. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. TRENDS AND IDEVELOPMENTSI. Additions to the Fleet of U. S. Fishing Vessels A total of 53 vessels of 5 net tons and over received first documents as fishing craft during July 1955, according to the U. S. Bureau of Customs. This was a de- crease of 23 vessels (30 percent), compared with the 76 fishing craft new- ly documented during the corresponding month of 1954. U. S. Vessels Issued First Documents as Fishing Craft, July 1955 and C omparisons Section July Total 1954 1955 11954 1955 11954 New England .... (Number) . ' * '23 ' 5 3
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. TRENDS AND IDEVELOPMENTSI. Additions to the Fleet of U. S. Fishing Vessels A total of 53 vessels of 5 net tons and over received first documents as fishing craft during July 1955, according to the U. S. Bureau of Customs. This was a de- crease of 23 vessels (30 percent), compared with the 76 fishing craft new- ly documented during the corresponding month of 1954. U. S. Vessels Issued First Documents as Fishing Craft, July 1955 and C omparisons Section July Total 1954 1955 11954 1955 11954 New England .... (Number) . ' * '23 ' 5 3 15 21 Middle Atlantic . , - 3 9 13 15 Chesapeake Bay . 3 8 27 62 93 South Atlantic .... 10 14 40 77 119 Gulf 7 31 55 255 313 Pacific 26 13 86 76 117 Great Lakes .... - - 5 3 6 Alaska 2 4 25 20 27 Hawaii - - 2 1 1 Puerto Rico - - - - 2 Unknown Total - - - 1 1 53 76 264 529 717 Note: Vessels have been assigned to various section s on the basis of their home | port. 1 All areas, with the exception of the Pacific and New England areas, showed decreases in newly-documented ves- sels. In the Pacific area, 26 vessels were documented, compared with 13 reported for July 1954; and the New Eng- land area added 5 ves- sels to its fleet during July of this year, com- pared with 3 for the same month of last year. The most pronounced decrease occurred in the Gulf area, where only 7 vessels were documented, compared with 31 during July 1954. The Chesapeake Bay area had 3 additions, the South Atlantic area had 10, and Alaska, 2. During January-July 1955, a total of 264 vessels were documented for the first time as fishing craft, compared with 529 for the corresponding period of last year-- a decrease of 50 percent. Alaska FISH-TRAP ELIMINATION LEGISLATION SUPPORTED BY SECRETARY Mc- KAY: Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay on October 8 urged that Congress enact legislation to provide for the gradual elimination of fish traps in the waters of Alaska. Secretary McKay said that a shift in the i
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