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THE FISHERMAN - August 14, 1964
BONILLA POINT FISHER-
ies light has been temporarily established in position 48° 35' 39" N., 124° 42' 48" W. The light is flashing red east of the line between Bonilla Point and Tatoosh Island and white west of this line. A square slatwork daymark painted international orange with white vertical stripe in the centre is located on the mast below the light.
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A RED BELL BUOY SHOW-
ing a flashing red light has been established on the west side of Rose Spit in position 54° 13'N., 131° 39' W.
★ ★ ★ DREDGE 322 WILL BE WORK-
ing in the Steveston Cut, Fraser River for approximately the next eight weeks.
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THE DREDGE KING ED-ward will be working in Annie-vilie Channel and approaches to New Westminster elevator and Pacific Coast Terminals Dock until about October 1. While the dredge is in Annieville Channel it will make its discharge to the south bank. From the approach to the elevator it will make its discharge to Annacis Island.
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A SLATTED DAYMARK HAS been established on the rock breakwater at Fairview (Prince Rupert Harbor) in position 54°17' 21"N, 130°21'25"W.
★ ★ ★ FOUR PRIVATE MOORING
buoys have been established at Port McNeil (Broughton Strait) in the following positions: 50° 35' 27" north, 127° 02' 48" west; 50° 35' 24.5" north, 127° 02* 48" west; 50° 35' 24.5" north, 127° 03' 07" west; 50° 35' 27" north 127° 03' 07" west.
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A ROTATING BEACON HAS
been established at Scarlett Point Light Station, LL427 showing one flash every five seconds. The light is white in color and is located on a skeleton steel tower 80 feet above high water.
★ * ★ CLARKE ROCK DAYBEACON,
Horswell Channel, is reported demolished.
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WIRES HAVE BEEN STRUNG
from the McKenzie Barge and Derrick barge over the sunken oil barge to Paisley Island. Mariners are further advised to use extreme caution and reduce
US Ports Get Few Halibut
Sharply decreased landings at US ports account for 90 percent of the 12.9 million pounds decline in Canadian-US halibut landings to August 1 this year.
At that date, landings at Alaskan and Washington ports totalled 24,204,100 pounds, a drop of 11,-587,700 pounds from the 35,633,800 pounds landed at the corresponding date last year.
Landings at Alaskan ports were 15,729,500 pounds compared to 23,-787,100 last year, and landings at Washington ports were 8,316,600 pounds compared to 11,846,700 last year.
The decrease in landings at British Columbia ports to August 1 was relatively small, from 21,388,000 pounds last year to 20,-012,100 pounds this year.
Landings at Prince Rupert were 14,534,000 pounds compared to 15,-408,000 pounds last year, a drop of 873,000 pounds, and landings at Vancouver were 5,478,000 pounds compared to 5,980,000 pounds, a drop of 510,900 pounds.
speed when navigating in this area.
★ ★ ★ DRILLING AND BLASTING
operations will take place in Sooke Harbor from July 20 to August 10 and in the entrance channel to Sooke Harbor from August 10 to September 10. During this period, explosives will be detonated several times each day. Dredging operations will carry on until approximately October 15. Mariners are advised to use caution when navigating in the Sooke Harbor area between the above dates.
THE US NAVY ADVISES
that the following submarine testing and trial areas have been established (short title Stata):
a. Stata-1 bounded on the north by 47°50' N, on the south by 470°46' N, on the east by the shoreline and on the west by a line parallel to but 500 yards from the mainland shoreline in the Hood Canal.
b. Stata-2 bounded on the west by 124°05' W, on the east by 123° 42'W, on the south by a line between 48°12.5' N, 124°05'W, and 48°10.5' N, 123°42' W, and on the north by the US-Canadian boundary.
c. Stata-3 bounded by a line connecting the following positions: 48°18' N, 125°02.8 W, (NW point); 48°18' N, 125°00' W, (NE point); 48°06' N, 124°59.5' W, (SE point); 48°06" N, 125°02.3' W, (SW point).
d. Stata-4 bounded by a line connecting the following positions: 47°56' N, 125°21.5' W, (NW point); 47°50' N, 125°08' W, (NE point); 47°44' N, 125°08' W, (SE point); 47°50' N, 125°21.5' W, (SW point).
A SMALL BLACK, UN-lighted buoy has been established in position 49°13'32" N, 123°56'21" W. Chart No. 3358, to mark Clarke Rock temporarily.
Herring Pattern Study Helps Icelandic Catch
Cooperation between Icelandic and Norwegian fisheries scientists in determining migration patterns has enabled Iceland to increase its herring production from 100,000 to 400,000-500,000 tons a year over the past decade.
The story of how this was ac-^-
complished was related by Jakob could plan its operations to inter
Jakobsson, Icelandic marine biologist, at the ninth Scandinavian Fisheries Conference held at Reykjavik, Iceland last month.
Until 20 years ago, Jakobsson said, Icelandic fishermen caught herring principally in the fjords and shallow coastal waters during a short summer season.
When the herring virtually disappeared for a few years after 1944, threatening the country's economy, large scale scientific research was undertaken in an effort to ascertain the composition and migration patterns of herring stocks.
Through tagging programs, scientists were able to prepare what amounted to a timetable of where and when the big herring shoals might be expected.
THREE STOCKS
They found that there was not a single herring stock but three distinct stocks, the largest Norwegian and the two smaller stocks Icelandic.
Once the migration patterns were known, the fishing fleet
cept the herring shoals, but this required adoption of new fishing methods.
Jakobsson told the conference that echo sounders had been tried with poor results, but asdic had proved to be eminently satisfactory and was now standard equipment on fish finding vessels.
The fishing fleet, he said, had adopted the purse seine and power block and as a result boats could fish at any time of the year and in deeper waters.
"A few hectic weeks of a herring stampede has been converted into a steady fishing effort, divided into winter and summer seasons, and the result is apparent in the enormous quantities of herring landed for salting or reduction for oil and meal," Jakobsson concluded.
He deplored, however, the still small proportion of the catch being canned and cured, pointing out that such increased processing for human consumption would extract far more value from the catch than its present use.
'Mickey Mouse' Sets Popular in BC Fleets
Small two way radiotelephones that allow communication between boats up to a distance of 30 miles are becoming almost a standard installation on gillnetters and trollers on this coast.
The "Mickey Mouse" sets, as they have become known, were only licensed for use in this country two years. Over that short time they have been installed on hundreds of fishing boats in BC, according to R. Furukawa of Taito Seiko Western, one of the leading suppliers.
"I'm shipping units up the coast every day," Furukawa told The Fisherman this week.
"The sets are available in several different makes and models.
One of the most popular sells for less than $200, including the antenna.
"This set provides nine crystal controlled transmitting and receiving channels, as well as a tuneable receiver covering all 22 channels in the band. It's made in this country especially for marine use."
Compact, light — they weigh only a few pounds — and cheap to operate on the 27 megacycle general radio service, the "Mickey Mouse" radiotelephones require only a station licence costing one dollar.
Installation, according to Furukawa, is usually done by the fishermen themselves.
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