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The total Norwegian Antarctic whale and sperm oil production from the 1949-50 

 season was 207,232 tons. Of the 195,10? tons of whale oil produced, 46,297 tons 

 were sold for domestic use at a price of $141.13 per ton. Of the balance, some was 

 processed in Norway for later export and the remainder was sold direct to other 

 countries at prices varying from $200 to $210 per ton. 



The Norvregian Selling Pool for the joint sale of vftiale and sperm oil produced 

 from the I950-5I season's catch was organized on May 22, 1950, according to the Nor- 

 wegian Whaling Gazette for May I95O. Agreement to have a pool again was reached at 

 a meeting held in Sandef jord, Norway. All the Norwegian pelagic companies and A/S 

 Tonsbergs Hvalf angeri are parties to the pool. A similar agreement was made on 

 July 6, 1949, in Sandef jord for the I949-5O sale of whale and sperm oil. 



Panama 



TAiiES FOR FISHING RIGHTS ; A Panamanian executive decree was issued in January 

 1951 to regulate fishing by foreign-owned vessels in the territorial waters of Panama, 

 Taxes for fishing rights were fixed at $300 for ships of less than 25 tons and up to 

 $1,000 for vessels over I50 tons, according to an American Legation report of March 5. 

 The decree fiirther stipulated that live-bait fishing will be permitted in Pacific 

 waters from April I5 to December 31 each year. 



Portugal 



HIGHLIGHTS ^ 1HE FISHING INDUSTRY . 1950 ;!/ Production ; Portuguese fish pro- 

 duction (excluding whales) for I95O was estimated at about 228,000 metric tons with 

 a value of nearly 1,000 million escudos ($34,700,000) as compared to the revised 

 total of 216,086 tons, valued at 950 million escudos ($36,860,000) in 1949, This 

 increase in the I95O production was due primarily to the good sardine catch, an 

 American Embassy dispatch from Lisbon dated February 28, 1951, reports. 



Imports and Exports ; Imports of fish (mainly cod) totaled 26,984 tons, valued 

 at 229 million escudos ($7,946,300) for I95O. The Portuguese cod-fishing fleet is 

 insufficient to supply the annual consumption requirements of about 60,000 tons of 

 groundf ish and importation from Newfoundland, Norway, and other countries is always 

 necessary. 



Exports of fish (mainly canned fish) were approximately equal to imports in 

 weight but about double in value. 



Canned Fish ; The Portuguese canneries in I95O produced an estimated 1,700 

 standard casesli^ of sardines, or more than double the 1949 production. Although 

 the canning industry had been faced with a critical supply shortage at the begin- 

 ning of 1950, the return of the sardine to the coastal waters in the latter part 

 of July resulted in an estimated annual production of at least double the 1949 

 catch of 36 thousand metric tons. The estimated total production of canned fish 

 for the year, including anchovies , salmon, etc., amoiinted to about 2,300,000 cases, 



I/SEE COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW . OCTOBER 1950, PP. 55-66. 



2/A WOODEN CASE HOLDING lOO-^-CLUB CANS (30 MM. SIZE), EACH CAN CONTA I NM NG 4-i^ OZ .-GROSS WEIGHT 



OF CASE IS APPROXIMATELY 51 POUNDS, WHILE THE CONTENTS OF THE CASE (eXCLUGiNG THE WEIGHT 



OF THE WOODEN CASe) IS ABOUT 42 POUNDS. 



