(| lll Lud = > [a4 TE oe) Lud LL. anal a) = “OC c © a5 = Lu United States Department of the Interior W ashington, D.C. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE FRED A. SEATON, SECRETARY COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW A review of developments and news of the fishery industries prepared in the BRANCH OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES A.W. Anderson, Editor J.Pileggi, Associate Editor H.M.Bearse, Assistant Editor Mailed free to members of the fishery andallied industries. Address correspondence and requests to the: Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington 25, D.C. Publication of material from sources outside the Service is not an endorsement. The Service is not responsible for the accuracy of facts, views, or opinions contained in materialfrom outside sources. Although the contents of this publication have not been copyrighted and may be reprinted freely, reference to the source will be appreciated. The printing of this publication has been approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, (8/31/57) August 2, 1955. This is an index of Volume 11, Numbers 1 through 12, issued in 1949. Copies of all issues for 1949 have been exhausted. Therefore, it will not be possible to fill requests for any 1949 issue of the Review. Separates of some of the feature articles are available. If there is a specific article in which you are interested, write us and we will let you know if a separate is available. « Ch TE aS , AY } » SN > WAY soar \ \ eh \ \) ' 6D u ‘ ‘ fi By -*Z Ay ‘ s SST eee ae em pega a= ~.£> = wr) 3 = aa A ae AO SHEA U IR ov “=~ a yan Pe KA BEY LL a i++. -=-0, Sitter — 264 a - Ce, am Br z first quarter 1949; June 28. July-September 1949; Sept. 17. October-December 1949; Dec. 26, FISH MEAL (see BYPRODUCTS; MEAL) FISHERY BIOLOGY (see BIOLOGY, FISHERY) FISHERY COOPERATION Interstate and conservation; Oct. 1. FISH OIL (see OIL) FISH ROE AND CAVIAR (see CANNED AND CURED FISH TRADE) FLAKES, GROUNDFISH, canned, 1948 U. S. pack of; July 26. FLORIDA (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) FLUOROPHOTOMETER Photoelectric , Pfaltz and Bauer, use of pyrex test and culture tubesas solution cells with: Aug. 8. COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION Annual conference (5th session); Dec. 23. Cod, salted, world study of production and marketing; Oct. 59. Commodity clearing house proposed; Nov. 28. Fisheries conference in Java; Jan. 25. Herring industry, concludes first meeting on; Dec. 21. Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council: inaugural meeting of ; Jan. 24. meeting of ; May 22. Pakistan accepts 3; Oct. 29. Latin America, studies plans for future aid to; June 24. Mediterranean Sea Fisheries Council: draft agreement accepted for ; Nov. 22. functions of the ; Dec. 24. meeting on proposed 7 Oct. 29° Technical assistance for economic development of fisheries; Mar. 64. Technical assistance program forwarded to World Food Council, part in; June 22. World fisheries situation in 1949; Mar. 67. FOREIGN FISHERIES Aden Protectorate: fisheries, status of; Sept. 24. Angola (Portuguese West Africa): fishing industry, 1948; Dec. 35. Argentine Republic: anchovy fishery; May 34. canned fish imports decline; Jan. 30. Japanese fishing in Mexican- waters; Jan. 35. sabelo and other fresh-water fish oils and meal; Aug. 30. shark liver oil industry, 1948; Aug. 30. whale oil and meal; Aug. 31. Australia: electric lamp used to seine pilchards; Dec. 35. fisheries, new developments in; Nov. 41. oyster canning industry being established; May 35. pearling and oyster culture being studied; Sept. 24. pelagic fishing develops; Sept. 24. Victoria to improve fish marketing facilities; Jan. 31. whaling industry act, 1949; Oct. 39. whaling operations; Aug. 31. Belgium: fisheries review, 1948; Mar. 41, May 35. fishing fleet; Sept. 25. trade agreements; Sept. 25. trade in fishery products, 1948; Sept. 25. Bonin Island: Japanese whaling operations, 1949; Oct. 50. Brazil: technical commission, joint SUSe; Apr. oil. vessel, fishing, imports, duty exemption granted for; Apr. 37. British East Africa: fisheries and fisheries research, development of- Feb. 34. trawl (Schatz), new-type; Aug. 33. trawling attempted off ; Feb. 32. British Guiana: salted fish tariff altered; Aug. 34. British Honduras: fisheries, status of; Mar. 53. British West Africa: Gambia fisheries status; Oct. 44. 1949 Index FOREIGN FISHERIES (cont.) British West Indies: Bahama Islands: import restrictions relaxed; Feb. 38. sponge beds not to be reopened; July 34. sponge fishing prohibited indefinitely; Dec. 36. St. Vincent: imports of fish cut; Oct. 55. Bulgaria: dolphin fishing; Aug. 32. fisheries, 1947; May 38. Canada (also see NEWFOUNDLAND): Arctic fishery investigation may be extended; Sept. 26. J bloaters, spring, packing for export; Sept. 26. British Columbia; i devaluationon — fisheries, effect of; Dec. 40. ‘herring fishery, 1948-49; May 38. port privileges to fishing vessels in Alaska and ; Dec. 30. salmon: canned pack, 1948; Feb. 38. canned pack, 1949 estimated; July 36. export policy continued in 1949; June 39. marketing 1949 pack; May 39. tuna patrol off coast renewed; July 35. whaling operations, 1948; Feb. 39. whaling operations, 1949; June 39, July 34, Dec. 36. canned fish, U. S. and Canadian, continued on restrictions; Apr. 62. consumption of fishery products, 1948; Dec. 37. East Coast: dragging profitable in Western Nova Scotia; Nov. 42. fisheries conference; Apr. 43. "long-lining"' proves of value on ; July 35. salmon, Atlantic, conference on sponsored; July 36. export control on fishery products removed, additional; Apr. 38. exports of fishery products at record level in 1948; Mar. 45. Fisheries Department estimates increased; June 38. fisheries, program for development of; June 36. herring, fresh, granted duty-free entry; Mar. 46. import restrictions on oysters and other shellfish lifted; Feb. 39. inland fisheries, 1948; June 40. lobster canning regulations changed; June 39, Sept. 26. Newfoundland joins ; June 35. Newfoundland union with set for March 31, 1949; Feb. 55. refrigerator car test successful; Sept. 27. salt fish demand exceeds supply; Apr. 44. Saskatchewan fishermen guaranteed minimum prices; May 39. scallop: bed found in Northumberland Strait; Dec. 39. Digby production declines; Dec. 40. Digby water temperatures affect catches; June 40. seal investigation on Atlantic Coast; Apr. 38. seiner-packers, new, launched on West Coast; Oct. 42 whale meat canning studied; June 35. whitefish program planned; June 36. 1949 Index FOREIGN FISHERIES (cont.) Ceylon: Danish fisheries expert recommends expansion of fisheries; July 36. fisheries experts to modernize Mar. 51. fishing industry; Mar. 47. Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council accepted by China and ; Mar. 35. trawling attempts on commercial basis in seas; Mar. 49. Chile: continental shelf law, effective date of sover- eignty over changed; Feb. 40. fisheries undeveloped; July 37. vitamin oil, new source of; Jan, 32. China: Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council accepted by and Ceylon; Mar. 35. Colombia: shark liver oil; Apr. 44. shrimp reported in Costa Rica: fisheries review, 1948; May 40. fishery legislation; Nov. 43. fishing law, new, passed; Feb. 40. