August 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



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France (Contd.): 



Consumption of frozen fish in France is 

 over 15,000 metric tons ayear and is expected 

 to reach 50,000 tons a year by 1970. Fish 

 sticks and portions account for about 45 percent 

 of presentfrozenfish consumption in France. 

 At present, frozen fish is sold in only 10,000 

 sales outlets in France out of a total of 200,000 

 retail outlets devoted to food products. This 

 indicates the capacity for expansion. (U. S. 

 Embassy, Paris, June 11, 1966.) 



Guyana 



SHRIMP EXPORTS AND VESSELS, 1965: 



Shrimp is the mainstay of the Guyana J^/ 

 fishing industry; 7,907,635 pounds were ex- 

 ported in 1965: over 7.6 million pounds to the 

 United States (Guyana is said to be the third 

 largest foreign supplier of shrimp to the U- 

 nited States). Value of the shipments totaled 

 US$5,443,876. A U. S. investor has a new 

 $750,000 plant and another firm has doubled 

 its freezing capacity since 1963. 



Freezing plant at Georgetown, Guyana. 



About 107 shrimp trawlers operate out of 

 Georgetown, fishing as far south as the Ama- 

 zon river. 



In 1965 Guyana became a participant in an 

 FAO/United Nations Special Fund regional 

 fisheries project. It is hoped red snapper 

 fishing will increase as a result of training 

 given fishermen under the project. 



Local fishing is not sufficient for the mar- 

 ket that could be developed. It is an area 

 where small investments in vessels and equip- 

 ment should bring a fair return. (U. S. Em- 

 bassy, Georgetown, June 21, 1966.) 



l^/Formerly British Guiana. 



Japan 



FISHERY LANDINGS SET RECORD IN 1965: 



Japan's fish landings in 1965 reached a 

 new record high of 6,879,000 metric tons (ex- 

 cluding whales), according to preliminary 

 data released by the Statistical Research De- 

 partment, Ministry of Agriculture and For- 

 estry. The 1965 catch exceeds by 15,000 tons 

 the peak year 1962 production of 6,864,000 tons 

 and reverses the previous two years' down- 

 ward trend. In 1964 Japan's production to- 

 taled 6,350,000 metric tons, in 1963 it was 

 6,698,000 tons. Compared to 1964, the sea 

 fisheries production of 6,372,000 tons was up 

 9 percent, shallow seas culture production 

 held steady at 361,000 tons, and inland fish- 

 eries and fish farming production increased 

 27 percent to 146,000 tons. 



Fig, 1 - Packing and washing mackerel prior to stowing them in 

 die hold aboard a Japanese fishing vessel. 



Of the sea fisheries production, the trawl 

 fisheries (mothership-type, distant -water, 

 coastal trawl, etc.) yielded 1,913,000 metric 

 tons, up 38,000 tons over 1964; the salmon 

 fisheries yielded 127,000 metric tons, up 

 26,000 tons. Most of the increase in salmon 

 was due to the larger catches made by the 

 land-based salmon gill-net and long-line fish- 

 eries with a combined total catch of 81,000 

 tons, up 24,000 tons. The tuna fisheries was 

 down--688,000 tons as compared to 691,000 

 tons in 1964, but the Atlantic tuna catch was 

 up sharply from 1964 »s 69,000 tons to83,000 

 tons (20 percent increase). Skipjack tuna pro- 

 duction was up also by 10,000 tons, totaling 

 194,000 tons. These increases were offset by 

 lower catches by the mothership-type, over- 

 seas-based, and Japan-based tuna fisheries. 



Squid production was up sharply at 387,000 

 tons, an increase of 150,000 tons. The coast- 

 al purse-seine fishery catch of 1,276,000 tons 



