﻿GENERAL 
  REVIEW 
  

  

  CANNED 
  FISHERY 
  PRODUCTS, 
  1970 
  

  

  The 
  pack 
  of 
  canned 
  fishery 
  products 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  American 
  Samoa, 
  and 
  Puerto 
  Rico 
  

   was 
  46.2 
  million 
  standard 
  cases 
  (1.3 
  billion 
  pounds) 
  worth 
  $7 
  4 
  1.8 
  million 
  to 
  the 
  packers 
  — 
  an 
  in- 
  

   crease 
  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 
  tuna, 
  shrimp, 
  and 
  animal 
  food 
  and 
  greater 
  

   packs 
  of 
  salmon, 
  crab 
  meat, 
  and 
  clams 
  and 
  clam 
  products. 
  The 
  pack 
  of 
  canned 
  Maine 
  sardines, 
  

   alewives, 
  and 
  mackerel 
  declined 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  

  

  The 
  pack 
  for 
  human 
  consumption 
  (805 
  . 
  2 
  million 
  pounds) 
  increased 
  12 
  percent 
  and 
  the 
  pack 
  

   for 
  bait 
  and 
  animal 
  food 
  (540.7 
  million) 
  increased 
  20 
  percent 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  

   three 
  items 
  — 
  salmon, 
  tuna, 
  and 
  animal 
  food 
  — 
  accounted 
  for 
  84 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  value 
  received 
  

   by 
  the 
  packers. 
  Animal 
  food 
  containing 
  less 
  than 
  10 
  pounds 
  of 
  fish 
  per 
  standard 
  case 
  of 
  48 
  pounds 
  

   (4,279,615 
  standard 
  cases 
  worth 
  $20,790,648) 
  is 
  not 
  included 
  in 
  these 
  data. 
  

  

  Tuna. 
  The 
  pack 
  of 
  canned 
  tuna 
  was 
  a 
  record 
  22.1 
  million 
  cases 
  (437.6 
  million 
  pounds) 
  worth 
  a 
  

   record 
  $380 
  . 
  6 
  million 
  — 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  2.0 
  million 
  cases 
  and 
  $83.1 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1969, 
  the 
  for- 
  

   mer 
  record 
  year. 
  The 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  led 
  in 
  production 
  with 
  55 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total, 
  followed 
  by 
  Puer- 
  

   to 
  Rico 
  with 
  29 
  percent, 
  and 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast, 
  Hawaii, 
  and 
  American 
  Samoa 
  with 
  16 
  percent. 
  In 
  

   1970, 
  areas 
  other 
  than 
  California 
  accounted 
  for 
  52 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  pack; 
  in 
  1955, 
  they 
  accounted 
  

   for 
  only 
  17 
  percent. 
  The 
  greater 
  production 
  in 
  Puerto 
  Rico 
  and 
  American 
  Samoa 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  prin- 
  

   cipal 
  reason 
  for 
  the 
  increase. 
  

  

  Salmon 
  . 
  The 
  pack 
  of 
  canned 
  salmon 
  was 
  3.8 
  million 
  cases 
  worth 
  $138.7 
  million--an 
  increase 
  of 
  

   1.3 
  million 
  cases 
  (50 
  percent) 
  and 
  $48.4 
  million 
  (54 
  percent) 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  The 
  combined 
  

   Washington 
  and 
  Oregon 
  packs 
  (257,700 
  cases) 
  were 
  4 
  percent 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  1969, 
  but 
  the 
  Alaska 
  

   pack 
  (3.6 
  million 
  cases) 
  increased 
  56percent. 
  Alaska 
  accounted 
  for 
  93percent 
  of 
  the 
  volume 
  and 
  

   90 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  pack. 
  

