. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. May 1958 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 37 various types and sizes of shrimp trawls. A 40-foot Giilf of Mexico flat-type shrimp trawl and two styles of larger Gulf semi-balloon trawls were to be used during the initial stage of the exploration. Explorations for shrimp off the Washington coast were conducted by the Bureau in cooperation with the State of Washington Department of Fisheries during the fall of 1955 and spring of 1956, Major fishing effort during these cruises extended from Willapa Bay to Destruction Island at depths of 50 to 100 f
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. May 1958 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 37 various types and sizes of shrimp trawls. A 40-foot Giilf of Mexico flat-type shrimp trawl and two styles of larger Gulf semi-balloon trawls were to be used during the initial stage of the exploration. Explorations for shrimp off the Washington coast were conducted by the Bureau in cooperation with the State of Washington Department of Fisheries during the fall of 1955 and spring of 1956, Major fishing effort during these cruises extended from Willapa Bay to Destruction Island at depths of 50 to 100 fathoms. During the 1956 cruise the John N. Cobb, using Gulf shrimp trawls for the first time in this region, located good commercial pink or "cocktail" shrimp grounds off Grays Harbor and off Copalis Head. Shrimp production from these grounds totaled over 2 million pounds in 1957, and at present there are at least three shrimp plants equipped with shrimp peeling machines in the Grays Harbor-Willapa Bay area actively engaged in canning shrimp. Preliminary shrimp explorations by the Fish Commission of Oregon in 1951, utilizing a small beam trawl, showed that pink shrimp were widely distributed be- tween the River and Yaquina Head. Although there has been only limited production of shrimp from these grounds to date, the recent establishment of two shrimp plants in the Astoria area has created a need for additional data on the shrimp potential of the area, . It was planned to spend a considerable amount of time fishing in waters deeper than 100 fathoms to determine if larger species of shrimp are present at these depths in significant quantities. Oysters INCREASED STARFISH POPULATION THREATENS LONG ISLAND INDUSTRY: The starfish has suddenly developed into aihreat to the Long Island Sound oyster industry, the U, S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries reported on March 27, 1958. The crisis developed because of a "bumber crop" of starfish which Increased that
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