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Current Fishery Statistics No. 8200
Fisheries
of the
United States,
1981
Prepared by
Resource Statistics Division
B.G. Thompson, Chief
Washington, D.C.
April 1982
Second Printing
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John V. Byrne, Administrator
National Marine Fisheries Service
William G. Gordon, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries
PREFACE
FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STA TES, 1 981
This publication is a preliminary report for 1981 on
commercial and marine recreational fisheries of the United
States and foreign catches in the U.S. Fishery Conservation
Zone (FCZ). This annual report provides timely answers
to frequently asked questions for the previous year. All
data in this publication are consistent with the provisions
of the Federal Reports Act of 1942.
PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DATA
Data on U.S. commercial landings, foreign catches,
employment, prices, and production of processed products
are preliminary for 1981. Final data will be published in
Fishery Statistics of the United States. Publication of
monthly and annual state landings bulletins has been
discontinued.
UNITS OF QUANTITY AND VALUE
MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHING
A section of this publication briefly describes the
background and methodology of the Marine Recreational
Fishery Statistics Surveys. The results presented on
recreational catch by species, number, weight, area and
mode of fishing, and number of fishermen and trips are
taken from the 1979 survey report for the Atlantic and
Gulf coasts.
SOURCES OF DATA
Information in this report came from many sources.
Field offices of the National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), in cooperation with various States, compiled and
collected data on U.S. commercial landings and processed
fishery products. The NMFS Field Offices compiled
data on the foreign catch from reports by designated
foreign officials. The NMFS Resource Statistics Division
in Washington, D.C., tabulated and prepared the data for
publication. Sources of other data appearing in this
publication are: U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs Service,
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of
the United Nations, and the countries fishing in the U.S.
FCZ.
As in past issues of this publication, the units of
quantity and value are defined as follows: U.S. landings
and foreign catch are shown in round weight
(mollusk-shells excluded) unless otherwise noted;
quantities shown for U.S. imports and exports are in
product weight, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of the
Census, unless otherwise noted; the value of the U.S.
domestic catch is exvessel (see Glossary); the value for U.S.
imports is generally the market value in the foreign
(exporting) country and, therefore, excludes U.S. import
duties, freight charges from the foreign country to the
United States, and insurance; the value for exports is
generally the value at the U.S. port of export, based on the
selling price, including inland freight, insurance, and other
charges.
SUGGESTIONS
The Resource Statistics Division wishes to provide the
kinds of data sought by users of fishery statistics, and
welcomes any comments or suggestions that will improve
this publication.
Address all comments or questions to:
Chief, Resource Statistics Division (F/SR1)
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
Washington, DC 20235
202-634-7366
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Resource Statistics Division of NMFS takes this
opportunity to thank all those States, members of
industry, and foreign nations who provided the data that
made this publication possible.
Program leaders of the field offices were: Darryl
Christensen and Robert A. Hall, New England, Middle
Atlantic, Chesapeake, Great Lakes, and northern
Mississippi River States; Richard Raulerson and Kimrey D.
Newlin, South Atlantic, Gulf, and southern Mississippi
River States; Patricia J. Donley, California; John K.
Bishop, Oregon and Washington; Doyle E. Gates, Hawaii;
and Janet Smoker, Alaska.
Members of the Washington, D.C., Resource Statistics
Division who helped with this publication were: Wenona
Crews, Margret Dancy, David Deuel, Donald FitzGibbon,
Deborah Hogans, Mark Holliday, Willie Mae Holloway,
Margaret Nicholson, Barbara O'Bannon, Renay Phillips,
Edith Poetzschke, Anne Rinn, Robert Rosette, Richard
Schween, Malon Scogin, B. G. Thompson, Frederick
Wall, Michael Williams, and Lelia Wise.
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CONTENTS
Page
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ii
REVIEW iv
U.S. COMMERCIAL FISHERY LANDINGS:
Species 1
Regions «. 3
States 4
Ports 5
Disposition 6
Catch by species and distance from shore. 8
U.S. MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES ..... 13
U.S. FISHERY CONSERVATION ZONE:
Foreign catch, by country and area. ... 25
Foreign catch, by species and area. ... 27
Foreign catch, by country and species . . 29
WORLD FISHERIES:
U.S. and world, 37
Countries 38
Continents 39
Fishing areas 39
Species groups 40
Disposition 40
Imports and exports, by leading countries 41
U.S. PRODUCTION OF PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS:
Value 43
Fish sticks, portions, and breaded shrimp 43
Fillets and steaks 44
Canned 45
Industrial 48
U.S. COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS 49
U.S. IMPORTS:
Edible and nonedible 51
Value and duties 51
Principal items 52
Continent and country 53
Blocks 54
Groundfish fillets and quota 55
Canned tuna and quota 55
Shrimp 56
Industrial 57
U.S. EXPORTS:
Principal items 58
Continent and country 59
Edible and nonedible 61
Shrimp 62
Salmon 63
King crab 64
Squid 64
Industrial 65
U.S. SUPPLY:
Edible and nonedible 67
Finfish and shellfish 68
Blocks 69
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U.S. SUPPLY - continued:
All fillets 69
Groundfish fillets 69
Tuna 70
Bonito and yellowtail 70
Canned sardines 71
Canned salmon 71
Clam meats 71
King crab 72
Snow (tanner) crab 72
Canned crabmeat 72
American lobsters 73
Spiny lobsters 73
Oysters 74
Scallop meats 74
Shrimp 75
Industrial 76
PRICES:
Exvessel index 78
Wholesale 82
Wholesale index 84
Retail 85
Retail index. . 85
VALUE ADDED 86
PER CAPITA:
U.S. use 88
U.S. consumption 89
Region and country 92
EMPLOYMENT, CRAFT, AND PLANTS 94
FISHERY PRODUCTS INSPECTION 99
FISHERY COOPERATIVES 100
MAGNUSON FISHERY CONSERVATION AND
MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1976 (MFCMA):
General 101
Optimum yield, U.S. capacity, reserve,
and allocations 103
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION 110
PUBLICATIONS:
Market News 116
National Marine Fisheries Service .... 118
National Technical Information Service. . 120
Government Printing Office 121
SERVICES:
Sea Grant Marine Advisory 122
Fisheries Development 124
Consumer Affairs 125
Inspection Inside back cover
Financial assistance Back cover
GLOSSARY 126
INDEX 127
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REVIEW
U.S. LANDINGS. Commercial landings (edible and
industrial) by U.S. fishermen at ports in the 50 States were
6.0 billion pounds valued at $2.4 billion in 1981, down 8
percent in quantity but up 7 percent in value compared with
1980. These were the lowest U.S. landings since 1977 (5.2
billion pounds). In 1981, increased landings of anchovies,
clams, cods, Pacific mackerel, rockfishes, salmon, and squid
were offset with declines in other major species such as
crabs, flounders, menhaden, Atlantic sea herring, and tuna.
Prices in 1981 of most edible fish and shellfish increased
slightly. The average exvessel price per pound was 40 cents
in 1981 compared with 35 cents in 1980.
Commercial catches by U.S. fishermen at ports outside
the 50 States or transferred in the U.S. fishery conservation
zone (FCZ) onto foreign vessels (joint ventures) were an
additional 473.5 million pounds valued at $129.8 million.
This was an increase of 85 percent in quantity and 27
percent in value when compared with 1980. Most of these
landings consisted of tuna landed at canneries in Puerto
Rico and groundfish transferred to foreign vessels.
Edible fish and shellfish landings in the 50 States were 3.5
billion pounds in 1981, down 3 percent compared with 1980.
Landings of salmon increased, but there were declines in
crab, flounder, and tuna landings. In 1981, domestic
production was 53 percent and imports 47 percent of the
total U.S. supply.
Landings for reduction and other industrial purposes by
U.S. fishermen in the 50 States were 2.4 billion pounds in
1981, 14 percent less than 1980. The decrease is attributed
to small catches of menhaden, the dominant industrial fish,
for the second year in a row.
FOREIGN CATCH IN U.S. FCZ. The foreign catch of fish
(excluding tunas) and shellfish in the U.S. fishery
conservation zone (FCZ) was 1.7 million metric tons (3.6
billion pounds) in 1981, 2 percent higher than in 1980 and 10
percent below the average for the 5 preceding years. As in
other years, the FCZ off Alaska supplied by far the largest
share of the foreign catch (91 percent), followed by the
North Atlantic (5 percent); Washington, Oregon, and
California (4 percent); and Hawaii and the Pacific islands
(less than one tenth of I percent).
Alaska pollock comprised 68 percent of the foreign catch,
Pacific flounders were 6 percent, Pacific cod and hake
(whiting) 4 percent, and other fish and shellfish the
remainder.
Japan continued as the leading nation fishing in the U.S.
FCZ with a catch of 1.2 million metric tons or 70 percent of
the total foreign catch in 1981. Catches by vessels of the
Republic of Korea, the second most important catching
nation, were 243,000 metric tons, 16 percent above 1980.
U.S. VS. FOREIGN CATCH IN U.S. FCZ. The combined
catch by U.S. and foreign vessels in the FCZ was 2.7 million
metric tons in 1981, up 7 percent compared with 1980. The
U.S. share rose to 39 percent of the total, up from 36
percent in 1980.
MARINE RECREATIONAL CATCH. The data shown in the
publication are for the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico
Coast for 1979 and are part of a recently initiated survey of
marine recreational fisheries in the United States. Survey
results for other areas were not available in time to be
included in the publication, but will be published in the next
few months. Fisheries of the United States, 1982, will
contain data on the total U.S. marine recreational catch.
WORLD LANDINGS. In 1980, the most recent year for
which data are available, world commercial fishery landings
were a record 72.2 million metric tons, I percent more than
the revised 1979 total of 71.3 million metric tons. Japan
continues to be the leading nation with 14 percent of the
total; the USSR, second with 13 percent; China, third with 6
percent; United States, fourth with 5 percent; and Chile,
fifth with 4 percent.
PRICES. During 1981, the Index of Exvessel Prices for Fish
and Shellfish increased to 431.0. The index (1967=100) for
edible fish was 439.9, up 8 percent from 1980. Among the
few exceptions to this upward trend were the exvessel
prices for Pacific halibut, salmon, and whiting which
declined slightly. The index for industrial fish was 314.1 for
1981, down less than I percent compared with 1980. The
edible shellfish index increased from 376.4 in 1980 to 427.7.
PROCESSED PRODUCTS. The 1981 value of domestic
production of edible and nonedible processed fishery
products was $4.9 billion, $451.3 million above 1980. The
value of edible products increased to $4.5 billion, I I percent
above 1980. All categories of edible products increased in
value except fish portions which declined $25.2 million. The
value of industrial products of $433.7 million in 1981 was
$16.0 million more than 1980.
FOREIGN TRADE. Total import value of edible and
nonedible fishery products was a record $4.2 billion in 1981,
an increase of. 14 percent compared with 1980. U.S. imports
of edible fishery products were 2.3 billion pounds (product
weight) valued at a record $3.0 billion in 1981, up 6 percent
in quantity and 13 percent in value. U.S. imports of
nonedible (industrial) products were valued at $1.1 billion in
1981, up 18 percent compared with 1980.
Total export value of edible and nonedible fishery
products of domestic origin was a record $1.2 billion in
1981, an increase of 15 percent over 1980. The United
States exported a record 669.3 million pounds of edible
fishery products valued at $1.1 billion in 1981, up 17 percent
in quantity and 19 percent in value from 1980. Exports in
1981 of nonedible products were valued at $84.2 million, 17
percent less than the nonedible products exported one year
ago.
