. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. November 1955 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 39 mature. It is clear that more extensive study is needed to estimate accurately the portion of one-year-old and two-year-old fish that spawn each year. The number of batches spawned per female and the portion of younger fish that spawn can best be estimated from the examination of great numbers of fish captured at regular intervals throughout the year. Such an analysis is planned for the future. Past and future population estimates based on the number of eggs in the sea will be con- firmed or modi
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. November 1955 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 39 mature. It is clear that more extensive study is needed to estimate accurately the portion of one-year-old and two-year-old fish that spawn each year. The number of batches spawned per female and the portion of younger fish that spawn can best be estimated from the examination of great numbers of fish captured at regular intervals throughout the year. Such an analysis is planned for the future. Past and future population estimates based on the number of eggs in the sea will be con- firmed or modified as information accrues from studying egg production and spawn- ing in the female sardine. Freight Rate Increase of 1952 Made Permanent The International Commerce Commission has removed the expiration date for the last 15 percent rate increase granted the railroads in Ex Parte 175, This rate increase, granted in and effective since 1952, will now become a permanent part of the rate structure. No reasons were given by the Commission for this action but a formal opinion will be issued later. Saltonstall-Kennedy Act Fisheries Projects FISHERY STATISTICAL OFFICE OPENED IN MORGAN CITY: A statistical office for the collection of fishery data has been opened at Morgan City, La., by the Branch of Commercial Fisheries, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. That off ice will collect detailed data on employment in the fisheries, number of craft and quan- tity of gear operated, the catch of fishery products, and related information on the fisheries in the vicinity of Morgan City. Detailed statistics on the shrimp fishery will be obtained in connection with the Service's expanded program for the collec- tion of shrimp statistics. Dunbar P. Delaune will be in charge of the office. This project is being financed by funds provided by the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act (68th Stat. 376). U. S. Foreign Trade IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF SELECTED FISHERY PRODUCTS. JANUARY- AUGUST 1955: Among the trends observed
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