Sidewalk Skipper Although a few menhaden were caught the latter part of October, it was too rough for most of the boats to do anything. Rumor has it that many of the boats which usual ly fish here in the winter will stay in Louisiana or up north. But judging from past years, all that has to happen here is for the boats to come in with the side boards up about three nights in a row and other boats will chug here so fast you can't see 'em for spray. Price of shrimp has been bet ter this year, but the catch off "because of the ignorant law," declares David Beveridge of Beaufort. He is referring to the fisheries commission regulation which wouldn't let boats shrimp until July 1 this year. In May and June, Cap'n Bever idge says, there were a lot of shrimp here, but by July they were all gone. Cap'n Berkley Willis of Davis who put bis boat up on Noe's rail ways the other day lor a general overhaul, was asked if he's been getting any shrimp. "Well, it's like this," he said, leaning on the long-handled brash he was using to swab the hull, "I've been runnin' my boat? and I'm a bout $500 to the lu'ward than when I commenced. And I'll tell you this, and it's just as true as Genesis, as long as the fish commission keep anessin' with things, we're not goin' to have any fish. "They've all gone down to the Gulf and the boys down there are gettin' 'em." Cap'n Willis turned to- bis boat, and then changed his aoind, "And I'll tell you something else," he declared, "I'm goin' to have to pay $60 more in taxes just to run this boat, besides my state and county taxes." He said he usually fishes the boat himself but if anyone does go with him, it's his boy, Clement. Bob Slater of Machine and Supply company, Beaufort, re cently returned from Detroit where he attended a school on the new lie series General Mo tors Diesel engine. Bob says his company is making up Marine auxiliary units for menhaden boats and large trawlers. Crip Jones of Beaufort has had his cruiser Jenikit up on the ways at Noe's for overhauling. The Sea King will sail in Car teret waters this season with a new . depth recorder. This boat fishes for I R. W. Taylor co., Morehead City. Winston Hill of Atlantic has in stalled a new 110 series GM Diesel in the Edith. Lon Willis of Beaufort says the Evelyn L. Willis will fish this year. "It's been so bad," be declared, "don't know whether we can even afford to send her out." The Universal Fish and Prawn company of Southport have had an engine and clutch overhaul job on the trawler Paul Francis. Capt. T. H. Watson of Southport has also bad a new GM Diesel put in his trawler Wallace M. Quinn's new men haden plant in Louisiana was fea tured in a full-length article in this nonth's Atlantic Fisherman. Mast of the shrimpers at Soatfc port are reported to have left for Florida shrimpiac grounds. Clyde Potter's shrimpers fished out of ?orthern Gulf ports this summer but they will head for Key West within the next several weeks. A 24-volt system has been in stalled in the Robert E. Coker, In stitute of Fisheries research boat. Boats of that size usually operate an a 12- volt system but higher volt age was necessary to operate the Coker's direction finder and fath ometer. ? The fathometer, lent to the In stitute by the Submarine Signal company, is the latest typt record ing device and is used to run bot torn profiles across the sounds in search of new oyster beds. Beaufort Fisheries has had a new set of GM Diesels installed in the Doswell S. Edwards. Before she went north to fish in Delaware this summer the Willis Brothers' pogy boat. Tender Heart, had a depth recorder installed. They're still buying all the clams they can get down at Williston. The shucked clams are shipped to Heinz at Pittsburgh and those in the < shells go to Cleveland where they're used at clambakes. One of the Willis Brothers said Friday that they were shipping 50.000 clams to Cleveland the next ! day. He said they average about 4.000 to 5.000 bushels a yeaf to that market. Capt. Alfred Pittman, skipper of the Lois Nancy, says this fall , is the best sportsfishing season boatmen have had in many a year. If Uie sunny, warm weath er continues, he predicts the sea son will continue longer than in any other recent year. I Trash fish whiclj come in on the trawlers are shoveled up and haul-] ed off to the Canal