﻿GENERAL 
  REVIEW 
  

  

  INDUSTRIAL 
  FISHERY 
  PRODUCTS, 
  1970 
  

  

  The 
  production 
  of 
  industrial 
  fishery 
  products 
  by 
  127 
  plants 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  American 
  

   Samoa, 
  and 
  Puerto 
  Rico 
  was 
  valued 
  at 
  $99.5 
  million 
  — 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  $16.5 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  

   1969. 
  

  

  Marine 
  animal 
  scrap 
  and 
  meal. 
  The 
  production 
  of 
  269,197 
  tons 
  of 
  marine 
  animal 
  scrap 
  and 
  meal 
  

   was 
  16,533 
  tons 
  (7 
  percent) 
  greater 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  A 
  sharp 
  increase 
  in 
  menhaden 
  meal 
  and 
  scrap 
  — 
  

   from 
  159,493 
  tons 
  in 
  1969 
  to 
  188,550 
  tons 
  in 
  1970 
  — 
  was 
  the 
  principal 
  reason 
  for 
  the 
  gain. 
  It 
  was 
  

   the 
  largest 
  production 
  of 
  menhaden 
  meal 
  since 
  1962. 
  Compared 
  with 
  1969, 
  increases 
  also 
  occurred 
  

   in 
  the 
  anchovy 
  meal 
  production 
  of 
  16,200 
  tons 
  (up 
  42 
  percent) 
  and 
  the 
  crab 
  meal 
  production 
  of 
  

   11,481 
  tons 
  (up 
  48 
  percent). 
  These 
  gains, 
  however, 
  were 
  somewhat 
  offset 
  by 
  a 
  marked 
  decline 
  

   in 
  production 
  of 
  unclassified 
  species 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  shellfish: 
  the 
  1970 
  yield 
  of 
  15,438 
  tons 
  was 
  less 
  

   than 
  one-half 
  the 
  1969 
  production. 
  

  

  Marine 
  animal 
  oil 
  ■ 
  The 
  production 
  of 
  marine 
  animal 
  oil 
  was 
  205 
  . 
  8 
  million 
  pounds 
  — 
  22 
  percent 
  more 
  

   than 
  in 
  1969. 
  Menhaden 
  oil 
  production 
  of 
  186.3 
  million 
  pounds 
  increased 
  37.1 
  million 
  and 
  ac- 
  

   counted 
  largely 
  for 
  the 
  gain. 
  Compared 
  with 
  1969, 
  production 
  of 
  anchovy 
  and 
  sea 
  herring 
  oil 
  in- 
  

   creased 
  substantially, 
  but 
  production 
  of 
  tuna 
  and 
  mackerel 
  oil 
  and 
  unclassified 
  fish 
  oils 
  declined. 
  

  

  Fish 
  solubles 
  . 
  The 
  production 
  of 
  fish 
  solubles 
  was 
  94,968 
  tons 
  — 
  15 
  percent 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  

   Menhaden 
  accounted 
  for 
  76 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  production. 
  

  

  Other 
  industrial 
  products. 
  Products 
  from 
  oyster 
  shells 
  were 
  worth 
  $3.4 
  million--compared 
  with 
  

   $3.3 
  million 
  in 
  1969. 
  

  

  Other 
  industrial 
  items 
  produced 
  included 
  agar 
  agar, 
  animal 
  feeds, 
  fish 
  feed 
  pellets, 
  Irish 
  

   moss 
  extracts, 
  kelp 
  products, 
  leather 
  products, 
  liquid 
  fertilizer, 
  colored 
  chips, 
  pearl 
  essence, 
  

   crab 
  and 
  clam 
  shells, 
  and 
  mussel 
  shell 
  lime 
  valued 
  at 
  $26.6 
  million. 
  These 
  products 
  were 
  valued 
  

   at 
  $25.6 
  million 
  in 
  1969. 
  

  

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

   viously 
  in 
  Current 
  Fishery 
  Statistics 
  No. 
  5551. 
  

  

  