July 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



81 



Japan (Contd.): 



Japan's Exports of Frozen Rainbow Trout by 

 Country of Destination, February 1966 



Country of 

 Destination 



February 1966 | 



Quantity 



Value 





Short 



Tons 



146 



30 



5 



15 



4 



25 



5 



USf 



113,414 



20,144 



3,794 



11,011 



3,292 



7,636 



3,549 











West Germany ••• 



Dther 



Total 



230 



162,840 



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FIRM CONTRACTS FOR EXPORT 

 OF CANNED MACKEREL TO 



THE UNITED STATES: 



A Japanese trading firm has contracted for 

 export to the United States of 25,000 cases 

 (48 1-lb. cans) of natural pack jack mackerel. 

 The suggested export price (f.o.b.) for that 

 pack for this year (as recommended by the 

 Canned Mackerel Sales Company at a meet- 

 ing held March 10) is 1,850 yen (US$5.14) a 

 case, minimum 1,750 yen ($4.86). (NihonSui- 

 san Shimbun, March 14, 1966.) 



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INCREASES EXPORTS OF CANNED 

 MACKEREL TO THE U S.: 



As of March 31, 1966, sales of canned jack 

 mackerel for export to the United States to- 

 taled 86,150 cases (1-lb. tails), including 

 25,000 cases contracted for sale in February, 

 according to data compiled by the Japan Canned 

 Mackerel, Sardine and Saury Sales Company. 

 The marked increase in Japanese canned 

 mackerel exports to the United States was at- 

 tributed to a decrease in mackerel production 

 in that country and in South Africa (which nor- 

 mally exports large quantities of that product 

 to the United States). SouthAfrican mackerel 

 production was reported down 50 percent. 

 ( Nihon Suisan Shimbun. April 4, 1966.) 



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QUOTA SET FOR 



NORTH PACIFIC SALMON FLEET: 



Japan and the Soviet Union, after six weeks 

 of negotiations in Moscow, agreed on April 14 

 on a North Pacific salmon catch quota of 

 96,000 metric tons in 1966 for Japan. ( Suisan 

 Tsushin , April 30, 1966.) 



The Japanese Fisheries Agency, in turn, 

 developed the following distribution formula 

 for the 96,000-ton quota: 





Catch 

 Quota 



Percentage 

 of Total 



Area A (north of 45° N. latitude): 



. .(IVIetr 



38,981 

 9,019 



ic Tons). . 



40.6 

 9.4 



Mothership-type fishery (11 

 motherships, 369 catcher ves- 

 sels) 



Land-based gill-net fishery (332 

 vessels) 



Subtotal Area A 



48.000 



50 



Area B (south of 45° N, latitude): 



28,390 



12,610 



4,000 



3,000 



29.6 



13.1 



4.2 



3.1 



Land-based gill-net fishery (332 



vessels) 



Land-based long-line fishery 



(369 vessels) 



Small gill-net vessel (under 7 



tons) fishery (1,378 vessels) 

 Japan Sea gill-net fishery (296 



vessels) 





Subtotal Area R 



48,000 



50 





Grand total 



96,000 



100 



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SALMON EX-VESSEL PRICES, 1966: 



The Japan Federation of Salmon Fisher- 

 men's Associations (NIKKEIREN) and the 

 Northern Waters Mothership Council (repre- 

 senting mothership operators) reached agree- 

 ment May 7 on 1966 salmon ex -vessel prices. 



Species 



Ex -Vessel Prices | 



1966 



1965 



1964 



Red 



Chum 



Pink 



King & silver . . 



Yen/Kq. 

 248 

 142 

 114 

 155 



Cents/Lb. 

 31.3 

 17.9 

 14.4 

 19.6 



Cents/Lb. 

 30,7 

 16.6 

 13.4 

 18.1 



Cents/Lb. 



27.4 

 14.9 

 11.9 

 16.2 



The agreement on prices to be paid fishermen 

 calls for a 2 -percent increase for red salmon 

 and about a 7.5 -percent increase for pink, 

 chum, king, and silver salmon. ( Suisancho 

 Nippo, May 10, 1966.) 



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KING CRAB FISHING TRENDS: 



The two Japanese king crab fleets (Tainichi 

 Maru and Keiko Maru) in Bristol Bay were 

 reported as of April 30, 1966, to have caught 

 564,840 crabs and packed 24,339 cases (48- 

 i lb. cans) of crab meat. Their catch per unit 

 of gear was 9.2-10.9 crabs and recovery rate 

 21.6-27.1 crabs a case. So far, fishing this 

 season had been only fair. In part, according 

 to the Director of fishing operations on the 

 Tainichi Maru, this was attributed to the pres- 



