COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 11 



Wholesale Average Prices and Indexes for Edible Fish and Shellfish, September 1966 



Groi^), Subgroup, and Item Specification 



Point of 

 Pricing 



Unit 



Avg. Prices 1/ 

 ($) ~ 



Indexes 

 (1957-59=a00) 



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







Sept. 

 1966 



Aug, 

 1966 



Sept. 

 1966 



131.4 



Aug. 

 1966 



129.5 



July 

 1966 



129.7 



S^t. 

 1965 



116.2 





Fresh & Frozen Fishery Products: 



137.0 



133.5 



133.3 



117.9 



Drawn. Dressed, or Whole Finfish: • 



135.6 



131.8 



135.6 



135.8 



Haddock, Ige., ofTshore, drawn, fresh .... 

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

 Salnwn, king, Ige, & med., drsd., fresh or froz. 

 Whitefish.L. Superior, drawn, fresh ..... 

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



Boston 

 New York 

 New York 

 Chicago 

 New York 



lb. 

 lb. 

 lb. 

 lb, 

 lb. 



.15 

 .48 

 1.00 

 .83 

 .88 



.14 

 .48 

 .98 

 .74 

 .89 



114.5 

 142.0 

 139.7 

 123.1 

 143.2 



109.9 

 142.0 

 136.2 

 109.7 

 145.7 



143.6 

 144.2 

 134^5 

 94»0 

 114.6 



1^1 

 1S0.8 

 131,0 

 85.8 

 155.5 



Processed.Fresh (Fish & Shellfish):. ...................... 



137.6 



130.9 



130.1 



107.3 



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

 Shrin^), Ige. (26-30 count), headless, fresh 

 Oysters, shucked, standards . 



Boston 

 New York 

 Norfolk 



lb. 

 lb. 



gal. 



.45 

 1.11 

 9.00 



.46 

 Lll 

 8.00 



109.3 

 130.1 

 151.8 



111.8 

 130.1 

 134.9 



109.3 

 128.9 

 134.9 



116.6 



93.7 



122.3 



Processed. Frozen (Fish & Shellfish): ..... 





132.0 



131.5 



128.0 



105.3 



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



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



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

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



Boston 

 Boston 

 Boston 

 Chicago 



lb. 

 lb. 

 lb. 

 lb. 



.42 



.41 



.32 



1.20 



.43 



.40 



.33 



1.20 



106.4 

 118.7 

 112.2 

 142.3 



109.0 

 115.8 

 114.0 

 142.3 



109.0 

 115.8 

 114.0 

 136.3 



100.1 

 111.4 

 108.7 

 101.4 



Canned Fishery Products: 



122 



122.9 



123.8 



113.7 



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. 



Seattle 

 Los Angeles 

 Los Angeles 

 New York 



cs. 

 cs. 

 cs. 

 cs. 



28.00 



12.95 



8.00 



10 25 



28.50 



12.95 



8.00 



10 25 



122.0 

 115.0 

 135.6 

 131.5 



124.2 

 115.0 

 135.6 

 131.5 



124*2 

 117.2 

 135.6 

 131.5 



117.7 

 102,6 

 120,9 

 128.3 



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

 48 ca,ns/cs ......•••••••••• 



Sardines, Maine, keyless oil, 1/4 drawn 

 C3-a/4 07 ^ ion can-s/rq . 









1_/Represent average prices for one day (Monday or Tuesday) during week in which 15th of month occurs. Prices are pub- 

 lished as indicators of movement, not necessarily absolute level. See daily Market News Service "Fishery Products 

 Reports" for actual prices. 



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



percent increase in subgroup index for proc- 

 essed fresh fish and shellfish. Prices were 

 lower for fresh haddock fillets (2.2 percent) 

 at Boston, but they were unchanged at New 

 York City for South Atlantic fresh shrimp. 

 Compared with September 1965, this Septem- 

 ber's index was up 28.2 percent because of 

 sharply higher prices for fresh shrimp (38.8 

 percent) and shucked oysters (24.1 percent). 

 Prices for fresh haddock fillets were down 

 6.3 percent from September 1965. 



The processed frozen fish and shellfish 

 subgroup index rose only slightly (0.4 per- 

 cent) from August to September because of 

 higher prices at Boston for small haddock 

 fillets (2.5 percent). But prices for frozen 

 flounder fillets were down 2.4 percent and 

 1.6 percent for ocean perch fillets. Septem- 



ber 1966 prices for frozen shrimp at Chicago 

 were unchanged. The September subgroup 

 index was 25.4 percent above September 

 1965; prices were higher for all items -- 

 sharply higher for frozen shrimp (40.3 

 percent). 



The September 1966 subgroup index for 

 canned fishery products dropped 0.7 percent 

 from August because of lower prices for can- 

 ned pink salmon (down 1.8 percent). The new 

 season pack of Alaska pink salmon (about 2 

 million cases) greatly exceeded 1965's pack. 

 Prices for all other items were unchanged 

 from August. Compared with September 1965, 

 prices this September were higher for all 

 items in the subgroup, and the index was 7.3 

 percent higher. (BCF Fishery Market News 

 Service.) 



