. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. TRENDS AND. iDEVELOPMENTS Additions to the Fleet of U. S. Fishing Vessels A total of 22 vessels of 5 net tons and over were issued first documents as fish- ing craft during September 1955, according to the U. S. Bureau of Customs. This was a decrease of 27 vessels (55 percent), compared with the 49 fishing craft documented for the first time during the corresponding month of 1954. U, S. Vessels Issued First Documents as Fishing Craft, September 1955 and Comparisons Section September Jan. -Sept. Total 1954 1 1955 11954 19551 1954 fNumber) 1
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. TRENDS AND. iDEVELOPMENTS Additions to the Fleet of U. S. Fishing Vessels A total of 22 vessels of 5 net tons and over were issued first documents as fish- ing craft during September 1955, according to the U. S. Bureau of Customs. This was a decrease of 27 vessels (55 percent), compared with the 49 fishing craft documented for the first time during the corresponding month of 1954. U, S. Vessels Issued First Documents as Fishing Craft, September 1955 and Comparisons Section September Jan. -Sept. Total 1954 1 1955 11954 19551 1954 fNumber) 1 New England . . 1 16 22 23 Middle Atlantic . - 1 11 14 15 Chesapeake. . 2 9 34 76 93 South Atlantic . 3 14 50 97 119 Gulf 8 11 77 283 313 Pacific 6 12 107 100 117 Great Lakes . . 1 - 7 3 6 Alaska 1 1 31 23 27 Hawaii 1 - 3 1 1 Puerto Rico , . - - - - 2 Unknown Total .... - - - 1 1 22 49 336 620 717 Note: Vessels have been assigned to the various sections on the b as is of their home port. During September of the current year, the Gulf area led all others with 8 newly-docu- mented craft, followed by the Pacific area with 6, the South Atlantic area with 3, the Chesa- peake area with 2, and the Great Lakes, Alaskan, and Hawaiian areas with 1 each. The New England, Middle Atlantic, and Puerto Rican areas had none. During the nine-month pe- riod ending with September 1955, a total of 336 vessels were documented for the first time as fishing craft, compared with 620 for the cor- responding period of last year--a decrease of 46 percent. American Samoa EXPORTS OF CANNED TUNA AND FISH MEAL INCREASE: The increasing importance of the tuna and the fish meal industries of American Samoa is indicated by figures recently released at Pago Pago, according to the September 1955 issue of the Pacific Islands Monthly. During fiscal year 1953/54, a total of 8, 176 cases of canned tuna and 456 sacks of fish meal were exported as compared with 66, 160 cases and 3, 319 sacks for 1954/55. The export valu
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