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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 9 



International (Contd.): 



are being supplied by the Government and oth- 

 er facilities, such as docking space, cold 

 storage, etc., are being supplied by the other 

 participating countries as needed. Through 

 the cooperation of the Jamaica Government a 

 suboffice has been established at Kingston, 

 where 2 Fishing Vessel and Gear Specialists 

 and a Masterfisherman will be located. 



It is interesting to note that the countries 

 in the area covered by the project are big 

 consumers of fish but over two-thirds of their 

 fish consumption is imported largely in the 

 form of dried salted, brined, and canned fish- 

 ery products. These countries spend about 

 US$50,000,000 per year on the importation of 

 fish products. Their own production is about 

 180,000,000 pounds annually. Although the 

 need for processed products is recognized, a 

 large demand for fresh and frozen fishery 

 products remains unfilled. (United Nations 

 Development Program, June 1966.) 



E ELS IN STRONG DEMAND IN EUROPE: 

 In 19 65, during the 5 months or so that 

 British eels were not available, live eels 

 were flown from the United States to London 

 in plastic bags surrounded by ice --30 pounds 

 of eels to a carton. To satisfy the European 

 demand, frozen eels have been flown in from 

 as far away as Australia and New Zealand. 



In Great Britain, good quality eels retail 

 for about 7 shillings (98 U. S. cents) a pound, 

 going down to about 5 shillings (70 U.S. cents) 

 a pound in the summer season. ( The Econo- 

 mist, April 9, 1966, and other sourcesT) 



WORLD FISH MEAL PRODUCTION. 



MARCH 1966: ^_^ 



World fish meal production in the first 

 quarter of 1966 was up about 19 percent from 

 the same period of 1965. Output was upsharp- 

 ly in Peru, Norway, and Chile. 



Most of the principal countries producing 

 fish meal submit data to the International 

 Association of Fish Meal Manufacturers 

 monthly (see table). 



World Fish Meal Production, January-March 1966 



Country 



Canada 



Denmark 



France 



German Fed. Repub. 



Netherlands 



Spain 



Sweden 



United Kingdom . . . 



United States 



Angola 



Iceland 



Norway 



Peru 



So, Afr. (including 



S.-W. Afr.) 



Belgium 



ChUe 



Morocco 



March 



1966 



1965 



Jan. -Mar. 



1966 



I 1965 



(Metric Tons) 



4.953 



6,565 



1,100 



7,088 



1/ 



T/ 



"342 



10,681 



4.359 



3,805 



11,376 



57,590 



194,309 



32.595 

 375 

 13.521 

 1/ 



7,154 



8.434 



1.100 



6.123 



524 



2.758 



1.001 



6,751 



2,861 



2,654 



13,681 



31,372 



191,930 



43.091 

 375 



10.062 

 300 



18,918 



19,856 



3,300 



20.000 



1/ 



T/ 



~768 

 26.437 

 8.349 

 13,484 

 24,206 

 90,175 

 616.019 



54.276 



1.125 



74.062 



1/ 



970.975 



21,828 



23,250 



3,300 



16,301 



1,162 



7,717 



2,658 



21,787 



7,260 



15,257 



22,848 



55.980 



508,319 



74.547 



1,125 



33,807 



300 



817.446 



Total I 348:659 I 330.171 



1/Data not available. 



^klte: Japan does not reffoit fish meal production to the International Asvociation of Fiih 

 Meal Manufacturers at present. Japanese production of fish meal in 1964 wax reported 

 as 423,700 metric tons by the Food and Agriculture Organization. 



American Samoa 



TUNA LANDINGS, JANUARY-APRIL 1966: 



An article in the Japanese Fishery News- 

 paper Suisan Tsushin (June 24) gives the num- 

 ber of vessels and tuna landings at American 

 Samoa, January through April 1966. Signifi- 

 cant is the increase in the number of and the 

 catch by vessels of South Korea and Taiwan, 

 Japan expects eventually to be outfished by 

 those two countries. (Fisheries Attache, 

 United States Embassy, July 12, 1966.) Here 

 are the landings as reported by the resident 

 officer of the Japanese External Trade Or- 

 ganization (JETRO): 



Landings of Tima in American Samoa, January -April 1966 | 





Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar, 



Apr. 



Total 



Japan: 



27 

 1,505 



13 

 903 



13 



438 



18 

 1,021 



11 



495 



S 

 157 



300 



17 

 672 



17 

 940 



17 

 610 



17 

 986 



IS 

 956 



24 

 804 



79 

 4,184 



56 

 3,294 



62 

 2,009 



300 



Landings (m . tons) 

 Korea: 



• 



• 



Landings (m. tons) 

 Taiwan: 

 No. of vessels. . . 



• 



. 



Landings (m. tons) 

 Palau: 

 Landings {m. tons) 



• 



• 



Total landings (m . tons) . 



2,846 



1,973 



2,222 



2,746 



9.787 



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