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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 8 



InternationoJ 



nSH MEAL 



PRODUCTION AND EXPORTS 

 FOR SELECTED COUNTRIES, 

 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1966: 



Member countries of the Fish Meal Ex- 

 porters' Organization (FEO) account for a- 

 bout 90 percent of world exports of fish meal. 

 The FEO countries are Chile, Angola, Ice- 

 land, Norway, Peru, and South Africa/South- 

 West Africa. 



Table 1 - Exports of Fish Meal by Member Countries 

 of the FEO, January- February 1966 



Country 



Feb. 



Jan. -Feb. 



1966 1 1965 



1966 1 1965 



Chile 



..(1. 



20.1 

 1/ 



T2.3 



14.3 



118.2 



3.9 



000 M( 



6.2 



4.7 



6.0 



12.5 



130.2 



4.6 



;tric T 



26.8 

 2/3.4 

 -26.2 



36.9 

 263.0 



10.6 



ons) . . 



15.2 

 12.1 

 15.6 

 25.7 

 295.1 



15.9 



Angola 









So. Africa (including 

 S.-W Africa) 





Total 



168.8 



164.2 



366.9 



379.6 



Table 2 - Production of Fish Meal by Member Countries 

 of the FEO, January- February 1966 



Country 



Chile 



Angola 



Iceland 



Norway 



Peru .~ 



So. Africa (including 

 S.-W. Africa) .... 



Total 



/Data not available , 

 I/Data available only for January 1966. 



Feb. 



1366 I 1565 



Jan.-Feb. 

 1966 I 1965 



. .(1.000 Metric Tons). 



26.8 

 1/ 



-7.4 



29.2 



179.3 



17.0 



259.7 



10.9 

 3.7 

 5.0 



18.7 

 122.3 



22.6 



183.2 



60.6 

 2/3.4 

 ~12.8 



32.6 

 421.7 



21.2 



552.3 



23.7 



10.6 



9.2 



24.6 



316.4 



31.3 



415.8 



INTERNATIONAL NORTH PACinC FISHERIES CONVENTION 



JAPAN ASKS REMOVAL OF 

 ABSTENTION LINE: 



Removal of the "abstention line" which 

 bars Japan from taking North Pacific salmon 



on the high seas east of 175° W. longitude was 

 called for in a speech on May 25, 1966, by 

 Japanese Consul General Yoshio Nara. The 

 Consul General told a meeting of the Seattle 

 (Washington) Junior Chamber of Commerce 

 that "salmon fishing on the high seas would 

 then be carried on from the practical and sci- 

 entific view point of conservation and the full- 

 est possible utilization of the salmon stocks." 

 He described the salmon as a special kind of 

 fish which returns to its homeland to spawn. 



The Consul General pledged his country to 

 the cause of conservation saying "Japan pays 

 great respect to the United States' effort for 

 conservation of salmon stocks. At the same 

 time my country thinks that the growth of 

 salmon from two or three inches to several 

 feet is due to the heavenly benefits of the high 

 seas." He pointed out that Japan has adopted 

 conservation measures including a system to 

 limit the number of fishing vessels in some 

 areas. He believed that prospects werebright 

 for fisheries cooperation between Japan and 

 the U.S. He pointed out that two Japanese 

 companies had entered into joint ventures 

 with American companies in Alaska to can 

 salmon and to produce other fishery products. 

 He cited the growth of Japanese imports of 

 salted salmon roe from the United States from 

 a value of $330,000 in 1961 to an estimated 

 $4 million in 1966. ( Post Intelligencer , Seat- 

 tle, May 26, 1966.) 



CODEX AUMENTARIUS 



THIRD MEETING OF COMMITTEE 

 ON FOOD HYGIENE: 



The Third Meeting of the Committee on 

 Food Hygiene of the Codex Alimentarius Com- 

 mission was held in Rome, May 31 -June 3, 

 1966. (The Codex Alimentarius Commission 

 is working to establish international food 

 standards. Through its various committees, 

 the Commission provides a mechanism for 

 preparing and obtaining Government accept- 

 ance of these uniform standards. The Food 

 Hygiene Committee is concerned with hygiene 

 codes of practice which can be incorporated 



