November 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



UNITED STATES 



EVENTS AND TRENDS 



Industrial Fishery Products 



IMPORTS SUSTAIN FISH MEAL 

 AND SOLUBLES SUPPLY 



Based on domestic production and imports, 

 the available supply of fish meal in the Unit- 

 ed States for the first 8 months of 1966 was 

 435,953 short tons--l,327 tons (or 0.3 per- 

 cent) less than the same period in 1965. Do- 

 mestic production was 53,713 tons (or 28.7 

 percent) lower- -but imports were 60,222 tons 

 (or 24.8 percent) higher than in January-Au- 

 gust 1965. Peru continued to lead with ship- 

 ments of 186,903 tons. 



duction of fish solubles decreased 17.1 per- 

 cent, but imports of fish solubles increased 

 3.5 percent. 



U. S. Supply of Fish Meal and Solubles, January- August 1966 J 



Item 



Jan. -Aug. 



Total 

 1965 



1966 



1965 



Fish Meal and Scrap: 



. . . (Short Ton 



10,696 

 12.932 

 175,959 

 25,399 

 17.360 



Domestic production: 



7,368 



7,747 



90,059 



20,595 



7.555 



8,591 



10,049 



139,321 



16,388 



12,688 









Unclassified 



Total production 2/ 



133,324 



187,037 



242,346 



Imports: 



31,729 



186,903 



61,951 



8,593 



6,040 



■ 7.413 



28,987 



201,358 



5,128 



49 



2,900 



3.985 



43,830 



209,801 



5,651 



78 



5,100 



6.206 







Chile 



Norway 







Total innports 



302,629 



242,407 



270,666 





Available fish meal supply 



435,953 



437,280 



524,717 



Fish Solubles 3/: 



59,780 



72,133 



94,839 



Domestic prodiiction 



Imports: 

 Canada 



1,064 

 279 



1,941 

 360 



1,095 

 152 



1,504 

 770 



1,488 

 227 



2,598 

 825 





Peru 



Other countries 



Total imports 



3.644 



3,521 



5,138 





Available fish solubles supply . . . 



63,424 



75,654 



99.977 



1/Includes other species. 



2/Does not include small quantity of shellfish and marine ani- 

 mal meal and scrap because production data are not available 

 monthly. 

 3/Wet-weight basis except for imports from Soath Africa Re- 

 public (included in "other countries"). 

 Source: BCF and U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of 

 Census. 



FISH MEAL AND SOLUBLES 

 PRODUCTION DOWN, OIL UP 



During August 1966, 21 million pounds of 

 marine animal oils and 28,084 tons of fish 

 meal were produced. Compared with August 

 1965, this was a decrease of about 16.0 mil- 

 lion pounds of oils and 13,991 tons of fish 

 meal and scrap. Fish solubles production 

 was 12,207 tons--a decrease of 5,783 tons 

 from August 1965. 



U. S. Production of Fish Meal, Oil, and Solubles, 

 August 1966 1/with Comparisons 



Product 



Aug. 



Jan. -Aug. 



Total 

 1965 



1/1966 1965 



1_/1966 



1965 



Fish Meal and Scrap: 



. (Short Tons> 1 



1 



7,368 



7,747 



90,059 



20,595 



7,555 



1 



Groundfish 



Herring 



Menhaden 2/ 



Tuna and m'ackerel 

 Unclassified 



1,014 

 2,870 

 19,516 

 3,056 

 1,628 



1,180 

 3,318 

 33,391 

 2,573 

 1,613 



8,591 



10,049 



139,321 



16,388 



12,688 



10,696 

 12,932 

 175,959 

 25,399 

 17,360 



Totals/ 



28,084 



42,075 



133,324 



187.037 



242,346 



Fish Solubles: 



Menhaden 2/ 



Unclassified 



9,514 

 2,693 



15,488 

 2,502 



43,153 

 16,627 



57,501 

 14,632 



73,181 

 21,658 



Total 



12,207 



17.990 



59,780 



72,133 



94,839 



Oil. body: 



Groundfish 



Herring 



Menhaden 2/ 



Tuna and mackerel 

 Unclassified (inc. 

 whale) 



. . . , '1 



000 Pou 



1,193 



5,341 



98,147 



3,240 



3,801 



nds) 1 



133 



2.009 



17,713 



703 



1,205 



273 



1,850 



34,503 



634 



503 



1,962 



6,902 



142,463 



2,798 



2,449 



2,441 



8,543 



175,202 



4,793 



4,521 



Total oil 



21,763 



37,763 



111,722 



156,574 



195,500 



1/Preliminary data. 



2/Includes small quantity of otlier species. 



3/Does not include small quantity of shellfish and marine ani- 



~ mal meal and scrapbecause production data are not available 



monthly . 

 Source: U, S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Commer- 

 cial Fisheries. 



The United States supply of fish solubles 

 during January -August 1966 amounted to 

 63,424 tons--adecrease of 16.2 percent com- 

 pared with same 1965 period. Domestic pro- 



