GENERAL REVIEW 



Mackerel . The pack of 188,600 cases of canned mackerel (consisting principally of Jack mackerel) 

 was 50 percent less than In 1969, continuing the downward trend that began In 1961. The Cali- 

 fornia State Legislature, In an effort to conserve the dwindling Pacific mackerel resource, approv- 

 ed legislation prohibiting commercial fishing for Pacific mackerel for 2 years. The lawbecameef- 

 fectlve In August 1970. 



Data on the production of canned fishery products during 1970 have been published previ- 

 ously In Current Fishery Statistics No. 5560. 



