APPENDIX III APPENDIX III 
TABLE 4 
SCALLOP SUPPLY BY YEAR 
Imports U.S. Landings Total Supply Import Share 
Year Pounds Value Pounds Value Pounds Value of Total Supply 
(note a) 
———____—______(900 omitted) 
1965 16,495 10,643 22,801 14,976 39,296 25,619 42 
1966 Ni, AW 8,375 19,612 9,666 36,324 18,041 46 
1967 13,461 9,314 12,750 Oy lsh26),.20n 18), 45 0 51 
1968 EAN5 81 55709) 15,398" 6, 721129,979 —~ 32,420 49 
1969 1A 322A GS Anse G25) 92) 25262579 41 eee 0), DOG 55 
1970 16,830 19,666 10,837 12,403 27,667 32,069 61 
Ie) 7Al 17-389" 25, 9382007226, 1351629) 277,685) “35,5611 63 
1972 20,820 36,194 10,401 17,489 31,221 53,683 67 
1973 19/8338) s3,625 7,972 13,1989 27/805) 946, 823 qat 
1974(note b) 18,100 28,106 9,200 13,417 27,300 41,523 66 
1975(note b) 19,737 37,183 13,084 22,3567 32,821 (59,539 60 
“Expressed in percent. 
Preliminary data. 
Employment 
As the number of vessels declined, the number of fisher- 
men Onboard also declined. In 1966, there were 1,356 fish- 
ermen on Atlantic sea scallop vessels. By 1972, the number 
had declined to 731. The number of fishermen on sea scal- 
lop boats and on shore, however, including casual fishermen, 
imereased from 59\ am, 1966 to 294 in 1972:f° Since seal liops 
are processed in some plants that process other species, 
there is no specific employment data available to identify 
the number of employees processing scallops. 
Recreational fishing 
Recreational) Flshing is) alminor activaty, and has Hattie 
effect on the commercial harvest of sea scallops. 
Management control 
Wa chin thess—mate territorial limit juris- 
duction authority over scallops. PREGA es ai reece 
have Sea scallop regulations, given the limited availabilit 
in inshore waters except in Maine, these regulations have 
little effect on the fishery. The State of Maine which 
accounted for 95 percent of the sea scallop landings inside 
the 3-mile limit in 1975, has several scallop regulations 
including a closed season in some areas, licensing require- 
ments, and a minimum size limit. 
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