. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. September 1957 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 51 Imports under the quota from January 1 - June 29, 1957, amounted to 17,764,752 pounds, according to data compiled by the Bureau of the Customs. This leaves a balance of 26,763,781 pounds of the quota which may be imported during the balance of 1957 at the 12|^-percent rate of duty. Virginia FISHERMEN URGED TO WATCH FOR TAGGED FISH: Sports and commercial fishermen are urged to watch for bright red discs on the fish they catch this year in the Middle Atlantic States. The tags are being attached by
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. September 1957 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 51 Imports under the quota from January 1 - June 29, 1957, amounted to 17,764,752 pounds, according to data compiled by the Bureau of the Customs. This leaves a balance of 26,763,781 pounds of the quota which may be imported during the balance of 1957 at the 12|^-percent rate of duty. Virginia FISHERMEN URGED TO WATCH FOR TAGGED FISH: Sports and commercial fishermen are urged to watch for bright red discs on the fish they catch this year in the Middle Atlantic States. The tags are being attached by the Virginia Fisheries Laboratory at Gloucester Point, Va. Tags carry the following words: "Virginia Fisheries Lab., Gloucester Point, Va. ; On the reverse side is a serial number. Records at the Virginia Fisheries Laboratory show where and when each tag was attached. Fishermen who catch a tagged fish should return the tag as soon as possible to the Laboratory at Gloucester Point, telling where and when the fish was caught. In return they will receive a 25(;; reward and information on where the fish was tagged, how far it had traveled, and how long its trip took. Since April more than 1,000 croakers, spot, and flounders have been tagged, and about 50 of these tags have been returned by fishermen. Most of these fish did not travel far, but greater wanderings are expected as time goes on. One tagged croaker was found in a fish market in Pittsburg, Pa. and another in Roseboro, ., but both of these probably were caught in Chesapeake Bay. The Laboratory also tagged numbers of striped bass (rockfish) last spring in cooperation with the Fish and Wildlife Service. The labels on these tags say "Fish & Wildlife Serv., Wash. D. C. $1 ; There is also a serial number on the reverse side. About 1,400 striped bass were tagged in Virginia this year, and about 85 of these have been returned. The longest migration to date was from the York River to
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