. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 36 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 17, No. 7 Oregon Canner Might Buy Tuna in South Pacific from Japanese Vessels A representative of an Astoria, Ore., fish canner said his organization was in- vestigating the possibility of purchasing tuna from Japanese vessels operating in the New Caledonia-New Hebrides-Loyalties area in the South Pacific. The plan en- visages a United States refrigeration vessel stationed at Noumea, New Caledonia. Fish landed aboard that vessel would technically be United States-produced, accord- ing to the representativ
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 36 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 17, No. 7 Oregon Canner Might Buy Tuna in South Pacific from Japanese Vessels A representative of an Astoria, Ore., fish canner said his organization was in- vestigating the possibility of purchasing tuna from Japanese vessels operating in the New Caledonia-New Hebrides-Loyalties area in the South Pacific. The plan en- visages a United States refrigeration vessel stationed at Noumea, New Caledonia. Fish landed aboard that vessel would technically be United States-produced, accord- ing to the representative of the Astoria firm. The intention appears to be either to can the fish aboard this vessel, or to ship it frozen to the United States. The representative emphasized that the whole scheme is at present merely un- der investigation. Even if the necessary arrangements can be made in Noumea it probably would be some time before operations could be commenced, reports the March Pacific Islands Monthly, a magazine of the South Seas Islands. Pacific Oceanic Fisheries Investigations YELLOWFIN TUNA ABUNDANCE STUDIED BY "CHARLES H, GILBERT" (Cruise 20): The distribution and abundance of yellowf in tuna was studied by the Serv- ice's research vessel Charles H. Gilbert on a 7-week cruise in various areas of the Pacific Ocean. The distribution and abundance of deep-swimming and surface yellowfin tuna were tested by live- bait fishing, scouting, trolling, and long lining; while the feasibility of a tagging program was tested to dis- cover (1) the relationbetweendeep- swimming and surface tuna, and(2) migrationas a possible cause for fluctuations in the abundance of yel- lowfin. In 142 hours of scouting 60 bird flocks and/or fish schools were noted. They were wild and tended to disperse when approached. Added to this, on- ly a few of the 20 buckets of live bait taken in Hawaii survived to Palmyra Island so it was impossible to try to work the schools. Almost all direct trolling was
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