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, U. S. and ; June 59, maritime fishing and hunting law, rules, and regulations; Apr. 44. Cuba: vessels, fishing, equipped with depth recorders; Nov. 43. Cyprus: fishing industry difficulties; Aug. 35. Denmark: Barents Sea fishing; Oct. 42. continental shelf, government to study juris- diction over; Mar. 52. Faeroe Islands fisheries, 1948; Nov. 44. fisheries experts to modernize Ceylon fisheries; Mar. 5l. fisheries review, 1948; Apr. 46. fishing grounds stocked with plaice fry; Nov. 44. floating trawl net, new; Apr. 47. Greenland fisheries, June-October 1948; May 41. tuna lines electrified; Nov. 45. vessels, fishing to operate in Moroccan waters; Sept. 34. Dominican Republic: experimental fishing, progress of; Dec. 41. fisheries, concession for development of; Aug. 30. Ecuador: fishing industry plans expansion; Aug. 36. law, new, governing fishing and establishing of fish processing plants; Apr. 47: territorial waters interpretation; Oct. 43. tuna fishery, plans expansion of; June 44. fisheries; waters; Apr. 44. Egypt: fisheries review; Oct. 43. Europe: tuna research in ; July 53. Faeroe Islands: fisheries, 1948; Nov. 44. fishing rights in Icelandic waters; May 42. Finland: trade agreement; Dec. 47. trade agreement with concluded; Mar. 63. COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 7 FOREIGN FISHERIES (cont.) France: import duties restored on certain fishery products; Sept. 27. trade agreements include fishery products; July 37. vessels, fishing, being built at Cherbourg, more; June 44. French Morocco: canned fish industry; Mar. 60. Danish fishing vessels to operate in Sept. 34. fisheries review, 1948; Sept. 28. fishery byproducts production; Mar. 6l. olive oil, exportable surplus of; July 40. Germany, Bizone (now German Federal Republic): Berlin blockade, lifting of aids fisheries; Sept. 26. Bremerhaven's fisheries, new construction for; July 34. British conclude agreement to sell fish to ; Feb. 45. cutter fisheries; Oct. 39. electrical fishing device, commercial; Aug. 32, June 35. herring: fishing vessels contemplate extension of fishing grounds; June 35. Norway exports to Russia and ; Feb. 57. season disappointing, 1948; Apr. 36. supplies to Russia and ; Feb. 54, leather production from fish skins stops; Dec. 41. Netherlands claims 20 fishing vessels; Feb. 32. plankton fat conversion; May 37. production, 1948; Mar. 44. retailing frozen fish in ; Dec. 42. rosefish fishery contemplated; Dec. 43. sea fisheries crisis in ; May 36. trade agreement with Norway; Apr. 37. trawlers, American operation of; Nov. 41. trawlers, fishing, first arrive fromU. S.;: Oct. 41, trawlers, herring, to fish for freshfish; Dec. 42. vessels, fishing: construction of larger units permitted; May 41. operations cease dueto high costs, several; Feb. 32. procurement of for ; Jan. 48. statistics on; Jan. 31. _ Greece: sponge fishery and market, 1948; Oct. 45. Greenland: fisheries, June-October 1948; May 41. fishing off increasing; Dec. 43. fishing season, 1949: Nov. 46. Norwegians fish for cod; Feb, 57. United Kingdom vessels fishing off and Newfoundland; Feb. 65. paw Guam: fisheries of certain Pacific Islands; July 21. Guatemala: territorial waters, limits of; Nov. 46. Hawaii: Pacific Oceanic Fishery Investigation's Office; Mar. 34. tuna fishery; Oct. 31, Nov. 29. tuna survey of Hawaiian-Line Islands; Sept. 19. Hungary: fisheries, status of; Sept. 28. Iceland: anti-inflation bill, new; Mar. 53. waters; FOREIGN FISHERIES (cont.) Iceland (cont.): British- agreement to sell fish to Bizone Germany; Feb. 45. budget difficulties at present due to poor fishing; Feb. 45. Faroese fishing rights in waters; May 42. financial aid to fishing industry; Feb. 45. fisheries, latest development in; Jan. 33. fisheries review, 1947; Oct. 49. fisheries review, 1948; Apr. 50. fisheries trends, 1948; Mar. 53. fish factory, floating, new, in operation; Feb. 46. government-fish producers agreement; Mar. 55. herring fishery, summer; Sept. 29. International Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Con- vention, statement on; Apr. 55. Netherlands- prices guaranteed on exported fish; Nov. 46. production of fisheries, 1948; Mar. 55. Russian expedition off the North Coast; Nov. 48. seamen's unions and trawler owners dispute; Apr. 49. Seamen's unions and trawler owners dispute settled; May 42. subsidies, fisheries, payment of still provided in budget, 1949; Oct. 47. Swedish- trade protocol; Oct. 55. territorial waters, motion for patrol and exten- sion of; Feb. 45. trade agreement with Netherlands; Mar. 55. trade agreement with United Kingdom; Mar. 55. trawler operations and marketing of iced fish; Nov. 47. trawlers, to build ten new; Oct. 47. trawler with fish meal and oil plant aboard, new; Apr. 50. whaling operations, 1948; Aug. 37, Oct. 49. India: Bombay to expand fisheries; Aug. 37. fisheries review; Apr. 56. fishing fleet expanded; Aug. 37. government's program for development of fisheries; June 44. government urged to establish fishing stations; Aug. 38. Indonesia: fisheries improvements proposed; Dec. 43. fisheries review, 1948; July 37. Iran: sardine and tuna cannery, government-owned; Mar. 56. Iraq: trawler, modern, received; Sept. 29. Ireland: fisheries review, 1947; Oct. 49. Italy: cod fishery in Atlantic to be developed; May 42. Danish- trade agreement includes fishery products; Dec. 44. vessel, fishing, construction, financial assistance for new; May 43. Yugoslavia permits Italian fishermen to fish in Adriatic Sea; Aug. 38. Japan: agar-agar: production, 1948; Sept. 30. production, 1949, proposed loan to finance; Mar. By American fishery scientists, arrival of; Mar. 56. COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW commercial agreement; Apr. 49. 1949 Index FOREIGN FISHERIES (cont.) Japan (cont.): aquatic products processing, distribution, and handling of, investigated; Nov. 49. aquatic resources conservation, program for assisting in; Nov. 51. bait net tested; Nov. 29. Bonin Island whaling operations, 1949; Oct. 50. bonito catch, 1948; Jan. 35. bonito fishermen to convert to purse seining; Jan, 34. California-type purse seiner successful; Jan. 34. cooperative fisheries program making progress; Dec. 45. East China Sea trawling fleet, reduction of; Nov. 50. export, fishery products available for; Feb. 47. financing difficulties of fishing industry; Oct. 50. Fisheries Agency organization; Feb. 49. fisheries conservation program, progress of; June 45. fisheries cooperatives; Sept. 30. fisheries credit guarantee system, establishment of a; Mar. 56. fisheries damage by September typhoon; Dec. 44. fisheries industry studied by special American mission; Aug. 43. fishery products, factors affecting production of, 1948-51; Aug. 38. fishing area, violations of; Jan. 40. fishing areas, press conference statement on; May 43. fishing areas supervision, order issued on; Aug. 41. fishing fleet, 1948; Nov. 48. fishing fleet statistics; Mar. 58. fishing industries; Aug. 44. Inland Sea and Tokyo Bay; Aug. 2. institutions that publish fisheries research material; Jan. 37. landings of fishery products, 1948; May 43. lights used in catching fish; Feb. 48, May 46. Mexican-Argentine waters, fishingin; Jan. 35. oyster culture, methods of; Aug. 1. oyster harvesting in Yatsushiro Bay; Aug. 2. porpoise and dolphin fishery, 1948; Dec. 45. processing methods and inspection standards of fishery products surveyed; Jan. 37. processing methods recommendations for im- provement of fishery products; Jan. 39. refrigeration vessels construction cancelled; Jan. 35. research vessel; May 46. Sardine fishery decline in; Apr. 57. scallops, utilization of; Nov. 49. trade and business mission from U.S. en route to ; Nov. 52. tuna: fisheries study by U.S. team completed; Oct. 32. fishing and processing methods; Mar. 58. Japanese literature, collection of; Aug. 23. refrigerated experimental ship; Jan. 34. U. S. aid to fisheries; Oct. 50. whaling: Antarctic expedition, 1948-49; Sept. 30. Antarctic expedition, equipment and processing methods used by Japanese; July 38. area authorized for fishing and ; Feb. 48. Bonin Islands operations, 1949; Oct. 50. marking and research program; Nov. 50. marking program; May 46. 