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to shift some effort to other fisheries. Opportunities 

 would seem to exist for doing so, particularly in the red 

 hake fishery although market incentives are not as great. 



Processors would have two possible options if faced 

 with reduced supplies of 4VWX+5 pollock. (1) process other 

 species, or (2) obtain raw materials from other sources, 

 probably imports. If raw materials were obtained from 

 imports, processors would probably find it necessary to 

 change the product forms produced from raw fillets fresh 

 and frozen to sticks and portions. Currently U.S. proces- 

 sors who produce sticks and portions rely almost entirely 

 on imports of frozen blocks and slabs. This alternative 

 would be available to the larger processors but would 

 probably not be available to the smaller, family-type 

 establishments. 

 Scallop Fishery 



The traditional scallop vessel is equipped with two iron 

 dredges that are dragged across the bottom simultaneously 

 brought up one at a time and dumped on deck. Scallops are 

 usually shucked on board where the edible adducter muscles 

 or "meats" are washed, packed in 40-pound bags, and iced. 

 The remaining shells, undersized scallops and viscera are 

 discarded overboard. In addition to these "traditional" 

 vessels, numerous smaller vessels use commercial trawls to 

 harvest scallops. Many keep the whole scallop and unload 



