﻿GENERAL 
  REVIEW 
  

  

  FROZEN 
  FISHERY 
  TRADE, 
  1970 
  

  

  The 
  197 
  production 
  of 
  frozen 
  fish 
  and 
  shellfish 
  by 
  firms 
  reporting 
  to 
  NMFS 
  was 
  388.3 
  mil- 
  

   lion 
  pounds. 
  Leading 
  products 
  frozen 
  were 
  shrimp 
  (137.2 
  million 
  pounds); 
  bait 
  and 
  animal 
  food 
  

   (64 
  .8); 
  .fillets 
  and 
  steaks 
  consisting 
  principally 
  of 
  ocean 
  perch, 
  haddock, 
  flounder, 
  and 
  cod 
  (25.4); 
  

   salmon 
  (23.0); 
  halibut 
  (19.3); 
  and 
  whiting 
  , 
  headed 
  and 
  gutted 
  (15.3 
  million 
  pounds) 
  . 
  An 
  estimated 
  

   583.9 
  million 
  pounds 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  shellfish 
  (live 
  weight) 
  were 
  required 
  to 
  produce 
  the 
  388.3 
  mil- 
  

   lion 
  pounds 
  of 
  frozen 
  fishery 
  items. 
  Not 
  included 
  were 
  freezings 
  by 
  cold 
  storage 
  plants 
  not 
  re- 
  

   porting 
  to 
  NMFS 
  and 
  a 
  considerable 
  volume 
  of 
  frozen 
  fillets 
  and 
  steaks 
  produced 
  by 
  firms 
  opera- 
  

   ting 
  plate 
  free'zers 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  fillet 
  production 
  lines. 
  

  

  New 
  England 
  led 
  all 
  other 
  areas 
  in 
  freezings 
  with 
  117 
  .6 
  million 
  pounds 
  (30 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  

   total); 
  followed 
  by 
  South 
  Central 
  with 
  113.7 
  million 
  (29 
  percent); 
  South 
  Atlantic, 
  59.1 
  million 
  (15 
  

   percent); 
  Pacific, 
  56.7 
  million 
  (15 
  percent); 
  and 
  Alaska, 
  37.0 
  million 
  (10 
  percent). 
  The 
  Middle 
  

   Atlantic, 
  North 
  Central 
  East, 
  and 
  North 
  Central 
  West 
  accounted 
  for 
  the 
  remainder. 
  

  

  Information 
  on 
  the 
  freezings 
  and 
  holdings 
  of 
  fishery 
  products 
  for 
  1970 
  by 
  firms 
  supplying 
  

   monthly 
  data 
  on 
  their 
  operations 
  and 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  these 
  firms 
  were 
  published 
  previously 
  in 
  Current 
  

   Fishery 
  Statistics 
  No. 
  5525. 
  Data 
  on 
  freezings 
  and 
  holdings 
  were 
  also 
  published 
  in 
  preliminary 
  

   and 
  final 
  monthly 
  reports. 
  Frozen 
  Fishery 
  Products 
  — 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  Current 
  Fishery 
  Statistics 
  Series. 
  

  

  HOLDINGS 
  OF 
  CERTAIN 
  FISHERY 
  PRODUCTS, 
  

   January 
  1, 
  1970, 
  and 
  December 
  31, 
  1970 
  

  

  Million 
  pounds 
  . 
  Million 
  pounds 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  / 
  

  

  January 
  1 
  

  

  ; 
  December 
  31 
  

  

  A 
  

  

  Cod 
  fillets 
  

  

  Flounder 
  

   fillets 
  

  

  -y[ 
  

  

  / 
  

  

  Ocean 
  perdi 
  

   fillets 
  

  

  

  Salmon, 
  

   dressed 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  