COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 10 



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Wholesale Average Prices and Indexes for Edible Fish and Shellfish, August 1966 with Comparisons 



Group, Subgroup, and Item Specification 



Point of 

 Pricing 



Unit 



Avg. Prices 1/ 

 ($) ~ 



Indexes 

 (1957-59=100) 



Aug. 

 1966 



ALL FISH & SHELLFISH (Fresh, Frozen, & Canned) 



July 

 1966 



Aug. 

 1966 



129.5 



July 

 1966 



129.7 



June 

 1966 



127.2 



Aug. 

 1965 



114^3 



Fresh & Frozen Fishery Products : 



Drawn. Dressed , or Whole Finfish : 



Haddock, Ige,, offshore, drawn, fresh .... 

 Halibut, West., 20/80 lbs., drsd., fresh or froz. 

 Salmon, king, Ige. cS: med., drsd., fresh or froz, 



White£ish,L. Superior, drawn, fresh 



YeUow pike, L. Michigan & Huron, rnd., fresh 



133.5 



Boston 

 New York 

 New York 

 Chicago 

 New York 



TBT 

 lb. 

 lb. 

 lb. 

 lb. 



"TI4" 

 .48 

 .98 

 .74 

 .89 



.49 

 .96 

 .63 

 .70 



131.8 



109.9 

 142.0 

 136.2 

 109.7 

 145.7 



133.3 



128.3 



117.4 



135.6 

 "145:^ 

 144.2 

 134.5 

 94.0 

 114.6 



121.5 



142.7 

 131.3 



79.8 

 99.9 



133.4 



WITT 



149.4 



127.5 



94.8 



114*6 



Processed. Fresh (Fish & Shellfish ): 



Fillets, haddock, smL, skins on, 20 -lb. tins 

 Shrimp, Ige, (26-30 count), headless, fresh 

 Oysters, shucked, standards 



Boston 

 New York 

 Norfolk 



TBT 

 lb. 

 gaL 



.46 

 Lll 



8.00 



130.9 



130.1 



.45 

 LIO 

 8.00 



UlX 



130.1 



134.9 



132.4 



109.3 

 128.9 

 134.9 



134.7 

 134,9 



108.8 



99X 

 100.8 

 120.2 



Processed, Frozen (Fish & Shellfish) : 



Fillets: Flounder, skinless, 1-lb. pkg. . . . . 



Haddock, smL, skins on, 1-lb, pkg. 



Ocean perch, Ige., skins on 1-lb. pkg. 

 Shrirnp, Ige. (26-30 count), brown, 5-lb. pkg. 



Boston 

 Boston 

 Boston 

 Chicago 



TBT 

 lb. 

 lb. 

 lb. 



.40 



,33 



1.20 



.43 



.40 



.33 



1.15 



131.5 



128.0 



125.5 



109.0 

 U5.8 

 114.0 

 142.3 



104.8 



109.0 

 115.8 

 U4.0 

 136.3 



109.0 

 114.3 

 114.0 

 132.8 



111.4 

 108.7 

 100.8 



Canned Fishery Products : 



Salmon, pink. No. 1 tall (16 oz.), 48 cans/cs. 

 Tuna, It. meat, chunk. No. 1/2 tuna (6-1/2 oz.), 



48 cans/cs 



Mackerel, jack, Calif., No.l tall (15 oz.), 



48 cans/cs 



Sardines, Maine, keyless oU, 1/4 drawn 



(3-3/4 oz.). 100 cans/c s. 



Seattle 

 Los Angeles 

 Los Angeles 

 New York 



CS. 

 CS. 

 CS. 

 CS. 



28.50 



12.95 



8.00 



10.25 



28.50 



13.20 



8.00 



10,25 



122.9 



124.2 

 115.0 

 135.6 

 131.5 



123.8 



125.6 



109.4 



124,2 

 U7.2 

 135.6 

 131.5 



124.2 

 121.5 

 135.6 

 131.5 



106X 



102.6 



120.9 



131.5 



1/Represent average prices for one day (Monday or Tuesday) during the week in which the 15th of the month occurs. These 

 ~ prices are published as indicators of movement and not necessarily absolute level. Daily Market News Service "Fishery 



Products Reports" should be referred to for actual prices. 

 Source: U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 



for standard shucked oysters. Compared with 

 August 1965, the subgroup index was up 20,3 

 percent because of substantially higher prices 

 for all items, August 1966 fresh shrimp 

 prices were up 29,1 percent from August 

 1965, and were higher for small haddock fil- 

 lets (up 12,2 percent), and oysters (up 12.2 

 percent). 



The subgroup index for processed frozen 

 fish and shellfish rose 2.7 percent from July 

 to August solely because of higher prices at 

 Chicago for frozen shrimp (up 4.4 percent); 

 for other items in the subgroup, there was no 

 change. The index was 25.5 percent higher 

 than August 1965. Prices were higher than 



in 1965 for all items in the subgroup- -sub- 

 stantially higher for frozen shrimp (up 41.2 

 percent) and flounder fillets (up 10.3 percent). 



The only change in August 1966 prices for 

 canned fishery products was in canned tuna-- 

 down 1.9 percent from July. As a result, the 

 subgroup index dropped 0.7 percent. But com- 

 pared with August 1965, the index was up 12.3 

 percent. Prices were higher than in August 

 1965 for canned pink salmon (up 16.3 percent), 

 California jack mackerel (up 12,2 percent), 

 and canned tuna (up 12,1 percent). Prices for 

 canned Maine sardines remained unchanged 

 during July and August 1966. (U.S. Depart- 

 ment of the Interior, Bureau of Commercial 

 Fisheries, Fishery Market News Service.) 



