July 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



43 



Salmon 



U. S. PACIFIC COAST 



CANNED STOCKS, APRIL 1, 1966 : 



On April 1, 1966, canners' stocks (sold 

 and unsold) in the United States of Pacific 

 canned salmon totaled 1,183,396 standard 

 cases (48 1-lb. cans)--302,551 cases less 

 than on March 1, 1966, and 252,349 cases 

 less than on April 1, 1965, when stocks to- 

 taled 1,435,745 standard cases. 



On the basis of total stocks of 1,621,019 

 actual cases (consisting of cans of 4-lb., j- 

 Ib., 1-lb., etc.), red salmon accounted for 

 1,112,151 cases (mostly 1-lb. and j-Vo. cans) 

 or 68.6 percent of the total canners' stocks 

 on April 1, 1966; pink salmon accounted for 

 255,864 cases or only 15.8 percent (148,831 

 cases were 1-lb. tails). Next came coho or 

 silver (102,039 cases), followed by chum 

 (92,726 cases), and king salmon (58,239 cases). 



Table 1 - Total Canners' Stocks of Pacific Canned Salmon, 

 April 1, 1966 



Species 



King . 

 Red. . 

 Coho . 

 Pink . 

 Chum. 



Total , 



Apr. 1, 1966 Mar. 1, 1966 



Feb. 1, 1966 



.(No. of Actual Cases) . 



58,239 



,112,151 



102.039 



255,864 



92,726 



1,621,019 



66,421 



1,315,770 



119,342 



365,595 



142,969 



2,010,097 



87,321 



1,553,294 



155,072 



520,292 



201,711 



2,517,690 



CarL yover stocks at the canners' level to- 

 taled 7c3,575 standard cases on July 1, 1965, 

 the approximate opening date of the Pacific 

 salmon packing season. Adding the 1965 new 



season pack of 3,541,187 standard cases 

 brought the total available supply for the 

 1965/66 market season to 4,274,762 standard 

 cases. 



Shipments at the canners' level of all salm- 

 on species from July 1, 1965, to April 1, 1966, 

 totaled 3,091,366 standard cases. The carry- 

 over of 733,575 standard cases on July 1, 1965, 

 the beginning of the 1965/66 sales year, was 

 substantially lower (37.6 percent) than the 

 carryover of 1,175,588 cases a year earlier. 



Data on canned salmon stocks are based 

 on reports from U. S. Pacific Coast canners 

 who packed over 96 percent of the 1965 salm- 

 on pack. (Division of Statistics and Econom- 

 ics, National Canners Association, April 27, 

 1966.) 



Note: See Commercial Fisheries Review , June 1966 p. 30. 



Sea Scallops 



SUPPLIES PLENTIFUL DURING 

 FIRST QUARTER OF 1966: 



The consumption of sea scallops in the 

 United States was up sharply as of March 1966. 

 January-March 1966 consumption was 8.5 mil- 

 lion pounds compared with 6.0 million pounds 

 a year earlier--42 -percent increase. Much 

 of the increase in consumption can be attrib- 

 uted to lower retail prices, particularly for 

 frozen scallops. In March 1966, retail prices 

 for fresh and frozen scallops at Boston aver- 

 aged 13 percent below the December 1965 

 levels. Prices for frozen scallops in Balti- 



Table 2 - Total Canners' Stocks on Hand April 1, 1966 (Sold and Unsold), by Species and Can Size 





King 



Red 



Coho 



Pink 



Chum 



Total 



48/1 lb 



rArtnia! CaspsA _._-._... 1 



3,763 



52, 165 



2,019 

 292 



138,101 

 381,217 



589,744 

 3,089 



46,098 

 36,001 



16, 144 

 3,796 



2,386 

 99,802 



148,831 

 4,845 



132 

 20,341 



69,719 

 2,534 



190,480 

 589,526 



826, 457 

 14,556 



48/ilb 



48/1 lb 



12/4 lb 





Total 



58,239 



1,112,151 



102,039 



255,864 



92,726 



1,621,019 





Table 3 - Canners' Shipments from July 1, 1965 to April 1, 1966, by Species and Can Size 





King 



Red 



Coho 



Pink 



Chum 



Total 



48/1 lb 



^Artiial Caipc^ ----- -. 1 



10,437 



116,687 



18,712 



-37 



286,947 

 601,798 



870, 879 

 6,370 



78,740 



96,547 



91,956 

 10,473 



6,107 

 312,538 



900, 806 

 53,094 



-65 

 73,751 



428, 824 

 14,087 



382, 166 



1,201,321 



2,311,177 

 83,987 



4 

 48/1 lb 



48/1 lb 



12/4 lb 





Total 



145,799 



1,765,994 



277,716 



1,272,545 



516,597 



3,978,651 





