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South Africa (Contd.): 



MIDYEAR FISHING TRENDS 



Fish Meal and Fish Oil: Adverse weather 

 during July limited the Cape catch. As a re- 

 sult, it compared unfavorably with the local 

 catches in May and June. On the other hand, 

 the Walvis Bay factories of South-West Africa 

 again reported a heavy intake of fish; output of 

 allproducts remained at maximum. The bulk 

 of tonnage landed in both areas was converted 

 to fish meal and fish oil. The Cape oil yield was 

 negligible because bulk of fish were low-oil- 

 content anchovy, the yield at Walvis Bay fac- 

 tories passed peak level during July and be- 

 gan to decline toward month's end. 



The international fish meal market re- 

 mained fairly unsettled during July. This was 

 attributed to heavy production in Scandinavian 

 countries and general uncertainty about Peru- 

 vian operations starting again on September 

 1. Because of heavy forward commitments, 

 the industry did not exert any strong selling 

 pressure on the market, and so sale prices 

 remained about the same as before. 



The fish oil price level reflected a steady 

 decline when compared with first-half 1966. 

 However, this did not have much effect on 

 the industry because the entire exportable 

 1966 surplus had already been sold at the be- 

 ginning of the season at the ruling price level. 



Spiny Lobster: The closed season for 

 spiny lobster operations applied through July. 

 The remaining stocks were reduced through 

 shipments to various markets according to 

 spread-out delivery schedule. Although the 

 U. S. market remained somewhat unpredic- 

 table during July, it was not necessary to ad- 

 just prices to maintain movement. ( Barclay's 

 Trade Review , Johannesburg, Sept. 1966.) 



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SHOAL FISH CATCH 

 DROPS IN FIRST-HALF 1966 



The Division of Sea Fisheries reported 

 that the Cape west coast shoal fish catch, 

 January- June 1966, was 314,317 tons: 115,166 

 short tons pilchards, 21,955 tons maasbank- 

 er, 61,274 tons mackerel, 110,959 tons an- 

 chovy, and 4,963 tons red-eye herring. In 

 first-half 1965, total catch was 381,855 tons: 

 222,291 short tons pilchards, 42,096 tons 

 maasbanker, 43,967 tons mackerel, 73,501 

 tons anchovy, and 100 tons red-eye herring. 

 In 1964 the catch was 351,614 tons: 257,178 



tons pilchards, 19,952 tons maasbanker, 

 55,319 tons mackerel, 16,947 tons anchovy, 

 and 2,218 tons red-eye herring. 



The June 1966 catch totaled 79,836 tons: 

 6,401 tons pilchards, 8,498 tons maasbanker, 

 41 tons mackerel, 64,836 tons anchovy, and 

 60 tons of red-eye herring. In June 1965, 

 catch was 15,571 tons pilchards, 11,521 tons 

 maasbanker, 40,889 tons anchovy; in June 

 1964, 33,538 tons pilchards, 549 tons maas- 

 banker, and 6,345 tons of anchovy in June 1964. 



The June 1966 catch yielded 18,241 short 

 tons fish meal, 327,564 gallons of fish body 

 oil, and 126,936 lbs. of canned maasbanker. 



In South-West Africa, total fish catch by 

 the end of June had reached 510,807 tons and 

 fish meal production was 121,981 tons. The 

 June catch was 141,565 tons pilchards and 

 392 tons anchovy. ( South African Shipping 

 News and Fishinglndustry Review , Aug. 1966.) 



South-West Africa 



PILCHARD FACTORIES REACHING QUOTAS 



Three of the 7 pilchard factories at Wal- 

 vis Bay completed their quotas of 90,000 tons 

 each, and a fourth was expected to complete 

 operations. The remaining factories were ex- 

 pected to reach their quotas by the end of Sep- 

 tember. The new season is expected to open 

 early in February 1967, although one or two 

 factories willnotbegin until March or April. 



Output of fish and fish products at Walvis 

 Bay and Luderitz during May and June 1966: 



Product 



1966 1 



May 



June 



Canned fish (lbs.) 



Fish meal (short tons) 



Fish oil (long tons) 



28,301,627 



30, 178 



7,159 



29,369,609 



34, 161 



8,567 



During July 1966, the following quantities 

 of canned spiny lobster and fish and lobster 

 meal were produced at, and exported through, 

 Luderitz: 



Product 



Qty. 



Value 





Lbs. 

 4,833,900 

 15,000 



US$ 

 205,940 

 17,220 



banned spiny lobster 



Total 



4, 848, 900 



223, 16C 



( Barclay's Trade Review , Johannesburg 

 Sept. 1966.') ._ . 