Fish company, j located on the inland waterway, I where they are made into scrap and i then sold to companies which grind i it into meal. Hanging on the west wall of S. ! W. Davis Brothers retail fish mar- ; ket, Beaufort, is a painting of the Smith menhaden boat, Calcasieu, done by Sammy Davis of tUrkcrs' Island. Retail fish dealers report that spot have been right plentiful, a nice lot of roe mullet have been ? on the market, and in the past week grey trout, pig fish and flounder. Shrimp have been selling, per ' pound, in the 60-cent bracket. Possession of state patrol boats' radio crystal by commercial fish- j ermen helps the state patrol boats not a bit. And for weeks after lightning hit the local radio sta tion, those programs were coming in on the state's ship to shore ra dio out at the section base, some thing which just shouldn't be. C. D. Kirkpatrick said the broad- ! casting station promised to fix things as soon as it could get the equipment. Cap'n Noe, whcse ways are lo cated at the Beaufort bridge told Eraest Davis tae awiul truth the ctber week: "Your boat is like lots of people, it's just been a round too long." Work Progresses (Continued from page 1) In some instances, these micro scopic plants were fed to oysters kept m the laboratory and their iood value ascertained. "Radioactive phosphorus has been added to the material in which the microscopic plants were grown and observations made as to the part played by phosphorus as a fertilizing material, much the same as studies are made of the phosphorus of fertilizers for our 1 well-known large garden plants." the scientist explained. In addition, ' the changes in phosphorus in oys ters after eating these minute , plants were measured. These stud ies will be continued so that later a more complete knowledge to fishermen the latter part of this year. These charts will be the first of < their type ever made for these wat- 1 ers. The charts are numbered 1 to ; 6 and cover the area from Cape i Lookout to Little River, and from 1 shore to depths as great as 100 fathoms. Chart No. 1 shows bottom conditions off Carteret county from Cape Lookout to New river. This chart covers depths to 16 fathoms. Size of the finished charts will be 11 inches by 15 3/4 inches. A text explaining the charts and telling of the work in making them has been written by Carter Broad, shrimp specialist with the Institute ; of Fisheries Research, W. A. Elli son, jr., director of the institute, with notations also by members of the shrimp commission, headed by William Wells of Southport. Broad, who is chiefly respon sible for the collection of data and i making of these charts, has com mented on the work as follows: | "The type of bottom on which a fishery is located is of prime im ! portance to that fishery. Regard 'less of what sort of fish may be 'present in the water, the bottom must be of such a nature that trawl nets may be operated on it. Bot I torn type is doubly important to a shrimp fishery for, not only must the bottom be smooth and Tree of obstructions, but ? if experience can teach us anything about catch ing shrimp ? it must also be muddy. "While the primary purpose of the shrimp survey was to 'find and | develop' new shrimping grounds, | the survey act. cognizant of the de | pendence of trawl fisheries on the nature of the bottom, also included i ;i provision for surveying and chart ing the sea floor off North Caro- 1 lina. "Three separate but related sets j of data have been collected in the j shrimp survey. Hydrographic data were collected to answer the ques tion: are conditions offshore favor able to the habitation of commer cial shrimp? Bottom data were col lected to answer the question: are the offshore banks suitable to use by a trawl fishery? Data on the inhabitants of the offshore waters were collected to answer the ques tion: are there shrimp or fish pres See BOTTOM CHARTS, Page 12 IMPORTANT OAT INSURANCE WE HANDLE : COMPLETE MARINE INSURANCE COVERAGE Oi All Boats From the smallest private pleasure boat to the largest commercial vessels . . . our marine cov erage is available MUTUAL . INSURANCE AGENCY Bank Building S. A. CHALK, JR. Morehead City Dial 6-4336 SAVINGS FOB PRETERBED RISKS UJ T5I For Better MARINE PRODUCTS See J. M. DAVIS D1SIBWJ1UR TEXACO PETBOLEBM fSDBUCTS MOBEflEAD CITY PkoM 2-3321 BEAUFORT i