. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 60 INDEX (CONTINUED) 52 52 52 53 53 53 54 55 FOREIGN (Contd.): Asia (Contd.): Japan (Contd.): Long-Term Outlook for Marine Products Allocates North Pacific Whale Quota Investments in Overseas Fisheries Frozen Tuna Exports Rose in 1968 Saury Catch Hit Record Low in 1968 5 Seiners Licensed for Eastern Pacific Tuna Fishery Fishing Firms Explore Off East Coast Singapore: New Fisheries Law Takes Effect Taiw an : 'Kuruma' Shrimp Is Cultivated Successfully Malaysia: Sabah's Fishing Industry Is Growing Page FOREIGN ( Asia (Contd.): In
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 60 INDEX (CONTINUED) 52 52 52 53 53 53 54 55 FOREIGN (Contd.): Asia (Contd.): Japan (Contd.): Long-Term Outlook for Marine Products Allocates North Pacific Whale Quota Investments in Overseas Fisheries Frozen Tuna Exports Rose in 1968 Saury Catch Hit Record Low in 1968 5 Seiners Licensed for Eastern Pacific Tuna Fishery Fishing Firms Explore Off East Coast Singapore: New Fisheries Law Takes Effect Taiw an : 'Kuruma' Shrimp Is Cultivated Successfully Malaysia: Sabah's Fishing Industry Is Growing Page FOREIGN ( Asia (Contd.): India: To Develop Shrimp Resources Spiny Lobster Found Off Kerala Coast South Pacific: American Samoa: Good Albacore Fishing in January Africa: South Africa: Fishing Industry Exhibition Slated for Oct. 1969 South & South-West Africa: Shoal Fish Catch, 1968 .INDEX SALMON The anadromous Pacific salmon fisheries of the United States are of great Importance from Bristol Bay, Alaska, to the Sacramento River, California. As early as 1829, settlers in the Northwest were salting and exporting salmon from the great runs up the Columbia River. By 1840 a few salting stations had been set up on Alaska shores, but salmon were first canned along the Sacramento River. By 1936, the peak year for the Pacific salmon fisheries, more than 100 canneries engaged in canning most of the 791 million-pound catch of In the years since, the Pacific salmon have been sharply reduced in number because of pollution, diversion and power dams, overfishing, and reduction of spawning grounds. Despite all this, salmon is still one of the most valuable fishery resources of the United States. The 310 million pounds caught in 1961 brought $52 million to the fishermen, while the fishery products prepared by the processors were valued at over $124 million. The commercial fishery for salmon is principally by purse seines, gill nets, beach seines, and by trolling. Five kinds of salmon (known
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