SUPPLY. THE U.S. supply of edible fishery products
(domestic landings plus imports, round weight equivalent)
was 8.3 billion pounds in 1981, 3 percent more than 1980.
The change includes an 8 percent increase in imports of
edible fishery products and a 3 percent decrease in domestic
landings. The supply of industrial fishery products was 3.1
billion pounds in 1981, 8 percent less than 1980. A decrease
in domestic landings of industrial products contributed to
this decline.
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION. U.S. consumption of fishery
products was 13.0 pounds of edible meat per person in 1981,
up 0.2 pound from 1980.
IV
REVIEW
OTHER IMPORTANT FACTS
Menhaden landings in 1981 of 2.1 billion pounds (955,000
metric tons) made up 35 percent of the commercial fishery
landings in the United States.
Salmon was the second most important in quantity and
value.
Crabs were the third most important in quantity and
value.
Shrimp was the fourth most important in quantity and
first in value.
Tuna was the fifth most important in quantity, but fourth
in value.
Scallops were fifth in value.
Tuna landings by U.S. craft at ports outside the United
States amounted to 148.7 million pounds, mostly landed at
Puerto Rican ports. Other species landed at ports outside
the United States were shrimp, at Central and South
American ports, and Pacific groundfish and squid onto
foreign vessels in the U.S. FCZ.
Cameron, Louisiana, was the leading U.S. port in quantity
of commercial fishery landings. The second was Los
Angeles Area, California, followed by Empire-Venice,
Louisiana; Pascagoula-Moss Point, Mississippi; and Dulac-
Chauvin, Louisiana. Menhaden was the principal species
landed at these ports, except at the Los Angeles Area,
where tuna was the principal species.
Kodiak, Alaska was the leading U.S. port in terms of
value, followed by the Los Angeles Area and San Diego,
California; New Bedford, Massachusetts; and Dutch Harbor,
Unalaska, Alaska.
Louisiana led all States in volume of landings with 1.2
billion pounds, followed by Alaska with 975.2 million pounds;
California with 775.2 million; Virginia with 487.9 million;
and North Carolina with 432.0 million pounds.
Alaska led all States in value with $639.8 million,
followed by California with $275.2 million; Massachusetts
with $196.9 million; Louisiana with $193.5 million; and
Texas with $174.8 million.
Joint venture catches in 1981 of 307.8 million pounds
valued at $21.0 million were caught by U.S. fishermen and
unloaded onto foreign vessels in the U.S. FCZ. This
represents a substantial increase over 1980, when 137.7
million pounds were caught valued at $8.4 million. The
major species caught were Alaska pollock, Pacific hake
(whiting), and Pacific flounder.
REVIEW
RECORDS ESTABLISHED
U.S. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS
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Value of U.S. commercial landings — $2.4 billion... .(previous high, 1 980 — $2.2 billion).
Bluefish -- 16.7 million pounds and $3.2 million. ...(previous high, 1980 — 15.7 million pounds
and $2.4 million).
Cods — $42.8 million.. ..(previous high, 1980 — $38.0 million).
Rockfishes — 1 18.8 million pounds... .(previous high, 1980— 105.7 million pounds).
Sharks — 23.3 million pounds... .(previous high, 1979 — 22.6 million pounds).
Crabs- $296.6 million....(previous high, 1980 - $291 .4 million).
Lobster, American — 37.5 million pounds and $86.5 million. ...(previous high, 1979 — 37.2 million pounds,
and 1980- $75.2 million).
Scallops, Calico — 14.6 million pounds....(previous high, 1976 — 2.3 million pounds).
Squid — 54.3 million pounds... .(previous high, 1979 — 48.7 million pounds).
U.S. PRODUCTION OF PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS
Value of canned fishery products — $2.2 billion....(previous high, 1980 — $1.9 billion).
Value of canned fishery products for human consumption — $2.0 billion... .(previous high, 1980 — $1.8 billion).
Production of all fillets and steaks — 208.4 million pounds... .(previous high, 1951 — 205.5 million pounds).
U.S. IMPORTS
Total value — $4.2 billion. ...(previous high, 1979 — $3.8 billion).
Value of edible fishery products — $3.0 billion....(previous high, 1980 — $2.7 billion).
Lobster, American — 40.3 million pounds (round weight)... .(previous high, 1980 — 32.2 million pounds).
U.S. EXPORTS
Total value — $1.2 billion.. ..(previous high, 1979 — $1.1 billion).
Edible fishery products — 669.3 million pounds... .(previous high, 1980 — 573.9 million pounds).
Value of edible fishery products — $1.1 billion... .(previous high, 1979 — $1.0 billion).
U.S. SUPPLY (DOMESTIC PRODUCTION PLUS IMPORTS)
All fillets and steaks — 622.5 million pounds... .(previous high, 1979 — 614.7 million pounds).
Groundfish fillets and steaks — 331.7 million pounds. ...(previous high, 1979 — 327.5 million pounds).
Lobster, American — 77.8 million pounds (round weight). ...(previous high, 1980 — 69.2 million pounds).
Scallop meats — 71.8 million pounds (edible weight)... .(previous high, 1978 — 61.7 million pounds).
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REVIEW
IMPORTANT SPECIES
ALASKA POLLOCK AND OTHER PACIFIC TRAWL FISH.
U.S. landings of Pacific trawl fish Pacific cod, flounders,
hake (Pacific whiting), ocean perch, Alaska pollock, and
rockfishes were 244.9 million pounds valued at $48.6 million,
up 18 percent in volume and 15 percent in value compared
with 1980. Decreases in landings of ocean perch (20
percent), and hake (7 percent), were offset by increases in
landings of Pacific cod (122 percent), Alaska pollock (24
percent), rockfishes (12 percent) and flounders (3 percent).
The foreign catch of trawl fish in the Pacific U.S. FCZ
was 1.6 million metric tons, unchanged from 1980. About 81
percent of this catch was in the Eastern Bering Sea, 15
percent in the Gulf of Alaska, and the remaining 4 percent
off Washington, Oregon, and California. Alaska pollock was
the leading species caught (I.I million metric tons),
followed by Pacific flounders (187,590 metric tons), and
Pacific cod (74,1 10 metric tons). Japan, South Korea, and
Poland were the major fishing nations.
ANCHOVIES. U.S. landings of anchovies in 1981 were 126.6
million pounds, an increase of 19.7 million pounds (18
percent) compared with 1980. In 1981, 122.8 million pounds
were used for industrial purposes, with 107.9 million pounds
or 88 percent of the anchovies reduced to meal, oil, and
solubles. Another 14.0 million pounds or 1 1 percent were
used for bait, mostly live bait for sport fishing. There were
881,000 pounds used for pet food. Most of the anchovies
were caught in purse seines, although some were taken with
I am para nets.
HALIBUT. U.S. landings of Atlantic and Pacific halibut
were 26.9 million pounds (round weight) valued at $21.5
million, up 7.7 million pounds and $4.7 million compared
with 1980. The Pacific fishery accounted for 99 percent of
the 1981 total. The average exvessel price per pound in
1981 was 80 cents compared with 88 cents in 1980.
HERRING, SEA. U.S. commercial landings of sea herring
were 247.0 million pounds valued at $30.5 million in 1981,
down 15 percent in volume and 32 percent in value
compared with 1980. Landings of Atlantic sea herring were
139.1 million pounds valued at $7.6 million, down 24 percent
in quantity and 26 percent in value from 1980. Landings of
Pacific sea herring' were 107.9 million pounds valued at
$22.9 million, an increase of 839,000 pounds (I percent) and
a decrease of $1 1.7 million (34 percent) in value compared
with 1980. The average exvessel price per pound of Pacific
sea herring decreased from 32 cents in 1980 to 21 cents in
1981.
JACK MACKEREL. Landings of jack mackerel in California
in 1981 were 31.0 million pounds valued at $2.8 million, a 30
percent decrease in quantity and value compared with 1980.
The landings of jack mackerel have declined 3 of the past 4
years. In 1977, 1 10.2 million pounds were landed.
MACKEREL, ATLANTIC. U.S. landings of Atlantic
mackerel in 1981 were 5.8 million pounds with an exvessel
value of $820,000-67,000 pounds less than in 1980 but an
increase of $4,000 in value. New Jersey was the leading
State with landings of 3.2 million pounds (55 percent),
followed by Massachusetts with 1.0 million pounds (18
percent). The average exvessel price per pound in 1 980 and
1981 was 14 cents.
MACKEREL, PACIFIC. Landings of Pacific mackerel in
1981 were 85.0 million pounds valued at $7.6 million.
Compared with 1980 the quantity and value increased 31
percent. Landings have increased significantly since 1977
when 10.2 million pounds were landed.
Prior to 1978, the State of California prohibited the
landing of Pacific mackerel, except for an incidental take
limited to 18 percent by weight for a trip. The reason for
more Pacific mackerel landings in 1979, 1980, and 1981 was
an increase in abundance and the removal of the State of
California regulations.
MENHADEN. U.S. menhaden landings were 2.1 billion
pounds valued at $81.3 million in 1981, down 391.2 million
pounds (16 percent) in quantity and $30.7 million (27
percent) in value compared with 1980. Landings declined in
the Atlantic States by 6 percent and in the Gulf States by 21
percent. About 99 percent of the total landings were
reduced to meal, oil, and solubles; the rest was used for bait
or for canned pet food.
Landings along the Atlantic Coast were 887.2 million
pounds worth $33.6 million in 1981, a decrease of 6 percent
in quantity and 22 percent in value compared with 1980. Of
this amount, 863.5 million pounds were used for reduction in
1981, the remainder for bait and canned pet food.
Landings of Gulf menhaden were 1.2 billion pounds
compared with the 1980 landings of 1.5 billion pounds. The
1981 landings were 33 percent less than the record year of
1978 when 1.8 billion pounds were landed. Gulf Coast
landings in July and September were the highest during the
year when 268.8 and 21 3.5 million pounds were landed.
NORTH ATLANTIC TRAWL FISH. North Atlantic
groundfish landings in 1981 were 416.6 million pounds
(188,969 metric tons) valued at $152.2 million, down 10 per-
cent in quantity and up 4 percent in value compared to the
461.3 million pounds valued at $146.3 million landed in 1980.
Fish included are: butterfish, Atlantic cod, cusk, flounders,
haddock, red and white hake, Atlantic ocean perch, pollock,
and whiting (silver hake). Of these species, flounders led in
value, accounting for 45 percent of the total, cod second
with 22 percent, and haddock third with 14 percent.
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REVIEW
IMPORTANT SPECIES
Atlantic cod and haddock, managed under an FMP since
1977, have shown a marked increase in landings since 1976
when landings were 56.0 million and 12.8 million pounds
respectively. In 1981 cod landings were 100.5 million pounds
and haddock 55.3 million pounds. Yellowtail flounder have
also been managed under an FMP since 1977, but landings
have not shown a substantial increase. Yellowtail landings
in 1976 were 38.0 million pounds and 34.1 million pounds in
1981.
Foreign catches in the North Atlantic FCZ in 1981 were
77,068 metric tons, a 12 percent increase compared with
68,527 metric tons in 1980. Canada was the leading country
with 39 percent, Spain second with 26 percent, Italy third
with 16 percent, and Japan fourth with 14 percent. The only
other country fishing the area was Poland. Squid catches of
34,304 metric tons led all species caught (45 percent).
