APPENDIX IV APPENDIX IV 
Pencenit 
Fresh, chilled 536 
Frozen BU Ss 
Cured (salted, smoked) A) Ih 
Canned 5) 
Reduced to meal/oil US 5 5 
Miscellaneous purposes -8 
Roughly 70 percent of the whitefish catch is chilled, 
with the remainder frozen. About half the herring catch is 
for kippers or kipper fillets, and only small amounts of 
chilled herring are sold in the United Kingdom. 
The shellfish catch is often sold to local hotels and 
holiday resorts. Some of the more important species like the 
Norway lobster are processed for exports as shelled frozen 
Meats 
The principal by-products made from fish are fishmeal 
for animal feeding, and fish oils used mainly in manufactur- 
ing margarine and cooking fat. During 1974 United Kingdom 
and foreign vessels landed about 187.4 million pounds of 
Norway pout and sandeels for industrial purposes. In addi- 
tion, approximately 114.6 million pounds of unsold edible 
fish were reduced for use in industrial products. 
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS 
The 1974 fish imports to the United Kingdom decreased 
slightly from 1973. The most important import commodities 
were chilled cod and plaice, frozen fillets of cod, frozen 
and canned salmon, canned pilchards and sardines, and frozen 
and canned shrimps and prawns. The United Kingdom also im- i 
ported large quantities of fishmeal. 
Exports from the United Kingdom have tripled in the 
past 10 years for all fish products except canned fish. 
Shellfish exports in particular have risen rapidly in the 
seventies. However, the total amount of fish exports is not 
outstanding in terms of total fish caught--about 16 percent. 
Edible fish exports also declined in 1974. Fresh, 
chilled, and frozen fish accounted for approximately 64 per- 
cent of the fishery exports, followed by semipreserved--21 
percent, those in air-tight containers--8 percent, and shell- 
fish--7 percent. 
The Netherlands received the greatest amount of United 
Kingdom exports--about 17 percent and the United States re- 
ceived about 7 percent. 
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