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  CHESAPEAKE 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  Wholesale 
  crab 
  meat 
  prices 
  

   f.o.b. 
  Hampton, 
  Va. 
  , 
  1970 
  

  

  Source: 
  --NMFS 
  Market 
  News 
  Service, 
  Hampton, 
  Va. 
  

  

  Soft 
  and 
  peeler 
  blue 
  crab 
  landings 
  were 
  2.5 
  million 
  pounds 
  worth 
  $1.0 
  million 
  — 
  a 
  decline 
  

   of 
  41 
  percent 
  in 
  volume 
  and 
  38 
  percent 
  in 
  value 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  The 
  smaller 
  harvest 
  was 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  caused 
  by 
  poor 
  recruitment 
  from 
  the 
  1969 
  year 
  class 
  and 
  excessive 
  mortalities 
  in 
  the 
  shed- 
  

   ding 
  floats 
  during 
  the 
  summer. 
  

  

  Oysters 
  . 
  Landings 
  of 
  24.7 
  million 
  pounds 
  of 
  meats 
  worth 
  $15.1 
  million 
  were 
  2.5 
  million 
  pounds 
  

   and 
  $1. 
  1 
  million 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  The 
  Chesapeake 
  States 
  produced 
  46 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  U.S. 
  

   oyster 
  landings. 
  Maryland 
  led 
  the 
  nation 
  with 
  an 
  oyster 
  production 
  of 
  16 
  .6 
  million 
  pounds 
  . 
  In 
  

   1970, 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  meats 
  tended 
  to 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  area; 
  Virginia 
  oysters 
  averaged 
  almost 
  7 
  pints 
  

   per 
  Virginia 
  bushel 
  and 
  Maryland 
  oysters 
  averaged 
  6-1/2 
  to 
  8 
  pints 
  per 
  Maryland 
  bushel. 
  In 
  1969, 
  

   the 
  yield 
  averaged 
  about 
  5-1/2 
  to 
  6-1/2 
  pints 
  per 
  Virginia 
  or 
  Maryland 
  bushel. 
  Exvessel 
  prices 
  

   were 
  slightly 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  The 
  production 
  of 
  seedoysters 
  in 
  Virginia 
  was 
  36 
  percent 
  greater 
  

   than 
  in 
  1969. 
  

  

  Wholesale 
  shucked 
  oyster 
  prices 
  

   f.o.b. 
  Hampton, 
  Va. 
  , 
  1970 
  

  

  _1/ 
  About 
  300 
  to 
  500 
  oysters 
  a 
  gallon. 
  

   2/ 
  About 
  210 
  to 
  300 
  oysters 
  a 
  gallon. 
  

   Source 
  :--NMFS 
  Market 
  News 
  Service, 
  Hampton, 
  Va. 
  

  

  