October 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



49 



PRODUCTION OF MAJOR PROCESSED 

 PRODUCTS ROSE IN 1964-1965 



Another record production of fish meal 

 and oil was made in 1965 in South Africa and 

 South-West Africa. As in 1964, the produc- 

 tion of canned pilchard increased sharply. 

 These increases were due to larger increases 

 in South Africa. The 1964 record was due to 

 increases in production by South -West Africa. 



In 1965, both whale oil and sperm oil pro- 

 duction increased substantially. (United States 

 Consulate, Cape Town, and other sources.) 



CANADA 



TRIES TO STABILIZE YELLOW PERCH 

 EX-VESSEL PRICES 



The Government's program to stabilize 

 yellow perch prices to Lake Erie fishermen 

 which went into effect August 11 has now been 

 extended to other yellow perch fishing areas 

 of Ontario. The Canadian Fisheries Prices 

 Support Board stands ready to purchase sur- 

 plus supplies of frozen round or filleted perch 

 from processors at prices sufficient to en- 



Production of Major Fishery Products in South Africa and South-West Africa, 1964-1965 | 



Product 



Unit 



South Africa 



South-West Africa 



Total 1 



1965 



1964 



1965 



1964 



1965 



1964 



::anned: 



Short tons 



72,625 



4,488 



4,237 



49 



2,332 

 1,527 

 8,152 



69,426 

 55 



62, 130 

 164 



142,051 



4,488 



4,237 



104 



64,462 



1,527 



8,152 



164 



PUchard 



Maasbanker ••... ..• 



Mackerel ......•...••.. 



Spiny lobster 





"rozen: 





3,710 



3,325 



2,756 

 936 



2,730 

 1,020 



6,466 

 936 



6,055 

 1,020 



opiny lobster tails o. 



Pilchard 



industrial: 



Long tons 



300, 086 



7,225 



55, 195 



5,333 



12, 386 



108,803 



9,320 



21,857 



4,122 



10,778 



170, 856 



34, 447 



175, 186 

 48, 159 



470, 942 



7,225 



89,642 



5,333 



12,386 



283,989 



9,320 



70,016 



4,122 



10,778 



Fiih mpal ,.,,,.,,,,,,,, 



Vlhite fish meal 



Fish body oil ....•••■•••■ 



Whale oil 







Libya 



BUYS VESSELS FROM POLAND 



A $3 million contract for 33 fishing ves- 

 sels has been awarded to a Polish firm. The 

 goal is to increase annual fisheries produc- 

 tion to 15,000 metric tons. 



Thirty fishermen have been trained. In 

 Tripoli, a warehouse was opened to provide 

 fishermen's services and supplies, and a 

 wholesale fish market is being built. 



All this is part of a five-year (1963-19^8) 

 development plan. The funds to finance the 

 projects come from petroleum revenue. By 

 law, 70 percent of this revenue must be de- 

 voted to economic development. (United 

 States Embassy, Tripoli.) 



sure that Ontario fishermen receive a mini- 

 mum of 10 cents a pound at point of landing. 

 It is expected that processors will continue 

 to sell maximum quantities into domestic and 

 export channels and rely on sales to the 

 Board only when landings exceed the market's 

 capacity to absorb current production. It may 

 be that market demand will keep the price 

 above the minimum established by the Gov- 

 ernment. (Canadian Department of Fisheries, 

 O ttawa.) 



Note: See Commercial Fisheries Review , Sept. 1966 p. 50. 



LOOK FOR HERRING 



IN GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE 



Canadian plans for an East Coast fish meal 

 industry were encouraged by test fishing in 

 the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the summer of 

 1966. The explorations were made off Mack- 

 erel Point in the Gaspe area by the 80 -foot 

 purse -seiner Western Ranger , chartered by 

 the New Brunswick Department of Fisheries 

 under a cost-sharing agreement with the Fed- 

 eral Department of Fisheries. It was brought 

 from British Columbia for the experiment. 



