﻿GENERAL 
  REVIEW 
  

  

  PROCESSED 
  FISHERY 
  PRODUCTS, 
  1970 
  

  

  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 
  bil- 
  

   lion 
  — 
  16 
  percent 
  greater 
  than 
  in 
  1969, 
  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; 
  followed 
  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 
  had 
  86,813 
  employees. 
  

  

  The 
  pack 
  of 
  canned 
  fishery 
  products 
  was 
  46.2 
  million 
  standard 
  cases 
  (1.3 
  billion 
  pounds) 
  

   worth 
  $74 
  1.8 
  million 
  to 
  the 
  packers 
  — 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  5.4 
  million 
  cases 
  (177.6 
  million 
  pounds) 
  and 
  

   $166.2 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  The 
  gain 
  resulted 
  principally 
  from 
  record 
  packs 
  of 
  canned 
  tu- 
  

   na, 
  shrimp, 
  and 
  animal 
  food 
  and 
  greater 
  packs 
  of 
  salmon, 
  crab 
  meat, 
  and 
  clams 
  and 
  clam 
  pro- 
  

   ducts. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  three 
  items 
  --salmon, 
  tuna, 
  and 
  animal 
  food--accounted 
  for 
  84 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  

   total 
  value 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  packers 
  . 
  

  

  Fresh 
  and 
  frozen 
  packaged 
  fish 
  and 
  shellfish 
  (fillets 
  and 
  steaks, 
  fish 
  sticks 
  and 
  portions, 
  

   shrimp 
  and 
  other 
  shellfish 
  products, 
  specialty 
  dinners, 
  etc.) 
  was 
  valued 
  at 
  $800.3 
  million 
  in 
  1970 
  

   — 
  compared 
  with 
  $7 
  56.8 
  million 
  in 
  1969. 
  

  

  Cured 
  fishery 
  products 
  were 
  70.9 
  million 
  pounds 
  worth 
  $76.9 
  million 
  — 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  2.6 
  

   million 
  pounds 
  and 
  $10.6 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  

  

  Industrial 
  fishery 
  products 
  were 
  valued 
  at 
  $99.5 
  million 
  — 
  $16.5 
  million 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  

   A 
  sharp 
  increase 
  in 
  production 
  of 
  rrsrine 
  animal 
  scrap 
  and 
  meal 
  and 
  marine 
  oil 
  (chiefly 
  menhaden) 
  

   accounted 
  largely 
  for 
  the 
  gain. 
  

  

  Some 
  processed 
  fishery 
  products 
  have 
  been 
  manufactured 
  from 
  raw 
  products 
  imported 
  from 
  

   foreign 
  countries 
  and 
  therefore 
  cannot 
  be 
  correlated 
  directly 
  with 
  domestic 
  landings. 
  Certain 
  i- 
  

   tems, 
  such 
  as 
  salted 
  alewives 
  and 
  mild-cured 
  salmon, 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  an 
  intermediate 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  

   a 
  more 
  advanced 
  stage 
  of 
  processing. 
  The 
  lime 
  and 
  poultry 
  feed 
  processed 
  shell 
  products 
  were 
  

   processed 
  from 
  live 
  and 
  reef 
  moUusk 
  shells 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  landings 
  statistics. 
  

  

  Data 
  on 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  processed 
  fishery 
  products 
  during 
  1970 
  have 
  been 
  published 
  pre- 
  

   viously 
  in 
  Current 
  Fishery 
  Statistics 
  No. 
  5883. 
  

  

  