Massachusetts Landings, June 1958, 5 pp. CFS-1879 Maine Landings, July 1958, 3 pp. CFS-1892 Alabama Landings, July 1958, 2 pp. FL-470 Double-Rig Shrimp Trawling in the Gulf of Mexico, 12 pp., September 1958. A recent major development in the shrimp fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic Coast is the widespread conversion of conventional trawlers from single-trawl to two-trawl rigs. The immediate purpose of this leaflet is to provide owners of conventionally-rigged shrimp trawlers with basic information required for conversion to double-rig trawling. Although this method of shrimping has reached a successful stage in its development, it is still evolving, and improvements are frequently made by members of the shrimp industry. SSR-Fish. No. 259 Age, Length, and Body Weight of Salmon Caught by Japanese High Seas Fleets in North Pacific, by George Tanonaka, 14 pp., illus., February 1957. Data on the age composition of red salmon caught by the Japanese high-seas salmon fleets indicates the dominance of 2-year-in-ocean reds in the even years and 3-year-in-ocean reds in the odd years. In 1956 the majority of the chum salmon were 5 years old and mostly mature. The pink salmon available to the fishery were all mature fish. SSR-Fish. No. 265 Physical Oceanographic, Biological, and Chemical Data--South Atlantic Coast of the United States (M/V Theodore N. Gill), Cruise 6, by William W. Anderson and Jack W. Gehringer, 103 pp., illus., July 1958. Sep. No. 528 An Economic Analysis of Freezing Fish at Sea. Sep. No. 529 - Contribution to the Chemistry of the King Crab (Paralithodes camtschatica). Sep. No. 530 - Research in Service Laboratories (November 1958): Contains these articles--"Fish Spoilage I - Determination of Bacterial Metabolites by Gas Chromatography;" "Technical Note No. 47 Steelhead Trout - Description and Proximate Composition;" "Possible New Use for Oyster Liquors;" and "Clue to Causes of Odor in Fish Oil." THE FOLLOWING SERVICE PUBLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ONLY FROM THE SPECIFIC OFFICE MENTIONED. Gulf Monthly Landings, Production, and Shipments of Fishery Products, September 1958, 6 pp. (Market News Service, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 609-611 Federal Bldg., New Orleans 12, La.) Gulf States shrimp, oyster, finfish, and blue crab landings; crab meat production; LCL express shipments from New Orleans; wholesale prices of fish and shellfish on the New Orleans French Market; and sponge sales at Tarpon Springs, Fla; for the month indicated. (Chicago) Monthly Summary of Chicago's Fresh and Frozen Fishery Products Receipts and Wholesale Market Prices, August 1958; September 1958; 12 pp. each. (Market News Service, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 565 W. Washington St., Chicago 6, Ill.) Receipts at Chicago by species and by states and provinces for fresh-water fish, salt-water fish and shellfish; and wholesale prices for fresh and frozen fishery products; for the months indicated. (New York) Monthly Summary Receipts of Fishery Products at the New York City Wholesale Salt-Water Market, September 1958, 14 pp. (Market News Service, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 155 John St., New York 38, N. Y.) Receipts in the salt-water section of the Fulton Fish Market by species and by states and by states and provinces; for the month indicated. (Seattle) Monthly Summary - Fishery Products, September 1958, 8 pp. (Market News Service, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pier 42 South, Seattle 4, Wash.) Includes landings and local receipts, with ex-vessel and wholesale prices in some instances, as reported by Seattle, Astoria (Oregon), Alaska, and British Columbia wholesale dealers; also Northwest Pacific halibut, shrimp, and salmon landings; for the month indicated. THE FOLLOWING SERVICE PUBLICATIONS ARE FOR SALE AND ARE AVAILABLE ONLY FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, WASHINGTON 25, D. C. Analysis of Catch Statistics of the Hawaiian Skip jack Fishery, by Daniel T. Yamashita, Fishery Bulletin 134 (From Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service, vol. 58), 28 pp., illus., printed, 25 cents, 1958. The catch statistics of the Hawaiian skipjack fishery and its associated live-bait fishery for the period 1900 through 1953 are brought together from all available records. The various facts of the live-bait fishery, the only important one in the central Pacific, the methods of data collection for the skipjack and live-bait fisheries, and the completeness and accuracy of the catch records are analyzed. A description of the 1953 fishing fleet and the essential specifications of the sampans in the Territory of Hawaii, information which may