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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 7 



Greece (Contd.): 



FREEZER -TRAWLER LANDINGS, 

 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1966: 



January -February 1966 landings of frozen 

 fish from the Greek Atlantic trawler fleet to- 

 taled 5,085 metric tons as compared with 

 3,850 tons during the same period of 1965 

 and 3,242 tons duringJanuary- February 1964. 

 The Greek freezer-trawler fleet was oper- 

 ating off Mauritania in early 1966. ( Alieia, 

 March 1966.) 



SPONGE IMPORTS RESTRICTED: 



The Greek Ministry of Trade has forbid- 

 den sponge imports from August to Decem- 

 ber of each year in order to protect domestic 

 sponge prices in Greece. Greek sponge im- 

 ports during the remainder of the year will 

 be regulated by the Ministry of Trade with 

 the advice of the Greek fishing industry. 

 (Alieia, April 1966.) 



Iceland 



EXPORTS OF FISHERY PRODUCTS, 



JANUARY -FEBRUARY 1966: 



During January-February 1966, there was 

 a sharp increase in exports of frozen her- 

 ring, herring oil, and herring meal as com- 

 pared with the same period in 1965, accord- 



Icelandic Fishery Exports, January-February 1966 with Comparisons 



Salted fish, dried 



Salted fish, uncured .... 



Salted fish faiets 



Wings, salted 



Stockfish 



Herring on ice 



Other fish on ice 



Herring, frozen 



Other frozen fish, whole 



Frozen fish fillets 



Shrimp and lobster, frozen 



Roes, frozen 



Canned fish 



Cod-liver oil 



Lumpfish roes, salted . . . 

 Other roes for food, salted 

 Roes for bait, salted .... 



Herring, salted 



Herring oil 



Ocean perch oil 



Whale oil 



Fish meal 



Herring meal 



Ocean perch meal 



Wastes of fish, frozen . . . 



Liver meal 



Lobster and shrimp meal 



Whale meal 



Whale meat, frozen 



Jan.-Feb. 1966 



Qiy. 



Metric 

 Tons 



734 

 407 

 298 



1,511 



1,245 



5,354 



10,14G 



1,108 



2,634 



82 



520 



186 



932 



636 

 5,793 

 13.638 



1.263 



24,952 



36 



452 



t convttud at rate o 



16,963 

 7,817 

 5.850 



48,331 



5,903 



39,484 



65,771 



17,090 



78,119 



8.361 



5.685 



6.551 



10.075 



5.046 

 73.399 

 106.057 



10,004 



206,792 



275 



1,893 



131 



US$ 

 1.000 



394 

 181 

 136 



1.121 

 137 

 916 



1,526 

 396 



1,812 

 194 

 132 

 152 

 234 



117 

 1.703 

 2,461 



232 

 4,798 



Jan.-Feb. 1965 



Qty. 



Metric 

 Tons 



equal, 2.32 U.S. ceoa. 



1,066 



867 



297 



44 



2,089 



6,905 

 5,880 

 1.259 

 2.166 



73 

 183 



76 

 1.047 



5,006 

 3.931 



774 



754 



14,823 



597 

 94 

 25 



311 

 10 



Kr. 



21,913 



14,462 



5,772 



600 



60,811 



42,641 



37,640 



14,522 



48,774 



6,523 



2.825 



3,964 



11,555 



53.765 

 31,902 



6,698 



4,878 



101,935 



1,881 

 666 

 124 



1.889 

 80 



US$ 

 1.000 



508 



336 



134 



14 



1,411 



989 



873 



337 



1,132 



151 



66 



92 



268 



1,247 

 740 



155 



113 



2,365 



44 

 15 



3 

 44 



2 



ing to the Icelandic periodical Hagtidindi , 

 March 1966, But exports of stockfish and 

 salted fish showed a decrease in the first 2 

 months of 1966. 



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EXPORT STOCKS OF PRINCIPAL 

 FI SHERY PRODUCTS, MARCH 31, 1966: 



As of March 31, 1966, Iceland's stocks of 

 frozen groundfish (fillets) for export to the 

 United States totaled 4,947 metric tons, about 

 the same as the 5,156 tons on hand March 31, 

 1965. (United States Embassy, Reykjavik, 

 May 2, 1966.) 



Icelandic Export Stocks 1 /of Principal Fishery Products, 

 Ma"rch 31, 1966 



Item 



Oty. 



Value 1 



Grotindfish. frozen: 



Metric 

 Tons 



4.947 

 3.980 



MUlion 

 Kr. 



J 28.6 

 73.9 



US$ 

 1,000 



2.986.5 

 1.716.2 



for export to: 



U. S 



other cotintries . . . 



Stockfish 



Herring, frozen 



1,250 

 822 



41.3 

 5.2 



959.1 

 120.8 



Industrial products: 



10,119 

 17.431 

 14.738 



85.0 

 125.7 

 119.4 



1.974.0 

 2.919.2 

 2.772.9 



fish meal: 



herring 



other fish 



herring oil 



^Includes otily stodts intended for export. 

 Note: Icelmdic kronur 43.06 equal US$1.00. 



United States imports of frozen groundfish 

 fillets from Iceland in the year 1965 totaled 

 21,384 metric tons of groundfish blocks and 

 slabs, 3,850 metric tons of cod fillets, 2,660 

 metric tons of haddock fillets, and 478 metric 

 tons of ocean perch fillets. Iceland is second 

 only to Canada as the leading supplier of ground- 

 fish fillets and blocks to the United States. 



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FISHERY LANDINGS BY PRINCIPAL 

 SPECIES, JANUARY-DECEMBER 1964-1965: 



Species 



Jan. -Dec. 



1965 1 1964 



Cod 



.... (Metric ' 

 243,702 

 53, 676 



24,730 



5,157 



7,598 



2,260 



29,910 



989 



762, 867 



49, 735 



902 



16,778 



rons). . . . 



280,703 



56,689 



21,793 



4,990 



8,289 



3,542 



27,707 



1,205 



544, 396 



8,640 



542 



13,775 



Haddock 



Saithe 



Ling 



Wolff ish (catfish) 



Cusk 



Ocean perch 



rlalibut 



rlerring 



Capeiin 



Other 



Total 



1,198^304 



972.271 



Note: Except for herring which are la 

 drawn weiqht. 



uded round, all fish are 



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