﻿GENERAL 
  REVIEW 
  

  

  Principal 
  ports 
  . 
  San 
  Pedro, 
  Calif. 
  , 
  led 
  all 
  ports 
  in 
  volume 
  of 
  landings 
  with 
  496.4 
  million 
  pounds. 
  

   Cameron, 
  La., 
  was 
  next 
  with 
  354 
  .4 
  million 
  pounds 
  , 
  followed 
  by 
  Pascagoula-Moss 
  Point, 
  Miss., 
  

   241 
  . 
  3 
  million; 
  Dulac-Chauvin, 
  La 
  . 
  , 
  209 
  .0 
  million; 
  Empire 
  , 
  La. 
  , 
  152.5 
  million; 
  and 
  Kodiak 
  , 
  Alas- 
  

   ka, 
  145.3 
  million 
  pounds 
  . 
  Boston, 
  Mass., 
  continuing 
  the 
  downward 
  trend 
  of 
  recent 
  years 
  was 
  

   16th 
  in 
  volume 
  of 
  landings. 
  In 
  1932, 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  Nation's 
  leading 
  port. 
  

  

  Processed 
  products 
  . 
  The 
  production 
  of 
  processed 
  fishery 
  products 
  (canned, 
  packaged 
  fresh 
  and 
  

   frozen, 
  cured, 
  and 
  industrial) 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  American 
  Samoa, 
  and 
  Puerto 
  Rico 
  was 
  worth 
  

   a 
  record 
  $1.7 
  billion 
  — 
  16 
  percent 
  greater 
  than 
  in 
  1959, 
  the 
  former 
  record 
  year. 
  Packaged 
  fresh 
  

   and 
  frozen 
  products 
  were 
  46 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  value; 
  canned, 
  43 
  percent; 
  industrial, 
  6 
  percent; 
  

   and 
  cured, 
  5 
  percent. 
  The 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  States 
  led 
  with 
  products 
  valued 
  at 
  $579.7 
  million; 
  fol- 
  

   lowed 
  by 
  the 
  Gulf 
  States 
  with 
  $325.7 
  million; 
  New 
  England, 
  $246.5 
  million; 
  and 
  Middle 
  Atlantic 
  

   States, 
  $139.5 
  million. 
  In 
  1970, 
  the 
  3,735 
  wholesaling 
  and 
  processing 
  establishments 
  had86,813 
  

   employees. 
  

  

  Menhaden 
  . 
  Landings 
  of 
  1,837 
  million 
  pounds 
  of 
  menhaden 
  were 
  29 
  2.0 
  million 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  1969, 
  

   and 
  the 
  best 
  harvest 
  since 
  the 
  record 
  2, 
  348 
  million 
  pounds 
  taken 
  in 
  1962. 
  Record 
  landings 
  of 
  1 
  , 
  209 
  

   million 
  pounds 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  States 
  and 
  a 
  marked 
  gain 
  in 
  landings 
  along 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  largely 
  

   accounted 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  production. 
  Compared 
  with 
  1969, 
  landings 
  increased 
  sharply 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  

   England 
  and 
  Chesapeake 
  States 
  but 
  declined 
  in 
  the 
  Middle 
  Atlantic 
  and 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  States. 
  

  

  The 
  improved 
  landings 
  were 
  reflected 
  in 
  the 
  production 
  for 
  industrial 
  use. 
  Compared 
  with 
  

   1969, 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  menhaden 
  meal 
  (188,600 
  tons) 
  increased 
  29,100 
  tons 
  and 
  was 
  70 
  percent 
  

   of 
  the 
  total 
  domestic 
  production. 
  The 
  186 
  . 
  3-million-pound 
  production 
  of 
  menhaden 
  oil 
  increased 
  

   37.1 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1959, 
  and 
  was 
  90 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  domestic 
  production. 
  

