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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 7 



Denmark (Contd.); 



the high prices in the 1965 period. Salmon 

 prices were very firm at about US$1.15 a 

 pound. The supply of salmon decreased as a 

 result of the decline in the Greenland salmon 

 catch. Among other important species, prices 

 were higher for herring for food, Norway lob- 

 ster, and industrial fish. Turbot, common 

 sole, and deep-water shrimp brought lower 

 prices. 



Table 2 - Danish Average Ex -Vessel Prices for Selected Species, 

 January -March 1966 and 1965 



Species 



Cod, drawn . 

 Plaice, drawn 

 Industrial fish 

 Herring for food 

 Turbot .... 

 Salmon . . . 

 rladdock . • . 

 Coalfish . . . 

 Common sole 

 Eel, silver . . 

 Eel, yellow . 

 Norway lobster 

 Lobster .... 

 Shrimp, deep-water 

 DogfiA 



1966 



Jaj. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



19 



1 



7 



48, 



115 



10 



11 



72 



74 



47 



58 



98 



33 



9 



. .{U 

 7.5 



23.4 

 1.8 

 5.9 



44.7 

 115.8 



10.1 

 7.5 



68.9 



49.3 



116.9 



30.3 



9.1 



1965 



Jan. 



S. Cents/Pound) 



7.0 



19.1 



1.8 



5.3 



49.5 



114.3 



9.1 



8.9 



73.8 



55.1 



123.1 



28.5 



9.5 



Source: Danish Ministry of Fisheries. 



8.0 

 14.7 



1.4 



4.9 



40.1 



106.6 



9.5 

 13.7 

 82.3 

 86.8 

 47,2 

 46.8 

 68.3 

 43.1 



8.0 



Feb. I Mar, 



6, 

 18, 



1, 



4, 

 47. 

 97.7 



8.3 



7.2 

 83.9 



41.3 



90.0 



34.2 



6.1 



7.0 



16.6 



1.5 



4.7 



54.2 



94.1 



7.8 



8.0 



88.1 



35.8 



84.6 



29.1 



8.5 



Processing: Production of all major cate- 

 gories of processed products in January- 

 March 1966 lagged behind the first quarter of 

 1965. In general, declines in production of 

 processed fish followed the pattern of lower 

 catches. But production of fresh and frozen 

 fish fillets, the most important category, de- 

 creased only 1 percent. Production of her- 

 ring fillets rose 5 percent, thus indicating 

 that a larger percentage of the herring catch 

 went into food use since total domestic and 

 foreign landings were down. 



Production of processed fish products in 

 January-March 1966 included: 28,412 tons of 

 fresh and frozen fillets (consisting of 15,794 

 tons of herring fillets, 9,453 tons of cod fil- 

 lets, 1,021 tons of cod-like fillets, 1,409 tons 

 of plaice fillets^ 724 tons of other flatfish fil- 

 lets, and 11 tons of miscellaneous fillets); 

 2,998 tons of canned fish; 1,355 tons of semi- 

 preserved fish; 789 tons of smoked fish; 

 19,565 tons of fish meal; 4,113 tons of fish 

 oil; 1,185 tons of ensilage; 2,109 tons of fish 

 solubles; and 887 tons of miscellaneous prod- 

 ucts. 



The decline in raw fish supplies spurred 

 discussions concerning the easing of bans on 

 direct landings in Danish ports by foreign 



vessels as well as surface importation of 

 fresh plaice and other species needed by the 

 processing plants. The Fisheries Ministry 

 and the processing segment favor relaxation . 

 of restrictions, but the fishing segment (in- 

 cluding the two most important associations) 

 is mostly opposed. 



Supplies from Danish landings increased 

 and auction prices dropped during the first 

 week in May 1966. At that time, two meet- 

 ings of industry representatives and the Fish- 

 eries Ministry resulted in a decision not to 

 further liberalize imports. (Regional Fish- 

 eries Attache for Europe, U. S. Embassy, 

 Copenhagen, May 11, 1966.) 



Greece 



PROPOSED FIVE-YEAR 

 FISHERY DEVELOPMENT PLAN: 



An increase in the annual Greek fisheries 

 catch to 200,000 metric tons by 1970 is in- 

 cluded in a proposed 5 -year economic devel- 

 opment plan submitted to the Greek Govern- 

 ment by an economic study group. That would 

 be almost double the 105,000 tons landed in 

 1964. Most of the increase would come from 

 distant -water fisheries. Following is a break- 

 down of the projected 1970 landings by type of 

 fishery (with comparable 1964 landings in 

 parentheses): distant -water fisheries 86,000 

 tons (21,000); middle -water fisheries 70,000 

 (60,500); coastal fisheries 18,000 (14,000); in- 

 land fisheries 15,000 (9,500); fish farming 

 and culture 11,000 (none in 1964). Most of 

 the projected catch increase would be for do- 

 mestic consumption which is expected to in- 

 crease from 145,000 tons in 1965 to 220,000 

 tons in 197C. 



Additional fisheries investment of 2,050 

 million drachma (US$68 million) is called for 

 in the 5 -year plan to achieve the projected 

 catch increase. Eighty percent of the pro- 

 posed increase is marked for distant -water 

 fisheries to provide 57 new long-range ves- 

 sels with a total annual potential production 

 of 65,000 tons of frozen fish. The remainder 

 of the proposed investment would be used to 

 modernize other sectors of the Greek fishing 

 industry. The plan proposes for the Greek 

 Government to provide about 10 percent of 

 the new investment. ( Alieia . April 1966.) 



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