Other species in order of significance were cod (12 percent),
sea scallops (10 percent), haddock (8 percent), Atlantic
mackerel (7 percent), and pollock (5 percent).
PACIFIC SALMON. U.S. commercial landings were 648.4
million pounds valued at $438.2 million, an increase of 34.6
million pounds (6 percent) and $86.0 million (24 percent)
compared with 1980. The increase resulted primarily from
higher landings of chum and red salmon fn Alaska and pink
salmon in Washington. Alaska accounted for 91 percent of
the total landings; Washington, 7 percent; and Oregon and
California I percent each. Landings of 1,000 pounds of
silver salmon were made in the Great Lakes.
Alaska salmon landings in 1 98 1 were 589.5 million pounds,
up 22.4 million pounds (4 percent) from 1980. The 1981
landings were the largest since 1942. The value of Alaska
salmon was $368.1 million in 1981, an increase of $81.5
million (28 percent) compared with 1980. Pink salmon
landings of 236.8 million pounds in 1981 decreased by 16.7
million pounds (7 percent) from 1980. Landings of the other
species increased from 1980 to 1981, with chinook salmon
landings up 5.6 million pounds (48 percent) from 1980.
Chum salmon landings were 93.1 million pounds, up 25
percent from 1980. Landings of red salmon (218.7 million
pounds) and silver salmon (23.8 million pounds) increased 7
percent and 3 percent respectively compared with 1980.
Washington salmon landings in 1981 were 46.0 million
pounds, an increase of 12.2 million pounds (36 percent)
compared with 1980. The 1981 value of $45.9 million was an
increase of $6.1 million (15 percent) from 1980. Pink
salmon landings of 19.9 million pounds accounted for 43
percent of the landings in Washington in 1981. Red salmon
landings of 7.5 million pounds were an increase of 4.3
million pounds over 1980. Landings of silver (6.8 million
pounds) and chum (5.8 million pounds) salmon decreased 5.8
million pounds and 4.8 million pounds respectively. Chinook
salmon landings decreased 1.5 million pounds, from 7.6
million pounds in 1980 to 6.0 million pounds in 1981 .
Oregon salmon landings were 7.0 million pounds valued at
$10.2 million, unchanged in quantity but a decrease of $2.4
million in value compared with 1980. Landings of pink
salmon went from 1,000 pounds in 1980 to 373,000 pounds in
1981. Silver salmon landings increased 29 percent to 4.2
million pounds in 1981, while chinook salmon decreased 35
percent to 2.4 million pounds in 1981. Landings of chum
salmon increased from 2,000 pounds in 1980 to 11,000
pounds in 1981.
California salmon landings increased from 5.9 million
pounds in 1980 to 6.0 million pounds in 1981. The 1981 value
($14.0 million) increased 6 percent compared with 1980.
Chinook salmon landings in 1981 were 5.5 million pounds
compared with 5.6 million pounds in 1980, while silver
salmon went from 300,000 pounds in 1980 to 482,000 pounds
in 1981.
SABLEFISH. U.S. commercial landings of sablefish were
28.3 million pounds valued at $6.5 million in 1981. This was
an increase of 6.2 million pounds (28 percent) and $1.1
million (21 percent) in value compared with 1980. The 1981
landings were 20.1 million pounds less than landings in 1979,
the record year when 48.4 million pounds were landed.
Landings in 1981 increased in California to 13.9 million
pounds (67 percent) and in Washington to 5.6 million pounds
(80 percent) compared with 1980. Landings declined in
Oregon to 5.2 million pounds (12 percent) and in Alaska to
3.6 million pounds (24 percent) compared with 1980. The
average exvessel price per pound in 1981 was 23 cents
compared with 24 cents in 1980.
TUNA. Landings of tuna in 1981 by U.S. fishermen at ports
in the 50 States, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, other U.S.
territories, and foreign ports were 489.9 million pounds
valued at $285.6 million, down 2 percent in quantity but up I
percent in value from 1980. The quantity landed was 10
percent below the average for the previous 5 years. The
average exvessel price per pound for all species of tuna for
1 98 1 was 58 cents, about the same as in 1 980.
Bigeye landings in 1981 were 4.7 million pounds, down 2.3
million pounds (33 percent) from 1980. The average
exvessel price per pound was 61 cents in 1981 compared to
58 cents in 1980.
Skipjack landings in 1981 were 200.3 million pounds, down
34.7 million pounds (15 percent) from 1980. The average
exvessel price per pound in 1981 was 52 cents compared to
54 cents in 1980.
Yellowfin landings were 249.7 million pounds in 1981, up
18.1 million pounds (8 percent) from 1980. The average
exvessel price in 1981 was 59 cents compared with 60 cents
in 1980.
Bluefin landings were 4.8 million pounds in 1 98 1 , down 3.3
million pounds (41 percent) from 1980. The average
exvessel price per pound was 79 cents in 1981 compared to
88 cents in 1980.
Almost 70 percent of the tuna landings were at ports in
the continental United States (principally California, with
93 percent of continental landings).
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IMPORTANT SPECIES
CLAMS. Landings of all species yielded 120.6 million
pounds of meats worth $107.1 million in 1981. Compared
with 1980, landings increased 25.3 million pounds (26
percent) and $16.9 million (19 percent) in value in 1981. The
average exvessel price went from 95 cents in 1980 to 89
cents in 1981.
Surf clams yielded 46.1 million pounds of meats valued at
$23.5 million, up 8.4 million pounds in quantity (22 percent)
and $4.4 million in value (23 percent) compared with 1980.
New Jersey was the leading State with 20.3 million pounds;
followed by Maryland, 11.6 million; Virginia, 11.3 million;
and New York, 2.3 million pounds. The average exvessel
price per pound was 51 cents in 1981, the same as 1980.
The ocean quahog fishery produced 36.1 million pounds of
meats valued at $10.2 million in 1981, an increase of 2.3
million pounds (7 percent) but down $3,000 in value
compared with 1980. New Jersey was the leading producer
in the United States with 20.8 million pounds of meats
accounting for 58 percent of the total landings of ocean
quahog. Maryland was second with 8.4 million pounds (23
percent), followed by Rhode Island, 7.0 million pounds (19
percent). The average exvessel price per pound of meat was
28 cents in 1981 compared with 30 cents in 1980.
The hard clam fishery produced 18.1 million pounds of
meats valued at $51.2 million. This was an increase of 4.7
million pounds of meats (36 percent) and $7.1 million (16
percent) over 1980. Landings in the Middle Atlantic region
(mostly New York) were 5.5 million pounds; Chesapeake, 5.1
million; New England, 5.0 million; South Atlantic, 1.8
million; and the Pacific, 584,000 pounds of meats. Average
exvessel price per pound of meats in 1981 was $2.82
compared to $3.30 in 1980.
Soft clams yielded 8.1 million pounds of meats valued at
$13.9 million. This was .a decrease of 876,000 pounds (10
percent) and $1.5 million (10 percent) in value from 1980.
Maine was the leading State with 5.3 million pounds (65
percent of the total landings), followed by Maryland with 1.6
million pounds of meats. The average exvessel price per
pound of meats was $1.72 in 1981, the same as 1980.
CRABS. Landings of all species of crabs were 446.0 million
pounds valued at $296.6 million, a decrease of 77.1 million
pounds (15 percent) in quantity but up $5.2 million (2
percent) in value over 1980. Landings decreased for major
species except hard blue crabs.
Hard blue crab landings were 195.1 million pounds valued
at $46.4 million, an increase of 31.9 million pounds (20
percent) and $1 1.3 million (32 percent) compared with 1980.
Hard blue crab landings in the Chesapeake States increased
50 percent from 1980 to 94.7 million pounds. Blue crab
landings in the South Atlantic States were 60.5 million
pounds, up 10 percent; Middle Atlantic, 2.5 million pounds,
down 35 percent; and landings in the Gulf States, 37.4
million pounds, down 9 percent over 1980. The average
exvessel price per pound of crabs in 1981 was 24 cents
compared with 22 cents in 1980.
Dungeness crab landings were 35.6 million pounds worth
$29.1 million, a decrease of 2.7 million pounds (7 percent)
and an increase of $7.5 million (35 percent) compared with
1980. The average exvessel price per pound increased from
56 cents in 1980 to 82 cents in 1981. Alaska led with
landings of 14.9 million pounds, up 152 percent from 1980.
Landings in California increased 57 percent; Washington
decreased 48 percent; and Oregon decreased 63 percent
relative to 1980.
U.S. landings of king crabs were 88.1 million pounds,
valued at $157.7 million. This harvest was down 97.6 million
pounds (53 percent) from the record of 185.6 million pounds
in 1980. The fishery in the Bering Sea decreased to 58.4
million pounds valued at $100.3 million, down 100.0 million
pounds (63 percent) and $42.3 million (30 percent) compared
to 1980. The exvessel price per pound reached $1.72 for
1981 compared with 90 cents in 1980. Landings in the Gulf
of Alaska were 29.7 million pounds with an average exvessel
price of $1.93 per pound compared with 27.2 million pounds
landed in 1980 and valued at 96 cents per pound.
Snow (tanner) crab landings were 107.5 million pounds
valued at $47.3 million— a decrease of 14.2 million pounds
(12 percent) and $7.8 million (14 percent) in value from
1980. Landings taken in the Bering Sea of the smaller
Chionoecetes opilio were 50.5 million pounds while C^ bairdi
landings were 30.4 million pounds. Landings of C. bairdi
from the Gulf of Alaska were 26.6 million pounds, down 18.0
million pounds (40 percent) from 1980. The average
exvessel price per pound for 1981 was 44 cents compared
with 45 cents in 1980.
LOBSTER, AMERICAN. Landings of American lobster in
1981 were 37.5 million pounds valued at $86.5 million—up
542,000 pounds (I percent) and $11.3 million (15 percent)
compared with 1980. The average exvessel price per pound
was $2.31 in 1981 compared with $2.04 in 1980. Landings in
Maine, the principal producing State, were 22.3 million
pounds, about I percent more than the previous year.
Massachusetts landings of 9.8 million pounds increased by
only 140,000 pounds from the previous year. Rhode Island
landings of 2.2 million pounds decreased by 205,000 pounds
compared with 1980.
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IMPORTANT SPECIES
LOBSTER, SPINY. U.S. landings of spiny lobster were 6.6
million pounds valued at $19.4 million in I 98 I , down 242,000
pounds (4 percent) and up $4.6 million (31 percent) from
1980. The average exvessel price per pound was $2.93
compared with $2.16 in 1980. Florida landings accounted
for 82 percent of the total landings and 69 percent of the
value.
OYSTERS. U.S. landings in 1981 yielded 50.1 million pounds
of meats valued at $68.6 million, an increase of 971,000
pounds (2 percent) in quantity and down $1.5 million (2
percent) in value compared with I 980. Chesapeake States
led in production with 22.2 million pounds of meat, followed
by the Gulf States with 17.1 million pounds. Landings
increased in the Chesapeake States, the South Atlantic, and
the Gulf and decreased in New England, the Middle Atlantic,
and the Pacific.
SHRIMP. U.S. landings were 354.6 million pounds (heads-on)
valued at $463.4 million— up 4 percent in volume and 15
percent in value compared with 1980. The average exvessel
price per pound for 1981 was $1.31 compared to $1.19 in
1980. Shrimp landings increased in the New England and
Gulf States and declined in the South Atlantic and Pacific
States.
