October 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



35 



INTERNATIONAL 



Whale Quotas Set for 

 1966/67 Antarctic Season 



A four-nation conference in Tokyo agreed 

 September 7, 1966, on quotas for the 1966/67 

 Antarctic whaling season to begin December 

 1966. Effective for this season only, the total 

 quota was set at 3,500 blue-whale units 

 (BWU)- -Japan: 1,633 units or 46.67 percent; 

 U.S.S.R.: 1,067 units or 30.48 percent; Nor- 

 way: 800 units or 22.85 percent. Great Brit- 

 ain decided not to whale this season but re- 

 served the right to resume in the future. 



The 1965/66 quota was 4,500 BWU, but no 

 agreement was reached on a preseason divi- 

 sion of the quota. The total catch was 4,089 

 units: Japan: 2,340 units or 57.2 percent; 

 U.S.S.R.: 920 units or 22.5 percent; and Nor- 

 way: 829 units or 20.3 percent. (Fisheries 

 Attache, United States Embassy, Tokyo, Sep- 

 tember 7, 1966, and other sources.) 



International Pacific Halibut 

 Commission 



AREA 3A CLOSED EARLY 



The International Pacific Halibut Com- 

 mission closed fishing in North Pacific Area 

 3A on August 15. This area includes waters 

 from Cape Spencer to the Shumagin Islands 

 off Alaska. It was opened May 9, together 

 with Areas 1,2, and 3B. 



The 1966 quota for Area 3A was limited 

 to 33 million pounds, 1 million less than 1965. 

 Because of the larger fishing fleet and lower 

 catch quota, the 1966 season for this area 

 was 20 days shorter than the 1965 season. 

 As of August 11, 1966, United States and 

 Canadian catch was 29 million pounds. 



In Area 2, the catch limit of 23 million 

 pounds was reached August 25. As of August 

 11, 1966, United States and Canadian catch in 

 this area was 20.1 million pounds; in Area 

 3B, it totaled 1.3 million pounds. The quota 

 for Area 3B is 3.5 million pounds. 



Fish Meal Production and Exports, 



January-May 1966 



The member countries of the Fish Meal 

 Exporters' Organization (FEO), which ac- 

 count for about 90 percent of world exports 

 of fish meal, compiled the record below for 

 January-May 1966. The FEO countries are 

 Chile, Angola, Iceland, Norway, Peru, and 

 South Africa/South-West Africa. 



Table 1 - Exports of Fish Meal by FEO, January-May 1966 



Country 



Chile 



Angola 



Iceland 



Norway 



Peru 



So. Africa (including 

 S.-W. Africa) 



Total 



May 



1966 1965 



Jan.-Mav 



1966 1965 



.(1,000 Metric Tons 



12.5 



1/ 



B.4 



14.0 



107.5 



17.6 



5.7 



1.6 



10.6 



13.6 



157.9 



23.4 



79.3 

 2/14.9 

 ~ 56.0 



90.5 

 626.7 



54.7 



160.0 212.8 922.1 1,059.6 



46.4 

 21.3 

 42.7 

 73.6 

 785.8 



89.8 



1/Data not available. 



2^/Data available only for Jan. -Apr. 1966. 



Table 2 - Production of Fish Meal by FEO, 

 January-May 1966 



Country 



Chile 



Angola 



Iceland 



Norway 



Peru 



So. Africa (including 

 S.-W. Africa) . . . . 



May 



1966 1965 



(1,000 Metric Tons) 



27.7 



1/ 



J-.s 



51.8 

 173.6 



40.8 



Total 297.7 205.6 |l. 440. 9 1.135.2 



3.8 



1.7 



7.1 



27.8 



127.9 



37.3 



Jan.-Mav 



1966 



1965 



115.8 



2/15,8 



~ 41.5 



175.1 



962.9 



129.8 



41.4 



17.2 



34.3 



107.0 



786,1 



149.2 



1/Data not available. 



2_/Data available only for Jan. -Apr. 1966. 



