August 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



27 



Federal Purchases of Fishery Products 



DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 



PURCHASES MAY 1966 : 



Fresh and Frozen: The Armed Forces are 

 a major buyer of fresh and frozen fishery 

 products. Purchases of fresh and frozenfish- 

 ery products for the Armed Forces in May 

 1966 totaled about 2.8 million pounds with a 

 value of $2.1 million. This represents an im- 

 portant market for the U. S. fishing industry. 



Caioned: Tuna and sardines were the main 

 canned fish items purchased for the Armed 

 Forces in May 1966. 



Notes: (1) Armed Forces installatiODS generally make some local 

 purchases not mcluded in the data given; actual total purchases 

 are higher than shown because data on local purchases are not 

 obtainable. 



(2) See Commercial Fisheries Review , July 1966 p. 23. 



Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Personnel Support 

 Center, Philadelphia, Pa, 



Table 1 - Principal Fresh and Frozen Fishery Pioducts Purchased by Defense Personnel Support Center, May 1966 with Comparisons | 



Product 



May 



April 



Jan. -May | 



1966 



1965 



1966 



1965 



1966 



1965 



Qty. 



Avq. Cost 



Qty. 



Avq. Cost 



Qty. 



Avq, Cost 



Qty. 



Avq, Cost 



Qty. 



Qty. 



Jhrimp: 



Lbs. 



116,600 

 251,958 

 406, 650 

 137,750 



4/Lb. 



123 



163 



108 



70 



Lbs. 



118,000 



138,700 



431,650 



83,300 



<t/Lb. 



100 



137 



85 



65 



Lbs. 



49,920 

 201,700 

 217,900 



93,900 



<t/Lb. 



119 

 161 

 110 



68 



Lbs. 



109,000 

 89,500 



297,600 

 77,650 



<t/Lb. 



99 



143 



86 



66 



Lbs. 



340,900 



667,922 



1,580,917 



336, 330 



Lbs. 



503, 800 



547,860 



1,659,170 



316,850 



raw headless 



peeled G deveined. , . . 

 breaded • 



molded G breaded .... 



Total shrimp 



912,958 



119 



771,650 



94 



563,420 



122 



573,750 



95 



2,926,069 



3,027,680 



Scallops 



48, 330 



46 



202,000 



67 



139,800 



46 



90,900 



76 



1,052,380 



831,784 



Dysteis: 



48, 750 

 9,000 



134 

 91 



60, 160 

 71,090 



94 

 81 



38, 836 

 17,210 



130 

 90 



39, 120 

 14,912 



99 

 81 



249, 342 

 147,640 



306,770 

 183,654 





Pacific 



Total oysters ..... 



57,750 



127 



131,250 



87 



56,046 



118 



54,032 



94 



396, 982 



490, 424 



'illets: 



40, 350 

 243, 500 

 424, 320 

 107,200 



37 



44 

 35 

 37 



37,000 

 214,500 

 377,000 

 167,850 



29 

 33 

 28 

 37 



25,300 

 211,550 

 315,975 



96,700 



39 

 41 

 35 

 36 



32,000 

 246,700 

 362, 250 

 138,000 



34 

 39 

 30 

 33 



138,800 

 1,425,350 

 2,049,395 



788,000 



225, 270 

 1,263,700 

 1,747,540 



761,400 



Cod 



Flounder. ........ 



Ocean perch 



Haddock 



riaddock portions 



523,047 



51 



195,700 



43 



381,540 



48 



177,000 



44 



1,729,513 



870,754 



Steaks: 

 Halibut 



95,920 

 11,080 



57 

 86 



125,560 



18,005 



150 



49 

 71 

 59 



110,200 

 13,820 



57 

 78 



52,800 



10,960 



500 



SO 

 69 

 56 



506,420 



66,447 



500 



500,780 



61,705 



1,910 





Swordfish 



Table 2 - Fresh and Frozen Fishery Products Purchased by Defense Personnel Support Center, May 1966 with 



Comparisons | 



Quantity 



Value 1 



May 



April 



Jan. -May 



May 1 April 



Jan. -May 



1966 1 1965 



1966 1 1965 



1966 L 1965 



1966 1 1965 1 1966 | 1965 



1966 1 196S 



(1,000 Lbs.) 



($1,000) . . 1 



2,807 1 2,591 1 2,253 | 2,029 | 12,594 | 11,298 



2,098 1 1,627 1 1,602 | 1,225 



8,524 1 7,178 



Table 3 - Canned 



Fishery Products Purchased by Defense Peisonnel Support Center, May 



1966 with Comparisons 



1 



Product 



- 



Q uantity 





Value 1 



May 



April 



Ian. -May 



May 



April 



Jan. 



-May 



1966 1 1965 



1966 1965 



1966 1 1965 



1966 1 1965 



1966 1 1965 



1966 



1965 



Puna .•...•.••••. 



fl.OOO \h^.\ 



«1.000\ 1 



257 



1 



200 



1,161 



2 



106 



315 

 1 1 



13 70 



1,078 



3,671 



468 



526 



_ 



142 



954 



1,384 



245 



1,609 



10 



140 





2,071 



445 



11 



322 



1 

 87 



2 

 30 



1 

 27 



1 

 21 



Sardines 



In May 1966 purchases of fresh and frozen 

 fishery products for the Armed Forces were 

 up 24.6 percent in quantity and 31.0 percent in 

 value from the previous month. The increase 

 was due mainly to much larger purchases of 

 shrimp, ocean perch, and haddock portions. 



Compared with the same month in the pre- 

 vious year, purchases in May 1966 were up 8. 3 

 percent in quantity and 28.9 percent in value. 

 Average prices were generally higher in May 

 1966 as compared with the same month in 1965. 



Georgia 



FISHERY LANDINGS AND TRENDS, 1965: 



Landings of fish and shellfish at Georgia 

 ports during 1965 totaled 20.1 million pounds 

 valued at $4.1 million. Compared with 1964 

 this was an increase of 9 percent in quantity 

 and 39 percent in value. Production of shrimp 

 was up 2.6 million pounds (heads -on weight) 

 while blue crabs were down 1.3 million pounds; 

 94 percent of the year's total catch was made 

 up of these two varieties of shellfish. 



