July 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



23 



Federal Purchases of Fishery Products 



DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

 PURCHASES, MARCH 1966: 



Fresh and Frozen : The Armed Forces 

 are a major buyer of fresh and frozen fishery 

 products. Purchases of fresh and frozen fish- 

 ery products for the Armed Forces in March 

 1966 totaled about 2.8 million pounds with a 

 value of $1.9 million. This represents an 

 important market for the U.S. fishing industry. 



Table 1 - Principal Fresh and Frozen Fishery Products Purchased by 

 Defense Personnel Support Center, March 1966 with Comparisons 



Product 



March 





Jan.-Mar. 1 



19)6 



1965 



1966 



1965 



Otv. 



Avfi. Cost 



Otv. 



Ave. Cost 



Oty. 



Oty. 



Shrimp: 



Lbs. 



30,150 



87,164 



440,500 



75.780 



<p/Lb. 



116 

 152 

 105 

 68 



Lbs.. 



92.400 

 165,500 

 326,500 



60.650 



f/Lb, 



98 



141 



88 



66 



Lbs. 



174,380 

 214,264 

 956,367 

 104,680 



Lbs. 



276.800 

 319.660 

 929,920 

 155,900 



raw headless .... 

 peeled and deveined 



breaded 



molded and breaded 



Total shrimp. . . 



633.594 



107 



645,050 



101 



1,449,691 



1,682,280 



Scallops 



337,750 



49 



217,304 



85 



864,250 



538.884 



Oysters: 



65.852 

 82,880 



128 

 90 



68.718 

 35.426 



97 

 80 



161,756 

 121,430 



207,490 

 97,652 



Eastern 



Pacific 



Total oysters. . . 



148.732 



107 



104,144 



91 



283,166 



305,142 



Fillets: 



18,850 

 343.100 

 321,500 

 199,600 



42 

 48 

 42 

 47 



41.520 

 178,050 

 313.500 

 183.550 



36 

 38 

 34 

 37 



73,150 



970.300 



1,309.100 



584,100 



156,270 



802,500 



1,008,290 



455.550 





Flounder. 



Ocean perch .... 

 Haddock 



Haddock portions . . 



357,538 



51 



188,504 



47 



824,926 



498,054 



Steaks: 



103,200 

 9,610 



59 

 70 



113,770 



18,250 



400 



51 

 64 

 62 



300,300 



41,547 



500 



322,420 



32,740 



1.260 



Halibut 



Salmon 



Swordfish 



In March 1966 purchases of fresh and fro- 

 zen fishery products for the Armed Forces 

 were up 9.8 percent in quantity and 16.7 per- 

 cent in value from the previous month. The 

 increase was due mainly to larger purchases 

 of shrimp, scallops, oysters, flounder fillets, 

 and haddock fillets and portions. 



Table 2 - Fresh and Frozen Fishery Products Purchased by 

 Defense Personnel Support Center, March 1966 with Comparisons 



QUANTITY 



VALUE 



March Jan! -Mar. 



March | Jan. -Mar. 



1966 1965 1966 1965 



1966 



1965 1 1966 1 1965 | 



... (1 000 Lbs.) 



($1,000) 



2,780 1 2,272 | 7,534 | 6,678 



1,917| 1,550 1 4,824 | 4,326 



Compared with the same month in the 

 previous year, purchases in March 1966 were 

 up 22.4 percent in quantity and 23.7 percent 

 in value. Average prices were generally high- 

 er in March 1966 as compared with the same 

 month in 1965. 



Canned : Purchases of canned tuna, and 

 sardines in March 1966 were down consider- 

 ably as compared with a year earlier. 



Table 3 - Canned Fishery Products Purchased by Defense 

 Personnel Support Center, March 1966 with Comparisons 



Product 



Tuna . . 



Salmon . 



ardine . 



QUANTITY 



March 



1966 1965 



Jan, -Mar, 



1966 I 1965" 



21 



.(1,000 Lbs.) 



1,548 



2 



35 



VALUE 



March 



1966 1965 



Jan. -Mar. 



1966 1965 



($1,000) . . . 



466 941 



1,382 7 



129 89 



Notes: (1) Armed Forces installations generally make some local 

 purchases not included in the data given; actual total purchases 

 are higher than shown because data on local purchases are not 

 obtainable. 



(2) See Commercial Fisheries Review, Jime 1966 p. 14. 



Source: U. S, Department of Defense, Defense Personnel Support 

 Center, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Fisheries Laboratory 



NEW RESEARCH LABORATORY FOR 

 BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES 

 DEDICATED IN MICHIGAN: 



Dedication ceremonies were held May 12, 

 1966, at the new Fisheries Research Labora- 

 tory in Ann Arbor, Mich., to be operated by 

 the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries of the 

 U. S. Department of the Interior. 



Dr. Stanley A. Cain, Assistant Secretary 

 for Fish and Wildlife and Parks was the prin- 

 cipal speaker. Other speakers included Unit- 

 ed States Representative Weston E. Vivian of 

 Michigan; Harold E. Crowther, Deputy Direc- 

 tor, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries; Mayor 

 Wendell E. Hulcher of Ann Arbor; and Dr. 

 Harlan Hatcher, President of the University 

 of Michigan. 



The new $1.4 million center on the North 

 Campus of the University of Michigan houses 

 about 60 researchers and supporting staff. 

 The scientists are engaged in biological, tech- 

 nological, and statistical studies primarily 

 related to lake, river, and reservoir fisher- 

 ies of the United States. Research is con- 

 ducted in cooperation with the various States 

 of the Bureau's Great Lakes and Central Re- 

 gion. Among the major studies are sea lam- 

 prey research and control, lake trout rehabil- 

 itation, pollution, and pesticide control, ir- 

 radiation of fishery products, and industrial 

 product development. 



The new laboratory also houses the tech- 

 nical editorial staff serving all Bureau bio- 

 logical laboratories, and is headquarters for 

 the secretariat of the Great Lakes Fishery 

 Commission, which includes members from 

 Canada and the United States. 



