. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 22 on all vessels was lashed down, decks were awash, and the fleet seemed to be weathering out a storm rather than fishing. No catches were observed. Moving south toward the Virginia Capes, this fleet was joined by enough other vessels to double its size. By the second week in Feb., 112 fishing and support ve s s els had been sighted. off Currituck, By Feb. 25, the fleet off New Jersey had joined the Currituck fleet off Cape Hatteras, where Soviet exploratory ves- sels had discovered large herring schools. Polish: In early Feb., about
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 22 on all vessels was lashed down, decks were awash, and the fleet seemed to be weathering out a storm rather than fishing. No catches were observed. Moving south toward the Virginia Capes, this fleet was joined by enough other vessels to double its size. By the second week in Feb., 112 fishing and support ve s s els had been sighted. off Currituck, By Feb. 25, the fleet off New Jersey had joined the Currituck fleet off Cape Hatteras, where Soviet exploratory ves- sels had discovered large herring schools. Polish: In early Feb., about 12 vessels supported by a mother ship, the 'Pomorze,' fished in the Mid -Atlantic Bight. Although operating independently, Polish fishermen kept close to the Soviet fleet, which supplies. Fig. 2 - With a side-trawler nestled alongside, the Polish base ship Pomorze supports the fleet fishing herring off the coast of Virginia. The photo was taken from a Coast Guard surveillance plane on February 8, 1969. ( Coast Guard) Eighty-nine were seen about 50 miles east of Norfolk, Va„ in a 3 5-mile-long area from Cape Charles to south of Cape Henry. Another 7 trawlers fished herring about 40 miles east of Chincoteague Island, Va. Moderate catches were seen on decks. Eleven other trawlers fished herring east of Cape May, A few vessels scattered between these groups were probably in transit or s e arc hi ng for fish schools. The groups, mostly medium trawl- ers, were supported by 5 modern processing motherships. Two stern factory tr awle r s sighted off Norfolk might have beendoing ex- ploratory fishing. Moderate-to-exc e lie nt hauls of sea herring were observed. After midmonth, 69 Soviet vessels, in- cluding 10 support vessels, were sighted off Fire Inlet, , and as far south as Atlan- tic City, Most were fi s hing in 15-20 fathoms, 20-30 miles offshore. Moderate catches appeared to be herring; 1 stern trawl- er fished red hake. About 35 vessels fished them with fi
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