. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 30 U. S. AND JAPAN CONDUCT SALMON RESEARCH IN COOPERATIVE CRUISE By Eobert R. French* The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (BCF) and the Japanese Fishery Agency have pooled their resources in a cooperative research cruise underway this spring in the North Pa- cific Ocean. The two nations and Canada are treaty members of the International North Pa- cific Fisheries Commission (INPFC). Each signatory is engaged in research onfishery re- sources of common interestfor effective utili- zation and Fig, 1 - BCF's "George B. Kelez.
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 30 U. S. AND JAPAN CONDUCT SALMON RESEARCH IN COOPERATIVE CRUISE By Eobert R. French* The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (BCF) and the Japanese Fishery Agency have pooled their resources in a cooperative research cruise underway this spring in the North Pa- cific Ocean. The two nations and Canada are treaty members of the International North Pa- cific Fisheries Commission (INPFC). Each signatory is engaged in research onfishery re- sources of common interestfor effective utili- zation and Fig, 1 - BCF's "George B. ; The vessels participating in the spring cruise are the BCF Seattle Biological Labora- tory's R/V "George B. Kelez" (550 tons) and the Japanese research vessels "Wakashio-Maru" (150 tons) and "Hokko-Maru" (220 tons)--all veterans of research in North Pacific waters. The George B, Kelez left Seattle on April 2 and will return in early July. The Japanese ves- sels reached the fishing grounds in late April and will stay until early June. Purpose of Cruise The purpose of the cooperative cruise is to investigate the distribution of salmon and the associated oceanographic features south of the Aleutian Islands; the hypotheses concerning the relation between the distribution of salmon and their environment are being tested. Em- phasis is on the distribution and migration of sockeye salmon from Bristol Bay in relation to the Alaskan Stream and central Alaskan Gyre. The migration routes of these salmon and surface currents are illustrated infigure Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. National Marine Fisheries Service; U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; United States. Bureau of Commericial Fisheries. [Washington] : National Marine Fisheries Service; [for
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