1949 Index FOREIGN FISHERIES (cont.) Java: International fisheries conference; Jan, 25. Korea: fisheries review, 1948; May 47. Latin America: Food and Agriculture.Organization studies plan for future aid to ; June 24, Lebanon: sponge fishery, 1948; Oct. 51. Liberia: fish available in limited quantities; Feb. 50. fisheries possibilities; Sept. 34. Libya (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica): fisheries, 1948; Apr. 57. Line Islands: reconnaissance of; Mar. 35. Malay States: fisheries, 1947; Feb. 50. imports of fish restricted; Oct. 52. Marianas: aku (skipjack tuna) abundant in June in ; Aug. 23. Mauritius: fisheries review, 1947, Jan. 32. Mexico: cannery for fish, new, established; Aug. 46. fishery bank, formation of a; Aug. 46. fishery law drafted, new; Nov. 52. fishing permits to Americans, restrictions; Aug. 47 import prohibition list, adds certain fishing products to; Aug. 46. Japanese fishing in Jan. 35. nets for sharks, prohibits use of; Aug. 46. severance tax on certain fishery products, new; Feb. 52. shrimp: fishing activities in Guaymas consular district; Mar. 60. seasons closed; Aug. 46. WE Se International Commission for the Scientific Investigation of Tuna; Feb. 68. "Via la Pesca'' permit fees for East Coast; Feb. 53. Miquelon-St. Pierre: fisheries review; Dec. 51. Mozambique, Colony of: fisheries review, 1946; Nov. 52. Netherlands: clams from U. S. for propagation requested; July 43. fisheries, 1947; Mar. 62. fisheries review, 1948; May 47, July 40. herring: export monopoly set up; Mar. 62. and Argentine waters; exports to Russia and Bizone Germany; Feb. 54. oysters for experimental purposes sent toU.5S.; Dec. 20. trade agreement with Iceland; Mar. 55, Apr. 49. vessels, fishing, claimed from Bizone Germany; Feb. 32. New Caledonia and Dependencies: fisheries; Sept. 34. Newfoundland: fisheries review, 1948; May 48. fishing off Greenland and ; Feb. 65. seal fishery, 1949; Sept. 35. union with Canada set for March 31,1949; Feb. 55, June 35. COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 9 FOREIGN FISHERIES (cont.) New Zealand: agar seaweed; July 44. fish liver oils; July 43. Nicaragua: shrimp fishery, present and potential; Dec. 46. Nigeria: fisheries, status of, 1948; Sept. 37. Northumberland Strait: scallop bed, new; Dec. 39. Norway: British-Norwegian dispute over sea boundaries and fishing rights; Sept. 38, Oct. 52, Nov. 56 and 64. catch fluctuations demand further study; Jan. 41. cod: Greenland cod, Norwegians fish for; Feb. 57. liver oil industry 1948 and 1949; Nov. 53. long-lived strain found; Mar. 62. purse seine fished in deep water; May 50. exports of frozenfish could be increased; May 50. fillet exports to U. S. planned; Jan. 42. fisheries review; May 51. fish scales launch a new industry; Jan. 41. herring: exports to Russia and Bizone Germany; Feb. 57. meal products; Dec. 47. oil, experimental factoryship torender; Feb. 57. oil industry growing; May 50. oil plants, plans for floating; June 46. sardines packed in herring and olive oils; Oct. 52. schools, search for lost; June 46. kelp beds charted; Nov. 56. plastic from fish waste; Dec. 47. pollock fishery; Oct. 53. sea-beef expeditions to Spitzbergen; Mar. 63. smacks, fishing, demand for; Feb. 57. trade agreement with Denmark signed; Sept. 37. trade agreement with Finland concluded; Mar. 63, Dec. 47. trawler fleet, expansion of; Apr. 58. trawlers, lifting of ban urged; June 47. tuna fishery; Dec. 47. tuna fishing in North Sea; Nov. 57. U. S. S. R. bars sealers; Mar. 64. whaling: Antarctic production of 1948-49; Sept. 38. floating factory delivered; Jan. 41. helicopters on Antarctic, proposed use of; Noy. 56. whale beef, oversupply of; Nov. 57. whale byproducts, to market new; Feb. 58. whale gun developed, new electric; Nov. 56. whale meat processing research; Jan, 42. Nova Scotia (see CANADA) Pacific South Sea Islands: pearl oyster culture in the South Seas, prewar; July 39. tuna fishing industry, development of; Feb. 58. Pakistan: fisheries, development of; Nov. 57. Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council accepted; Oct. Panama: bait fishing decree amended; Jan. 43. bait fishing within Panamanian waters, decree concerning; Apr. 58. Peru: canned fish labeling and quality standards; Feb. 59. COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW FOREIGN FISHERIES (cont.) Peru (cont.): fisheries review, 1947; May 54. fishing industry; Oct. 53. motorboats for fishing industry; Feb. 60. U. S. fisheries expert requested; May 29. Philippines: fisheries review, 1947: Jan. 44. fisheries review, 1948: Dec. 48. fishing fleet, experimental; May 56. Leyte Gulf yields poor fishing; Oct. 54. netting, manufacture of; Jan. 45. raat oe areas being explored for fishing; July ramie fishing nets tested; Jan. 45. spiny lobster fishery, exploration of: Feb. 61. tuna specimens, smallest, discovered; Aug. 47. Poland: carps and crab fisheries; Oct. 54. fisheries expenditures included in budget for 1949; Feb. 61. fishing industry, 1948; Sept. 39. Portugal: export promotion funds; Nov. 57. fisheries review, 1948; June 47. fishing industry of major importance; Jan. 42. mother-of-pearl shells and button industry; Sept. 41. sardine packing data; Sept. 41. Pribilof Island: fur-seal take, 1949; Oct. 33. Puerto Rico: fishing vessel ceases operations in North Atlantic; Jan. 27. Russia (see U. S. S. R.) Ryukyu Islands: fisheries status; Dec. 49-50. U. S. Army sends mission to study food economy; Noy. 58. St. Pierre-Miquelon: fisheries review; Dec. 51. Saipan: tuna fishery; Oct. 31. Sarawak: fishery survey; Aug. 35. 1949 Index FOREIGN FISHERIES (cont.) Turkey: fishing industry expansion; May 57, Aug. 48. sponge production and trade; Oct. 56. Union of South Africa: fisheries status; Jan. 47. fishing harbor and plants, builds private; Oct. 57. fish oil production, 1948; July 47. imports of fish, except sardines, prohibited; Feb. 64. sardines added to list of prohibited imports; May 57. sea fisheries, regulations governing the; Dec. 52. vessel for fishery research, new; Dec. 52. whaling production, 1948-49; Sept. 42. United Kingdom: Arctic research vessel, new; Apr. 59. British-Norwegian fishing rights and sea boundaries dispute; Sept. 38, Oct. 52, Nov. 56 and 64. canned fish, restrictions for U.S. and Canadian imports; Apr. 62. cod-liver oil market developments; Sept. 43. factoryship ''Fairfree"' to fish on Grand Banks; Nov. 65. fishing fleet expands; Oct. 58. fishing industry, plan for reorganization and development of; Apr. 62. fishing off Greenland and Newfoundland; Feb. 65. frozen fish, Ministry of Food standards for production of; May 58. Grimsby--leading fishing port in North Atlantic; May 58. Grimsby research laboratory to study fish spoilage; Aug. 48. herring, new curing method for tropics; Feb. 64. herring oil production; Sept. 43. import token plan administration procedures revised; Nov. 68. kippers, development of sales in U.S.; Nov. 66. northern Ireland prohibits sale of immature fish; Feb. 65. price ceilings for fish continued by new order; Feb. 64. salmon, canned, imported from U.S.S.R.; Feb. 65, Oct. 58. sardines, canned, purchases from Yugoslavia; Oct. 58. scottish fisheries: 1948: Mar. 64. Seychelle Islands: fishing industry; Feb. 62. South Africa (see Union of South Africa) South-West Africa: proposed tuna fishery and reduction plant; Dec. 52. Spain: financial assistance to; Feb. 65. canning of fish; Jan. 46. postwar growth of; Nov. 66. cod: sea fish industry bill; July 49. fishery; Nov. 58. fishing fleet; Nov. 59. production; Nov. 59. fishing fleet; Nov. 58. fishing industries, 1948; Nov. 58. fishing industry, review of; July 45. fish trade in recent years: Feb. 62. Spanish Morocco: fishery industries, 1947; June 55. Sweden: float for trawl nets invented; Nov. 62. freezing plant, new; Jan. 47. Icelandic trade protocol; Oct. 55. vessels, fishing, built for Russia; Oct. -55. Trinidad: shark liver oil produced; Feb. 63. shrimp, description and marketing of; Nov. 64. trade agreement between Iceland and United Kingdom; Mar. 55. trawler ''Prince Charles,'' newtype; Nov. 65. whale meat, canned; May 57. USS. So Re: canned fish exports to United Kingdom, Feb. 65, Oct. 58. fishery products production; Sept. 44. herring: Netherlands exports to Russia; Feb. 54. Norway exports to Russia; Feb. 57. Iceland north coast, new expedition to; Nov. 48. sealers, Norwegian, barred; Mar. 64. Sweden building fishing vessels for Russia; Oct. 55: 1949 Index FOREIGN FISHERIES (cont.) Uruguay: Danish fishing off successful; Dec. 52. Danish vessels agree to fish for ; Tune 55. fisheries expansion planncd; Sept. 44. fisheries status; July 49. Venezuela: canning fish industry, 1948; Sept. 45. deep-sea fishing venture, new; June 56. fishing industry develops; Dec. 53. shipyard, construction of first private; May 59. spiny lobster closed season lengthened; Sept. 45. U. S. fishery mission to; Apr. 1. Yugoslavia: Italian fishermen permitted to fish in Adriatic Sea; Aug. 38. sardines, canned; Oct. 58. technical fisheries school; Oct. 58. FOREIGN TRADE Lobster, spiny, U. S. in; May 1. FRANCE (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) FREIGHT (see RAILROAD; TRANSPORTATION) FRENCH MOROCCO (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) FROZEN AND FRESH FISH Congressional report on in response to H. Res. No. 174 (81st Congress); Nov. 26. Packaged > i eben syle Trucks carrying now exempted from I. C. C, regulations; Nov. 70. GAMBIA (see BRITISH WEST