﻿GENERAL 
  REVIEW 
  

  

  PACKAGED 
  FISHERY 
  PRODUCTS, 
  1970 
  

  

  The 
  production 
  of 
  fresh 
  and 
  frozen 
  packaged 
  fish 
  fillets 
  and 
  steaks 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  

   excluding 
  Alaska 
  and 
  Hawaii, 
  was 
  133 
  . 
  5 
  million 
  pounds 
  worth 
  $74.8 
  million 
  — 
  a 
  decline 
  of 
  4 
  . 
  1 
  mil- 
  

   lion 
  pounds 
  but 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  $5.4 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  Flounder 
  fillets 
  (46.7 
  million 
  

   pounds) 
  , 
  Atlantic 
  ocean 
  perch 
  fillets 
  (16.0 
  million) 
  , 
  and 
  cod 
  fillets 
  and 
  steaks 
  (13.6 
  million 
  pounds) 
  

   were 
  the 
  leading 
  items. 
  They 
  accounted 
  for 
  57 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  volume 
  and 
  55 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  value. 
  

   Haddock 
  fillets, 
  rockfish 
  fillets, 
  and 
  halibut 
  fillets 
  and 
  steaks 
  were 
  among 
  the 
  other 
  important 
  

   leading 
  items. 
  The 
  New 
  England 
  area 
  continued 
  to 
  lead 
  all 
  other 
  areas 
  in 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  pack- 
  

   aged 
  fish 
  with 
  57 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  volume 
  and 
  54 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  value. 
  

  

  Data 
  on 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  packaged 
  fish 
  during 
  1970 
  have 
  been 
  published 
  previously 
  in 
  Cur- 
  

   rent 
  Fishery 
  Statistics 
  No. 
  5552. 
  

  

  