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COMMERCIAL FISHERIEE REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 7 



Per capita consumption of canned fishery 

 products reached a peak in the 1930's, aver- 

 aging 4.7 pounds during the years from 1934 

 to 1939. Consumption of canned salmon de- 

 clined from an average of 2.4 pounds per cap- 

 ita in the 1930's to less than 1 pound for each 

 year since 1958. Consumption of canned Pa- 

 cific sardines also has dropped sharply. Con- 

 versely, the use of canned tuna has grown 

 rapidly, from a half pound per person in 1935 

 to more than 2 pounds since 1959. The con- 

 sumption of cured fishery products fell stead- 

 ily from 3 to 4 pounds per person early in the 

 century to about a half pound in recent years. 



Over half of the fishery products consumed 

 in the United States came from abroad in 196 5 

 (including raw materials used in domestic 

 processing) and the strong domestic demand 

 will continue to encourage imports. Prices 

 of fresh or frozen tuna and shrimp, two of the 

 largest import items, are much above spring 

 1965 levels. If domestic landings of those 

 two species are not substantially higher than 

 in 1965, imports must increase at a time 



when world-wide demand also is increasing. 

 The United States already ranks as the world' s 

 largest importer of fishery pro ducts. 



Note: This analysis was prepared by the Bureau of Commercial 

 Fisheries, U. S. Department of the Interior, and published in the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture's May 1966 issue of the Nation - 

 al Food Situation ^NFS-116). 



New York 



FISHERY LANDINGS, 1965 : 



Total landings of fish and shellfish in the 

 Marine District of New York during 196 5 (not 

 including unclassified fish for reduction) were 

 69.0 million pounds valued at $11.9 million 

 ex-vessel. Compared with 1964, that was a 

 drop of 13 percent in quantity, but an increase 

 of 20 percent in value. The decline in quan- 

 tity resulted from lighter landings of such im- 

 portant species as menhaden, scup, and but- 

 terfish. The menhaden catch decreased 2 9 

 percent from 1964 --a year of lo^<f production. 

 Landings of yellowtail flounder were compar- 





New York Marine Landings, 1965 and 1964 



Species 



1965 



1^1964 



Fish 

 Bluefish 



Pounds 

 1,036,366 

 765,655 

 365,931 



21,800 

 2,244,783 

 3,671,223 

 2,451,552 



30,139,635 



7,536,888 



381,611 



702,935 



3,337,645 



2,765,409 



Value 

 156,817 

 89,407 

 53,239 



2,362 

 118,528 

 262,335 

 557,042 



417,407 

 746,701 

 84,467 

 135,831 

 160,522 

 226,472 



Pounds 

 675, 115 

 1,066,655 

 516,500 



14,620 



1,440,640 



3,561,810 



1,853,780 



900 



42,424,700 



8,343,820 



500, 740 



965,500 



3,123,200 



3, 198, 340 



Value 

 109,426 



Butterfish 



126, 161 



Cod 



72,220 



Flounders: 





Gray sole •• 



2,072 



Blackback 



74,031 





233,403 



Fluke 



445,448 



Unclassified 



Menhaden ••••... 



45 

 516,226 





783,648 





95,821 





138,439 



Whiting 



Unclassified: 



159,323 

 260,785 



Total Fish 



55,421,433 



3,011,130 



67, 686, 320 



3,017,048 



ShelUish 

 Lobsters, Northern 



648,571 



5,947,632 



5,344 



205,553 



1,505,240 



42,900 



295,310 



199, 336 



886, 043 



2,917,153 



974,063 



446,277 



5,149,573 



1,526 



66,540 



126,783 



9,669 



44,813 



322,471 



721,497 



1,898,374 



66,009 



546,715 



5,402,292 



5,856 



180, 832 



1,217,676 



40,950 



124,950 



213,468 



687,096 

 2,044,332 

 1,007,130 



305, 747 



Clams: 





Hard 



4,135,545 





1,464 



Soft 



55,677 



Surf 



108, 852 





7,989 





16,512 



Oysters 



Scallops: 



315,037 



Bay 



Sea 



731,474 

 1,114,682 



Squid 



74,008 



Total Shellfish 



13,627,145 



8,853,532 



11,471,297 



6,866,987 





69,048,578 



11,864,662 



79,157,617 



9,884,035 







1/In addition to the catch in the Marine Dis 



$24, 185 consisting of shad 78, 200 pound 



Note: Does not include the catch of tmclass 



All other species are shown in round weigh 



trict there was a catch in the Hudson River ar 

 s, striped bass 29,500 pounds, alewives 37,0 

 ified fish for reduction. Univalve and bivalv 

 t. 



ea totaling 172, 100 poun 

 30 pounds, and other spec 

 e mollusks are reported ir 



ds valued at 

 ,ies 27,400 pounc 

 I poimds of meats 