AFRICA) GEAR for tuna tested by Pacific Oceanic Fisheries Commission; Oct. 31. GEORGES BANK (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) GERMANY, BIZONE (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) GRAYFISH (see SPECIES) GREAT BRITAIN (see UNITED KINGDOM) GREAT LAKES (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) GREECE (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) GREENLAND (see DENMARK; FOREIGN FISHERIES) GROUNDFISH (see SPECIES) GUAM (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) GUATEMALA (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) GULF OF MEXICO (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) GULF STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION Organization; Oct. 27. HADDOCK (see SPECIES) HALIBUT (see SPECIES) COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 1l HAWAIIAN ISLANDS (also see PACIFIC OCEANIC FISHERY INVESTIGATIONS) Fish and Wildlife Service, U. S., laboratory to open soon; Sept. 20. Fishery expioration in the Fish production, 1948; Apr. 21. "Henry O! Malley,"' M/V, at Honolulu; Dec. 31. Kona coast trip by POFI vessel; Oct. 31. Line Islands-Hawaiian reconnaissance; Mar. 35. ; June l. "HENRY O' MALLEY," M/V (see PACIFIC OCEANIC FISHERY INVESTIGATIONS; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS) HERRING (see SPECIES) HOOVER COMMISSION Recommendations on Federal Fisheries functions; Apr. 21. HUNGARY (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) ICE CHARGES, express increases for fish, hearing on; Feb. 30, Nov. 69. ICELAND (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) INDIA (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) INDIANA (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) INDONESIA (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) INDO-PACIFIC FISHERIES COUNCIL China and Ceylon accepted proposed ; Mar..35. Inaugural meeting of ; Jan. 24, Mar. 35, May 22. Java, in; Jan. 25. Pakistan accepted OCtag: IMPORTS Fish meal and scrap, U. S. January-June 1949; Oct. 34. INTER-AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION, U. S. and Costa Rica; June 59. INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF (see FEDERAL LEGISLATION, ETC.) INTERNATIONAL Cod, salted, world study of production and marketing; Oct. 59. Fisheries conference in Java; Jan. 25. Fishery agreements, ratification of; Nov. 71. Herring and allied species meeting; Sept. 47. Inter-Nordic fisheries cooperation; July 53. Technical assistance for economic development of fisheries; Mar. 64. Treaties, ratification of three; Oct. 61. Tuna research in Europe; July 53. World fisheries situation in 1949; Mar. 67. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE IN- VESTIGATION OF TUNA, U. S.-Mexico; Feb. 68. INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSION Halibut: Areas 1B and 2 closed on June 3; June 25. Pacific fishery regulations for 1949; May 26. Season on West Coast closed; July 23. 12 INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSION (cont.) U. S.-Mexico International Commission for the Scientific Investigation of Tuna; Feb. 68. INTERNATIONAL HALIBUT TREATY Amendment proposed to; Dec. 30. INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES COMMISSION Sockeye salmon fishing regulations for 1949; Apr. 32. U. S. member appointed to; Aug. 49. INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION meeting; June 26. INTER-NORDIC Fisheries cooperation; July 53. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION (see FEDERAL LEGISLATION, ETC.) INTERSTATE Fishery cooperation and conservation; Oct. 1. IRAN (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) IRAQ (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) IRELAND (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) ITALY (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) JAPAN (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) JAVA (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) KOREA (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) LAKE TROUT (see SPECIES) LAMPREY (see SEA LAMPREY) LATIN AMERICA (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) LEBANON (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) LIBERIA (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) LIBYA (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) LINE ISLANDS (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) LIVER OIL E value ratios for grayfish, soupfin shark, sable- fish, and halibut liver oil produced in the Pacific Northwest; Sept. 11. Tuna liver meal project; Mar. 35. Vitamin A and D potencies of the liver oil of Pacific cod; May 13. LIVER(S) Seal, fur, Alaska, vitamin A in; Apr. 9. LOBSTERS (see SPECIES) LOUISIANA (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) MACKEREL (see SPECIES) MAINE (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 1949 Index MALAY STATES (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) MARIANAS (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) MARKETING OUTLOOK (see OUTLOOK) MARKETS Airborne seafood; Apr. 26. Salted cod, world study of production and marketing; Oct. 59. MARYLAND (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) MASSACHUSETTS (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) MAURITIUS (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) MEAL Imports into U.S. offish meal and scrap, January- June 1949; Oct. 34. Marine-animal. scrap and meal, 1948; Sept. 21. Tuna liver meal project; Mar. 35. Utah fish meal and oil plant; Apr. 20. MEDITERRANEAN SEA FISHERIES COUNCIL (see COUNCIL, INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES) MENHADEN (see SPECIES) MEXICO (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) MICHIGAN (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) MIQUELON-ST. PIERRE (see FOREIGN FISHER- IES) MISSISSIPPI (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) MOLLUSKS (see SPECIES) MOROCCO (see FRENCH MOROCCO AND SPANISH MOROCCO) MOZAMBIQUE, COLONY OF (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) MUSSELS (see SPECIES) MUSSEL -SHELL PRODUCTS, Fresh-water, 1948; Aug. 28. NAVY, DEPARTMENT OF (see FEDERAL LEGISLATION, ETC.) NETHERLANDS (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) NETS "Albatross III,'' M/V, continues net research; Jan. 22. Imports into U. S.; Apr. 34. Japanese bait net tested; Nov. 29. Mackerel gill netting; Mar. 32. are large, further investigations on use of; Mar. NEW CALEDONIA (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) NEWFOUNDLAND (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) NEW HAMPSHIRE (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) = 1949 Index COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 13 NEW JERSEY (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) NEW YORK (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) NEW YORK CITY (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) NEW ZEALAND (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) NICARAGUA (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) NIGERIA (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) NORTH ATLANTIC FISHERIES INVESTIGATIONS (see ALBATROSS III," M/V) NORTH ATLANTIC REGION, Mussel resources, Part III - development of the fishery and the possible need for conservation measures; Nov. 3. NORTH CAROLINA (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) NORTH PACIFIC EXPLORATORY FISHERY PRO- GRAM; Nov. 30. NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CONVENTION Final act and convention; Mar. 73. Statement on; Apr. 55. NORWAY (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) NUTRITIONAL STUDIES, ''Tracer atoms," use in; Feb. 29. OIL(S) E value ratios for grayfish, soupfin shark, sable- fish and halibut-liver oil produced in the Pacific Northwest; Sept. 11. E value ratios for some commercial vitamin A oils; Mar. 19. Marine animal oils: U. S. production; Aug. 26. World production, 1948; Apr. 63. Utah fish meal and oil plant; Apr. 20. Vitamin A and D potencies of the liver oil of Pacific cod; May 13. Vitamin A and oil from fishery products, studies on methods of extracting; Feb. 18. OOSTEN, VAN, DR., to devote time to research; Nov. 25. OREGON (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) OUTLOOK Fisheries trends and conditions, quarterly; June 