. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. July 1955 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 27. TRENDS AND IDEVELOPMENTSffi »»g Additions to the U. S. Fleet of Fishing Vessels A total of 36 vessels of 5 net tons and over received first documents as fishing craft during April 1955, This was 47 vessels less than the 83 reported for the sanie month of last year, a decrease of57 percent, according to the U. S. Bureau of Customs. In the Gulf section, only 10 vessels were documented for the first time as fishing craft, compared with 45 dur- ing the same month of 1954. The Pacific section had 9 ad- d
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. July 1955 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 27. TRENDS AND IDEVELOPMENTSffi »»g Additions to the U. S. Fleet of Fishing Vessels A total of 36 vessels of 5 net tons and over received first documents as fishing craft during April 1955, This was 47 vessels less than the 83 reported for the sanie month of last year, a decrease of57 percent, according to the U. S. Bureau of Customs. In the Gulf section, only 10 vessels were documented for the first time as fishing craft, compared with 45 dur- ing the same month of 1954. The Pacific section had 9 ad- ditions, the South Atlantic section had 6, the Alaska section had 4, Hawaii and the Middle Atlantic and Chesa- peake Bay sections each had 2, and the New England sec- tion had one. During the first four months of the current year, 109 vessels were documented for the first time as fishing craft, compared with 272 for the corresponding period of last year. U. S. Vessels Issued First Documents as F Craft, April 1955 and Comparisons shing Section April Jan. - Apr. Total 1954 1955 11954 1955 1954 (Number) ! New England . Middle Atlantic Chesapeake Bay South Atlantic . Gulf 1 2 2 6 10 9 4 2 5 2 5 9 45 15 1 1 7 5 11 15 29 26 2 12 2 8 2 28 32 153 37 3 8 1 23 15 93 119 313 117 6 27 1 2 1 Pacific Great Lakes . Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico . Unknown .... Total . . 36 83 109 272 717 Note: Vessels have been assigned to the various sections their home port. on the basis of Canned Foods Value to Civil Defense Tested in Nuclear Explosion Approximately 25, 000 samples of about 60 different canned foods in various- sized tin and glass containers were exposed to the effects of a nuclear explosion at the Nevada proving grounds May 5 in the first scientific test of the effects of such a nuclear explosion on various kinds of foods. The canned foods test is part of an over-all civil defense test of foods and other items essential to the every day existence of a civilian population. A National Can- ners
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