GENERAL REVIEW 



85 



IMPORTS OF FISHERY PRODUCTS ENTERED 

 FOR CONSUMPTION, 1974-75 • Continued 



Item 



1974 



1975 



Unit 



NONEDIBLE FISHERY PRODUCTS: 



Quantity 



Thousand 

 dollars 



Quantity 



Thousand 

 dollars 



Oils (fish and nnarine animal): 



Cod: 



Industrial 1,000 gallons 539 714 398 631 



Medicinal (liver) do 510 1,129 388 1,144 



Herring do 924 1,351 919 1,129 



Sod do 59 48 41 33 



Unclassified: 



Body do 73 62 98 102 



Liver do 35 483 8 168 



Total fish and marine animal oil do 2,140 3,787 1,852 3,207 



Meal and scrap, animal feed 1,000 tons 68 15,706 118 23,576 



Fish solubles do (4) 9 (4) 23 



Fish sounds 1,000 pounds 22 116 33 165 



Glue do 12,856 7,626 6,577 3,841 



Isinglass do 9 18 11 29 



Pearl essence do 49 983 1 1 202 



Fish or shellfish (other than for human consumption) — — 11,528 — 13,162 

 Canned fish and whale meat (not fit for human 



consumption) - - 21,168 - 15,509 



Cuttlefish bone 1,000 pounds 125 67 128 77 



Shells and buttons: j 



Marine shells, crude (unmanufactured) do 7,728 1,613 6,406 1,884 



Shell and mother-of-pearl, ornamented — — 575 — 676 



Articles of shell - — 2,871 - 7,968 



Ocean and freshwater pearl and shell buttons 



and blanks - - 280 - 41 1 



Pearls: :^==^=^===^=^=^=^^^==^===^ 



Cultured - - 8,874 - 7,261 



Natural - - 440 - 673 



Total pearls - - 9,314 - 7,934 



Ambergris — — 1 — _ 



Aquatic leathers (including sealskins, and reptilian 



and other aquatic leather) — — 24,380 — 21,712 



Seaweeds and other marine plants 1,000 pounds 114,956 11,087 88,276 8,096 



Agar-agar do 1,404 7,442 893 5,333 



Sodium alginate do 1,198 1,384 720 1,091 



Sponges: -====^^^^^^=^===^^=^=^=^=^=^^= 



Sheepswool do 5 52 2 10 



Yellow, grass, or velvet do 14 49 13 19 



Hardhead or reef do 3 15 1 3 



Other do 62 774 54 652 



Total sponges do 84 890 70 684 



Coral, uncut, unmanufactured do 687 159 786 412 



Other fish, shellfish, and marine animal products: 



Chemicals and related products - - 65,636 - 58,235 



Nonmetallic minerals and products — — 13,264 - 9,449 



Miscellaneous items — — 15,594 — 86,243 



Total nonedible fishery products — - 215,498 - 269,919 



Grand total - - 1,710,878 - 1,637,099 



(1) Includes Customs Service data on imports of fresh sea herring into Maine that amounted to 76,979,575 pounds. Bureau of Census data, 

 which did not include most entries valued at less than $250, amounted to 70,849,451 pounds valued at $4,049,384 (2) Includes Customs 

 Service data on imports of fresh sea herring into Maine that amounted to 87,238,540 pounds. Bureau of Census data, which did not 

 include most entries valued at less than $250, amounted to 83,268,733 pounds valued at $4,663,938. (3) Includes landings of 



foreign-caught tuna in American Samoa. Such landings are not included in the Bureau of the Census data because of the territorial situation 

 of the possession. (4) Less than 1,000 units or $1,000. 



