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FOREIGN 



CANADA 



LANDINGS ARE DOWN 

 BUT VALUE UP SLIGHTLY 



Landings during the first 6 months of 1966 

 totaled 808.2 million pounds (valued at C$52.2 

 million) compared with 834.2 million pounds 

 (valued at C$51.2 million) during the same 

 period of 1965, reports the Monthly Review 

 of Canadian Fisheries Statistics . June 1966 . 



Landings and ex-vessel values of prin- 

 cipal species were: 



Species 



Jan, -June | 



1966 1965 



1966 1 1965 



Landings 



Value 



Atlantic Coast: 



. (1,00C 



219,877 



65,085 



18,353 



88, 874 



108,065 



627 



20, 127 



7,527 



Lbs.) . . (1,000 C$) . 



Cod 



208, 093 

 51,892 

 26, 346 

 75, 356 

 93,025 



1,346 

 23, 489 



6,751 



9,764 



4,648 



723 



3,016 



1,500 



378 



11,754 



2,906 



8,273 

 3,399 



925 

 2,505 

 1,178 



613 



14,789 



3,845 



Haddock 



Pollock 



Flounder and sole .... 



Herring 



Swordfish 



Lobsters 



Scallops 



Pacific Coast: 



14,929 



137,517 



7,510 



15,619 



221,205 



5,384 



5,145 

 2,299 

 3,290 



4,747 

 2,904 

 2,487 



Halibut 



Herring 





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CONSIDERS LIMITING 

 SALMON FLEET SIZE 



Canadian Government and fishermen's 

 representatives met in Vancouver, Septem- 

 ber 26, to discuss tentative proposals to 

 license vessels for the salmon fishery. 



Because the Government is concerned 

 about the increased fishing for salmon, its 

 Federal Department of Fisheries has sug- 

 gested for consideration proposals to keep 

 fleet in the salmon fishery at present level. 



The Vancouver ineeting produced no 

 agreement on steps to reduce the catching 

 power of salmon fleet; no decision was made 

 on a restrictive vessel licensing policy. 

 However, the Canadian Fisheries Minister 

 warned that no assurance could be given that 

 a license would be issued for a vessel to en- 

 gage in the salmon fishery in 1967 unless the 

 applicant had a vessel licensed for salmon 



in 1966 --or unless arrangements to acquire 

 the vessel, for which a license was sought, 

 had been completed prior to the Minister's 

 announcement. Special consideration would 

 be given to salmon fishermen who did not fish 

 in 1966 for some valid reason. 



The Government plans to hold another 

 meeting with industry on this subject before 

 the end of 1966, (Canadian Department of 

 Fisheries, Ottawa, Oct. 5, 1966,) 



HERRING FISHERMEN ASK 

 HIGHER EX -VESSEL PRICES 



British Columbia herring fishermen have 

 asked C$20,48 a ton for herring in 1966/67 

 contract negotiations with processors. That 

 wouldbeanincrease of C$3,08 overthe 1965/66 

 price of C$17.40 a ton. (The Fishermen . Van- 

 couver, Sept, 23, 1966,) 



Note: Ex-vessel prices for herring in 

 British Columbia are not comparable toprices 

 in certain other countries because British 

 Columbia processors furnish much of the 

 equipment used in the fishery, 



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TWO ATLANTIC CRAB SPECIES 

 SHOW PROMISE 



Of the various crab species off the Cana- 

 dian Atlantic coast, the spider or "queen" 

 crab ( Chionoecetes opilio ) and the rock crab 

 ( Cancer irroratus) show promise for in- 

 creased commercial use in the near future, 

 says the Canadian Department of Fisheries, 



The spider crab is larger, of higher qual- 

 ity, and easier to process, but it is probably 

 much less abundant and less widely distributed 

 than the rock crab. It may make significant 

 contributions to dragger catches in the Gulf 

 of St, Lawrence --but seems unlikely to form 

 the basis of an independent fishery. 



Canadian Atlantic landings of spider crab 

 have not exceeded 18,000 pounds a year. Ex- 

 ploratory fishing began in 1965 as a joint Ca- 

 nadian Federal-Provincial project. It ex- 

 panded to include 3 exploratory vessels--! 



