~cts In the areesc! liore!le81 City, orth Carolina; Ha!:lJltoll :rtoads , YOrM. ITe r, L r orthern ,eck, It ste .0 •• , Vi lilia, an1 Ocean C y, Cambrld-e, and Crl s!'1el1, ry 1I1l~. CalIpar t ve 1ata for 19 6 by areslI and s.ec es ere also iven all 11 as a table lIhowlng h shr , .. land s in certain Nort~ ~ r nil oc l1tlea by areas blld J:lonths.

'" '" '" '" '" MISCELLANEOUS PUBLlCA1l0NS

THESE PUBLICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE FISH AND BUT USUALLY MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE AGENCIES ISSUI NG THEM.

"Age and Length Composition of the Sardille Catch otf the Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada in1949-5C," by FrancesE. Fel1n, Anita K. Daugherty, and Leo Plukas, article, California Fish and Game, July 1950, Vol. 36, no, 3, pp, 241-9, illuB., prlnted. Dlvision of Fisc. and GBILlI, California Department ot Natural Resources, San Franoisoo, Calif. This Is a fourth' report on age and length canpoB1tion of the catch of sardine (Sardlnop. oaerulBa) off ths Paoifio Coast of the Unl·ed States and Canada and oovera the 1949-50 Mallon.

~ Report l2!d (International Pacifio Salmon FlshBrieB Ccmn1losion), 34 P., printed, lllu •• Internatlonal Pacifl0 Salmon Fiaherie. CammlB­slon, New Westm1neter, B. C., Canada, 1949. A report of tne C~ssion's reb~ation of the sockeye salmon flsherlee within the water. out-11ned by the Conventlon between Canada and the United Statee for the protection, preservation, and extenslon of the sookeye salmon flsheriee in the Fraser Rlver systsm. Reports on the meetings of the CommiSSion, the 1949 regulations, the United States flshery, the Canadian fiahery, fish­ing intenslty, the Indl~ c~tch, escapement, the 1950 oycle, rehabilltation of barren areas, and discusses gsneral biological investigations.

Bulletin III (Internatlonal Pacific Salmon Fisherie s Commission), 129 P., printed, illus. l--A Bl010gi­cal Study of the Effectiveness of the Hell's Gate Fishways, by G. B. Talbot PP. 1-80; 2- -Variations In Flow Patterns at Hell's Gate and The lr Rela­tlonsoipe to the ~lgrat10n of Sookeye Salmon, by

R. I. Jacl:son pp, 81-129. InternatioL. P~clf 1 c

Salr.on Fls_erie. CamUsalon, e. estl !nater, B. C., Canada, 1950. Flsh_ya at He l's Ga te were cOlllj)leted by the spring of 19 6 fo r t he purpo!18 of r8lIllldying the rec~rring mortali ty tn or er to re.tore tne I rbM r R1Ter BOCiteye l'UIl,

ThB fint of tne reports in t is p b ic .. t i oll 11 an analye1e of the He ll' II at . te.ggill8 WCU

carried out by the Coc:z:Uuion between 19) and 19 7. Thla analy.1e • undert aken to detan:.lllI the effectivene .. of the ne. f llh •• YI in 111:.­Inatlng the periodlc blocit to the I.e.;. o!' adult lockeye, In addltion, 1nfon::ation II deslred ee to the success ot pauege by .ccnye at extreme hlgh and low wate r I lvel. ~ lct hid not ocourre d durlng the C~l •• lon" InTa.tl,l­tiona in previo • yearll, the Mcond re)oort III thlB bulletin pre sents an analYliia of the phyl1-oal data obtalne d at Hall' lI Ge te by the ingl­neering II taff of the Camml l1.10n, Inglneerlng studlell deslgned to de t e=ine the CIU .. S of the obstruction were begun e tHeIl' s Gete shortly after evidence of the obstructlon was obtelned, The successful cooperation be t ween the biologi­cal and engineering staf f s of t he Ca!it;isaion In solving proolems re lating .0 bota Drenches o! science has reaul ted In the allevlation of the Hell's Oate obstruotion through Inete..llatlon of a new type of fi shw~y dee1gned by Comc1selOll e ngineers, The Commis s i on reports thLt the Hell's Gate fiahway s are operating succeu~ullY, and that the oos tru ction a t Hell's gate hal b.ln e liminated.