Gulf landings of 268.2 million pounds were up 29 percent
over 1980. Louisiana led all States with 110.2 million
pounds (up 24 percent), followed by Texas, 95.7 million
pounds (up 29 percent).
SCALLOPS. U.S. landings of all. species yielded 45.6 million
pounds of meats worth $127.6 million in 1 98 1 — up 15.9
million pounds (53 percent) in quantity and $ I 3.2 million (I 2
percent) in value from 1980. The average exvessel price per
pound in 1981 was $2.80 compared to $3.85 in 1980.
U.S. bay scallop landings in 1981 of 670,000 pounds of
meats valued at $2.4 million were down 298,000 pounds (31
percent) in quantity and $1.5 million (38 percent) in value
compared with 1980. Massachusetts was the leading State
in 1981 with landings of 215,000 pounds. The average
exvessel price per pound for bay scallops was $3.62 in 1981
compared to $4.02 in 1980.
Sea scallop landings were 30.3 million pounds of meats
valued at $111.2 million in 1981— up 1.5 million pounds (5
percent) in quantity and an increase in value of $787,000 (I
percent) compared with 1980. Average exvessel price per
pound in 1981 was $3.67 compared with $3.84 in 1980.
Calico scallop landings were 14.6 million pounds of meats
valued at $13.9 million in 1981. No landings were recorded
in 1980. Average exvessel price per pound was 95 cents.
REVIEW
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION. U.S. per capita consumption
of fish and shellfish was 13.0 pounds (edible meat) in 1981.
This was 0.2 pound more than the 12.8 pounds consumed in
1980.
Consumption of canned fishery products in 1981, at 4.8
pounds per person, rose 0.3 pound due mostly to an increase
in the packs of tuna and sardines. Tuna at 3.1 pounds per
person registered a 0.2 pound increase and sardines at 0.4
pound per person registered a 0.1 pound increase.
Per capita consumption of fresh and frozen fish and
shellfish in 1981 was 7.8 pounds, down 0.2 pound from 1980.
Per capita consumption of clams was 0.4 pound, up 0.2
pound, and scallop consumption was 0.3 pound, up 0.1 pound.
The increase in fresh and frozen shellfish consumption was
offset by a decline in the fresh and frozen fish category,
decreasing from 5.5 pounds in 1980 to 5.0 pounds in 1981.
Lower stocks at the beginning of the year and higher exports
accounted for most of the decrease.
Per capita consumption of cured fishery products was 0.4
pound, up 0. 1 pound over 1 980.
Per capita data for fish and shellfish have been revised
back to 1970 to reflect the results of the 1980 census.
In addition to consumption of commercially caught fish
and shellfish, recreational fishermen catch and consume an
estimated 3 or 4 pounds of edible meat per person.
PER CAPITA USE. The per capita use of all fishery
products (edible and industrial) was 49.4 pounds (round
weight) in 1981, down 0.5 pounds (I percent) from 1980.
One reason for the decrease was that landings were down
505.3 million pounds. The per capita use of edible fishery
products was up 2 percent and industrial use was down 9
percent.
PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS
FRESH AND FROZEN
FISH FILLETS AND STEAKS. In 1981, the U.S. production
of raw (uncooked) fish fillets and steaks set records in
quantity and value at 208.4 million pounds and $304.5
million. This was 6.2 million pounds and $43.3 million more
than the 1980 production and exceeded by 2.9 million pounds
the previous record production established in 1951. Flounder
fillets led all species with 53.8 million pounds or 26 percent
of the total. Production of groundfish fillets and steaks
(cods, cusk, haddock, hake, Atlantic ocean perch, and
Atlantic pollock) was 74.5 million pounds in 1981 compared
with 66.7 million pounds produced in 1980.
FISH STICKS AND PORTIONS. The combined production of
fish sticks and portions was 405.4 million pounds valued at
$462.6 million in 1981, compared with a 1980 production of
432.7 million pounds, valued at $477.2 million. The pro-
duction of all portion items decreased in 1981 — batter
coated cooked by 9.8 million pounds, unbreaded portions by
9.4 million, breaded raw by 8.5 million, and breaded cooked
by 3.1 million pounds.
The 1981 production of fish sticks of 92.0 million pounds
valued at $99.4 million reflects an increase of 3.6 million
pounds in production and $10.6 million in value compared
with 1980. The production of breaded raw and breaded
cooked fish stick production increased in 1981; 372,000
pounds for breaded raw and 4.2 million pounds for breaded
cooked. The production of batter coated fish sticks declined
slightly to 970,000 pounds compared with the 1980
production.
BREADED SHRIMP. The 36 plants reporting to NMFS on a
quarterly basis during 1981 produced 88.1 million pounds
valued at $254.5 million. In 1980, 35 plants reporting on a
quarterly basis produced 82.0 million pounds valued at
$251.0 million. The additional firms that report on an
annual basis produced 1.2 million pounds valued at $3.3
million in 1980. Data on the 1981 production of the plants
that only report on an annual basis are not yet available.
FROZEN FISHERY TRADE. In 1981, stocks of frozen
fishery products in cold storage were at a low of 293.6
million pounds on May 31 and a high of 388.0 million pounds
on January 31. Cold storage holdings of shrimp products,
which were 79.1 million pounds on January 31, dropped to
46.0 million pounds by May 31, and ended the year at 64.9
million pounds on December 31. Fish block holdings reached
a high of 56.0 million pounds on July 31. By the end of 1981,
stocks of fish blocks had declined to 43.8 million pounds.
King crab holdings were 32.4 million pounds on January 31,
but reached a low of 8.6 million pounds on August 31, 1981.
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PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS
CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS
CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS. The 1981 pack of canned
fishery products in the 50 States, American Samoa, and
Puerto Rico was 56.6 million standard cases (1.6 billion
pounds) valued at a record $2.2 billion— increases of 2.9
million standard cases (84.7 million pounds) and $230.4
million compared with the 1980 pack. The 1981 pack
included 45.8 million standard cases (I.I billion pounds)
valued at a record $2.0 billion for human consumption, and
10.9 million standard cases (521.6 million pounds) valued at
$213.4 million for bait and animal food. The packs of
gefiltefish, salmon, Maine sardines, tuna, tunalike fish,
clams and clam products, and squid, together with the
packs for bait and animal food increased in 1981, but the
remaining packs of fish and shellfish declined.
CANNED SALMON. The 1981 U.S. pack of natural Pacific
salmon reached 4.5 million standard cases, (217.7 million
pounds) valued at $415.9 million, compared with 4.2 million
standard cases (201.7 million pounds) valued at $403.8
million packed a year earlier. For the first time since 1945,
the Alaska canned salmon pack topped 4.5 million cases, led
by 1.3 million cases of red or sockeye, and 2.5 million
standard cases of pinks. Alaskan plants accounted for more
than 99 percent of the quantity and value of the salmon
pack. The Alaskan catch of more than 1 1 I million fish was
the third largest catch in history. An even larger catch is
predicted for 1982 when an estimated 135 million fish will
be harvested, making 1982 the largest salmon year in
history. The larger catches of recent years can be
attributed to mild winters and warmer sea temperatures
allowing a higher than normal juvenile survival rate.
CANNED SARDINES. The pack of Maine sardines (sea
herring) was 1.6 million standard cases valued at $54.9
million, increases of 784,400 standard cases and $23.3
million compared with 1980. An additional pack of herring
and herring specialties of 85,800 standard cases valued at
$6.3 million was packed in 1981—50,100 standard cases and
$4.3 million less than the 1980 pack. The decline in the
pack of herring specialties can be attributed to smaller fish
being utilized in the Maine sardine pack.
CANNED TUNA. The 1981 U.S. pack of tuna was 32.4
million standard cases, (639.0 million pounds) valued at $1.3
billion. This was 1.9 million standard cases (37.0 million
pounds) and $138.2 million more than the 1980 pack. The
pack of albacore tuna was 6.0 million standard cases in
1981—524,000 standard cases more than the 5.5 million
standard cases produced in 1980. Albacore tuna was 19
percent of the tuna pack in 1981. Lightmeat tuna (bigeye,
bluefin, skipjack, and yellowfin) comprised the remainder
with a pack of 26.4 million standard cases— 1.4 million
standard cases more than the 25.0 million standard cases
packed in 1980. Plants in the United States packed 44
percent of the total; plants in American Samoa, Hawaii, and
Puerto Rico packed the rest. About 31 percent of the total
U.S. supply of canned tuna was packed from U.S.-caught
fish, and 59 percent from imported fish. Imports of canned
tuna made up the remaining 10 percent.
CANNED CLAMS. The U.S. pack of clams (whole, minced,
chowder, and juice) was 3.1 million standard cases valued at
a record $68.7 million — 109,500 standard cases and $2.4
million more than the pack in 1980. The 1981 pack of whole
and minced clams of 791,700 standard cases, (61,600
standard cases more than the 1980 pack), accounted for 26
percent of the total clam pack in 1981. Clam chowder and
clam juice (2.3 million standard cases) made up the
remaining 1981 pack.
CANNED SHRIMP. The 1981 U.S. pack of natural shrimp
was 1.8 million standard cases valued at $59.2 million,
515,000 standard cases and $1 1.3 million less than the 1980
pack. Plants in Louisiana and Mississippi packed I.I million
standard cases, about 700,000 standard cases less than the
previous year, while the pack produced in Alaska and
Washington increased.
OTHER CANNED ITEMS. The U.S. pack of mackerel was
809,300 standard cases valued at $11.2 million in 1981,
40,500 standard cases and $354,000 less than the previous
year. The pack of tunalike fish (bonito) in 1981 was 262,800
standard cases valued at $6.2 million, compared with
224,200 standard cases, valued at $5.5 million a year earlier.
Although more plants packed in 1981 compared to 1980, the
natural pack of oysters continued to decline. Just over
63,000 standard cases valued at $1.2 million were packed. In
1981 the pack of pet food (10 pounds of fish per standard
case of 48 one-pound cans) was 10.9 million standard cases
valued at $211.6 million, a increase of 302,300 standard
cases and $67.6 million compared with the pack in 1980.
The larger pack of natural tuna in 1981 is reflected in the
larger pack of pet food, as approximately 49 percent of the
pack is represented by tuna.
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REVIEW
PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS
INDUSTRIAL FISHERY PRODUCTS
INDUSTRIAL FISHERY PRODUCTS. The 1981 value of
industrial fishery products produced in the 50 States,
American Samoa, and Puerto Rico was $220.3 million, $49.3
million less than the record in 1980. In terms of value, the
leading States were Louisiana ($69.2 million), Maine ($39.2
million), and Virginia ($21 .9 million).
FISH MEAL AND SCRAP. Domestic production in 1981
(including shellfish meal) was 318,431 short tons, 43,491
short tons less than the production of 361,922 short tons
produced in 1980. Menhaden meal production (230,824 short
tons) was 40,357 short tons less than the production of
271,181 short tons produced in 1980, but still amounted to
nearly 73 percent of all the domestic fish and shellfish meal
produced. The production of anchovy meal (10,230 short
tons), tuna and mackerel meal (47,179 short tons), and
shellfish meal (8,294 short tons) were up from the 1980
production by 2,396 short tons, 160 short tons, and 1,699
short tons respectively. Unclassified meal (21,904 short
tons) consisting mainly of alewives, carp, sea herring, and
unclassified fish measured a decrease of 7,389 short tons
compared to the 1980 production of 29,293 short tons.