  

  Shrimp 
  . 
  The 
  pack 
  of 
  canned 
  shrimp 
  was 
  a 
  record 
  3.7 
  million 
  cases 
  worth 
  a 
  record 
  $37.3 
  million 
  — 
  

   an 
  increase 
  of 
  651,200 
  cases 
  and 
  $9.5 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  The 
  Gulf 
  States 
  led 
  in 
  pro- 
  

   duction 
  with 
  2.5 
  million 
  cases 
  — 
  68 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  pack: 
  Alaska 
  was 
  second 
  with 
  a 
  record 
  1 
  . 
  1 
  mil- 
  

   lion 
  cases 
  — 
  30 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  pack. 
  The 
  rest 
  was 
  canned 
  in 
  Maine, 
  Washington, 
  and 
  Oregon. 
  

  

  Clams 
  . 
  The 
  pack 
  of 
  canned 
  clams 
  and 
  clam 
  products 
  was 
  2.5 
  million 
  cases 
  worth 
  a 
  record 
  $25.7 
  

   million 
  — 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  7 
  percent 
  in 
  volume 
  and 
  16 
  percent 
  in 
  value 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  The 
  pro- 
  

   duction 
  of 
  whole 
  and 
  minced 
  clams 
  was 
  580,200 
  cases 
  worth 
  $10.2 
  million 
  — 
  148,100 
  cases 
  and 
  

   $3.3 
  million 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  The 
  production 
  of 
  clam 
  chowder 
  and 
  juice 
  (1.9 
  mil- 
  

   lion 
  cases 
  worth 
  $15.4 
  million) 
  was 
  slightly 
  greater 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  

  

  Sardines 
  . 
  The 
  pack 
  of 
  canned 
  Maine 
  sardines 
  (sea 
  herring) 
  was 
  806,500 
  cases 
  worth 
  $11.2 
  mil- 
  

   lion--compared 
  with 
  1.0 
  million 
  cases 
  worth$11.5 
  million 
  in 
  1969. 
  Sea 
  herring 
  landings 
  in 
  Maine 
  

   and 
  fresh 
  Canadian 
  sea 
  herring 
  imports 
  into 
  Maine 
  (used 
  principally 
  for 
  canning 
  and 
  reduction) 
  both 
  

   declined 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  

  

  Pacific 
  sardines 
  were 
  not 
  canned 
  in 
  1970. 
  The 
  California 
  State 
  Legislature, 
  in 
  an 
  effort 
  to 
  

   conserve 
  the 
  resource, 
  established 
  an 
  indefinite 
  moratorium 
  on 
  sardine 
  fishing 
  in 
  California 
  waters 
  . 
  

  

  Crabs 
  . 
  The 
  pack 
  of 
  canned 
  crab 
  meat 
  was 
  261,400 
  cases 
  worth 
  $10.5 
  million 
  — 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  1 
  

   percent 
  in 
  volume, 
  but 
  a 
  decline 
  of 
  27 
  percent 
  in 
  value 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  The 
  composition 
  of 
  

   the 
  pack 
  by 
  species 
  was 
  somewhat 
  different 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  The 
  pack 
  of 
  blue 
  crab 
  meat 
  in 
  the 
  Atlan- 
  

   tic 
  and 
  Gulf 
  areas 
  was 
  104,300 
  cases 
  — 
  slightly 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  record 
  106,800 
  cases 
  packed 
  in 
  1969 
  . 
  

   On 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast, 
  the 
  pack 
  of 
  king 
  crab 
  meat 
  (55,900 
  cases) 
  declined 
  for 
  the 
  fourth 
  consecutive 
  

   year. 
  The 
  king 
  crab 
  pack 
  was 
  13 
  ,700 
  cases 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  1969 
  , 
  and 
  390, 
  100 
  cases 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  

   record 
  pack 
  of 
  1966. 
  The 
  58,700 
  cases 
  of 
  Dungeness 
  crab 
  meat 
  packed 
  in 
  1970 
  increased 
  12 
  per- 
  

   cent 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  The 
  pack 
  of 
  snow 
  crab 
  continued 
  the 
  upward 
  trend 
  begun 
  in 
  1967 
  and 
  

   reached 
  a 
  record 
  42,500 
  cases 
  — 
  47 
  percent 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  

  

  