. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 51 50 Asian Vessels Fish for Atlantic Tuna About 20 Japanese and 30 Formosan and South Korean tuna long-liners were fishing for albacoretunainthe eastern Atlantic Ocean off Angola in early May. Fishing was re- ported good. The vessels were catching a- round 3 metric tons and as much as 5 tons per set. However, because the albacore were small (29-31 pounds), the export price drop- ped sharply to around $445 a short ton Puerto Rico. Large albacore take n in the Atlantic were bringing around $475 a short ton Puerto Rico. Summer S
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 51 50 Asian Vessels Fish for Atlantic Tuna About 20 Japanese and 30 Formosan and South Korean tuna long-liners were fishing for albacoretunainthe eastern Atlantic Ocean off Angola in early May. Fishing was re- ported good. The vessels were catching a- round 3 metric tons and as much as 5 tons per set. However, because the albacore were small (29-31 pounds), the export price drop- ped sharply to around $445 a short ton Puerto Rico. Large albacore take n in the Atlantic were bringing around $475 a short ton Puerto Rico. Summer Season As the summer season approaches, alba- core fishing begins to pick up in the more northerly regions of the Atlantic, off the Azores and Bermuda Islands, and in the West Indies off Saint Martin Island. Good fishing in those regions could further depress the albacore export price. In Gulf of Guinea Yellowfin fishing in the Gulf of Guinea, where good catches had been made, was re- ported declining in early May. The fishery in the central equatorial Atlantic also was tapering off. ("SuisanTsushin," May 8, 1968.) WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF THE GUUF STREAM? The Gulf Stream received its name because of the mis- conception that its source was the Gulf of Mexico. It is now known that water of the Gulf contributes very little to the flow of the Gulf Stream. Two currents, the North and the South Equatorial Cur- rents, join to flow through the passages between the Wind- ward Islands into the Caribbean Sea. The resultant current, flowing through the Yucatan Channel, has only one outlet betweenFlorida and Cuba. Off the southern coastof Florida, other currents coming from the northern coastof Puerto Rico and eastward from the Bahamas add to the flow of the Gulf Stream. ("Questions About The Oceans, " U. S. Naval Oceanographic Office.) Sweden Aids India's Fisheries The Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA) will present 2 trawlers to India as gifts late this su
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