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annual catches of marine Crustacea (unspecified) from about 

 7,000 to 17,000 tons (Eddie, 1977). Nakamura (1975) reported 

 that in the early 1970 's, a Soviet fishing expedition consisting 

 of 3-4 trawlers caught 5,000 tons in 4 months. Daily catches 

 reached 300 tons (Osochenko, 1967) . The Soviets apparently 

 have commercial products available in the form of krill 

 paste for humans and fodder meal for animals. 



In the early 1960 's, the Japanese (Nasu, 1978) began 

 krill surveys as part of their general oceanographic program. 

 Their vessels and krill catches are listed in Table 1 (Everson, 

 1977) . They have successfully marketed krill products 

 including frozen cooked whole krill, dried whole krill, 

 frozen attrition-peeled tail meats and frozen minced muscle 

 (Eddie, 1977) . Krill is also being used in aquaculture 

 research. 



The Federal Republic of Germany is also a participant 

 in Antarctic krill harvesting. The results of the 1975-76 

 expedition of the West German research vessels FFS Walther 

 Herwig and FMS Weser are listed in Table 2. Their largest 

 reported haul was 35 tons in 8 minutes (Everson, 1977). 

 Most West German krill products, including krill mince and 

 krill paste, are still in the experimental stage (Grantham, 

 1977) . Krill mince is being widely tested to replace fish 

 in such preparations as soups, salads, and pie-fillings. 



Poland is active in krill harvesting and processing 

 also. The results of their 1975/1976 expedition (Table 2) 

 and 1976/1977 expedition have not been made widely known 

 (Eddie, 1977). A third expedition was planned for 1977/1978. 

 During the 76/77 season, the Poles established a land-based 

 research center on King George Island in the South Shetland 

 Islands to study a variety of scientific topics including 

 krill. Poland has created many palatable products using 

 krill mince as a fish replacement. 



Chile, Norway, and Taiwan are among the other countries 

 trying to harvest krill as a food source (Table 2) . Of 

 these, the Chileans, who chartered a Spanish trawler, the 

 Arosa VII , to harvest and freeze their catch on board seem 

 to be making the most headway. In 1977, frozen breaded 

 krill sticks were test-marketed domestically and were well 

 accepted. Other krill products have been produced in experimental 

 quantities. The Norwegians harvested some krill in 1976/1977, 

 but their catch was small. Taiwan's early 1977 fishing 

 expedition reported a catch of 130 tons of krill (Eddie, 

 1977) . 



