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likely to be useful to the Regional Councils in that format. The data series 

 collected are retail, wholesale and ex-vessel price data, production and cold 

 storage holdings, import-export data, landings, and some foreign statistics. 

 Retail price data for major products in New York are collected (Table 1). 

 The frequency of these data on retail prices varies somewhat. Most are com- 

 piled on a monthly basis; some are compiled weekly. The base period for 

 these data varies somewhat from 1949 for flounder fillets to 1973 for others. 



Wholesale price data are also collected for selected fish products on 

 a monthly basis, and for many products, on a weekly basis. The base period 

 for the data series varies from 1947 for oysters to 1974 for canned King 

 Crab (Table 2). 



Ex- vessel price data are generally compiled on a monthly basis for base 

 periods ranging from 1950, for Ocean Perch, to 1974 for certain shrimp series 

 (Table 3). 



Production and Cold Storage holdings for many fish products are com- 

 piled on a monthly basis for base periods which range from 1939 for scallop 

 cold storage holdings to 1971 for certain crab species (Table 4). 



Import-export data for various fish products are collected from the 

 Bureau of Customs and are compiled on a monthly basis for base periods rang- 

 ing from 1939 for Maine lobsters to 1965 for Anchovy (Table 6). 



A limited amount of foreign statistics is available (Table 7). As 

 indicated in this table, the series are limited to crustaceans (specifically 

 lobsters and shrimp), scallops and Peruvian meal prices. 



For many fish products current landings and imports are only partial 

 market indicators because of changes in cold storage stocks. Because of this, 

 series have been prepared on supply, utilization and stocks for selected fish 

 products (Table 8) . These series are compiled monthly and yearly for base 

 years ranging from 1950 to 1965. 



