GENERAL REVIEW 



Fishery imports . Fishery products imported for consumption were worth a record $1.0 billion,and 

 exports were worth a record $117.5 million — an increase of $193.1 million in imports and $13.0 

 million in exports compared with 1969. Imports of edible fishery products were a record 1.9 bil- 

 lion pounds worth a record $812. 5 million-- 10 percent more in volume and 15 percent more in value 

 than in 1969. The greater volume resulted principally from increased receipts of fresh and frozen 

 albacore and yellowfin tuna (including loins and discs) , fillets and steaks (including groundfish 

 and other than groundfish) , oysters, and scallops; canned sardines in oil, anchovies and sea her- 

 ring in oil and not in oil, and unclassified fish not in oil; and pickled or salted sea herring . Record 

 shrimp imports of 218.7 million pounds worth $200.0 million (including fresh and frozen, canned, 

 and cured) entered U.S. ports in 1970. Shrimp was the major item imported with respect to value — 

 accounting for 25 percent of the value of imported edible items. The following items declined in 

 volume in 1970: fresh and frozen sea herring and spiny lobsters and canned oysters and oyster 

 juice . 



Imports of nonedible fishery products were worth $224.9 million — a gain of $85.4 million 

 compared with 1969. The principal increase was in imports of fish and marine animal oils and of 

 other nonedible fish, shellfish, and marine animal products. 



U.S. supply . The total quantity of fishery products available in the United States (domestic land- 

 ings plus imports) on a round-weight basis declined from 11.8 billion pounds In 1969 to 11.5 bil- 

 lion in 1970 — principally because of a decrease, for the second consecutive year, in imports of 

 fish meal. U.S. landings were 4.9 billion pounds --compared with 4.3 billion in 1969. Imports 

 of 6 . 6 billion pounds accounted for 57 percent of the total--compared with 63 percent in 1969 and 

 76 percent in 1968. The quantity of edible fishery products available was 6.2 billion pounds — 

 imports accounted for 59 percent of this amount. 



World landings . World landings of fish, crustaceans, moUusks, and other aquatic organisms were 

 a record 152.8 billion pounds (live weight) — an increase of 10 percent compared with 1969. Peru, 

 for the ninth consecutive year, led all nations in volume of fishery landings, followed by Japan, 

 Soviet Russia, China (Mainland), Norway, and the United States. These six nations accounted 



for 59 percent of world landings in 1970. 



Other information . Summaries of landings statistics for certain States have been published pre- 

 viously in the Current Fishery Statistics series of bulletins. Apreliminary review titled "Fisheries 

 of the United States," available each April, contains current information on many aspects of the 

 fisheries such as domestic and world landings, per capita consumption, price indexes, foreign 

 trade, and supplies, together with comparative data for the previous year. "Fisheries of the U- 

 nited States" is for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 

 Washington, D.C. 20402. 