28, Sept. 17, Nov. 26, Dec. 26. Fishery products outlook in 1949; Jan. 26. OYSTER (see SPECIES) PACIFIC (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) PACIFIC HALIBUT FISHERY regulations for 1949; May 26. PACIFIC MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION Albacore fishery; Dec. 28. PACIFIC MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION (cont.) Discussions and resolutions of; Mar. 24. International halibut treaty, proposed amend- ment of; Dec. 30. Meets; Dec. 27. Otter-trawl fishery; Dec. 29. Pilchard fishery; Dec. 29. Port privileges to fishing vessels in Alaska and British Columbia; Dec. 30. Shark, soupfin, fishery; Dec. 29. Troll salmon fishery; Dec. 27. PACIFIC OCEANIC FISHERY INVESTIGATIONS Aku abundant in June in Marianas; Aug. 23. Hawaiian-Line Islands reconnaissance; Mar. 35. "Henry O' Malley,'' M/V arrived at Honolulu; Dec. 31. "Hugh M. Smith,"' M/V to begin operations in December; Dec. 31. Japanese bait net tested; Nov. 29. Kona Coast, trip to; Oct. 31. Organization and progress; Jan. 26, May 27, Sept. 19: Purse-seine vessel contract awarded; Sept. 19. Report of , June 1949; Mar. 34, Aug. 23. Research vessel, reconditioning of; Mar. 35. Tuna: biology studies; Mar. 35. collected data on; June 29. fishing gear and bait; Oct. 32. gear; Oct. 31. Hawaiian-Line Islands tuna survey; Sept. 19. Hawaiian fishery; Oct. 31, Nov. 29. Japanese literature collection on tuna; Aug. 23. liver meal project; Mar. 35. research continues; July 23, Oct. 31. Saipan fishery; Oct. 31. skipjack abundant in June in Marianas; Aug. 23. U. S. fishery team completes study of Japanese fisheries; Oct. 32. vessel status; Nov. 29, Dec. 31. "yYP-646,"' M/V, reconditioning and conversion of; Mar. 34. PACIFIC SOUTH SEA ISLANDS (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) PACKAGED frozen and freshfish; Mar. 31. PAKISTAN (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) PANAMA (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) PBARL Essence, Virginia; June 31. Marine pearl shell buttons, U. S. production of, 1948; Aug. 27. PERU (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) pH data on Pacific oysters; Nov. 1. PHILIPPINES (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) PHOTOELECTRIC FLUOROPHOTOMETER Pyrex test and culture tubes as solution cells with Pfaltz and Bauer , use of; Aug. 8. PICKING CUPS , Use in the packing of canned shrimp; Dec. 56. 14 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW PILCHARD (see SARDINES) POISONOUS FISH (see-SPECIES) POLAND (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) POPULATION STUDIES Haddock census continued; Nov. 24. Haddock nursery ground located; Oct. 26. PORTUGAL (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) POT FISHERY; Mar. 33. PRESERVATION (see SPECIES; RESEARCH IN SERVICE LABORATORIES; FEDERAL LEGISLATION) PRIBILOF ISLAND (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) PRICES Consumption and a dein. PAR Fishery products production at Boston Fish Pier, 1948 (landings, prices and trends); Dec. 5. Retail ; Sept. 18. Sealskin prices decline at fall fur action; Nov. 39. Wholesale and retail prices; Jan. 29, Feb. 30, Mar. 39, Apr. 34, May 33, June 34, July 31, Aug. 28, Sept. 22, Oct. 38, Nov. 39, Dec. 33. PROTEIN, Nutritive value, a method for evaluation of the; Jan. 21. PUERTO RICO (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) PYREX TEST Culture tubes and as solution cells with Pfaltz and Bauer Photoelectric Fluorophotometer, use of; Aug. 8. QUARTERMASTER CORPS (see FEDERAL LEGIS- LATION; FEDERAL PURCHASES) RAILROAD freight rates and charges for fishery products increased; Sept. 46. RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY Ice charges increase for fish; Feb. 30, Mar. 29, Nov. 69. RAPPAHANNOCK Crabs, blue, tagged in ; Oct. 26. RATES Express rates, single national scalefor; Jan. 51. Railroad freight rates and charges for fishery products increased; Sept. 46. RECEIPTS Chicago receipts of fishery products, 1948; July9. Seattle receipts offishery products, 1948; June 10, RECIPES Clam chowder, New England; Mar. 22. Crab meat salad; July 18. Fillets, oven-fried; Jan. 20. Flounder birds; Aug. 13. Halibut steaks, stuffed; June 19. Lake trout, baked; May 19. Oysters au gratin; Sept. 14. 1949 Index RECIPES (cont.) Rosefish fillets, fried; Nov. 67. Salmon rolls, smoked; Dec. 15. Shad, planked; Apr. 17. RED SNAPPER (see SPECIES) REDUCTION California sardine quota for reduction purposes changed; Sept. 15. California sardines for reduction purposes, use limited; Aug. 23. REFREEZING Sea trout fillets, effect on quality of; Jan. 14. REFRIGERATION (see FEDERAL LEGISLATION; RESEARCH IN SERVICE LABORATORIES) RESEARCH IN SERVICE LABORATORIES Analytical methods; Nov. 14. Beaufort, N. C.; Jan. 17, May 16. Beaufort shellfish laboratory projects; Dec. 19. Boston, Mass.; Jan. 17, Feb. 24, Mar. 21, Apr. 16, May 16, June 18, July 17, Aug. 14. Clams, artificial propagation, research on; Apr. 30. College Park, Md.; Jan. 18, Feb. 14, Mar. 21, Apr: 16, May 16, June 18, July 17, Aug. 14, Sept. 13, Octe 212 E value ratios for grayfish, soupfin shark, sablefish and halibut liver oils produced in the Pacific Northwest; Sept. 11. E value ratios for some commercial vitamin A oil; Mar. 19. Fisheries technological research program; 1949- 50; Nov. 15. Hawaiian laboratory, work to begin soon on; Sept. 20. Ketchikan, Alaska; Jan. 19, Feb. 23, Mar. 21, Apr. 16, July 17, Aug. 14, Sept. 13, Oct. 21. Nutrition; Nov. 14. Preservation; Nov. 14. Processing; Nov. 14. Refrigeration; Nov. 14. Research in service laboratories; Dec. 13. Sanitation and bacteriology of fish; Nov. 19. Seattle, Wash.; Jan. 19, Feb. 23, Mar. 21, Apr. 16, May 17, June 18, July 17, Aug. 15, Sept. 14, Oct. 226 RESOURCES Scientific conference on conservation and utilization of ; Apr. 30, Nov. 34. ROE Fish roe and caviar, 1948, U. S. pack of canned; Aug. 25. ROSEF ISH (see SPECIES) RUSSIA (see U. S. S. R.) RYUKYU ISLANDS (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) SABLEFISH (see SPECIES) ST. CROIX RIVER Atlantic salmon in the ___, re-establishing; May 21. 1949 Index ST. PIERRE-MIQUELON (see FOREIGN FISH- ERIES) ST. VINCENT (see BRITISH WEST INDIES) SAIPAN (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) SALMON (see SPECIES) SASAWAK (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) SCALE, electronic, developed; Oct. 23. SCHOOL LUNCH (also see AGRICULTURE, DE- PARTMENT OF) Program for 1949-50; Nov. 33. SCIENTIFIC conference on conservation and utilization of resources; Apr. 30, Nov. 34. SCRAP Imports into U. S. of fish meal and ; June 1949; Oct. 34. Marine-animal scrap and meal, U. S. production of, 1948; Sept. 21. January- SEA LAMPREY (see SPECIES) SEAL, FUR Pribilof Island take, 1949; Oct. 33. Sealskin prices decline at fall fur auction; Nov. 39. U. S. sealskins sold at auction; May 31. Vitamin A in liver of the Alaskafur seal; Apr. 9. SEATTLE (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) SECTIONAL REVIEWS Alabama oyster harvesting halted; June 28. Alaska (also see FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE): commercial fisheries regulations; Mar. 69, May 62. experimental fishing in Alaska waters by the Service; July 20. fisheries of the U. S. and Alaska, 1948; Mar. 36. fishery regulations, codification of; Feb. 67. herring catch quotas; May 63. port privileges to fishing vessels in Alaska and British Columbia; Dec. 30. salmon and herring fishery regulations, amend- ments to; June 59. salmon fishery; June 32. seal, fur, vitamin A in liver of; Apr. 9. sea lions, legal protection partially removed for; May 63. Atlantic Coast: clam researchprogram; Feb, 28. fishery investigations; Dec. 20. mussel resources of the North Atlantic regions: part I - survey todiscover the locations and areas of the North Atlantic mussel producing beds; Sept. 1. part II- observations on the biology and the methods of collecting and processing the mus- sel; Oct. 8. part III - development of the fishery and the possi- ble need for conservation measures; Nov. 3. salmon reestablishment in the St. Croix River; May 21. sea herring, U. S. pack in 1948; July 28. seal investigation; Apr. 38. \ COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 15 SECTIONAL REVIEWS (cont.) Bering Sea; fishing trip, Boston: fishery products production at Boston Fish