FISH SOLUBLES. Domestic production of fish solubles in
1981 (128,621 short tons) was 5,061 short tons tons less than
the 1980 production. Menhaden solubles (99,739 short tons)
accounted for more than 77 percent of the total production.
FISH OILS. The 1981 domestic production of fish oils was
184.3 million pounds— 128.2 million pounds less than the
1980 record production of 312.5 million pounds. Menhaden
oil production of 170.0 million pounds was 121.4 million
pounds less than the 1980 production and comprised 92
percent of all fish oils produced. Tuna and mackerel oil
production (4.5 million pounds) increased in 1981 by 394,000
pounds, but anchovy oil (1.7 million pounds) declined by
568,000 pounds. The production of unclassified oil (8.1
million pounds) was 6.6 million pounds less than the 1980
production.
OTHER INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS. Oyster shell products,
together with agar-agar, animal feeds, crab and clam shells
processed for food serving, fish pellets, Irish moss extracts,
kelp products, dry and liquid fertilizers, pearl essence, shark
leathers, and mussel shell buttons were valued at $53.6
million in 1981 , compared with $63.5 million in 1980.
FOREIGN TRADE IN FISHERY PRODUCTS
IMPORTS. Total U.S. import value of edible and nonedible
fishery products was a record $4,173 million in 1981, an
increase of 14 percent compared with 1980. The value of
U.S. imports of edible .fishery products in 1981 was a record
$3,034 million, $348 million higher than the previous record
established in 1980. The quantity of edible imports in 1981
reached 2,272 million pounds, 127 million pounds more than
1980 but 144 million pounds less than the record imports of
2,416 million pounds in 1973. The increase in value for
edible imports was due mainly to higher prices for nearly all
imported products.
Quantities in 1981 were higher than the previous year for
imports of regular and minced blocks; fillets of groundfish
and Atlantic ocean perch; fillets of flounders and other
flatfishes (except turbot); shrimp; scallops; canned sardines
not in oil; tuna in brine; oysters and oyster juice; and cured
fishery products. Edible imports in 1981 consisted of 1,957
million pounds of fresh and frozen products valued at $2,582
million, 235 million pounds of canned products valued at
$359 million, 73 million pounds of cured products valued at
$81 million, and 7 million pounds of other products valued at
$ I 2 million.
Nonedible imports were valued at $1 , 1 40 million in 1981.
This value was $3 million less than the record $1 ,143 million
established in 1979 but an increase of 18 percent from 1980.
EXPORTS. Total U.S. exports of edible and nonedible
fishery products of domestic origin were a record $1,157
million in 1981, an increase of 15 percent from 1980. U.S.
exports of edible fishery products of domestic origin set
records in quantity and value in 1981 of 669 million pounds
and $1,073 million, compared to the 1980 edible exports of
574 million pounds and $904 million. Exports of fresh and
frozen items (principally salmon) were 516 million pounds
valued at $744 million, canned items 101 million pounds
valued at $176 million, and cured items 46 million pounds
valued at $146 million.
Exports of nonedible products were valued at $84.2
million in 1981, $17.6 million less than the record year 1980.
The decline in value of exports of nonedible products in 1981
can be attributed to smaller shipments of fish and marine
animal oils (principally menhaden) and fish meal.
U.S. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS
Billion pounds
U.S. SUPPLY OF LDIBLH FISHLRY PRODUCTS. 1972-
( Round weight)
Total supply
Imports
1972
1975
1978
1981
U.S. SUPPLY OF INDUSTRIAL FISHERY PRODUCTS, 1972-
(Round weight)
Billion pounds
6 -1
1972
1975
1978
1981
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U.S. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS
U.S. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS, BY SPECIES, 1980 AND 1981 (i;
Species
1980
1981
5-year aver-
age (1977-81)
Fish
Alewi ves:
Atlantic and Gulf . . .
Great Lakes
Anchovies
Bluefish
Bonito
Butterfish
Cod:
Atlantic
Pacific
Croaker
Cusk
Flounders:
Atlantic and Gulf:
Blackback
Fluke
Yellowtail
Other
Pacific
Total
Groupers
Haddock
Hake:
Pacific (whiting) . . .
Red
White
Halibut
Herring, sea:
Atlantic
Pacific
Jack mackerel . "
Lingcod
Mackerel :
Atlantic
King
Pacific
Spanish
Menhaden:
Atlantic
Gulf
Total
Mullet
Ocean perch:
Atlantic
Pacific
Pollock:
Atlantic
Alaska
Rockfishes
Sablefish
Salmon, Pacific:
Chinook or king . . . .
Chum or keta
See notes at end of table.
Thousand
pounds
10,985
17,523
106,942
15,676
14,686
11,568
118,245
19,672
28,473
4,297
Thousand
dollars
779
280
8,712
2,426
2,881
3,848
31,883
6,069
6,725
872
Thousand
pounds
8,341
15,479
126,609
16,659
17,290
7,785
100,463
43,620
18,066
4,031
Thousand
dollars
671
264
4,809
3,234
4,686
2,646
33,081
9,696
6,208
975
Thousand
pounds
11,106
27,680
123,653
13,685
13,911
7,306
96,066
19,466
28,388
3,635
36,008
12,595
40,943
17,099
32,399
34,752
18,010
23,830
16,817
25,511
42,619
19,855
34,062
16,834
34,711
43,187
16,592
40,182
18,363
41,710
60,354
15,436
62,036
16,779
61,186
216,920
82,488
201,053
85,892
195,517
8,682
7,804
12,470
13,000
8,559
55,188
21,424
55,324
22,014
44,062
12,021
401
11,230
355
12,974
5,597
677
5,338
900
5,336
10,428
1,748
12,177
2,262
10,658
19,153
16,823
26,890
21,498
20,559
183,993
10,363
139,114
7,620
137,880
107,076
34,592
107,915
22,921
73,594
44,390
3,995
31,026
2, 792
57,762
8,129
2,290
7,532
r,758
7,387
5,913
816
5,846
820
4,557
7,035
5,361
7,223
6,221
6,621
64,668
5,820
84,954
7,646
48,687
11,968
3,137
6,167
1,954
8,781
948,859
42,883
887,220
33,576
863,685
1,547,790
69,129
1,218,189
47,734
1,455,848
2,496,649
112,012
2,105,409
81,310
2,319,533
37,360
7,153
36,657
8,133
30,722
24,201
5,548
18,591
5,262
29,487
6,771
1,023
5,400
905
6,109
39,652
7,172
37,332
8,536
36,071
3,107
245
3,839
572
3,435
105,735
19,060
118,785
20,328
79,090
22,122
5,396
28,314
6,525
30,688
28,533
47,453
31,071
56,733
31,013
84,916
39,640
98,880
44,423
67,493
Continued!
U.S. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS
U.S. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS, BY SPECIES, 1980 AND 1981 (1) - Continued
Species
1980
1981
5-year aver-
age (1977-81)
Fish - continued
Salmon, Pacific - cont . :
Pink
Red or sock eye ....
Silver or coho ....
Total
Scup or porgy
Sea bass:
Black
White
Sea trout:
Gray
Spotted
White
Sharks:
Dogfish
Other
Snapper:
Red
Other
Striped bass
Swordfish
Tilefish
Tuna:
Albacore
Bigeye
Black skipjack ....
Bluefin
Little
Skipjack
Yellowfin
Unclassified
Total
Warsaw
Whiting
Wolffish
Other marine finfishes:
Atlantic and Gulf. . .
Pacific
Other freshwater
finfishes
Total Fish ....
Shellfish et al.
Clams :
Hard
Ocean quahog
Soft
Surf
Other
Total
Crabs:
Blue, hard
Dungeness
King
Snow (tanner)
Other
Total
See notes at end of table.
Thousand
pounds
13,370
33,832
8,948
37,737
1.482
95,369
163,206
38,278
185,624
121,674
14,329
523,111
Thousand
dollars
Thousand
pounds
Thousand
dollars
44,068
10,187
15,391
19,107
1,470
18,118
36,107
8,072
46,100
12.234
51,169
10,184
13,906
23,466
8,420
90.223
120.631
107,145
35,167
21,613
168,694
55,161
10,715
195,114
35,576
88,054
107,474
19,777
46,441
29,085
157,667
47,348
16,033
291,350
445,995
[ Continued)
296,574
Thousand
pounds
253,541
90,757
257,106
111,291
211,599
207,551
131,354
226,173
192,513
162,618
39,270
43,073
35,210
33,287
34,977
613,811
352,277
648,440
438,247
507,700
20,027
7,947
19,994
7,850
20,230
3,953
2,688
3,732
2,757
4,611
879
1,537
768
1,057
882
35,070
7,324
26,376
9,078
26,427
4,379
3,171
3,972
3,359
4,152
1,196
265
1,145
279
1,121
16,759
1,416
18,394
1,473
13,878
4,486
1,634
4,885
1,923
3,140
4,949
7,839
5,827
10,105
5,541
3,106
3,913
3,373
4,519
2,811
4,536
4,902
3,863
5,272
4,306
9,175
17,764
8,981
20,350
7,519
(2)
(2)
8,595
7,544
(2)
15,872
12,717
29,329
26,715
25,923
2,277
1,378
2,766
1,731
2,108
-
-
40
6
(2)
7,991
7,086
4,774
3,787
11,664
535
100
246
75
235
179,443
96,155
133,316
70,519
135,172
192,182
115,096
170,269
102,979
195,821
1,132
593
409
255
901
399,432
233,125
341,149
206,067
371,833
112
62
296
180
177
35,571
6,113
36,544
7,379
40,753
1,983
276
1,633
283
1,518
175,941
36,726
137,784
28,636
_
36,887
11,435
15,201
7,281
-
111,337
34,671
108,074
36,571
_
5,328,414
1,154,908
4,825,955
1,195,704
-
14,455
29,235
9,276
41,804
3,614
98,384
155,648
42,434
131,591
117,675
13.846
461,194
U.S. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS
U.S. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS, BY SPECIES, 1980 AND 1981 (1) - Continued
Species
1980
1981
5-year aver-
age (1977-811
Shellfish et al.
continued:
Thousand
pounds
Thousand
dollars
Thousand
pounds
Thousand
dollars
Thousand
pounds
Lobsters:
American 36,952 75,233 37,494 86,506 35,551
Spiny 6,861 14,801 6,619 19,422 5,979
Oysters 49,081 70,075 50,052 68,553 48,845
Scallops:
Bay 968 3,894 670 2,427 1,297
Calico - - 14,641 13,907 3,513
Sea 28,752 110,429 30,277 111,216 29,297
Shrimp:
New England 731 477 2,271 1,438 984
South Atlantic 32,996 57,399 16,514 32,469 23,988
Gulf 208,280 302,077 268,190 401,400 239,453
Pacific 97,697 42,741 67,496 27,888 121,504
Other 3 3 95 238 24_
Total 339,707 402,697 354,566 463,433 385,953
Squid:
Atlantic 9,794 3,177 6,579 2,343 7,794
Pacific 25,202 2,241 47,703 4,870 33,002
Other shellfish 38,143 18,174 35,887 15,639 -
Total shellfish et al. . 1,153,940 1,082,294 1,151,114 1,192,035
Grand total 6,482,354 2,237,202 5,977,069 2,387,739 -
(1) Landings are reported in round (live) weight for all items except univalve and bivalve
mollusks, such as clams, oysters, and scallops, which are reported in weight of meats (excluding
the shell). (2) Data not available.