be useful in evaluating future changes in catch per unit of effort, are presented. Relative Value of Ten Genera of Micro-Organisms as Foods for Oyster and Clam Larvae, by Harry C. Davis and Robert R. Guillard, Fishery Bulletin 136 (From Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service, vol. 58), 16 pp., illus., printed, 15 cents, 1958. A report of the results of some feeding experiments designed to determine the relative food value to larvae of oysters and clams of representatives from ten genera of micro-organisms, and of one experiment designed to test the effect on larval growth of five different concentrations of the two micro-organisms that proved to be of most value as foods. Findings show that the presence, or perhaps thickness, of cell walls and the degree of toxicity of the metabolites are probably important factors in determining the usability of micro-organisms as foods for bivalve larvae. MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS THESE PUBLICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, BUT USUALLY MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE ORGANIZATION ISSUING THEM. CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING PUBLICATIONS THAT FOLLOW SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE RESPECTIVE ORGANIZATION OR PUBLISHER MENTIONED. DATA ON PRICES, IF READILY AVAILABLE, ARE SHOWN. BAIT FISH: A Study of the Age, Growth, Sexual Maturity, and Spawning of the Anchoveta (CETENGRAULIS MYSTICETUS) in the Gulf of Panama, by Gerald V. Howard and Antonio Landa, 79 pp., illus., printed in English and Spanish. (Reprinted from Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Bulletin, vol. II, no. 9, pp. 391-467.) Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, La Jolla, Calif., 1958. More than 27,000 fish from 231 collections captured in the Gulf of Panama between June 1951 and January 1956 are the basis of this study of the age, growth, sexual maturity, and spawning season of anchovetas in that area. The collections came from three sources, those made by California-based tuna fishing vessels, collections by personnel at the Commission's laboratory in Panama, and samples obtained from a biologist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Estimates of age and rate of growth were made by studying the temporal progression of modalsize groups from monthly length-frequency distributions. A section of this report discusses the methods for making age and growth estimates, analysis of length-frequency data, and relative abundance of age groups. Sexual development and time of spawning were determined from gross examination of ovaries and measurements of ovarian eggs. A section on the sexual maturity and spawning discusses methods for making estimates, time and frequency of spawning, frequency of spawning within a season, age at first maturity, age in relation to time of annual spawning, consideration of a "gonad index" to sexual maturity, and application of the gonad index. CALIFORNIA: Age and Length Composition, Pacific Coast Catches Sardines and Pacific Mackerel, 1955-56 and 1956-57 Seasons, and the Northern Anchovy, 1954-55 Through 1956-57 Seasons, Fish Bulletin No. 106, 72 pp., illus., printed. Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, Calif., 1958. The age and length composition of the catches of three of the more important pelagic marine fishes of California are included in this bulletin. The data are presented in four separate papers. CANADA: Progress Reports of the Pacific Coast Stations, no. 111, 28 pp., illus., printed. Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, Ottawa, Canada, August 1958. Contains, among others, the following articles: "The Magnitude of Herring Spawn Losses Due to Bird Predation on the West Coast of Vancouver Island," by D. N. Outram; "The Tagging of Spring and Coho Salmon in the Strait of Georgia in 1956," by D. J. Milne and E. A. R. Ball; "Adult Returns of Pink Salmon from the 1954 Fraser River Planting,' by W. Percy Wickett; "The Recent Rise in Landings of Whole Fish for Mink Feed in British THESE PUBLICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, BUT USUALLY MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE ORGANIZATION ISSUING THEM. Columbia," by C. R. Forrester; and "A Comparison of the Nutritive Value of Condensed Herring Solubles Prepared by Acid and Enzyme Treatments," by B. E. March, Jacob Biely, J. McBride, R. A. MacLeod, and D. R. Idler. CANNING: "A Bacteriological and Chemical Study of Certain Problems in Lobster Canning," by Guilford B. Reed and D. J. MacLeod, article, Contributions to Canadian Biology, vol. 2, no. 1, 1924, pp. 3-29, printed. