July 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



71 



Iceland (Contd.): 



USE OF FISHERY LANDINGS, 

 JANUARY-DECEMBER 1964-1965: 



How Used 



Ian. -Dec. 



1965 1 1964 



hierrinq and Capeliniyfor: 



.... (Metric 



714,689 



32,961 



61,081 



2,950 



Tons). . . . 



468,916 

 26,553 

 57,298 







Salting 



Fresh on ice 



Groundfish2/for: 



37, 357 



183,336 



88, 439 



54,226 



952 



3,155 



39,892 



183, 849 



89,686 



84,118 



297 



3,686 



Fresh on ice ■ 



Freezing and filleting 



Salting 



Stockfish (dried unsalted) .... 



Canning 



Oil and meal 



Crustaceans for: 



4,417 



190 



14.551 



3,732 



198 



14,046 





Canning 



-iome consumption 



Total production 



1. 198, 304 



972,271 



lyWhole fish. 

 2/Drawn fish. 

 Source: Hagtidindi, March 1966. 



MINIMUM SIZE LIMIT FOR 

 HERRING ESTABLISHED: 



Iceland is protecting herring stocks with 

 a new regulation banning catches of herring 

 under 23 cm. (9 inches). Object of this Min- 

 istry of Fisheries regulation is to protect the 

 south coast herring stocks (caught mainly in 

 winter) which appear to have diminished. 

 (Fishing News International, April 1966.) 



Ireland 



FISHERY TRENDS: 



Over 22,000 schoolgirls in Ireland com- 

 peted in a recent national fish cookery com- 

 petition. This is an example of the market 

 promotion work that is increasing fish con- 

 sumption in Ireland. 



U. S. interests intend to set up a shellfish 

 plant on the west coast of Ireland. Initially 

 the group will buy shellfish from Irish fish- 

 ermen for processing, but later may operate 

 its own fleet of vessels. (The Fishing News , 

 London, May 6, 1966.) 



Italy 



IMPORT DUTY ON FROZEN TUNA : 



According to information received by Jap- 

 anese trading firms in the spring of 1966, the 

 Government of Italy has decided to place the 

 following import duties on frozen tuna: 



1. Imports up to 14,000 metric tons a 



year will be admitted duty free. 



2. Imports between 14,000-40,000 met- 



ric tons will be dutiable atO.5 per- 

 cent ad valorem. 



3. Imports exceeding 40,000 metric tons 



a year will be dutiable at 15 percent 

 ad valorem. 



Previously, imports of frozen tuna up to 

 40,000 metric tons were admitted duty free. 

 In recent years Japanese exports of frozen 

 tuna to Italy have been averaging about 30,000 

 metric tons a year. (Note: April 19 65 -March 

 1966 exports totaled 35,323 metric tons, as 

 compared to 28,866 tons for the previous 

 comparable period.) 



Reportedly, frozen yellowfin tuna (dressed 

 without tails) transshipped to Italy early in 

 April were bringing c.i.f. US$620 a metric 

 ton and big-eyed tuna (d.w.t.) about $580 a 

 ton. The prices were said to have declined 

 $10-15 per ton in late April and early May 

 reflecting the softening of market conditions 

 in the United States. ( Suisan Tsushin, May 

 4 & 9, 1966.) 



Japan 



CATCH OF SMALL ALBACORE 

 TUNA CAUSES PRICE DROP: 



The Japanese summer albacore fishery 

 was off to a slow start in 1966, with very 

 light landings reported as of early April. No 

 sizable run was expected to develop until late 

 April. As a result, a number of skipjack ves- 

 sels that had been re -outfitted for albacore 

 fishing switched back to skipjack fishing and 

 a few shifted to long-line fishing in the south- 

 west Pacific in April. 



Albacore began appearing in the fishery 

 in late March and a delay in their appearance, 

 with one or two exceptions, has indicated a 

 poor run. This has led some observers to 



