June 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



79 



Japan (Contd.) 



Fig, 1 - Slicing cooked and cleaned tuna loins for canning in a 

 Japanese cannery, 



solid albacore tuna in oilfor 120 yen(US$0.33) 

 a can at retail. 



Canned Salmon : Production in 1965 in- 

 creased greatly, totaling about 3.7 million 

 cases. Due to a world shortage of canned 

 pink salmon and a firm export market, sup- 

 plies available for release on the domestic 

 market are short. The major fishing com- 

 panies completely sold their pack of factory - 

 ship-produced pink by February 1966. Even 

 the retail price of the flat No. 2 (7.8-oz.) 

 pack increased to 98 yen ($0.27) a can. 



Canned Crab: Production in 1965 totaled 



only about 850,000 cases and this has created 



Fig, 2 - Processing crab meat for canning aboard a Japanese 

 factoiyship in the Bering Sea, 



an acute shortage on the domestic market. 

 The demand is strong for fresh "zuwai" (tan- 

 ner) crab from the Sanin District (prefec- 

 tures on the southwestern part of the main 

 Japanese island facing the Japan Sea), the 

 fishery for which peaks in February-March, 

 and the fresh product was selling at the high 

 price of over 100 yen a kilogram ($0.13 alb.). 

 The No. 3 pack (drained weight 3.3 oz.) was 

 wholesaling for 95-97 yen ($0.26-0.27) and 

 retailing for 130-140 yen ($0.36-0.39) a can. 



Canned Mackerel : Production increased 

 greatly, totaling about 5,5 million cases. The 

 winter mackerel fishery off Choshi, Chiba 

 Prefecture, did not come up to expectations, 

 but beginning around February 20, 1966, fish- 

 ing began in the Yaizu, Shizuoka District. 

 Natural flat No. 1 (15.5-oz.) wholesaled for 

 54-56 yen ($0.15-0.16) and natural flat No. 2 

 (7.25-oz,) wholesaled for 33 yen ($0.09) and 

 retailed for 40 yen ($0,11) a can. 



Fig, 3 - Washing and packing mackerel in baskets prior to putting 

 ^e fish in the hold aboard a Japanese fishing vessel. 



Canned Saury : Production in 1965 totaled 

 about 2.35 million cases, of which 1,4-1.5 

 million cases of seasoned saury and 0.7 mil- 

 lion cases of broiled saury were packed for 

 the domestic market. The No. 6 (7.4-oz.) 

 seasoned pack wholesaled for 38 yen ($0.11) 

 a can and the oblong No, 5A (4,4 -oz,) broiled 

 pack wholesaled for 33-37 yen ($0,09-0,10) a 

 can, ( Suisan Tsushin , March 28, 1966,) 



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EXPORTS OF MARINE PRODUCTS, 



DECEMBER 1965: 



Japan's exports of marine products in De- 

 cember 1965 consisted principally of fresh 

 and frozen fish valued at over US$5.5 million 

 (over $4 million in November 1965) and canned 

 products valued at over $19 million ($10.7 