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. COD: "Lipid Changes in Iced Cod. 1--Phospholipids," by J. A. Lovern, June Olley, and Helen A. Watson, article, The Biochemical Journal, vol. 70, no. 1, September 1958, pp. 2p-3p, printed. Cambridge University Press, Bentley House, 200 Euston Road, London N. W. 1, England. A report of research in which gutted cod were stored in ice for up to 56 days, samples withdrawn periodically, the flesh lipids extracted and fractionated chromatographically on silicic acid. Results showed that enzymic degradation appeared to occur at the same rate in all the various phospholipids present and to affect both fatty acid ester linkages. "Lipid Changes in Iced Cod. 2--Non-Phosphorylated Lipids," by J. A. Lovern and June Olley, article, The Biochemical Journal, vol. 70, no. 1, September 1958, p. 3p, printed. Cambridge University Press, Bentley House, 200 Euston Road, London N. W. 1, England. In experiments carried on at Torry Research Station, Aberdeen, Scotland, free sterol decreased throughout the storage period, reaching about one-twelfth of its initial value after 56 days. Studies on the Proteins of Fish Skeletal Muscle. 5--Molecular Weight and Shape of Cod Fibrallar Proteins, by J. J. Connell, article, The Biochemical Journal, vol. 70, no. 1, September 1958, pp. 81-91, illus., printed. Cambridge University Press, Bentley House, 200 Euston Road, London, N. W. 1, England. The size and shape of the cod fibrillar proteins are very similar to those of the rabbit proteins. The unusual properties of the fish proteins cannot be explained therefore on this basis, states the author in conclusion. CONSUMPTION: "Fishing for Consumers," by J. Fridthjof, article, United Nations Review, vol. 5, no. 1, July 1958, pp. 42-44, printed. United Nations, New York, N. Y. An expert tells how he made seafood popular in South America and Yugoslavia. COOPERATIVES: Cooperatives as a Means of Fostering Fishery current programs, the middleman problem, education and training, and recommendations to the Conference. The Conference discussed the value of cooperative organizations in fisheries, an investigation of the functions performed by middlemen and cooperatives respectively and their influence on fish production and trade; and a training center in fisheries cooperatives and administration to be conducted in 1957 under FAO's Expanded Technical Assistance Program. The training center was subsequently held in Australia, December 1957-January 1958. DISEASES OF FISH: Diseases of Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. VI--Geographic Discontinuity of Myxosporidiosis in Immature Herring from the Gulf of Maine, by Carl J. Sindermann, Research Bulletin No. 29, 20 pp., illus., printed. Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries, Augusta, Me., December 1957. This paper is one of several reports resulting from the herring investigation carried on jointly by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries, and the Maine Sardine Industry. Myxosporidiosis (gross symptoms are opaque white fusiform intramuscular cysts) of immature sea herring is distributed discontinuously along the Maine coast, with abundant infections in Casco Bay and southward. The geographic distribution of this infection suggests absence of largescale movements of sardine herring along the Maine coast, and a separation of such immature fish from eastern and western Maine, at least during the latter part of the first and much of the second years of life, concludes the author. FATTY ACIDS: "Studies on the Conjugated Fatty Acids. Part III--Fat Absorption and Distribution Study in Fish--1. Application of the Conjugated Fatty Acids for the Research on the Fat Metabolism of the Carp, Cyprinus Carpio Linne," by Yasuhiko Tsuchiya and Mitsu Kayama, article, The Tohoku Journal of Agricultural Research, vol. IX, no. 1, March 1958, pp. 41-52, illus., printed. Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. FISH COOKERY: "Smoke Barrel Cookery," article, Institutions, no. 42, June 1958, pp. 41-43, printed. Domestic Engineering Company, 1801 Prairie Avenue, Chicago 16, Ill. According to the author, construction of a barrel for smoke-cooking fish is quite simple, requiring only a minimum of work and can be quickly done by the operator wishing to serve such a luncheon. The principal component is a 40-gallon charred oak barrel or similar container. Any non-resinous hard wood can be used to produce the smoke. Although salmon is often prepared in this way, the picturesque "smoke barrel" method can be used for many other varieties of fish including cod, whitefish, haddock, halibut, and lake trout. FISHERY RESEARCH: "Fishery Research," by Arthur D. Bradford, article, Pennsylvania Angler, vol. 27, no. 10, October 1958, pp. 2-6, illus., printed, single copy |