﻿GENERAL 
  REVIEW 
  

  

  Mackerel 
  . 
  The 
  pack 
  of 
  188 
  , 
  600 
  cases 
  of 
  canned 
  mackerel 
  (consisting 
  principally 
  of 
  jack 
  mackerel) 
  

   was 
  50 
  percent 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  1969, 
  continuing 
  the 
  downward 
  trend 
  that 
  began 
  in 
  1961. 
  The 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia 
  State 
  Legislature, 
  in 
  an 
  effort 
  to 
  conserve 
  the 
  dwindling 
  Pacific 
  mackerel 
  resource, 
  approv- 
  

   ed 
  legislation 
  prohibiting 
  commercial 
  fishing 
  for 
  Pacific 
  mackerel 
  for 
  2 
  years. 
  The 
  law 
  became 
  ef- 
  

   fective 
  in 
  August 
  1970. 
  

  

  Data 
  on 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  canned 
  fishery 
  products 
  during 
  1970 
  have 
  been 
  published 
  previ- 
  

   ously 
  in 
  Current 
  Fishery 
  Statistics 
  No. 
  5560. 
  

  

  