Note:--Data are preliminary. Data do not include landings by U.S. -flag vessels at Puerto Rico
and others ports outside the 50 States, or catch by U.S. -flag vessels unloaded onto foreign
vessels within the U.S. FCZ (joint venture). Therefore, they will not agree with "U.S.
Commercial Landings" table on page 8. Data do not include production of aquaculture, except
oysters and clams .
U.S. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS, BY REGIONS, 1980 AND 1981 (1)
Region 1980 1981
Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand
pounds dollars pounds dollars
New England 788,089 327,299 696,997 355,850
Middle Atlantic 244,034 96,594 227,627 95,275
Chesapeake 717,086 129,651 603,034 125,764
South Atlantic 473,457 148,377 543,006 138,498
Gulf 1,979,115 463,205 1,699,821 553,730
Pacific Coast and Alaska . . . 2,140,278 1,025,255 2,069,635 1,063,449
Great Lakes 44,032 14,021 38,820 11,739
Hawaii 11,435 11,870 13,396 18,338
Other 84,828 20,930 84,733 25,096
Total 6,482,354 2,237,202 5,977,069 2,387,739
(1) Landings are reported in round (live) weight for all items except univalve and bivalve
mollusks, such as clams, oysters, and scallops, which are reported in weight of meats (excluding
the shell).
Note:--Data are preliminary. Data do not include landings by U.S. -flag vessels at Puerto Rico
and other parts outside the 50 States, or catch by U.S. -flag vessels unloaded onto foreign
vessels within the U.S. FCZ (joint venture). Therefore, they will not agree with "U.S.
Commercial Landings" table on page 8. Data do not include products of aquaculture, except
oysters and clams.
U.S. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS
U.S. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS, BY STATES, 1980 AND 1981 (1)
State
1980
1981
Record landings
Alabama. . . .
Alaska . . . .
Arkansas . . .
California . .
Connecticut. .
Delaware . . .
Florida. . . .
Georgia. . . .
Hawaii ....
Idaho
Illinois . . .
Indiana. . . .
Iowa
Kansas ....
Louisiana. . .
Maine
Maryland . . .
Massachusetts.
Michigan . . .
Minnesota. . .
Mississippi. .
Missouri . . .
Nebraska . . .
New Hampshire.
New Jersey . .
New York . . .
North Carolina
North Dakota .
Ohio
Oregon ....
Pennsylvania .
Rhode Island .
South Carolina
South Dakota .
Texas
Virginia . . .
Washington . .
West Virginia.
Wisconsin. . .
Other
Thousand
pounds
26,605
,053
18
804
5
4
191
19
11
,423
244
79
438
10
10
337
19
200
39
356
10
126
80
21
2
98
637
155
30
13
Total
896
306
276
198
074
470
427
435
120
587
127
741
170
374
686
571
382
455
317
765
970
111
050
634
725
193
727
490
316
347
773
183
259
478
515
790
31
745
035
Thousand
dollars
25,575
560,603
4,923
323,393
4,675
1,969
124,834
20,061
11,870
20
1,103
112
900
39
177,994
92,697
44,658
178,602
4,822
2,128
26,601
220
28
5,182
49,879
45,058
68,784
111
3,351
55,748
312
46,143
20,448
340
153,880
84,993
85,511
15
5,901
3,719
Thousand Thousand
pounds
33,677
975,245
19,060
775,171
1,272
3,030
215,281
18,589
13,396
496
4,453
185
3,741
170
,168,597
238,107
115,115
369,640
12,823
8,236
264,891
970
111
7,690
188,396
36,522
432,006
727
7,577
134,626
343
80,288
16,232
2,259
113,108
487,919
184,593
31
38,231
4,265
dollars
44,148
639,797
6,306
275,196
2,128
1,662
172,726
13,158
18,338
28
994
129
945
41
193,549
103,945
56,640
196,854
5,647
1,960
30,159
231
29
4,162
48,283
45,555
57,520
117
2,198
52,461
189
48,761
14,161
357
174,787
69,124
95,995
16
5,502
3,941
Year
1973
1980
1936
1930
1953
1938
1927
1954
1978
1950
1890
1948
1930
1971
1956
1880
1981
1936
1978
1889
1965
1960
1972
1941
Thousand
pounds
39,749
1,053,896
(2)
1,760,183
88,012
367,500
241,443
47,607
20,610
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
1,673,922
356,266
141,607
649,696
35,580
(2)
400,576
(2)
(2)
(2)
540,060
335,000
432,006
(2)
31,083
134,657
(2)
128,056
26,611
(2)
237,684
666,180
197,253
(2)
(2)
(2)
6,482,354 2,237,202 5,977,069 2,387.739
1980
6.482,354
terns except univalve and bivalve
ted in weight of meats (excluding
(1) Landings are reported in round (live) weight for all i
mollusks, such as clams, oysters, and scallops, which are repor
the shell).
(2) Not determined.
Note:--Data are preliminary. Data do not include landings by U.S. -flag vessels at Puerto Rico
and other ports outside the 50 States, or catch by U.S. -flag vessels unloaded onto foreign
vessels within the U.S. FCZ (joint venture). Therefore, they will not agree with "U.S.
Commercial Landings" table on page 8. Data do not include production of aquaculture, except
oysters and clams .
U.S. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS
COMMERICAL FISHERY LANDINGS AND VALUE AT MAJOR U.S. PORTS, 1978-81
Port
1978
Quantity
1979 1980
-Million pounds
Value
1978
1979
1980
1981
Cameron, La 606.0
Los Angeles Area, Calif. (1) 312.8
Empire-Venice, La 292.8
Pascagoula-Moss Point, Miss 334.8
Dulac-Chauvin, La 300.2
Kodiak, Alaska 177.4
Beaufort-Morehead City, N„C 108.7
Gloucester, Mass 185.4
San Diego, Calif 168.3
New Bedford, Mass 71 .9
Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, Alaska . . . 125 8
Ketchikan, Alaska 55.7
Monterey, Calif (2)
Port Hueneme, Oxnard, and
Ventura, Calif (2)
Newport, Oreg 33.1
Astoria, Oreg 45.6
Rockland, Maine 40.1
Cape May-
Wildwood, N.J. 47.7
Pt. Judith, R.I 55.3
Akutan, Alaska 17.2
Portland, Maine. 45.9
Petersburg, Alaska 31.0
Wanchese-Stumpy Point, N.C 20.5
Coos Bay-Charleston, Oreg 27.1
San Francisco Area, Calif (2)
Eureka, Calif 44.4
Hampton Roads Area, Va. (3) . . . . 31.2
Brownsville-Port Isabel, Tex 24.0
Boston, Mass 27.3
Bellingham, Wash 38.0
Bayou La Batre, Ala 22.2
Seattle, Wash 16.3
Aransas Pass-Rockport, Tex 23.0
Westport, Wash 30.0
Ocean City, Md 14.4
Provincetown, Mass 19.9
Golden Meadow-Leeville, La ... . 22.1
Atlantic City, N.J (2)
Key West, Fla 15.0
Oriental-Vandemere, N.C (2)
Cape Canaveral, Fla (2)
llwaco. Wash (2)
Fort Bragg, Calif (2)
Crescent City, Calif (2)
Fort Myers, Fla 15.2
Freeport, Tex 16.0
Lafitte-Barataria, La 13.1
Santa Barbara, Calif (2)
Apalachicola, Fla 12.4
Delcambre, La (2)
Point Pleasant, N.J 15.7
Anacortes, Wash (2)
Chincoteague, Va 13.0
Galveston, Tex (2)
Blaine, Wash 10.0
Brookings, Oreg 10.7
Cape Charles-Oyster, Va 10.8
Grand Isle, La (2)
Bon Secour-Gulf
Shores, Ala (2)
Darien-Bellville, Ga (2)
593.1
378.2
278.9
283.8
246.3
150.5
218.5
160.2
156.6
86.0
136.8
22.1
(2)
(2)
36.0
40.4
41.8
58.3
54.3
38.2
59.6
31.9
34.6
23.5
(2)
32.1
27.2
22.0
30.3
40.0
21.8
16.5
19.0
25.0
18.4
23.4
15.6
(2)
16.5
19.5
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
15.9
8.0
10.4
(2)
10.4
(2)
12.8
(2)
12.3
(2)
10.5
9.8
^(2)
(2)
9.0
479.8 447.6 Kodiak, Alaska
380.1 373.6 Los Angeles Area, Calif. (1)
275.4 221 .5 San Diego, Calif
291 .9 220.5 New Bedford, Mass
265.8 203.9 Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, Alaska . .
207.4 193.2 - Dulac-Chauvin, La
171.5 177.0 Brownsville-Port Isabel, Tex
210.0 166.9 Gloucester, Mass
199.1 149.7 Aransas Pass-Rockport, Tex
99.6 76.2 Bayou La Batre, Ala
136.5 73.0 Empire-Venice, La
17.3 52.4 Cameron, La
(2) 49.8 Akutan, Alaska . . .
Ketchikan, Alaska
(2) 48.1 Key West, Fla
36.4 46.7 Freeport, Tex
39.8 44.8 Newport, Oreg 1
56.0 44.7 Hampton Roads Area, Va. (3) . . .
Petersburg, Alaska
51.5 42.7 Lafitte-Barataria, La. -
42.9 41.7 CapeMay-Wildwood, N.J. . .->{..
58.9 40.6 Golden Meadow-Leeville, La.. -) .-.
54.9 39.9 Delcambre, La
32.3 39.9 Coos Bay-Charleston, Oreg
39.5 39.0 San Francisco Area, Calif
27.0 36.5 Fort Myers, Fla
(2) 35.7 Beaufort-Morehead
34.5 35.0 City, NX
23.8 29.1 Portland, Maine
21.6 28.9 Pascagoula-Moss Point, Miss. ?). ! .
34.4 28.4 Cape Canaveral, Fla
40.0 27.0 Seattle, Wash
19.9 25.1 Astoria, Oreg. ..; . rT"7T"~!
16.0 25.0 > Eureka, Calif. ..?.."
22.1 24.4 : Rockland, Maine
23.0 24.0 Galveston, Tex
22.3 23.4 Point Judith, R.I
25.8 19.3 Wanchese-Stumpy
15.4 18.5 Point, N.C,
(2) 18.1 Boston, Mass
15.4 18.0 Apalachicola, Fla. .
