October 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



51 



The company with the highest production 

 from January through June 1966 totaled 24,000 

 tons offish meal. An individual plant in Arica 

 produced 13,700 tons; others produced 9,500 

 tons, 8,700 tons, and 8,200 tons, respectively. 

 These 6 plants represent 48 percent of total 

 fish meal production. 



The recovery of fish oil in June amounted 

 to 3,200 metric tons. Total production for 

 the first 6 months of 1966 amounted to 14,400 

 tons, compared with 5,800 tons in 1965 and 

 12,600 tons in 1964. The yield of recovery in 

 June was 3.2 percent (1965, 1.2 percent; 1964, 

 3.7 percent; 1963, 3.0 percentj The highest 

 yield of oil during the first half occurred in 

 April (3.3 percent), which coincides with the 

 1965 results. 



Fish meal produced locally between Anto- 

 fagasta and Talcahuano from other species 

 (hake, sardine, jack mackerel, fish waste, 

 etc.) and which supplies mainly the domestic 

 market, totaled 1,700 tons in June 1966. The 

 total of 15,700 tons during the first half was 

 up 14 percent over 1965 and 97 percent over 

 1964. Of this year's production, Antofagasta 

 produced 2,800 tons; Coquimbo 400 tons; San 

 Antonio 2,400 tons; and Talcahuano, 9,700 

 tons. 



During the first quarter of 1966, the Cus- 

 toms Bureau reported exports of 51,424 tons 

 of fish meal, valued at US$7,228,000 and 197 

 tons of shellfish meal worth US$14,100. Ex- 

 ports of fish meal by months were: January 

 7,304 tons; February 18,958 tons; and March 

 25,168 tons. The mainbuyers were the United 

 States, the Netherlands, and Germany. 



Exports of oil during the first quarter 

 amounted to 2,486 tons with a value of 

 US$441,300 and was purchased entirely by 

 the Netherlands. (U.S. Embassy, Santiago.) 



Mexico 



MAY BUY YUGOSLAV VESSELS 



An investment group from Ensenada dis- 

 cussed in mid-summer with a Yugoslav trade 

 mission the purchase of 5 vessels fromYugo- 

 slavia. The group is considering entry into 

 the high-seas fisheries. The Federal Govern- 

 ment is reportedly prepared to help with an 

 allocation of 75 million pesos (US$6 million). 



WEST INDIES 

 Trinidad and Tobago 



SHRIMP PROJECT NEARS COMPLETION 



The plan to give Trinidad and Tobago a 

 shrimp fishing industry costing TT$1.2 mil- 

 lion (US$700,000) was nearing completion, 

 according to reports from Port -of -Spain. 

 Twelve shrimp trawlers are being built. A 

 shrimp -packing plant will be constructed at 

 King's Wharf, Port-of-Apain. ( Fishing News 

 International .) 



SARGASSO SEA TO BE CHARTED BY SCANDINAVIANS 



Sargasso Sea, home of a floating mass of seaweed that for centuries 

 has been a feared legend among seafarers, is about to be investigated 

 by today's scientific Norsemen. 



A joint expedition of Swedish and Danish scientists left for the Sea 

 in early 1966 aboard the Danish research vessel Dana. The Danish 

 scientists will be checking a belief that Scandinavian eels hatch their 

 eggs among the tangled strands of weed. The optics of the Sea, which 

 are affected by millions of brown algae, or Sargassum, will be investi- 

 gated by the Swedish team, under the direction of a scientist of the 

 Oceanographic Institute in Gothenburg, Sweden. (Reprinted, with per- 

 mission from Science News , weekly summary of current science, copy- 

 right 1966 by Science Service, Inc.) 



