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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 7 



Wholesale Average Prices and Indexes for Edible Fish and Shellfish, May 1966 with Comparisons 



Group, Subgroup, and item Specification 



Point of 

 Pricing 



unit 



Avg. Prices 1/ 

 ($) ~ 



Indexes 

 (1957-59=a00) 









May 

 1966 



Apr. 

 1966 



May 

 1966 



126.9 



Apr. 

 1966 



126.5 



Mar. 

 1966 



126.7 



May 

 1965 



109.2 





Eresh & FKizen Fishery Produas; 



127.8 



125.0 



125J 



112.9 



Drawn, Dressed, or Whole finfish: 



119.S 



116.6 



118.S 



106J. 



Haddock, Ige,, offshore, drawn, firesh 



Halibut, West„ 20/80 lbs., drsd., fresh or froz. 

 Salmon, king, Ige. & med., drsd., fresh or froz. 



Whitefish,L,Si$erior. drawn, fresh 



Yellow pike, L.Michigan & Huron, md,, fresh 



Boston 

 New York 

 New York 

 Chicago 

 New York 



lb. 

 lb. 

 lb. 

 lb. 

 lb. 



J3 



.48 

 .87 

 .70 

 .75 



.12 



.48 

 .86 

 .53 

 .85 



101.5 

 140,5 

 120.9 

 104.4 

 122.8 



92.0 

 140.5 

 120.5 



78.3 

 139 J. 



S9.S 

 140.5 

 121.2 

 105.9 

 139 J. 



119.8 



115.3 



86.6 



106.4 



Processed.Fresh(FIsh& Shellfish): 



134.8 



130a 



129.4 



118.9 



FUlets, haddock, sml., skins on, 20-lb. tins 

 Shrimp, Ige. (26-30 count), headless, fresh 

 Oysters, shucked, standards 



Boston 

 New York 

 Norfolk 



lb. 

 lb. 

 gal. 



.38 

 1.20 

 8.00 



.40 

 IJO 

 8^3 



91.1 

 140.6 

 134.9 



97.2 

 128.9 

 137.0 



94.8 

 123.0 

 143.3 



80.2 

 123.0 

 120.2 





Processed. nx>zen fFIsh & Shellfish): 



123.8 



123.0 



122.8 



109.4 



Fillets: Flounder, skinless, 1-lb. pkg 



Haddock, sml., skins on, 1-lb. pkg. . . 



Ocean perch, Ige., skins on 1-lb. pkg. 

 Shrimp, Ige. (26-30 count), brown, 5-lb. pkg. 



Boston 

 Boston 

 Boston 

 Chicago 



"ibT 

 lb. 

 lb. 

 lb. 



.43 

 .39 

 .33 



lao 



.43 



.39 



.32 



1.09 



109.0 

 112.9 

 114.0 

 130.4 



109.0 

 112.9 

 112.2 

 129.2 



106A 

 U4.3 

 112.2 

 128.6 



98.8 

 109.9 

 105.2 

 109.7 



canned Fishery Pwducts; 



125.6 



129.6 



129.6 



103.0 



Salmon, pink. No. 1 tall (16 oz.), 48 cans/cs. 

 Tuna, It. meat, chunk, No. 1/2 tuna (6-1/2 oz.), 

 48 cans/cs- • 



Seattle 

 Los Angeles 

 Los Angeles 

 New York 



cs. 

 cs. 

 cs. 

 cs. 



28.50 



13.69 



8.00 



10.25 



28.50 



14.85 



7.63 



10.25 



124.2 

 121.5 

 135.7 

 131.5 



124.2 

 131.8 

 129.3 

 131.5 



124.2 

 131.8 

 129.3 

 131.5 



91.5 

 102.6 

 120.9 

 131.5 



Mackerel, jadt, Califs No J. tall (15 oz.). 



Sardines, Maine, keyless oU, 1/4 drawn 

 (3-3/4 oz.). 100 cans/cs 



1/ Re present average prices tor one day (Monday or luesday) during the week in which the 15 th of the month occurs. These 

 prices are published as indicators of movement and not necessarily absolute level. Daily Market News Service "Fish- 

 Source: U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 



der and haddock fillets. As compared with 

 May 1965, the subgroup index this May was 

 up 13.2 percent. Prices were higher for all 

 items, with the more substantial increases 

 indicated for frozen shrimp (up 18.9 percent) 

 and flounder fillets (up 10.3 percent). 



The wholesale price indexfor cannedfish- 

 ery products dropped 3.1 percent from April 

 to May as a direct result of lower prices for 

 canned tuna (down 7.8 percent). Prices for 

 canned California jack mackerel during May 



1966 were up 4.9 percent from the previous 

 month but were unchanged for canned pink 

 salmon and Maine sardines. As compared 

 with the same month a year earlier, the index 

 this May was 21.9 percent higher. Prices 

 were sharply higher than in May 196 5 for 

 canned pink salmon (up 35.7 percent) because 

 of the very light 1966 pack; prices for canned 

 tuna were up 18.4 percent and jack mackerel 

 up 12.2 percent. Prices for canned Maine 

 sardines were unchanged. (U. S. Department 

 of the Interior, Bureau of Commercial Fish- 

 eries, Market News Service.) 