19.8 17.1 Bellingham, Wash
(2) 1 7.0 Bon Secour-Gulf Shores, Ala.Hj .1
(2) 16.8 Ocean City, Md. . .'.V
(2) 15.7 Monterey, Calif. . . . !>
(2) 15.2 Westport, Wash. . . . M
13.5 15.0 Provincetown, Mass. . f>
10.1 14.9 Crescent City, Calif. . \
11.1 14.7 Port Arthur-Sabine, Tex. 1
(2) 14.1 Atlantic City, N„J„ . . . . f
11.6 12.0 Grand Isle, La ^
8.6 11.0 Anacortes, Wash .0
11.1 10.9 Oriental-Vandemere, N.C
(2) 9.5 Fort Bragg, Calif
15.9 9.0 Santa Barbara, Calif
(2) 8.1 llwaco, Wash
10.0 8.1 Chincoteague, Va
9.5 7.6 Point Pleasant, N.J0
8.1 7.5 Darien-Bellville, Ga
(2) 7.1 Port Hueneme, Oxnard, and
Ventura, Calif
(2) 7.0 Brookings, Oreg
8.2 6.2 ' Blaine, Wash
92.6
- - -Million
73.4
dollars- -
84.6
* 132.9
92.1
89.3
121.9
110.5
69.8
62.7
110.6
83.0
54.6
67.4
71.3
77.9
99.7
92.7 (
91.3
57.6
46.7
41.5 7
50.0
51.5
43.0
50.0
. 42.2
48.4
28.9
29.7
34.7
45.1
39.0
40.0
40.2
41.0
25.1
34.9 '
23.7
31.4
26.4
28.8
31.0
30.5
34.2
34.3
33.3
29.9
21.2
28.2
42.8
29.2
26.4
16.4
8.7
28.7
22.4
25.9
18.3
27.0
28.0
25.0
19.9
26.8
10.6
12.6 '
13.7
25.0
24.3
31.1
27.5
22.8
17.5
23.7
17.0
22.0
11.5
16.6
14.8
20.8
25.1
32.2
26.9
20.5
19.1
22.5
12.2
19.9
16.7
14.8
13.3
18.8
9.2
8.2
13.5
18.2
(2)
(2)
(2)
18.0
13.1
17.8
10.9
18.0
6.2
22.7
22.5
17.2
7.5
10.1
13.6
17.0
19.4
18.1
18.9
16.8
(2)
(2)
(2)
15.9
6.3
6.6
6.0
15.0
20.1
18.2
13.7
15.0
19.5
14.3
11.0
13.5
(2)
(2)
8.4
13.4
(2)
(2)
(2)
13.3
9.5
11.0
11.5
13.2
8.5
13.0
13.0
12.7
8.1
10.7
12.3
12.4
13.3
10.1
11.3
12.3
15.3
16.8
15.2
12.0
10.0
16.0
7.7
11.6
6.9
8.2
9.9
10.5
(2)
(2)
(2)
10.4
12.5
10.8
11.6
10.0
9.1
10.3
10.4
8.5
(2)
(2)
(2)
8.2
(2)
(2)
(2)
8.2
(2)
(2)
(2)
7.9
(2)
(2)
(2)
7.8
(2)
6.1
6.4
7.2
(2)
6.6
9.1
6.5
(2)
(2)
(2)
6.3
(2)
(2)
(2)
5.9
(2)
(2)
(2)
5.8
6.1
6.5
8.0
5.1
5.9
6.8
5.0
4.7
(2)
8.7
7.5
4.6
(2)
(2)
(2)
4.6
(2)
(2)
3.8
3.8
(2)
(2)
4.0
3.6
(1) Previously called San Pedro, Calif. (2) Not available. (3) Previously called Hampton-Norfolk, Va.
'Record. Record quantity was 848.2 million lb landed in San Pedro, Calif., in 1960.
Note:-Data for some ports are estimated. To avoid disclosure of private enterprise, the following ports were not included: Fernandina Beach, Fla.;
Intercoastal City and Morgan City, La.; Chatham and Sandwich, Mass.; Biloxi, Miss.; Port Monmouth-Belford, N.J.; Southport-Calabash, N.C; Newport, R.I.;
and Reedville, Va.
U.S. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS
U.S. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS OF FISH AND SHELLFISH, 1972-81 (1)
Landings for
Year Landings for industrial Total
human food products (2)
Million Mil 1 i on Million Mill ion Mil 1 ion Mi 1 1 ion
pounds doll ars pounds doll ars pounds dollars
1972 2,435 702 2,371 46 4,806 748
1973 2,398 836 2,460 101 4,858 937
1974 2,496 844 2,471 88 4,967 932
1975 2,465 904 2,412 73 4,877 977
1976 2,775 1,257 2,613 92 5,388 1,349
1977 (3) 2,900 1,404 2,298 111 5,198 1,515
1978 (3) 3,177 1,733 2,851 121 6,028 1,854
1979 (3) 3,318 2,093 *2,949 141 6,267 2,234
1980 (3) *3,654 2,092 2,828 145 *6,482 2,237
1981 (3) 3,547 2,277 2,430 111 5,977 2,388
(1) Statistics on landings are shown in round weight for all items except univalve and bivalve
mollusks such as clams, oysters, and scallops, which are shown in weight of meats (excluding the
shell). (2) Processed into meal, oil, fish solubles, and shell products, and used as bait or
animal food. (3) Data are preliminary.
Note:--Joint venture catches are included in 1979. Data do not include landings outside the 50
States or products of aquaculture, except oysters and clams. *Record.
DISPOSITION OF U.S. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS, 1980 AND 1981
End Use
1980
1981
Fresh and frozen:
For bait and animal food. .
Million
pounds
2,495
126
Percent
38.5
1.9
M'
P<
il 1 ion
junds
2,435
112
Percent
40.7
1.9
Total
2,621
40.4
2,547
42.6
Canned:
For human food
For bait and animal food. .
1,063
98
16.4
1.5
1,022
96
17.1
1.6
Total
1,161
17.9
1,118
18.7
Reduction to meal, oil, etc..
96
2,604
1.5
40.2
90
2,222
1.5
37.2
Grand total
6,482
100.0
5,977
100.0
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January 144 4.1 21 0.9 165 2.8
February 139 3.9 9 .4 148 2.4
March 223 6.3 16 .7 239 4.0
April 293 8.3 127 5.2 420 7.0
May 326 9.2 330 13.6 656 11.0
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July 667 18.8 511 21.0 1,178 19.7
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September 289 8.2 342 14.0 631 10.6
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December 172 4_J 82 3A_ 254 4.2
Total 3,547 100.0 2,430 100.0 5,977 100.0
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U. S. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS
U.S. MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES
13
GENERAL. The number of marine recreational
fishermen has increased substantially in the last
decade. Recent estimates indicate that there are 15-
20 million recreational fishermen in the United
States whose combined harvests account for
approximately 30-35 percent of the total U.S. finfish
harvest used for food. Expenditures by these
fishermen for recreational fishing, the value of
associated industries (such as tackle, boat and trailer
manufacturers, and the party and charter boat
industries), and the value of the recreational fishing
experience itself are significant components of the
U.S. economy.
DATA COLLECTION. Detailed statistical
information on marine recreational fishing is required
to support the objectives of the Magnuson Fishery
Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (MFCMA,
PL 94-265). The MFCMA mandates preparation of
management plans that promote domestic com-
mercial and recreational fisheries, utilizing the best
available biological, economic, and social
information. Although reliable data on commercial
fisheries have been collected for many years, the
lack of a continuous or systematic collection of
marine recreational fishery data has resulted in an
inadequate data base.
Previous marine recreational fishing surveys have
employed either a survey of fishermen at home
(household survey) or a survey of fishermen at the
fishing location (creel census or intercept survey.)
The majority of these efforts covered limited
geographic areas, were seasonal in nature or
addressed specific fisheries. The most significant
problems of these surveys related to the high cost of
the surveys and the reliability of the results. For
example, previous surveys required fishermen to
recall information up to one year in the past. Biases
introduced by the inability of fishermen to accurately
recall the number and size of fish caught, and to
correctly identify the species caught, raised
questions regarding the reliability of the data. These
questions together with other inadequacies in
statistical design prompted the NMFS to examine
ways of improving the survey design to provide more
acceptable data.
CURRENT APPROACH. An optimum survey design
consisting of two independent survey techniques used
in 1979 was the result of methodology studies
conducted in 1976 and 1977. The chosen design
utilized an intercept survey of fishermen and a
telephone survey of households. Each technique
provided certain information that when combined
produced estimates of recreational catch, effort, and
participation.
The first method of this "complemented" survey
approach involved an on-site intercept survey in four
fishing modes: beach/bank; party and charter boat;
private and rental boat; and fishing from man-made
structures. The allocation of interviews over time
and by fishing mode was derived from the
identification of all fishing sites in coastal counties
by fishing activity. Interviews and examination of
fishermen's catches were conducted after they had
finished fishing or in some cases while they were still
fishing. The type of data collected included fishing
effort, catch, distribution of catch by species,
weights, lengths, mode, and location of fishing.
The second method in the complemented surveys
approach involved a telephone survey of households.
In each coastal State all counties within a specified
distance from the coast were included in the sample.
The first eight digits of the telephone numbers called
were obtained from a computerized data file of in-
service residential numbers in each county; the last
two digits were randomly generated. Calls were
allocated by two-month periods and by county
according to estimated fishing activity and
population. The type of data collected included the
number of fishermen, the number of trips, location of
fishing, and mode of fishing for each trip. A two-
month recall period was used for the telephone
survey since beyond that time the respondents
memory concerning dates and locations of trips was
not sufficiently reliable. Fishermen were not asked
detailed information about catch and effort because
of the problem in identifying species caught and in
recalling weights and lengths.
HOW DATA WAS COMBINED. The household survey
collected data from residents with telephones in
coastal counties. The intercept survey sample was
similar but also included interviews with residents of
non-telephone households and of non-coastal coun-
ties. During data processing, information collected
in the household survey was combined with the
intercept survey data to derive expanded estimates
of the number of trips taken, the amount of finfish
caught (number and weight), and the number of
participants in fishing activities.
The estimate of the total number of fish caught in
the survey includes: (I) those fish brought ashore in
whole form which were available for identification,
enumeration, weighing, and measuring by the
interviewers (Catch Type A); (2) those fish used for
bait, discarded dead, given away or brought ashore
filleted or in some other dressed form (Catch Type
Bl); and (3) those fish released alive (Catch Type
B2). In addition to estimating total catch, the survey
provides an estimate for the components of total
catch as shown in the following diagram.
14
U.S. MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES
Total Catch'
„Catch available for identification
(Catch Type A)
Catch not available for identification
(Catch Type B)
Used for bait, discarded,
or filleted
(Catch TypeBI)
Released alive
(Catch Type B2)
1979 RESULTS. The first year's survey from
January 1979 through December 1979 included the
Atlantic Coast, Gulf Coast, Caribbean area (Puerto
Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and the Western
Pacific area (Hawaii, Guam, and American Samoa).
The second year's survey covered calendar year
1980 and included the Atlantic Coast, Gulf Coast,
and the Western Pacific area (including the
Northern Mariana Islands.) A I -year survey was
started on the Pacific Coast in July 1979 and was
later extended to December 1980 in order to
coincide with other 1980 surveys. For 1981, all
areas of the United States were included in the
survey. These surveys are planned to continue
annually for the next several years.
The following data and tables are excerpted from
the 1979 report "Marine Recreational Fishery
Statistics Survey, Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, 1979."
Additional data such as State landings and fishing
trips are included in the original document (CFS No.
8063; for ordering information see PUBLICATIONS
section). Additional reports covering the Caribbean,
Pacific, and Western Pacific survey regions are
scheduled for publication in 1982.