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THESE PUBLICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, BUT USUALLY MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE AGENC~ISSUI~HEM .

(California) Statistical Report of Fresh and Canned lisherl Products (Year 1949, including Sardine 58a8On1949-1950 and Recapitulation of the Case Pack of Tuna, Bonito and Yellowtail, 1918-1949), CircularNo. 24,27 P. of tables, printed. Bureau of Marine Fisneries, California Division of Fish and G8IDB, San Francisco, Calif. ,1950. The tables in this publication show the California landin~s of all fished shellfish by species and by main fish­ing areas, including the am:lunt of pilchards and tuna landed. Included are the shipments into Cali­fornia during the year; the product ion of canned, cured, and manufactured f isht ry product s (includ­ing meal "and oU); production of liver oil; and a list of canning and sardine reduction plants operating in 1949.

Contribucion al Estudio de los Escombridos de la 'Costa ~ (Atun, Bonitos "l. Melva)--Contribution ~ the Study of the Scombroid F ish of the Basque Coast (Bluefin Tuna, Skipjack , and Frigate t,!acker­el)--bylose Maria Navaz, PublicacionesNumero VIII, 21 P., Hlus., printed. Sociedadde Oceanografia de Guipuzcoa, San Sebastian, Spain , 1950. Con­tains observations on the tuna catch and fishing methods for the Spanish port of San Sebastian on the Bay of Biscay. Includes biametric data on 100 Bluefin tuna, 50 albacore tuna, 32 skipjack tuna, and 2 frigate mackerel.

Customs Informationfor Exporters ~ the Uni ted States, 93 P., printed, 25 cents. Bureau of Custom', TrealRlry Department, Wasn1ngton, D.C. , 1950. (For sale by Superintendent of Documents, Wasnington- 25, D. C.). This booklet is for the infonnation and assistanoe of those who plan to export to the United Statsaand for importers in the UnitedState •• The procedures and requirements for exporting to the Uni ted States are outlined in this publication. Such subjects are covered as clearance of goods throll6h Customs, packing of goods, conversion of currency, invoices for Customs purposes , t emporary free importation under bond, f oreign trsde zones, import quotas, etc. A list of Customs Collection DietriCh, Headquarters Ports, and Ports of Entry 18 included.

~ Busines8 ~ Austria, 4 P., processed, free. Business Infonnation Service , Offioe of Inter­national Trade, Department of Ccmneroe, Washington, D. C. Issued as an aid to busine ss man interellted in 'Xploring the possibil ities of expanding or initiating trade with Austria. Discusses Austrian tore1gn trade prooedures and possibilities; ex­chang. controls and capital movements; travel to Au.tria; Au.trian fairs ; andexohange rates. Also ghu alilt of llourcesfor information and assist­anoe.

1 Bueinull with Germany , (Revision of April 1950), 7 P., prooessed, free. Office of International Trade, Department of COllllll8rce , Washington, D. C. '1M. reportoovers the westernand the Soviet zone. ot Germany and the western and Soviet Motors of Berlin. Diloussellin general tenus the German ex­port and import procedure s and regula tionll; other

types of business transactions; priciu@ and ex­change :ates; samples; German representetion of U. S. firms and U. S. Representat ion of German firms; special contract provisions; business visits to Germany and visits of German bUSiness­men to the U. S.; and foreign exchange control and movements.

The Effect of Fishing on Stocks of Halibut in the Pa­cifio, by William Fran~ompson, 60 p~ printed, illus. University of Washington Press Seattle Wash., 1950. An analysis of the halib~t fisher; in the Pacific fram 1925 up to 1945. Contains statistics of the fishery showing the reciprocal relationship between amount of gear ond the catch per set and the changes in accumulated stock. It discusses the concept of a limited normel yield, and the theory of the accumulated stock as a re­silient buffer mechanism and its modification of the limit to the normal yield. In addition it presents 'statistiCs of the Western and Southern Areas and ohanges in the yield in each; evaluates the tenn "Catch per Set of Gear" and its releted terms; and considers the biological significance of limited productivity of accumulated stocks and of the resilience of the species as related to the history of the virgin and fished stocks of halibut.

