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GENERAL REVIEW 



PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS, 1975 



The production of processed fishery products (fresh and frozen, canned, cured, and industrial) in the 

 United States, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico was worth $2,651.0 million in 1975. Fresh and frozen items 

 were 49 percent of the total value; canned, 40 percent; cured, 4 percent; and industrial, the remaining 7 

 percent. The Pacific Coast States accounted for $835.2 million or about 32 percent of the total value of 

 processed fishery products. The Gulf Coast States ranked second with $418.2 million or 16 percent, and the 

 New England States, third, with $391.7 million or 15 percent. California was the leading State for processed 

 fishery products with $472.3 million, followed by Puerto Rico with $304.3 million. Canned tuna was by far 

 the most important fishery product produced in both California and Puerto Rico. 



The 1975 production of fresh and frozen processed products, mainly fillets, steaks, fish sticks and 

 portions, and breaded shrimp was $1,309.0 million, compared with $1,128.8 million in 1974. 



The pack of canned fishery products in the United States, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico was 49.0 

 million standard cases (1,382.4 million pounds), valued at $1,067.1 million by the canning companies. Included 

 in the total were 36.8 million standard cases, valued at $914.8 million for human consumption, and 12.2 

 million standard cases valued at $152.3 million for bait and animal food. Compared with 1974, the total 

 output declined 15 percent in quantity and 18 percent in value. The U.S. pack of canned tuna produced from 

 both domestic and imported raw tuna was the leading canned product in 1975. 



Production of cured fishery products in 1975 was $101.5 million, compared with $113.7 in 1974. The 

 value of salted products was $43.9 million; smoked,$55.7 million; and sun-dried, $1.9 million. The value of 

 salted and smoked fishery products declined by $5.9 and $6.6 million when compared with 1974, but the value 

 of sun-dried products increased by $228,000 in 1975. 



The value of industrial fish products (including sealskins and other items further processed) was $173.4 

 million in 1975, compared with $207.9 million in 1974. The quantity of fish meal produced in 1975 was 

 290,431 tons— 11,000 tons less than 1974. The production of oil reached 245.7 million pounds, 3 percent more 

 than in 1974 and the highest since 1971. Domestic production of fish solubles was 128,000 tons, down 7 

 percent in quantity from 137,000 tons produced in 1974. 



A total of 3,606 wholesaling sind processing establishments reported selling or processing fishery items 

 in 1975 compared with 3,534 in 1974. In 1975, fishery products were processed by 1,700 firms,— a decline of 

 38 firms from 1974. Peak monthly employment for aU firms in 1975 was 92,310 compared with 92,118 in 

 1974; and average monthly employment was 71,006 in 1975 compared with 70,750 in 1974. Peak monthly 

 employment in the processing segment of the industry was 78,983 in 1975 and 80,666 in 1974; average monthly 

 employment was 60,281 in 1975 compared with 61,114 in 1974. 



