September 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



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Chemical treatment of lamprey -producing 

 streams was restricted by low stream flows 

 due to unseasonal drought conditions. Two 

 streams were completed in July --Pine River 

 in Mackinac County, Mich., a tributary of 

 northern Lake Huron was treated for the first 

 time and Sturgeon River in Delta County, a 

 northern Lake Michigan stream, was re- 

 treated. Except for major streams, the sched- 

 ule of chemical treatment of lamprey-produc- 

 ing streams could be delayed on account of 

 low water. 



Industrial Fishery Products 



U. S. FISH MEAL. OIL. AND SOLUBLES : 



Production, May 1966 : During May 1966, 

 a total of about 19.1 million pounds of marine 

 animal oils and 19,155 tons of fish meal was 

 produced in the United States. Compared with 



Fish Meal and Scrap : 



Groundfish , 



Herring 



Menhaden 2/ 



Tuna and niackerel . 

 Unclassified 



U. S. Production of Fish Meal, Oil, and Solubles, 

 May 19661/ with Comparisons 



Product 



Total 3/ 



Fish Solubles : 

 Menhaden . . 

 Oiher 



Total 



Oil, body : 



Groundfish 



Herring 



Menhaden 2/ . . . . 

 Tuna and niackerel 

 Other (inc. whale) . 



May 



1/1966 I 1965 



Jan.-Mav 



1/19661 1965 



Total 

 1965 



.(Short Tons). 



1,040 



132 



14.742 



2,561 

 680 



19.155 



5,980 

 1,652 



1.293 



77 



18,779 



1,624 



3,330 



25,103 



7,961 

 2,726 



4,388 



1,015 



19,832 



11,923 



1,617 



38,775 



10,193 

 6,347 



7,642 10,687 16,540 17,707 

 (1,000 Pounds) . 



3,783 

 1.344 

 26.287 

 8,690 

 6,209 



46,313 



10,126 

 7,581 



10.696 

 12.932 

 175.959 

 25,399 

 17,360 



242,346 



73,181 

 21,658 



94.839 



131 



177 



3/ 



48 



18."370 



22.353 



375 



259 



198 



319 



Total oil .1 19.074|23.156|26,14l|35, 6241 195.500 



637 



358 



23.020 



1,632 



494 



611 



600 



32.302 



1.295 



816 



2,441 

 8.543 

 175.202 

 4,793 

 4.521 



lyPreliminary data. 



2/Includes a small quantit/ of thread Eerriug. 



3/Does not include a small quantity of shellfish andmarineanimalmealaiidscrapbecause 



production data are not available monthly. 

 Source: U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. 



May 1965 this was a decrease of about 4.1 

 million pounds of marine animal oils and 

 5,948 tons of fish meal and scrap. Fish sol- 

 ubles production amounted to 7,642 tons--a 

 decrease of 3,045 tons as compared with May 

 1965. 



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U. S. FISH MEAL AND SOLUBLES : 



Production and Imports , J anuary - M ay 

 1966 : Based on domestic production and 

 imports, the United States available supply 

 of fish meal for the first 5 months in 1966 

 amounted to 187,401 short tons--26, 529 tons 

 (or 12.4 percent) less than during the same 

 period in 1965. Domestic production was 

 7,5 38 tons (or 16.3 percent) lower, and im- 

 ports were 16,758 tons (or 10.1 percent) 

 lower than in January-May 1965. Peru con- 

 tinued to lead other countries with shipments 

 of 93,898 tons. 



U. S. Supply of FLsh Meal and Solubles, January-May 1966 



Item 



Jan. -May 



Total 

 1965 



1966 1 1965 



Fish Meal and Scrap: 

 Domestic production; 



Groundfish 



Herring 



... (SI 



4,388 



1,015 



19,832 



11,923 



1,617 



ort Tons 



3,783 

 1,344 

 26,287 

 8.690 

 6,209 



) . . . 



10,696 

 12,932 

 175,959 

 25,399 

 17,360 



Menhaden 



Tuna and m,ackerel 



Unclassified 



Total production 1/ 



38;775 



46,313 



2421346 



Imports: 



17,905 



93,898 



30,011 



33 



1,000 



5.779 



17,020 



141,119 



3,908 



700 

 2.637 



43,830 



209.801 



5,651 



78 



5.100 



6.206 



Canada 



Peru 



Chile 



Norway 



other countries 



Total imports 



148,626 



165,384 



270,666 



Available fish meal supply . . . 



187,401 



213,930 



524.717 



Fish Solubles 2/: 



16.540 



17.707 



94.839 



Domestic production 



Imports: 



743 



33 



2,302 



766 

 2,240 



1.488 

 3,650 



Iceland 



Other countries 



Total imports 



3,078 



3,006 



5.138 



Available fish solubles supplv . 



19.618 



20.713 



99.977 



l^/Does oot include a STnall qusntity of shelliisfi and marine anijnal meal and scrap be~ 



cause production data are not available monthly . 

 2/Wet weight basis except for imports from South Africa Republic (included iu "other 



countries"). 

 Source: U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, and U. S. 

 Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 



The United States supply of fish solubles 

 during January-May 1966 amounted to 19,618 

 to.ns--a decrease of 5.3 percent as compared 

 with the sime period in 1965. Domestic pro- 

 duction offish solubles decreased 6.5 per- 

 cent and imports of fish solubles increased 

 2.4 percent. 