Pier, 1948; Dec. 5. Browns Bank: haddock tagged on Georges and Browns Bank; Aug. 18. California: fishery products landings, 1948; Dec. 17. sardine: pack in 1948; July 26. quota for reduction purposes changed; Sept. 15. reduction to fish meal limited; May 29, Aug, 23. spawning area discovered off Central 5 Nov. 25. vessel for marine research, new; Dec. 17. Central America tuna fishing trip, preliminary report; Aug. 20. Chesapeake Bay: canning; Mar. 31. crabs; Mar. 31. fisheries notes, 1948; Mar. 31. fishery byproducts; Mar. 32. frozen and packaged fish; Mar. 31. mackerel gill-netting; Mar. 32. menhaden; Mar. 32. otter-trawl fisheries; Mar. 32. oysters; Mar. 31. shad; Mar. 31. Chicago: receipts of fishery products, 1948; July 9. truck shipment, experimental, Seattle to Chicago; Mar. 28. Columbia River salmon fishery; June 32. Connecticut: herring fishery at Stonington; Mar. 29. Delaware: fisheries notes, 1948; Mar. 32. Florida: shark fishing vessel ready, new; Apr. 28. sponge: disease off Florida, Service studying; Nov. 25, Dec. 21. Tarpon Springs production, 1948; Oct. 33. West Coast: fisheries trends, March 1949; Apr. 21. mackerel; Apr. 21. packaged fish; Apr. 24. Georges Bank: haddock tagged; Aug. 18. Great Lakes: Lake Michigan lake trout scarred by lampreys; Aug. 19. Michigan's fisheries production, 1948; Oct. 30. sea lampreys: continue to increase; Nov. 37. indirect effects on fisheries; Dec. 19. Gulf of Mexico: fisheries trends, April 1949; May 22. Marine Fisheries Commission organized; Oct. 27. oyster investigations; Aug. 19. Indiana: sea lampreys in streams; July 23. Louisiana: Mississippi oyster areas survey; Feb. 27. Maine: canneries; Apr. 25. experimental; Jan. 1. COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 1949 Index SECTIONAL REVIEWS (cont.) Maine (cont.): clams; Apr. 25. commercial fisheries, 1948; Apr. 24. inshore fishable areas scarce; Feb. 25. lobsters; Apr. 25. rosefish; Apr. 25. sardine pack, 1948; July 27. smelt; Apr. 25. Maryland: canned fish production declines in 1948; Feb. 28. Massachusetts: Boston trawlers, sale to U. S. Army; May 25. fisheries trends, April 1949; May 25. fishery products production at Boston Fish Pier, 1948 (landings, prices, and trends); Dec. 5. rosefish fishing at night; May 25. Michigan Great Lakes fisheries production, 1948; Oct. 30. Mississippi: Louisiana and oyster areas survey; Feb. 27. New Hampshire: inshore fishable areas scarce; Feb. 25. New Jersey: eel grass returns; Apr. 28. fisheries notes; Mar. 33, Apr. 38. otter-trawl fisheries; Mar. 33. oyster industry; Apr. 28. pot fishery; Mar. 33. pound-net fishery; Mar. 33. New York: New York City: fillet production, 1948; May 25. fisheries notes, 1948; Mar. 34. starfish in Long Island Sound, Service to combat; Dec, 21. North Carolina: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission joined by Oct 30. Beaufort fishery biology laboratory reactivated; Ore, AU. Fisheries Research Institute program; Aug. 21. shrimp and fisheries research agreement; May 20. striped bass tagged; May 21. Oregon: bottom-fish industry production declines; Mar. 39) Columbia River salmon fishery; June 32. fisheries trends, May 1949; June 32. otter-trawl fishery; June 32. salmon fishery; May 32. smelt fishery; May 33. Pacific: fisheries of certain Pacific Islands; July 21. fishery exploration in the Western Pacific; Mar. 1 fishing operations in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; Mar. 71. halibut fishery regulations for 1949; May 26. halibut season closed; July 23. sardine fishery survey, two-year; Apr. 29. seiner-packers, new, launched; Oct. 42. soupfin shark tagging program; May 30. vitamin A and Dpotencies of the liver oil of Pacific cod; May 13. whaling season opens; June 39. SECTIONAL REVIEWS (cont.) Seattle: receipts of fishery products at , 1948; June 10. Texas: fishery bulletin issued, monthly; Dec. 32. Utah: fish meal and oil plant; Apr. 20. Virginia: alewife fishery; May 32, June 31. fisheries trends; May 32, June 31. gear for catfish, new; May 32. menhaden: catch declines in 1948; Jan. 28. fishery; June 32. industry uses plane to spot fish; July 25. pearl essence; June 31. shad fishery; May 32, June 32. Washington: Alaska salmon fishery; June 33. canned tuna and tuna-like fishes, U. S. pack in 1948; June 30. Columbia River salmon fishery; June 32. fisheries trends, May 1949; June 32. otter-trawl fishery; May 32, June 32. salmon fishery; May 32. Seattle receipts of fishery products, 1948; June 10. smelt fishery; May 33. truck shipment, experimental, Seattle to Chicago; Mar. 28. tuna fishery; May 33. West Coast (see PACIFIC) SEYCHELLE ISLANDS (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) SHAD (see SPECIES) SHARK (see SPECIES) SHELLFISH (see SPECIES) SHRIMP (see SPECIES) SMELT (see SPECIES) SNAPPER, RED (see RED SNAPPER) SOLUTION CELLS Pyrex test and culture tubes as with Pfaltz and Bauer photoelectric fluorophotometer, use of; Aug. 8. SONIC EQUIPMENT Use to guide fish; May 22. SOUTH AFRICA (see UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA) SOUTH PACIFIC FISHERY INVESTIGATIONS Albacore sighted by ''Black Douglas,'' M/V; Oct. PATE Stations occupied; July 23. SOUTH-WEST AFRICA (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) SPAIN (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) SPANISH MACKEREL (see SPECIES) SPANISH MOROCCO (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) 1949 Index COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 17 SPECIES (also see FEDERAL LEGISLATION; FOR- SPECIES (cont.) EIGN FISHERIES; CANNED AND CURED FISH) Lobsters: Alewives: canned pack in 1948; July 25, Virginia fishery; June 31, Anchovies: canned U. S. pack in 1948; Aug. 24, reduction in California limited to canning opera- tions; May 29, Bottom Fish, Washington and Oregon production declines; Mar. 39. Clams: canned U. S. pack in 1948; Oct. 35, hard clam investigation; May 19. larvae of the soft and skimmer clams and Olympia oysters grown by biologists; June 22. marine- shell products, U. S. production in 1948; July 31. Netherlands requests clams from U. S. for propagation; July 43. production increases; Apr. 25. research on artifical propagation; Apr. 30. research program, progress on; May 20. research progress on East Coast; Sept. 28. surf clam fishery; Apr. 33. Cod: liver oil, vitamin A and D potencies of Pacific cod; May 13. salted cod--world study of production and marketing; Oct. 59. Crabs: blue: canned crab meat U. S. pack in 1948; Oct. 36. Chesapeake Bay over-productionin 1948; Mar. 31. tagged in Rappahannock; Aug. 26, Oct. 26. mollusk destruction by crabs, observations on; Dec. 20. Eel Grass returns to New Jersey; Apr. 28. Fur Seal (see SEALS, FUR) Grayfish: E value ratios for , soupfin shark, sablefish, and halibut liver oils produced in the Pacific Northwest; Sept. 11. Groundfish: canned flakes, U. S. pack in 1948; July 26. fillet imports in 1948; Feb. 27. . tariff-rate quota (1949); Feb. 67. Haddock: Georges and Browns banks tagged; Aug. 18. nursery ground located by ‘Albatross III, M/V; Oct. 26. Halibut: E value ratios for grayfish, soupfinshark, sable- fish, and liver oils produced in the Pacific Northwest; Sept. 11. International Treaty amendment proposed; Dec. 30. Pacific areas 1B and 2closedonJune 3; June 25. Pacific fishery regulations for 1949; May 26. Pacific season closed; July 23. Herring: Alaska: catch quotas; May 63. fishery regulations, amendments to; June 59. International meeting on and allied species; Sept. 47, Dec. 21. sea herring, Atlantic Coast pack, 1948; July 28. Stonington (Conn. ) fishery; Mar. 29 Lake trout, Lake Michigan fish scarred by lampreys; Aug. 19. production decreases; Apr. 25. truck, new, for transportation of; May 25, Lobster, Spiny: identification, worlddistributionand U, S. trade; May 1. Mackerel, canned U. S. pack, 1948; June 29. Menhaden: industry; Mar. 32. products, U. S. production of, 1948; July 30. Virginia: catch declines in 1948; Jan. 28. fishery; June 32. industry uses planes to spot fish; July 25. Mollusks: destruction by crabs, observation of; Dec. 20. Mussel: fresh-water shell products, U. S. production of; 1948; Aug. 28. North Atlantic resources: part I- survey to discover the locations and areas of the North Atlantic producing beds; Sept. 1. part II - observations onthe biology and the meth- ods of collecting and processing