. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. DEVELOPMENTS American Samoa TUNA FISHING INDUSTRY IMPROVES FINANCES: Japanese know-how about tuna fishing has given American Samoa's finances a new look. Records for the past 12 months ending June 30, 1957, show that total imports for American Samoa were valued at $1,256,868 and exports $4,999,537. The major portion of the exports consisted of $4,833,187 of fish and canned tuna packed by the cannery located in the Island and operated by a United States west coast fish-canning firm. This is a $236,784 increase over fish production in the pre
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. DEVELOPMENTS American Samoa TUNA FISHING INDUSTRY IMPROVES FINANCES: Japanese know-how about tuna fishing has given American Samoa's finances a new look. Records for the past 12 months ending June 30, 1957, show that total imports for American Samoa were valued at $1,256,868 and exports $4,999,537. The major portion of the exports consisted of $4,833,187 of fish and canned tuna packed by the cannery located in the Island and operated by a United States west coast fish-canning firm. This is a $236,784 increase over fish production in the previous year (Pacific Islands Monthly, September 1957). California INSHORE AREA FROM SANTA CRUZ TO CARMEL SURVEYED FOR SCHOOLS OF YOUNG ANCHOVIES AND SARDINES (Airplane Spotting Flight No. 57-10): In order to check on reports of large numbers of young anchovies and sardines in Monterey Bay, an airplane spotting flight was made on October 11, 1957, by a privately-owned Beech- craft Bonanza under the direction of California's Department of Fish and Game. Approximately 1,100 schools varyingfrom 10 to 600 feet in diameter were observed in Monterey Bay. Over 700 of these schools were counted in a three-mile section of the coast near Sunset Beach State Park. A "red water" bloom which was report- ed to have started developing about three days previously occupied the northern portion of the Bay. It was in and near this red water that nnost of the fish were concentrated. Water samples collected from this area on the after- noon of October 11 revealed that the or- ganism contributing to the red color of the water was Ceratium sp., a dinoflagellate. The water sample contained very few organ- isms other than the Ceratium. A live-bait hauler (for albacore bait boats) who was working during the period of the flight was contacted later in the day. He reported airplane spotting flight 57-10 (oct. n, that the school he caught consisted of two (october n, 1957) sizes of anchovies, about
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