July 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



31 



mercial Fisheries, 

 Interior. 



U. S. Department of the 



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Production, March 1966 : During March 

 1966, a total of 911,000 pounds of marine 

 animal oils and 4,806 tons of fish meal was 

 produced in the United States. Compared 

 with March 196 5 this was an increase of 

 253,000 pounds of marine animal oils and 



U. S. Production of Fish Meal, Oil, and Solubles, 

 March 1966 1/with Comparisons 



Product 



Mar. 



Jan. -Mar. 



Total 

 1965 



1/1966 1965 



1/1986 11965 



Fish Meal and Scrap: 



(S 







309 



6,178 

 2,719 



1,039 



2/ 

 5,-^74 

 1,668 



12,859 



175,838 



25,410 



27,984 





216 



3.220 

 1,370 



497 



1,925 

 732 



Menhaden 3/ 



Tuna and mackerel. . . 

 Unclassified 



Total 4/. 



4,806 



3,154 



9,206 



8,181 



242.091 



Fish Solubles: 



Menhaden 



Other 



2/ 

 2,752 



957 



2/ 

 5,'271 



2,667 



74,405 

 23,612 





Total 



2,752 



957 



5,271 



2,667 



98,017 



Oil. body: 



2/ 



458 

 453 



. (1, 

 184 



354 

 120 



000 Pou 



2/ 



826 

 691 



nds) 



471 

 2/ 

 "844 

 394 



8,603 



175,368 



4,799 



6,864 



Menhaden 3/ 



Tuna and mackerel-. . . 

 Other (inc. whale) . . . 



Total oil 



911 



658 



1,517 



1,709 



195.634 



l/Preliminaiy dau. 



^/Included m "imcUssified" or "other." 

 3/Includes a small quantity of thread heiTing. 



4/Does not include a small quantity of shellfish and marine animal meal and scrap be- 

 cause production data are not available monthly. 

 Source: U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. 



1,652 tons of fish meal and scrap. Fish sol- 

 ubles production amounted to 2,752 tons--an 

 increase of 1,795 tons as compared with 

 March 1965. 



U. S. FISH MEAL AND SOLUBLES : 



Production and Imports, January -March 

 1966 : Based on domestic production and im- 

 ports, the United States available supply of 

 fish meal for the first 3 months in 1966 a- 

 mounted to 84,557 short tons--18,812 tons 

 (or 18.2 percent) less than during the same pe- 

 riod in 1 965. Domestic production was 2,260 

 tons (or 27.6 percent) higher and imports were 

 21,022 tons (or 22.1 percent) lower than in Jan- 

 uary-March 196 5. Peru continued to lead oth- 

 er countries with shipments of 43,592 tons. 



The United States supply of fish solubles 

 during January-March 1966 amounted to 

 5,714 tons--an increase of 10.1 percent as 



U. S. Supply of Fish Meal and Solubles, January-March 1966 



Item 



Fish Meal and Scrap : 

 Domestic production : 



Menhaden 



Tuna and mackerel . 



Herring 



Other 



Total production 



Imports : 



Canada 



Peru 



Chile 



Norway 



So. Africa Rep, 

 Other countries 



Total imports 



Available fish meal supply. 



Fish Solubles 2/: 

 Domestic proguction . 



Imports : 



Canada 



Iceland 



Other countries 



Total imports 



Available fish solubles supply | 5.714 



Jan. -Mar. 



1966 



1965 



1965 



.(Short Tons). 



7.413 



309 



2,719 



10.441 



10,432 



43,592 



14.037 



22 



955 



5.078 



74.116 



84.557 



5.271 



378 

 33 

 32 



443 



1/ 



57474 

 1.039 

 1,668 



8.181 



10,076 



80.220 



2.080 



500 

 2,312 



95.18 



103.369 



2.667 



458 

 2.066 



2.524 



175.838 

 25.410 

 12.859 

 39,264 



253.371 



43,830 



209.801 



5,651 



78 



5,100 



6.206 



270.666 



524.037 



98.017 



1.488 

 3.650 



5.138 



5.191 103.155 



^Included with "other. 



2/Wet weight basis except for imports from South Africa Republic (included in "oi 



countries"). 

 Source: U. S. Department of the Interior, Bunaau of Commercial Fisheries, and 

 U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 



compared with the same period in 1965. Do- 

 mestic production of fish solubles increased 

 97.6 percent and imports of fish solubles de- 

 creased 82.4 percent. 



Inventions Patented 



LIVE BAIT VENDING MACHINE : 



A recently patented live bait vending ma- 

 chine consists of a housing of many storage 

 slots which communicate with a discharge 

 opening. The storage slots hold the contain- 

 ers in which live bait or other items are 

 stored. The vendor is placed on a reservoir 

 of water with an agitator to aerate the water 

 which will keep the bait alive for weeks. A 



