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California 



ANCHOVY LANDINGS TOTAL 2,500 TONS 



About 2,500 tons of anchovy were landed 

 through November 1 in the 1966-67 experi- 

 mental anchovy reduction fishery, the Cali- 

 fornia Department of Fish and Game (DFG) 

 has reported. DFG said all landings were in 

 the Monterey Bay area (in Zone 5) offshore 

 from northern California. It has a 10,000- 

 ton quota. There has been no anchovy fishing 

 for reduction in the other four zones. 



The experimental fishery, in its second 

 year, was establishedby the State with a maxi- 

 mum take of 75,000 tons. The fishery opened 

 October 15, 1966, and will close April 30, 1967. 

 The fishery may be closed on 48 hours' no- 

 tice if it threatens the resource or quota is 

 reached in any one of the five zones. 



The other quotas are: Zone 1, Pt. Con- 

 ception-Hueneme area, 10,000 tons; Zone 2, 

 San Pedro area, 10,000 tons; Zone 3, San 

 Diego area, 10,000 tons; and Zone 4, offshore 

 from southern California, 35,000 tons. 



Reporting on its anchovy tagging program, 

 DFG said 47,400 anchovies were tagged from 

 October 5 -November 5. The total of tagged 

 fish now is 85,200. The program is designed 

 to learn more about anchovy populations 

 and movements. 



DFG also is experimenting to develop new 

 techniques to improve the recovery of tags. 



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Louisiana 



1965 LANDINGS HIT RECORD HIGH 



Commercial landings of fish and shellfish 

 in Louisiana coastal and inland districts 

 reached a record high of 798.9 million pounds 

 valued at $38.4 million--up 95.3 million 

 pounds (14 percent) and $3.7 million (11 per- 

 cent) over 1964. Important gains were made 

 in catches of menhaden, shrimp, crabs, and 

 crawfish. Louisiana again was the Nation's 

 leading producer; it ranked fourth in value 

 of landings. 



Shrimp: Landings were nearly 62.6 mil- 

 lion pounds, heads-on (39.8 million pounds, 

 heads -off), worth $19.6 million. Compared 

 with 1964, this was an increase of 5 percent 

 in volume and 4 percent in value. 











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Oysters: Landings yielded a little over 

 8.3 million pounds of meats with an ex -ves- 

 sel value of $2.4 million- -a decrease of 27 

 percent in volume and 19 percent in value 

 from 1964. 



Blue Crab: Hard blue crabs were plenti- 

 ful in most areas. Landings of 9.3 million 

 pounds ended a downward trend which began 

 in 1962; landings were 63 percent greater 

 than 1964. Processors produced 578,000 

 pounds of fresh-picked crab meat worth 

 $732,000 at primary wholesale level. 



Industrial Fish: Menhaden landings 

 reached 682.4 million pounds, valued at $11.8 

 million. This was an increase of 14 percent 

 in volume and 30 percent in value over the 

 1964 catch. They were second to 1962's rec- 

 ord catch, and had a record ex-vessel value. 



Finfish: Landings used for human con- 

 sumption were 14 million pounds worth $2.5 

 million--down 1.7 million pounds (12 percent) 

 from 1964 while the value was about the 

 same. 



