﻿GENERAL 
  REVIEW 
  

  

  Fishery 
  imports 
  . 
  Fishery 
  products 
  imported 
  for 
  consumption 
  were 
  worth 
  a 
  record 
  $1.0 
  billion.and 
  

   exports 
  were 
  worth 
  a 
  record 
  $117.5 
  million 
  — 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  $193.1 
  million 
  in 
  imports 
  and 
  $13.0 
  

   million 
  in 
  exports 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  Imports 
  of 
  edible 
  fishery 
  products 
  were 
  a 
  record 
  1.9 
  bil- 
  

   lion 
  pounds 
  worth 
  a 
  record 
  $812. 
  5 
  million 
  — 
  10 
  percent 
  more 
  in 
  volume 
  and 
  ISpercent 
  more 
  in 
  value 
  

   than 
  in 
  1969. 
  The 
  greater 
  volume 
  resulted 
  principally 
  from 
  increased 
  receipts 
  of 
  fresh 
  and 
  frozen 
  

   albacore 
  and 
  yellowfin 
  tuna 
  (including 
  loins 
  and 
  discs) 
  , 
  fillets 
  and 
  steaks 
  {including 
  groundfish 
  

   and 
  other 
  than 
  groundfish) 
  , 
  oysters, 
  and 
  scallops; 
  canned 
  sardines 
  in 
  oil, 
  anchovies 
  and 
  sea 
  her- 
  

   ring 
  in 
  oil 
  and 
  not 
  in 
  oil, 
  and 
  unclassified 
  fish 
  not 
  inoil; 
  and 
  pickled 
  or 
  salted 
  sea 
  herring 
  . 
  Record 
  

   shrimp 
  imports 
  of 
  218.7 
  million 
  pounds 
  worth 
  $200.0 
  million 
  (including 
  fresh 
  and 
  frozen, 
  canned, 
  

   and 
  cured) 
  entered 
  U.S. 
  ports 
  in 
  1970. 
  Shrimp 
  was 
  the 
  major 
  item 
  imported 
  with 
  respect 
  tovalue 
  — 
  

   accounting 
  for 
  25 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  imported 
  edible 
  items. 
  The 
  following 
  items 
  declined 
  in 
  

   volume 
  in 
  1970: 
  fresh 
  and 
  frozen 
  sea 
  herring 
  and 
  spiny 
  lobsters 
  and 
  canned 
  oysters 
  and 
  oyster 
  

   juice 
  . 
  

  

  Imports 
  of 
  nonedible 
  fishery 
  products 
  were 
  worth 
  $224.9 
  million 
  — 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  $85.4 
  million 
  

   compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  The 
  principal 
  increase 
  was 
  in 
  imports 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  marine 
  animal 
  oils 
  and 
  of 
  

   other 
  nonedible 
  fish, 
  shellfish, 
  and 
  marine 
  animal 
  products. 
  

  

  U.S. 
  supply. 
  The 
  total 
  quantity 
  of 
  fishery 
  products 
  available 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  (domestic 
  land- 
  

   ings 
  plus 
  imports) 
  on 
  a 
  round-weight 
  basis 
  declined 
  from 
  11.8 
  billion 
  pounds 
  in 
  1969 
  to 
  11.5 
  bil- 
  

   lion 
  in 
  1970 
  — 
  principally 
  because 
  of 
  a 
  decrease, 
  for 
  the 
  second 
  consecutive 
  year, 
  in 
  imports 
  of 
  

   fish 
  meal. 
  U.S. 
  landings 
  were 
  4.9 
  billion 
  pounds 
  --compared 
  with 
  4.3 
  billion 
  in 
  1969. 
  Imports 
  

   of 
  6.6 
  billion 
  pounds 
  accounted 
  for 
  57 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  — 
  compared 
  with 
  63 
  percent 
  in 
  1969 
  and 
  

   76 
  percent 
  in 
  1968. 
  The 
  quantity 
  of 
  edible 
  fishery 
  products 
  available 
  was 
  6.2 
  billion 
  pounds 
  — 
  

   imports 
  accounted 
  for 
  59 
  percent 
  of 
  this 
  amount. 
  

  

  World 
  landings 
  ■ 
  World 
  landings 
  of 
  fish, 
  crustaceans, 
  mollusks 
  , 
  and 
  other 
  aquatic 
  organisms 
  were 
  

   a 
  record 
  152.8 
  billion 
  pounds 
  (live 
  weight) 
  — 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  10 
  percent 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  Peru, 
  

   for 
  the 
  ninth 
  consecutive 
  year, 
  led 
  all 
  nations 
  in 
  volume 
  of 
  fishery 
  landings, 
  followed 
  by 
  Japan, 
  

   Soviet 
  Russia, 
  China 
  (Mainland), 
  Norway, 
  and 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  These 
  six 
  nations 
  accounted 
  

   for 
  59 
  percent 
  of 
  world 
  landings 
  in 
  1970. 
  

  

  Other 
  information 
  . 
  Summaries 
  of 
  landings 
  statistics 
  for 
  certain 
  States 
  have 
  been 
  published 
  pre- 
  

   viously 
  in 
  the 
  Current 
  Fishery 
  Statistics 
  series 
  of 
  bulletins. 
  Apreliminary 
  review 
  titled 
  "Fisheries 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States," 
  available 
  each 
  April, 
  contains 
  current 
  information 
  on 
  many 
  aspects 
  of 
  the 
  

   fisheries 
  such 
  as 
  domestic 
  and 
  world 
  landings, 
  per 
  capita 
  consumption, 
  price 
  indexes, 
  foreign 
  

   trade, 
  and 
  supplies, 
  together 
  with 
  comparative 
  data 
  for 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  "Fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  U- 
  

   nited 
  States" 
  is 
  for 
  sale 
  by 
  the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Documents, 
  U.S. 
  Government 
  Printing 
  Office, 
  

   Washington, 
  D.C. 
  20402. 
  

  

  