. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 56 in recent years. She maintains they are caus- ing damage to fishery resources through pre- dation on North Pacific salmon and other fish off northeastern Japan. Japan Supports Pelagic Sealing Japan's position supporting pelagic seal- ing is: (1) years of study have shown that seals captured at sea produce better quality skins; (2) the improved capturing technique developed in recent years will reduce loss in seal skin value resulting from skin puncture; it will minimize retrieval problems caused by sinking of killed animals; and (3) bett
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 56 in recent years. She maintains they are caus- ing damage to fishery resources through pre- dation on North Pacific salmon and other fish off northeastern Japan. Japan Supports Pelagic Sealing Japan's position supporting pelagic seal- ing is: (1) years of study have shown that seals captured at sea produce better quality skins; (2) the improved capturing technique developed in recent years will reduce loss in seal skin value resulting from skin puncture; it will minimize retrieval problems caused by sinking of killed animals; and (3) better knowledge has been gained on fur seal habit- ats; this will help resolve the problems asso- ciated with pelagic sealing. ("Suisan Keizai Shimbun," Feb. 8, 1968.) NEW BOOK ON NORTH PACIFIC FISHERIES TREATIES The School of Law, University of Wash- ington (Seattle), has published a book that "is the most comprehensive symposium of the legal, political, and economic aspects of fisheries in the North Pacific that has ever been published . . a valuable guide for legal scholars, politicians, economists, the fishing industry, and others who are in- terested in international ; "North Pacific Fisheries Symposium," 1967, 307 pp., $ RESCUE BEACON FOR ALL CRAFT "An emergency radio beacon for any land, sea or aircraft designed to be- gin transmitting automatically if the vehicle crashes or is damaged (as from fire) was patented recently by Calvin L. Yandell of Fontana, Calif. The unit is 'shockproof, fireproof an d foolproof,' says the inventor, andwill workeven if it is thrown completely clear of the vehicle. The unit, which looks rather like a World War II mine, goes on when a cable that extends a- long the vehicle is broken, or it can be turned on manually. "Half a dozen layers of cas- ing and insulation are intended to armor the transmitter a- gainst just about anything, pos- sibly including even a direct hit. The outermost layer
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