the mussel; Oct. 8. part III - development of the fishery and the pos- sible need for conservation measures; Nov. 3. Oyster: Alabama harvesting halted; June 28. canned labeling requirements, proposed changes; Nov. 69, Dec. 56. canned U. S. pack, 1948; May 30. Chesapeake Bay shortage; Mar. 31. fishery; May 22, Gulf investigations; Aug. 19. Japanese methods of oyster culture; Aug. 1. Louisiana and Mississippi survey; Feb. 27. marine and products, U. S. production, 1948; July 31. Netherlandssends___ to U. S. for experimental purposes; Dec. 20. New Jersey industry; Apr. 28. Olympia larvae grown by biologists; June 22. pH data on Pacific oysters; Nov. 1. Pilchard (see SARDINES) Poisonous Fish: Trust Territory research program includes sponges and poisonous fish; July 24. Red Snapper fishery; May 22. Rockfish; fillets, whole and split, storage life of; July 1. Rosefish: fillets: imports of groundfish (including rosefish) in 1948; Feb. 27. fishing at night; May 25, Maine's landings; Apr. 25, tariff-rate quota (1949) of groundfish, including rosefish, fillets; Feb. 67. Sablefish: E value ratios for grayfish, soupfinshark, and halibut liver oils produced inthe Pacific Northwest; Sept. 11, Salmon; Alaska fishery; June 32, Atlantic, reestablishing stocks in the St. Croix River; May 21, canned U. S. pack, 1948; Oct. 37. Columbia River fishery; June 32, 2 18 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW SPECIES (cont.) Salmon (cont.): International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commis- sion, U. S. member appointed to; Aug. 49. sockeye regulations for 1949; Apr. 32. troll fishery; Dec. 27. Sardines: California: canned pack, 1948; July 26. electric lamp for pilchard-seine fishery; Dec. 35. fishery research on West Coast; Dec. 29. Pacific Coast two-year survey; Apr. 29. reduction quota changed; Sept. 15. reduction use limited; Aug. 23. Spawning area discovered off Central California; Nov. 25. film takes honors in international exhibition; Dec. Sil. Maine, pack, 1948; July 27. Sea Lampreys: Great Lakes fisheries; Dec. 19. Great Lakes sea lampreys continue to increase; Nov. 37. Indiana streams; July 23. investigations; May 21. Lake Michigan lake trout scarred by ; Aug. 19. spawning survey; June 22. Seal(s), Fur: Pribilof Island take, 1949; Oct. 33. skin prices decline at fall auction; Nov. 39. skins, U. S., sold at auction; May 31. vitamin A in liver of Alaska ; Apr. 9. Sea Trout fillets, effect of refreezing on quality of; Jan. 14. Shad: canned , U. S. pack, 1948; July 29. Chesapeake Bay production of lower in 1948; Mar. 31. fishery, Virginia; June 32. Shark: Evalue ratios for grayfish, soupfin shark, sable- fish, and halibut liver oils produced in the Pacific Northwest; Sept. 11. fishery; Dec. 29. Florida fishing vessel ready, new; Apr. 28. tagging program for West Coast soupfin shark; May 30. Shellfish: atomic energy to aid shellfish; Nov. 21. Beaufort laboratory projects; Dec. 19. export controls removed; May 60. "Fish (including )"" meaning in Interstate Commerce Act clarified; May 63. oyster and marine-clam shell products, U. S. production, 1948; July 31. Shrimp: canned labeling requirements, changes in; Nov. 69, Dec. 56. canned U. S. pack, 1948; May 30. commercial species, identification; Dec. 1. fishery of the southern United States; Feb. 1. North Carolina and fisheries research agree- ment; May 20. picking cups in the packing of canned Dec. 56. Smelt, Maine's fishery decreases in 1948; Apr. 25. Spanish Mackerel, Florida west coast fishery; Apr. 24. Spiny Lobster (see LOBSTER, SPINY) , use of; 1949 Index SPECIES (cont.) Sponge(s): disease off Florida verified; Dec. 21. Service studying disease off Florida; Nov. 25. Tarpon Springs, Florida, production, 1948; Oct. 33. Trust Territory research program includes sponges and poisonous fish; July 24. Starfish: Service to combat 21. Striped Bass tagging in North Carolina; May 21. Tuna: aku abundant in Marianas in June; Aug. 23. albacore fishery; Dec. 28. biology studies; Mar. 35. British Columbia Coast renews patrol off coast; July 35. canned standards meeting held; June 27. canned U. S. pack; June 30. Costa Rica Inter-American Tropical Tuna Com- mission; June 59. European research; July 53. feeding; Aug. 20. fishery in Washington and Oregon; June 32. fishing; Aug. 10. fishing industry, development of; Feb. 58. fishing trip off Central America, preliminary report; Aug. 20. gear tests by POF]; Oct. 31. Hawaiian fishery; Oct. 31, Nov. 29. Hawaiian-line Islands survey; Sept. 19. liver meal project; Mar. 35. in Long Island Sound; Dec. Mexico International Commission for the Scientific Investigation of Tuna; Feb. 68. Pacific Oceanic Fishery Investigations: collects data; June 29. gear tests; Oct. 31. © research continues; July 23, Oct. 31. refrigerated ship, experimental; Jan. 34. Saipan fishery; Oct. 31. skipjack abundant in Marianas in June; Aug. 23. specimens, smallest, discovered; Aug. 47. standards meeting held; June 27. U. S. fishery team completes study of Japanese fisheries; Oct. 32. SPECIMENS Collection of ; Aug. 20. SPINY LOBSTERS (see LOBSTERS, SPINY) SPONGE (see SPECIES) STANDARDS Canned tuna meeting held; June 27. STARFISH (see SPECIES) STATE, DEPARTMENT OF (see FEDERAL LEGIS- LATION, ETC.) STATE FISHERIES COMMISSIONS (see COMMIS- SIONS) STORAGE (see COLD STORAGE) STRIPED BASS (see SPECIES) SWEDEN (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) TAGGING Haddock 22, Aug. 18. Program for West Coast soupfin shark; May 30. on Georges and Browns Banks; July 1949 Index TARIFFS Groundfish (including rosefish) fillets quota for 1949; Feb. 67. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Fisheries economic development; Mar. 64. FAO part in technical assistance program for- warded to World Food Council; June 22. TECHNICAL NOTES No. 1 - Apparatus for weighing and transfer of material; Dec. 14. TECHNOLOGY (see PRESERVATION AND REFRIG- ERATION; RESEARCH IN SERVICE LABORA- TORY) TERRITORIAL WATERS Icelandic motion for patrol and extension of Feb. 45. Interpretation of ; Oct. 43. TEXAS (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) TIN Allocation order M-43 tin, amendment to; June 57. Allocation order M-81, restrictions on use of tinin cans eased; Apr. 64. a TRACER ATOMS Nutritional studies, use of tracer atoms in; Feb. 29. TRANSPORTATION Airborne seafood, markets for; Apr. 18. Express: charges, request for increase of; Nov. 69. fish (including shellfish), meaning of in Inter- state Commerce Act clarified; May 63. ice charges for fish, hearing on increases of; Feb. 30, Mar. 29. Railroad: freight rates and charges for fishery products increased; Sept. 46. freight rates increased; Jan. 51. Trucks: fresh and frozen fish now exempted fromI. C. C. regulations; Nov. 70. shrimp transportation by qualified unlicensed trucks; Apr. 65. TRAWLERS Boston trawlers sold to U. S. Army; May 25. Otter-trawl fishery; Mar. 32 and 33, June 32, Dec. 29. U. S. fishing arrive; Oct. 41. TREASURY, DEPARTMENT OF THE (see FEDERAL LEGISLATION, ETC.) TRINIDAD (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) TRUCKS (also see TRANSPORTATION) Experimental shipment - -Seattle to Chicago; Mar. 28. Fresh and frozen fish, trucks carrying these prod- ucts exempted from I. C. C. regulations; Nov. 70. Lobsters, new trucks developed for transporta- tion of; May 25. Shrimp by qualified unlicensed trucks, transporta- tion of; Apr. 65. TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS Fishing operations in the ; Mar. 71. Research program includes sponges and poison- ous fish; July 24. COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 19 TUNA (see SPECIES) TURKEY (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA (see FOREIGN FISHER- IES) U. S. S. R. (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) UNITED KINGDOM (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) UNITED NATIONS Conservation and utilization of resources, scientific conference; Apr. 30, Nov. 34. UNITED STATES Consumption of fish up in 1948; June 33. Continental shelf reservations filed by ; Jan. 50. Costa Rica Inter-American Tropical Tuna Com- mission; June 59. Fisheries of the 1948; Mar. 36." Japanese fisheries, U. S. aid to; Oct. 50. Japan supplied with fishing equipment from U. S.; Jan. 40. Mexico International Commission for the Scientific Investigation of Tuna; Feb. 68. Net imports; Apr. 34. Peru requests fisheries expert; May 29. and Alaska, review of . Shrimp fishery of the southern U.S.; Feb. 1. Spiny lobsters--identification, world distribution and trade; May 1. Territorial waters, U. S. policy on; May 64. