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Iceland (Contd.): 



HOW FISH WERE USED 



Minimum ex -vessel price set for herring 

 sold for reduction October 1-31, 1966, was 

 1.12 kronur per kilogram (1.18 U. S. cents a 

 pound). (U. S. Embassy, Reykjavik, Oct. 6 

 and 13, 1966.) 



Note: Icelandic kionur 43.06 equals US$1.00. 



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FISHERY PRODUCTS EXPORTS 

 PRESENT UNEVEN PICTURE 



During January-April 1966, Iceland snarply 

 increased exports of fish meal and oil com- 

 pared with the same period in 1965, according 

 to the periodical Hagtidinid , May 19 66. But 

 exports of frozen fish fillets and stockfish 

 decreased in the first 4 months of 1966. 



Exports of Selected Fishery Products, January- April 1965-1966 I 



Product 



Jan.- Apr. 1966 



Jan.-Apr. 1965 I 



Qty. 



Value f.o.b. 



Qty. 



Value f.o.b. | 



Salted herring 



Other salted fish 



Stockfish 



Metric 

 Tons 



1,000 

 Kr. 



141,233 



,94,287 



78,978 



83,667 



318.599 



29,829 



289,401 



377,612 



US$ 

 1.000 



Metric 

 Tons 



8.636 



9,180 



3,708 



12,965 



15,936 



136 



20,063 



32.334 



1.000 

 Kr. 



87,805 

 161.264 

 108.129 



82,505 

 373,219 



13,349 

 170,142 

 219,555 



US$ 

 1.000 



11.348 



4.695 



2,481 



12,926 



11.540 



269 



36,796 



47,591 



3.280 

 2,190 

 1.834 

 1.943 

 7.399 

 693 

 6,721 

 8,769 



2,039 

 3,745 

 2,511 

 1.916 

 8.667 

 310 

 3.951 

 5,099 



Herring, frozen 



Fish fillets, frozen . . . 

 Shrimp & lobster, frozen 

 Fish and whale oil ... . 



Note: Values convert 

 cents. 



;d at rate of 1 krona equals 2.32 U. S. 



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REPORTS LANDINGS BY PRINCIPAL 



SPECIES, JANUARY-MARCH 1965 & 1966 



Species 



Cod 



Haddock 



Saithe 



Ling 



Wolffish (catfish) . 



Cusk 



Ocean perch . . . 



Halibut 



Herring 



Capelin 



Shrimp 



Other 



Total 



1966 



Jan. -Mar. 



1965 



. . (Metric 



73,249 



8,669 



5,968 



1,520 



3,821 



948 



2,468 



154 



17,394 



123,742 



721 



1,289 



239,943 



Tons) . . 

 80, 659 

 21, 123 

 12,007 



2, 100 



3, 140 

 1, 145 

 4,634 



175 



48,815 



48,797 



394 



742 



223,731 



Note: Except for herring, which are landed round, all fish are 

 drawn weight. 



How Utilized 



Jan. -Mar. 



1966 1 1965 



Kerrinq and Capelin-i/for: 



. . (Metric 



135,814 



2,919 



1,452 



937 



Tons) . . 



82, 955 



10,973 



3,137 



546 







Salting 



Fresh on ice 



Groundf ish^ for: 



10,033 

 40,274 

 25, 603 

 18,416 

 2 

 484 



12, 833 

 54, 682 

 34,297 

 19, 758 

 17 

 493 





Freezing and filleting 



Salting • • > • 



Stockfish (dried unsalted) . . . • . 



Canning 



Oil and meal ■•• 





Crustaceans tor: 



710 

 11 



303 

 91 





Canning 



Home consumption . • 



3,S7S 



3,645 





i/Whole fish. 

 2 /Drawn fish. 

 Source: Aegir, June 1966. 



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LABOR-SAVING MACHINERY 

 MEETS NEED 



The shortage of labor has created a strong 

 demand for labor-saving machinery. This 

 may provide marketing opportunities for U.S. 

 suppliers of fish -processing machinery. Also, 

 U. S. processors may be interested in some 

 new equipment developed in Iceland. Two 

 machines were designed to clean lobster and 

 trout: 



Lobster Processing: A cleaning (gutting) 

 machine can be operated by 4 women and 

 equal the productivity of 16 women working 

 by hand. Over an average 10-hour period, 

 1,800 kilograms (3,968 pounds) of lobster 

 were cleaned and sorted. 



The inventor is Sigmundur Johannson. 

 Sales distribution will be handled by Arni 

 Olafsson & Co., Sudurlandsbraut 12, Reyk- 

 javik, Iceland. Johannson is modifying the 

 prototype and expects to have more detailed 

 information and a brochure available on the 

 improved machinery in late 1966. 



Trout Processing: A machine that will 

 wash and clean lake trout is being tested at 

 a cannery. On a trial run, about 50 kilo- 

 grams (110 pounds) of trout were processed. 

 Between 80-90 percent of the processed trout 

 emerged satisfactory for canning. The ma- 

 chinery, during the trial period, handled 50 

 trout a minute; with experienced operators, 

 70 trout a minute can eventually be processed. 



