Industrial Fishery Products 



FISH MEAL SUPPLY IS UP 7.6%, 

 SOLUBLES DOWN 13% 



Based on domestic production and imports, 

 the supply of fish meal available in the U. S. 

 for the first 9 months of 1966 was 502.329 

 short tons--35,626 tons (7.6 percent) more 

 than 1965 period. Domestic production was 

 51,742 tons (24.9 percent) lower, but imports 

 were 96,775 tons (38.8 percent) higher than' 

 in January-September 1965. Peru continued 

 to lead with shipments of 216,476 tons. 



The U. S. supply of fish solubles during 

 January-September 1966 was 73,671 tons-- 

 down 13 percent from same period in 1965. 

 Domestic production of fish solubles de- 

 creased 13.7 percent, but imports increased 

 0.8 percent. 



Supply of Fish Meal and Solubles, 

 January-September 1966 



Item 



Fish Meal and Scrap : 

 Domestic production : 



Groundfish 



Herring 



Menhaden 1/ 



Tuna and mackerel . 

 Unclassified 



Total production 2/. 



Imports: 



Canada 



Peru 



Chile 



Norway 



So. Africa Rep. 

 Other countries 



Total imports 



Available fish meal supply 



Fish Solubles 3/: 

 Domestic production ■ 



Imports : 



Canada 



Mexico 



Peru 



Other CQuntrie s 



Total imports 



Available fish solubles supply . ■ | 73.671 84.715 | 99.977 



Jan. -Sept. 



1966 



1965 



Total 

 1965 



(Short Tons) , 



7.971 



9.794 



107,706 



22.876 



8.047 



156.394 



35.310 



216,476 



65.179 



15.096 



6.040 



7^834 



345,935 



502.329 



69.883 



1.184 

 303 



1,941 

 360 



3,788 



9,347 



11,622 



154,367 



18.709 



14^91 



208.136 



32.623 



204,345 



5.132 



49 



2,900 



4.111 



249,160 



466.703 



80.958 



1.253 

 175 



1,504 

 825 



3,757 



10,696 

 12,932 

 175,959 

 25.399 

 17.360 



242,346 



43,830 



209,801 



5,651 



78 



5,100 



6.206 



270.666 



524,717 



94.839 



1.488 

 227 



2,598 

 825 



5,138 



1^/Includes other species, 



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

 mal meal and scrap because production data are not avail- 

 able monthly. 



3/Wet-weight basis except for imports from South Africa Repub- 

 lic (included in "other countries"). 



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

 the Census. 



U. S. and World Fish Meal 



Situation and Outlook 



World production of fish meal during the 

 first 9 months of 1966 was up significantly 

 from a year earlier, several trade sources 

 indicated. Shipments from exporting coun- 

 tries were down about a tenth. Inventories 

 in several important exporting countries were 

 above the same 1965 period. 



U. S. supplies of fish meal during January- 

 September 1966, excluding production from 

 shellfish and marine mammals, were 502,329 

 tons. This was second only to the 1964 rec- 

 ord of 554,000 tons available to the domestic 

 market. Domestic production totaled 156,000 

 tons, down a fourth from 1965. But it was 

 more than offset by imports of 346,000 tons-- 

 almost 40 percent above the same 1965 pe- 

 riod. 



The most significant development in the 

 domestic industry was the drastic reduction 

 in the menhaden resource. It was substan- 

 tially below the low levels of several years. 

 Landings have trended downward since the 

 record 1961 catch. 



Output of menhaden meal was 30 percent 

 below the 1965 period and 38 percent below 

 average. Gulf Coast output was down almost 

 a fourth; the Atlantic Coast output was 44 per- 

 cent below January -September 1965. 



1966 Domestic Demand was Strong 



Domestic demand for fish meal in poultry 

 rations continued strong in 1966. Broiler 

 production was up 9 percent, and broiler 

 prices averaged about 6 percent above 1965. 

 Peruvian prices were well above those of a 



