﻿GENERAL 
  REVIEW 
  

  

  Whiting 
  . 
  Landings 
  of 
  44.5 
  million 
  pounds 
  worth 
  a 
  record 
  $3.9 
  million 
  increased 
  2 
  percent 
  in 
  vol- 
  

   ume 
  and 
  47 
  percent 
  in 
  value 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  New 
  England 
  landings 
  accounted 
  for 
  90 
  percent 
  

   of 
  the 
  volume 
  and 
  87 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  value. 
  When 
  the 
  season 
  opened. 
  New 
  England 
  fishermen 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  10 
  cents 
  per 
  pound 
  for 
  whiting 
  — 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  average 
  price 
  of 
  5. 
  5 
  cents 
  per 
  pound 
  paid 
  

   in 
  1969. 
  The 
  sharp 
  increase 
  was 
  caused 
  principally 
  by 
  the 
  unusually 
  small 
  landings 
  and 
  consequent 
  

   short 
  supply 
  in 
  1969 
  . 
  Plant 
  owners 
  were 
  willing 
  to 
  pay 
  high 
  prices 
  for 
  whiting 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  replen- 
  

   ish 
  depleted 
  inventories. 
  In 
  1970, 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  price 
  finally 
  stabilized 
  at 
  an 
  average 
  price 
  of 
  

   8.4 
  cents 
  per 
  pound. 
  

  

  Lobsters 
  . 
  Landings 
  of 
  American 
  (northern) 
  lobsters 
  were 
  a 
  record 
  34.2 
  million 
  pounds 
  worth 
  are- 
  

   cord 
  $33 
  .5 
  million 
  — 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  365 
  ,000 
  pounds 
  and 
  $4 
  . 
  5 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  New 
  England 
  

   landings 
  of 
  30.4 
  million 
  pounds 
  were 
  slightly 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  1969, 
  but 
  the 
  Middle 
  Atlantic 
  and 
  Ches- 
  

   apeake 
  States 
  had 
  record 
  harvests. 
  A 
  small 
  quantity 
  was 
  also 
  landed 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  States 
  

   for 
  the 
  fourth 
  consecutive 
  year. 
  Lobster 
  fishermen 
  received 
  an 
  average 
  price 
  of 
  98 
  cents 
  per 
  pound 
  — 
  

   compared 
  with 
  86 
  cents 
  in 
  1969. 
  The 
  United 
  States 
  domestic 
  landings 
  of 
  American 
  lobsters 
  plus 
  

   imports 
  from 
  Canada 
  increased 
  from 
  51.2 
  million 
  pounds 
  in 
  1969 
  to 
  51.3 
  million 
  in 
  1970--the 
  best 
  

   available 
  supply 
  since 
  1964. 
  

  

  Landings 
  of 
  spiny 
  lobsters 
  were 
  a 
  record 
  10.3 
  million 
  pounds 
  worth 
  a 
  record 
  $6. 
  3 
  million 
  — 
  

   an 
  increase 
  of 
  1.6 
  million 
  pounds 
  and 
  $22,000 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  Record 
  landings 
  of 
  7 
  . 
  1 
  mil- 
  

   lion 
  pounds 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  States 
  accounted 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  production. 
  The 
  harvest 
  declined 
  in 
  all 
  

   other 
  areas 
  . 
  

  

  Sea 
  scallops 
  ■ 
  Landings 
  of 
  7.3 
  million 
  pounds 
  of 
  meats 
  worth 
  $9.4 
  million 
  declined 
  22 
  percent 
  in 
  

   volume 
  and 
  3 
  percent 
  in 
  value 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  The 
  harvest 
  was 
  far 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  record 
  27.5 
  

   million 
  pounds 
  taken 
  10 
  years 
  earlier. 
  Landings 
  declined 
  in 
  all 
  areas. 
  In 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  States 
  , 
  

   always 
  foremost 
  in 
  the 
  sea 
  scallop 
  fishery, 
  landings 
  of 
  4 
  . 
  5 
  million 
  pounds 
  were 
  13 
  percent 
  less 
  

   than 
  in 
  1969, 
  and 
  the 
  smallest 
  production 
  since 
  1945. 
  During 
  the 
  1946-50 
  period, 
  landings 
  of 
  

   sea 
  scallop 
  meats 
  at 
  New 
  England 
  ports, 
  chiefly 
  New 
  Bedford, 
  averaged 
  12.6 
  million 
  pounds 
  an- 
  

   nually; 
  during 
  1951-55, 
  they 
  averaged 
  16.5 
  million; 
  1956-60, 
  19.0million; 
  1961-65, 
  18.0 
  million; 
  

   and 
  1966-70, 
  7.4 
  million 
  pounds. 
  

  

  Record 
  imports 
  of 
  16.8 
  million 
  pounds 
  (principally 
  from 
  Canada) 
  were 
  18 
  percent 
  greater 
  

   than 
  in 
  1969. 
  They 
  supplied 
  70 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  quantity 
  of 
  sea 
  scallops 
  available 
  in 
  the 
  U- 
  

   nited 
  States 
  (24.1 
  million 
  pounds) 
  — 
  compared 
  with 
  61 
  percent 
  in 
  1969. 
  

  

  High-seas 
  fishery 
  . 
  U.S. 
  fishermen 
  landed 
  403.8 
  million 
  pounds 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  shellfish 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  

   high 
  seas 
  off 
  the 
  coasts 
  of 
  foreign 
  countires. 
  Landings 
  in 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  States 
  of 
  353.7 
  mil- 
  

   lion 
  pounds 
  accounted 
  for 
  88 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total. 
  The 
  324 
  .0-million-pound 
  landings 
  of 
  tuna 
  taken 
  

   off 
  Central 
  and 
  South 
  America 
  increased 
  58.5 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  The 
  tuna 
  harvest 
  was 
  

   80 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  U.S. 
  landings 
  off 
  foreign 
  coasts 
  and 
  82 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  domestic 
  tuna 
  

   landings 
  . 
  

  

  Whales 
  . 
  In 
  1970, 
  the 
  U.S. 
  Department 
  of 
  the 
  Interior 
  placed 
  eight 
  species 
  of 
  whales 
  on 
  the 
  en- 
  

   dangered 
  species 
  list 
  — 
  reflecting 
  a 
  mounting 
  national 
  concern 
  over 
  the 
  prediction 
  of 
  biologists 
  that 
  

   certain 
  species 
  are 
  approaching 
  extinction. 
  The 
  endangered 
  whales 
  were 
  thebowhead, 
  blue, 
  hump- 
  

   back, 
  right, 
  gray, 
  fin 
  or 
  finback, 
  sei, 
  and 
  sperm. 
  The 
  last 
  three 
  were 
  the 
  only 
  species 
  sought 
  re- 
  

   cently 
  by 
  U.S. 
  commercial 
  whalers. 
  Only 
  one 
  whaling 
  station, 
  located 
  in 
  California, 
  was 
  active 
  

   in 
  1970. 
  The 
  catch 
  numbered 
  73 
  whales 
  — 
  110 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  There 
  were 
  5 
  fin, 
  4 
  sei, 
  and 
  64 
  

   sperm 
  whales 
  taken 
  in 
  1970. 
  

  

  