Fishery Resources of the ~.~.~.~.--SignificaDce in the ~ Economy, by- Eugenie Boutanovsky , Inter­national Referenoe Servioe, Vol. \':1, no • . 22, May- 1950, 15 P., processed, 10 cents. Office of International Trade, U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C. (For sale by the Superintendent of Document s, Washington 25, D. C., or Depart­ment of Commerce Field Offices). This is a summary of available data on the Russian fish­eries. Most of the statistics on production are for 1933 and 1934. A discussion of the vari­ous fisheries is presented by areas or baSins, together with a short summary of the current five­year plan, fish proceSSing, fishery byproducts, shipbuilding, fishing nets, shipping cont~inere, refrigeration, and fDreign trade.

"The 'Glouce ster' Dragger fleet ," artiole, Trade News, May 1950, vol. 2, no. 11, PP. 10-2, illus., pro-ce ssed. Department of !'isher1eIl, Ottawa, Canada. During the pallt few yearll, a new offshore fishery has been developed on the Canadian Atlantic Coast. Operating fram Gloucellter Oounty in New Brunswick, particul~ly fran the Caraquet region and Sb.ipp1-gan 18~and, a fleet of new 1IIIIIl.11 draj,gerll has been explolting the fertile grounds of the Gulf ot St, Lawrence, Thill ill a report on thls fleet and an analysill of the operations of this fleet. Includ­ed is a camparison of fresh-fishing o.erations from April 1947 to March 1949 by Canadian east coallt offshore cratt, inoluding "Gloucester" drag­gerll, Atlantic draggers, and IIchoon.re, and all other Canaidan offshore cratt.

An International Index of !'i1m1l on the Conservation - and Utll1zatio~R;souro.a (Prepared for the

united Nation, S;rentific Conferenoe on the Con-

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THESE PUBLICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILAB LE ~ ~ FISH AND ~~~~ BUT USUALLY MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE AGE NCIES ISSUIN THE~ .

servation and Utilizat on of Re source s, Augu s t ­September 1949, under direction of the Uni ted Nations Film Board), 175 P., illus., processed . United Nations, Lake Success, II . Y. , 1950. Th h i~ to catalog of films in the resou=ce fi~ lds available to persons and agencies throughout the world, and includes a listing of films on fisheries.

Miscellaneous Fish bnd Wildlife Bills (Hearings be ­fore the Subcommittee on the Fisheries and Wild ­life Conservat on of the Camcittee on Uerchant ~ine and Fisheries, House of Repr sontatlves , Eighty-First Congress, Second Sass on, on H. R. 2)0, to promote effectual utilization of the fishery resources of the United States; H. R. 2648, to establish tne "P'ish and Wildlife AdVlsory Board;" h . R. 0533, to rovUe t at the United States aid States in fish restoration and managament projects; H.RR. 6973, to author­ize a continuiDR study or the croaker and 0 her fish in Chesape~e Bay and tr1butaries; H. R. ~, to authorize a continuing study of White shad, herring, and other fish in the Albelll8rle and Pamlico Sounds and tributaries; H. R, 7887 to grant approval of Congre ss to an amendment to the Atlantic States Marine P'iBLeries Coc­pact, and repeal1ng the ltmitation on the life of such compact; and other billS), 144 p . , printed. Available only fran the House Cam-mi ttee on JLerchant !Jarine and lsoeries until exhausted. Contains statements, information , and reports on these bills presented at the hearings held February ll, }.!arch Ib, April 2~ 26, and ~ay 11, 1950.

Nova Scotia Fisheries Yearbook !.:ll!§.-~, 92, p" illus, , ~roces88d, Fisheries Division, Nova Scotia Departcent or Trade and Indu stry, Hal i ­fax, Nava Sootia, Canada, 1950, Contains data on production of fishery product s , including landed values, by county and by spe oies and months (for 1948), For each county , the fol­lowing statistics (mostly fo r 1946) are given: number of vessels by size and type or fishery; number of fishem.an by type or vessel and fieb­ery; number and type of net s and ge ar; f ishing bounties paid; amployment in proce ssing estab­lishn:ents; fishermen' s loans ; a li s t of f ish plants and canneries (1948); and a li s t or fieb­eries inspeotors.