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; July 22. United Kingdom develops sales of kippers in 5 Noy. 66. Venezuela fishery mission; Apr. 1. URUGUAY (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) UTAH (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) VENEZUELA (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) VESSELS Additions to the fleet of U. S. fishingvessels; Jan. 21, Feb. 25, Mar. 23, Apr. 18, May 18, June 20, July 19, Aug. 16, Sept. 15, Oct. 23, Nov. 21, Dec. 16. Army procures fishing vessels for Bizone Ger- many; Jan. 48. Port privileges to fishing vessels in Alaska and British Columbia; Dec. 30. Wrecks, owners required to mark; Dec. 26. VIRGINIA (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) VITAMIN(S) A and oil extraction from fishery products, studies on; Feb. 18. A in liver of the Alaska fur seal; Apr. 9. E value ratios for some commercial vitamin A oils; Mar. 19. Potencies of the liver oil of Pacific cod, A and D; May 13. WASHINGTON (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) WEIGHING Laboratory apparatus for materials; Dec. 14. and transfer of 20 WEST COAST (see SECTIONAL REVIEWS) WHALING Antarctic expedition, 1948/49; Sept. 30 and 38. Antarctic production, 1948/49 season; Feb. 66, July 52, Sept. 38. Area authorized; Feb. 48. Argentine whale oil and meal; Aug. 31. Australian industry Act, 1949; Oct. 39. Australian operations to start; Aug. 31. Bonin Island operation, 1949; Oct. 50. British Columbia operations, 1948; Feb. 39, July 34, Dec. 36. 3 Canadian operations, 1948; Feb. 39. Canadian season on west coast opens; June 39, July 34. Electric gun, new, developed; Nov. 56. Equipment and processing methods used by Japa- nese Antarctic expeditions; July 38. Icelandic operations, 1948; Aug. 37, Oct. 49. International Commission meeting; June 26. International convention for the regulation of whal- ing in force; Jan. 49. Japanese Bonin Island whaling operations, 1949; Oct. 50. COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 1949 Index WHALING (cont.) Marketing and research; Nov. 50. Marking program; May 66. Meat canning studied by Canada; June 35. Meat oversupply; Nov. 57. Netherlands industry, 1947/48; Feb. 54. Newfoundland whale and fish oils, 1948; Sept. 35. Norway: byproducts, new types marketed; Feb. 58. floating factoryship delivered, new; Jan. 41. industry, 1947/48; May 51. meat processing research; Jan. 42. Production, 1948/49; Sept. 42. Spanish Morocco; June 55. United Kingdom canned whale meat; May 57. WORLD Fisheries situation in 1949; Mar. 67. Marine oils, 1948, world production of; Apr. 63. "YP-646,'' M/V Reconditioning and conversion of; Mar. 34. YUGOSLAVIA (see FOREIGN FISHERIES) Editorial Assistant--Ruth V. Keefe Illustrator--Gustaf T. Sundstrom Compositor--Phyllis L. Ashman INT.-DUP. SEC., WASH., D.C21600 1949 Index COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 21 FISHERY STATISTICAL PUBLICATIONS Fishery Leaflet 432, Fishery Statistical Publications of the Fish and Wild- life Service, has been published to acquaint persons interested in the fishing in- dustry with with ‘the Statistical and Market News publications released by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This leaflet shows the titles of the various reports, a brief de- | scription of the information | contained in each publication, and the frequency with which it is released. To operate efficiently, an industry must have readily a- vailable accurate current in- formation concerning its op- erations. Data on production prices, sales, stocks, and re- lated information provide a measure of whether an in- dustry is ina healthy oran unhealthy condition. Review of anindustry's statistics in- dicates trends whichassist members inarranging their activities so as to take advantage of changing business conditions. Statistics supply government with the information it requires in peacetime to assist in protecting and developing industry, and in periods of national emergencies they are the foundation on which a government marshalls its strength. The fishing industry and the governmental agencies concerned with the fish- eries are particularly dependent upon statistical information for several reasons. The industry is widely scattered, extending over thousands of miles of coastline and in the waters of the interior. A large portion of the catch is taken by small independent fishermen, and much of it is sold through small dealers who have little contact with other segments of the fishing business. With over 200 species of fish and shellfish taken commercially and with the numerous manufactured products prepared from these various species, it is impossible for any person or agency to follow trends in the fisheries without adequate statistical data. In order to supply these data, the Fish and Wildlife Service conducts sta- tistical surveys of the fisheries, and assembles information collected by State fishery departments and other local, state, and Federal agencies. Information is obtained on employment in the fisheries, the volume and value of the catch, production of manufactured fishery products, freezings and cold-storage holdings, foreign trade statistics, and related information on a monthly and annual basis. Daily and weekly data relating to market conditions are also collected in the more important marketing or producing centers. The data collected in these various ways are published in a large number of statistical bulletins, Fishery Market News reports, and other publications. The most complete annual data are pub- lished in the Statistical Digests. Copies of Fishery Leaflet 432 are available free from the Division of In- formation, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington 25, D. C. NNN 3 9088 01018 0966 PUBLICATION CATALOGUES UNITED STATES FISHERY PUBLICATIONS If it pertains to commercial fishing--if it has been printed by the Govern- ment--if the subject matter falls anywhere between ''abaca,'' which is a fiber, and Zuiho Maru," which is a research vessel--and if the author's name should happen to be in that part of a bibliography beginning with ''Abernethy, R. F." and ending with ''Zobairi, R. A. K."-- then it will be listed in the Fishery Publications Index 1920-1954, re- Fishery cently published by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service as Circular 36. Publ ic at ion This new publication supplements "AnAnalytical Subject Bibliography of Publication of the Bureau of Fisher- Index ies, 1871-1920.'' This completes the indexing of all Government fishery publications from the time the Fed= 1920-54 eral Government took officialinterest in commercial fishing in 1871 to and including the year 1954. The new Index is inthree parts-- the Publications Series, the Author Index, and the Subject Index. The Subject Index lists several thousand é things and conditions studied or ob- wpa 28 served by fishery scientists and tech- Fish and Wildlife Service nicians over the 34-year period. United States Department of the Interior The topics touch almost every con- ceivable phase of the fishery business, from the control of fungus on pike eggs to freezing fish, cooking shrimp, deep-sea trawling, and control of the sea lamprey. More than a thousand technical and scientific authors are listed with a cross-reference to their contributions to fishery research and services. In the Publications Series will be found a listing of every article on fisheries printed by the Government since 1920, its title and a reference to the Series in whichitappeared. The media listedin this section are: Administrative Reports, Circulars, Conservation Bulletins, Current Fishery Statistics, Documents, Eco- nomic Circulars, Fishery Bulletins, Fishery Circulars, Fishery Leaflets, In- vestigational Reports, Market Development Leaflets, Progressive Fish Culturist, Regulatory Announcements, Research Reports, Separates, Special Scientific Re- ports, Special Scientific Reports--Fisheries, Statistical Digests, and Test Kitchen Series. Circular 36 is for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C., for $1.50 a copy. %