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  GENERAL 
  REVIEW 
  

  

  U.S. 
  LANDINGS, 
  1970 
  - 
  LIVE 
  WEIGHT 
  BASIS 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  annual 
  digest 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  practice 
  of 
  the 
  NMFS 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  landings 
  of 
  univalve 
  

   and 
  bivalve 
  mollusks 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  meats. 
  Insofar 
  as 
  possible, 
  all 
  other 
  fish 
  and 
  

   shellfish 
  items 
  are 
  shown 
  on 
  a 
  live 
  weight 
  basis 
  . 
  

  

  Since 
  world 
  fishery 
  statistics 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  Food 
  and 
  Agriculture 
  Organization 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  Nations 
  represent 
  the 
  live 
  weight 
  of 
  landings 
  of 
  all 
  items 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  shellfish, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  provide 
  that 
  organization 
  with 
  information 
  on 
  domestic 
  landings 
  of 
  all 
  species 
  on 
  a 
  

   live 
  weight 
  basis. 
  Data 
  released 
  by 
  the 
  Food 
  and 
  Agriculture 
  Organization, 
  therefore, 
  indicate 
  

   that 
  U.S. 
  landings 
  in 
  1970 
  were 
  1.2 
  billion 
  pounds 
  greater 
  than 
  the 
  figure 
  appearing 
  in 
  NMFS 
  pub- 
  

   lications. 
  The 
  increase 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  inclusion 
  of 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  shells 
  of 
  univalve 
  and 
  bivalve 
  

   mollusks 
  in 
  the 
  Food 
  and 
  Agriculture 
  Organization 
  data. 
  

  

  Data 
  are 
  included 
  in 
  this 
  report 
  showing 
  the 
  entire 
  domestic 
  landings 
  on 
  a 
  live 
  weight 
  basis. 
  

   Information 
  is 
  also 
  included 
  on 
  landings 
  of 
  fishery 
  products 
  in 
  the 
  principal 
  countries 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  

   so 
  that 
  the 
  relative 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  domestic 
  fisheries 
  can 
  be 
  determined. 
  Tables 
  containing 
  

   these 
  data 
  follow: 
  

  

  U.S. 
  LANDINGS, 
  1970 
  - 
  LIVE 
  WEIGHT 
  BASIS 
  

  

  1/ 
  INCLUDES 
  SUNRAY 
  VENUS 
  CLAMS. 
  

  

  