"The Pismo Clam," by John E , F itcm , art i cle, Cali­fornia t!.!!h. and Game , July 1950. vol . 36,-­no. ), PP. 285-)12, illus. , pr inte d , Divi.ion of F ish and Game, California Department of Natu­ral Resources, San Fra noi s co , Calif. A popular acoount of what 18 known about t he pi8lll0 clam (Tivela .tul torum V.a .... ) . Some of the informa­tion oontained in thi . artiole hae been publilh­ed previously While muoh of it i s presented for the f int time. D1aousses f i shing method., preparation, management, anatomy, feeding habit., growth, reproduction, end mortality.

ProoeedinKs ~ i.Ia !&U oW OaribbeAn litheri" Institute, Seoond ~u~l Jession , ~iam1 Beach, Novelober 1949 , 1)2 P., printed, e2.00. 'lbe Gulf and Oaribbean Fisheries In stitute, 'lb. Larine Laboratory, Universi ty of wiwni, Coral Gables, Florida, ~aroh 1950, Contain s ell of

the pspere pre sented t t e .. cond annulI .... s ion of t he Ine ti tute. P ra 1II8 re pre"Dte ~ on tile oye te r fler.erlee , C rib en flater i .. Gulf f1ebor ie e , end fi erie. econcclc.. I.' eUllTlllry or t he pr oc e ln s , e 1 -147 Popule-t on of the t e rritories ln bs C lf and Car lb­bean aree , and a ist. of coo r et n end per­tic1petln or gen17. t1on . e re a leo lncl dU o

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United State s Parti cipation e r: tail. 'at~ou Department of State Publicet1on,~~' Confere nce &l:d Or&8D z t ion Sa:-i • III, e I 25 p " pr inted, 50 cectl, Departcact c~ Sta te, a.ll ton , D. 0 ., Y 950. (F or lIle by the Sl.ipe rin ten ent of Doc:u::Jelltl, ' ut.lt4!toc 25 , D. C. ). Re port b7 t e Prell I nt to thl OOngI'8se for the year 19 on the act1vi t1 .. or t he Uni ted ,"stiolle end tt.e pertic1;.t1on cr ttl United Ststee tnerein. Amons tr.e uny ~a ... oovered by this r eport are tecnnical a1d and fiebery produ otion , f ilhery stati et ica, i ntu­national trade and t ariffa, eYalultioc, t •

In t ernat ional Cccmod i ty Cl earing Bouie , eJlj the Food and Agricul ture Organizat1on ,

"Wagee and orking Cond1tlons in the 1d1bl. An iu.l Products Indu.try, Ootober 1948 , " art1cl e , ~ Labour Gazette, "onm~r 1949 , vol . lUI , no . 11, PP. 11.45-61, printed, 10 cent . per 11Il10', Ca­nadian Department of Labour, Ottawa , Canada. Prepared from data obtained 1n the get»rtl annual llUr'Tey of wage rate. and hour. or labor tor 1948 mada b7 the Canadian Departcant of Labor, till. artiole daal. with three branch .. of t t . indu.t1'1, (1 ) Dairy produot., (2) meat produoU, and 0 ) filh oanning end paoking. ~ latter lIet1011 deal. with oOlllotive agreement., weae !'It .. on the We.t Coa.t, .tantard .. eltl7 hour. ot work , onrt1.me rate. of pay, vaoation. with pa7, ,"tu' tory holiday., and liok leave wi th pay. III ualYZ­ins thi. indu.try, whioh oon.i.t. meiDl7 ot ~OII oannill6 on the Oanadien ... t oea.t and 011111111& or paoking a variety of fish on th. I&lt OOl,t, 1'1' turn. from 31 utabliebment . (2 ,200 wor,eU) io 0 the Mari t1.me Provinoes and 52 .. t abl1lhm1LU 0,4 worker.) in Britilh Oolumbia "ere u lld.