  

  Salmon 
  . 
  Landings 
  were 
  412.4 
  million 
  pounds 
  worth 
  a 
  record 
  $99.0 
  million 
  — 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  143.4 
  

   million 
  pounds 
  and 
  $36.1 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  Alaska 
  landings 
  of 
  346.5 
  million 
  pounds 
  

   worth 
  $68.0 
  million 
  accounted 
  for 
  84 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  salmon 
  harvest 
  and 
  69 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  to- 
  

   tal 
  value. 
  A 
  sharp 
  increase 
  in 
  red 
  salmon 
  landings 
  in 
  Alaska 
  and 
  near-record 
  silver 
  salmon 
  land- 
  

   ings 
  in 
  Washington 
  and 
  Oregon 
  were 
  the 
  principal 
  reasons 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  production. 
  

  

  The 
  pack 
  of 
  canned 
  salmon 
  was 
  3,822,200 
  standard 
  cases 
  worth 
  a 
  record$138.7 
  million 
  — 
  

   a 
  gain 
  of 
  1,271,300 
  cases 
  and 
  $48.4 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1959. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  largest 
  pack 
  since 
  

   1966. 
  The 
  increase 
  was 
  principally 
  in 
  Alaska 
  where 
  the 
  pack 
  of 
  1,705,500 
  cases 
  of 
  red 
  salmon 
  

   was 
  almost 
  1 
  million 
  cases 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  1959 
  . 
  The 
  pack 
  of 
  pink 
  salmon 
  in 
  Alaska 
  (1 
  , 
  328 
  , 
  500 
  cases) 
  

   also 
  improved 
  markedly 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  Alaska 
  had 
  9 
  3 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  canned 
  pack 
  

   of 
  salmon 
  and 
  90 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  value. 
  

  

  Tuna 
  . 
  Landings 
  by 
  the 
  U 
  .S. 
  fleet 
  at 
  ports 
  in 
  continental 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  Hawaii 
  were 
  39 
  3.5 
  mil- 
  

   lion 
  pounds 
  worth 
  a 
  record 
  $75.0 
  million 
  — 
  58.5 
  million 
  pounds 
  (21 
  percent) 
  and 
  $20.1 
  million 
  (37 
  

   percent) 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  The 
  average 
  price 
  per 
  pound 
  received 
  by 
  fishermen 
  for 
  albacore, 
  blue- 
  

   fin, 
  skipjack, 
  and 
  yellowfin 
  tuna 
  increased 
  sharply 
  compared 
  with 
  1969 
  and 
  largely 
  accounted 
  for 
  

   the 
  record 
  value 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  production 
  was 
  second 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  record 
  harvest 
  of 
  403 
  . 
  4 
  million 
  pounds 
  taken 
  in 
  1950 
  . 
  

   The 
  near-record 
  volume 
  in 
  1970 
  was 
  caused 
  principally 
  by 
  record 
  landings 
  of 
  237.4 
  million 
  pounds 
  

   of 
  yellowfin 
  tuna. 
  Also 
  contributing 
  to 
  the 
  increase 
  were 
  skipjack 
  tuna 
  landings 
  of 
  84.2 
  million 
  

   pounds 
  (up 
  62 
  percent 
  compared 
  with 
  1969) 
  and 
  albacore 
  tuna 
  landings 
  of 
  56.1 
  million 
  pounds 
  (up 
  

   17 
  percent). 
  Landings 
  of 
  bluefin 
  tuna, 
  however, 
  declined 
  substantially 
  compared 
  with 
  1959. 
  

  

  The 
  pack 
  of 
  canned 
  tuna 
  was 
  a 
  record 
  22.1 
  million 
  cases 
  worth 
  a 
  record 
  $380.6 
  million 
  — 
  

   an 
  increase 
  of 
  10 
  percent 
  in 
  volume 
  and 
  28 
  percent 
  in 
  value 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  Canned 
  tuna 
  a- 
  

   vailable 
  for 
  consumption 
  in 
  1970 
  (U.S. 
  pack 
  from 
  domestic 
  landings 
  plus 
  U.S. 
  pack 
  from 
  imported 
  

  

  