U.S. MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES
15
ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF FISH CAUGHT BY MARINE RECREATIONAL
FISHERMEN, BY SPECIES GROUP AND SUBREGION, 1979
Species group
North
Atlantic
Mid-Atlantic
South
Atlantic
Gulf
All
regions
--------------- Thousands ■
Barracudas - (1) 358
Basses, sea 339 2,181 3,341
Bluefish 4,824 15,610 4,994
Blue runner - - 802
Bonito, Atlantic 34 333 69
Catfishes, sea (1) 216 5,517
Catfishes, freshwater . . (1) 154
Cod, Atlantic 2,602 (1)
Croaker, Atlantic .... - 1,719 3,778
Cunner 2,083 1,253
Dolphins - (1) 2,766
Drum, black - (1) 415
Drum, red - - 520
Drums - (1) 154
Eel, American 113 172 47
Flounders, summer .... 571 12,653 988
Flounders, winter .... 12,448 10,107
Flounders 523 350 (1)
Groupers - - 537
Grunt, white - - 970
Grunts - (1) 3,187
Hakes 62 322 (1)
Herrings 800 240 2,927
Jack, crevalle - (1) 351
Jacks - 51 852
Kingfishes - 31 1,083
Ladyfish - - 105
Little tunny - (1) 200
Mackerel, Atlantic. . . . 2,172 1,870
Mackerel, king - (1) 393
Mackerel, Spanish .... - - 917
Mackerels and tunas ... 119 131 126
Mullets - (1) 3,198
Perch, sand - - 190
Perch, silver - (1) 271
Perch, white 143 5,284 67
Perch, yellow - 322
Pigfish -. . . . - (1) 456
Pinfish (1) (1) 3,720
Pollock 2,277 270
Porgies 215 2,883 347
Puffers (1) 90 150
Scup 4,581 3,004 (1)
Searobins 475 2,499 555
Seatrout, sand - - (1)
Seatrout, silver - (1) 534
Seatrout, spotted .... - 410 1,511
Sharks (1) 702 439
Sharks, dogfish 156 601 54
Sheepshead - - 1,106
Skates and rays 178 587 172
Smelts 644
Snapper, gray - - 560
Snapper, red - - 687
Snapper, vermilion. ... - - 153
Snappers - (1) 2,209
Spadefish, Atlantic ... - - (1)
Spot - 8,708 8,840
Striped bass 185 948 47
Tautog 999 1,883 (1)
Toadfishes (1) 815 295
Tomcod, Atlantic 833 (1)
Trigger and filefishes. . (1) 37 364
Weakfish 59 4,234 124
Windowpane 91 377
Other fish 2,499 1,217 4,436
Total 40,064 82,452 66,135
(1) Less than 30,000 reported; however, number is included in totals,
Note:--Table may not add because of rounding.
38
2,440
1,903
496
142
14,993
198
11,008
54
2,245
3,593
381
43
1,882
427
880
2,902
1,546
2,142
1,204
907
3,383
761
326
598
1,292
144
5,205
1,643
1,622
1,521
9,070
159
167
(1)
128
6,286
179
13,506
769
80
1,861
621
1,088
3,567
358
620
451
932
(1)
202
506
2,896
11
418
301
332
,298
578
727
375
,627
,505
335
828
665
113
538
375
095
554
315
417
873
733
393
109
556
810
498
866
546
,043
994
209
519
,414
,834
906
,494
322
992
,811
547
,604
409
,601
757
,291
723
,426
,914
892
,967
557
644
748
,254
511
850
462
,480
181
883
313
849
910
417
468
048
109,372
298,023
16 U.S. MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF FISH CAUGHT (CATCH TYPE A)
BY MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN, BY SPECIES GROUP AND SUBREGION, 1979
North South All
Species group Atlantic Mid-Atlantic Atlantic Gulf regions
--------------- Thousands ---------------
Barracudas - (1) 109 - 131
Basses, sea (1) 599 622 709 1,936
Bluefish 1,358 8,504 2,174 743 12,780
Blue runner - - 509 167 676
Bonito, Atlantic (1) 82 (1) 48 158
Catfishes, sea (1) (1) 271 483 765
Catfishes, freshwater . . (1) 66 - 83 149
Cod, Atlantic 468 (1) - - 492
Croaker, Atlantic .... - 1,304 2,116 2,173 5,594
Cunner 59 68 - - 127
Dolphins - (1) 915 36 953
Drum, black - (1) 254 1,487 1,743
Drum, red - - 449 1,479 1,927
Drums - (1) (1) 60 87
Eel, American (1) 76 (1) (1) 96
Flounders, summer .... 332 6,915 655 1,108 9,011
Flounders, winter .... 3,957 4,419 - - 8,377
Flounders (1) 58 (1) 125 192
Groupers - - 214 321 535
Grunt, white - - 568 632 1,200
Grunts - - 978 150 1,128
Hakes (1) 220 (1) - 231
Herrings (1) (1) (1) (1) 66
Jack, crevalle - (1) 161 153 317
Jacks - (1) 402 139 543
Kingfishes - (1) 523 1,775 2,314
Ladyfish - - 33 (1) 42
Little tunny - (1) 92 96 205
Mackerel, Atlantic. ... 626 1,538 - - 2,163
Mackerel, king - (1) 176 399 578
Mackerel, Spanish .... - - 898 536 1,433
Mackerels and tunas ... 43 110 52 (1) 220
Mullets - - 1,306 1,861 3,167
Perch, sand - - 54 78 131
Perch, silver - (1) 126 249 380
Perch, white 47 2,201 (1) - 2,267
Perch, yellow - 87 - - 87
Pigfish - (1) 86 365 466
Pinfish (1) (1) 1,000 896 1,916
Pollock 197 - - - 197
Porgies (1) 1,226 283 (1) 1,522
Puffers - (1) (1) (1) 39
Scup 1,857 2,396 (1) (1) 4,266
Searobins (1) 54 (1) - 81
Seatrout, sand - - - 3,674 3,674
Seatrout, silver - (1) 223 59 292
Seatrout, spotted .... - 328 843 5,432 6,603
Sharks - 47 52 82 180
Sharks, dogfish (1) 77 (1) (1) 106
Sheepshead - - 835 925 1,760
Skates and rays (1) (1) (1) (1) 37
Smelts 339 - - - 339
Snapper, gray - - 292 590 882
Snapper, red - - 190 1,773 1,963
Snapper, vermilion. ... - - 57 305 362
Snappers - (1) 494 (1) 524
Spadefish, Atlantic ... - - (1) 179 184
Spot - 2,443 3,974 264 6,680
Striped bass 43 487 (1) (1) 540
Tautog 538 1,102 (1) - 1,641
Toadfishes - (1) (1) - (1)
Tomcod, Atlantic 707 (1) - - 712
Trigger and filefishes. . - (1) 79 393 476
Weakfish (1) 3,039 115 - 3,166
Windowpane (1) 33 - - 57
Other fish 362 147 1,457 365 2,331
Total 11,069 37,836 23,811 30,497 103,213
(1) Less than 30,000 reported; however, number is included in totals.
Note:--Catch Type A is an estimate of part of the total catch based on fish brought ashore in whole
form, available for interviewer identification and enumeration, from which samples of lengths and
weights were obtained. Table may not add because of rounding.
U.S. MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES
17
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF FISH CAUGHT (CATCH TYPE Bl)
BY MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN, BY SPECIES GROUP AND SUBREGION, 1979
Species group
North
Atlantic
Mid-Atlantic
South
Atlantic
Gulf
All
regions
_______________ Thousands
Barracudas - - 79
Basses, sea 146 247 1,306
Bluefish 2,924 5,333 2,152
Blue runner - - 199
Bon ito, Atlantic (1) 240 41
Catfishes, sea - (1) 639
Catfishes, freshwater . . (1) (1)
Cod, Atlantic 1,729 (1)
Croaker, Atlantic .... - 225 629
Cunner 232 39
Dolphins - - 1,847
Drum, black - (1) (1)
Drum, red - - 36
Drums - (1) 89
Eel, American 44 56 (1)
Flounders, summer .... Ill 3,734 249
Flounders, winter .... 7,062 2,398
Flounders 424 264 (1)
Groupers - - 210
Grunt, white - - 122
Grunts - (1) 654
Hakes (1) 100
Herrings 754 163 2,738
Jack, crevalle - - (1)
Jacks - 39 253
Kingfishes - (1) 277
Ladyfish - - (1)
Little tunny - (1) 44
Mackerel, Atlantic. . . . 1,376 330
Mackerel, king - - 197
Mackerel, Spanish .... - - (1)
Mackerels and tunas ... 58 (1) 55
Mullets - (1) 1,708
Perch, sand - - 79
Perch, silver - (1) (1)
Perch, white (1) 590 (1)
Perch, yellow - (1)
Pigfish - - (1)
Pinfish -... (1) - 1,385
Pollock 830 270
Porgies 190 718 (1)
Puffers - - (1)
Scup 1,588 266
Searobins 63 133 (1)
Seatrout, sand
Seatrout, silver - - 296
Seatrout, spotted .... - (1) 123
Sharks - 230 82
Sharks, dogfish 89 68 (1)
Sheepshead - - 133
Skates and rays (1) (1) (1)
Smelts 223
Snapper, gray - - 110
Snapper, red - - 417
Snapper, vermilion. ... - - (1)
Snappers - (1) 1,608
Spadefish, Atlantic ... - - (1)
Spot - 2,431 3,691
Striped bass 90 73
Tautog 269 528
Toadfishes - 266 (1)
Tomcod, Atlantic 65 (1)
Trigger and filefishes. . (1) (1) 70
Weakfish 47 1,006 (1)
Windowpane (1) (1)
Other fish 1,659 801 2,198
Total 20,090 20,738 23,953
(1) Less than 30,000 reported; however, number is included in totals.
Note:--Catch Type Bl is an estimate of part of the total catch based
whole form for interviewer's identification, as reported by fishermen,
used as bait, filleted, given away, discarded dead, etc., excluding fi
mav not add because of rounding.
79
512
2,211
314
10,723
(1)
214
(1)
324
2,104
2,755
33
58
-
1,729
3,272
4,127
-
271
(1)
1,852
81
94
507
542
58
147
(1)
129
677
4,771
-
9,460
147
840
135
345
962
1,084
376
1,030
-
121
1,396
5,050
223
239
155
447
526
811
112
118
51
98
-
1,705
199
397
660
674
(1)
155
2,739
4,449
546
625
185
223
-
607
-
(1)
174
193
2,231
3,616
-
1,100
62
999
(1)
(1)
-
1,854
(1)
215
937
937
43
339
2,750
2,895
236
548
32
192
226
359
(1)
95
-
223
491
601
1,168
1,585
(1)
37
82
1,703
(1)
(1)
31
6,154
-
163
-
797
(1)
292
-
71
34
133
-
1,053
-
(1)
558
5,215
25,180
89,961
on fish not available in
Included are those fish
sh released alive. Table
18
U.S. MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF FISH CAUGHT (CATCH TYPE B2)
BY MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN, BY SPECIES GROUP AND SUBREGION, 1979
Species group
North
Atlantic
Mid-Atlantic
South
Atlantic
Gulf
All
regions
Barracudas
Basses, sea 186
Bluefish 542
Blue runner
Bonito, Atlantic
Catfishes, sea
Catfishes, freshwater . .
Cod, Atlantic 406
Croaker, Atlantic ....
Cunner 1,792
Dolphins
Drum, black
Drum, red
Drums
Eel, American 57
Flounders, summer .... 128
Flounders, winter .... 1,429
Flounders 94
Groupers
Grunt, white
Grunts
Hakes 37
Herrings (1)
Jack, crevalle
Jacks
Kingfishes
Ladyfish
Little tunny
Mackerel, Atlantic. ... 171
Mackerel, king
Mackerel, Spanish ....
Mackerels and tunas ... (1)
Mullets
Perch, sand
Perch, silver
Perch, white
Perch, yellow
Pigfish
Pinfish
Pollock
Porgies
Puffers
Scup
Searobins
Seatrout, sand
Seatrout, silver
Seatrout, spotted ....
Sharks (1)
Sharks, dogfish 63
Sheepshead
Skates and rays 145
Smelts 81
Snapper, gray
Snapper, red
Snapper, vermilion. ...
Snappers
Spadefish, Atlantic ...
Spot
Striped bass 52
Tautog 192
Toadfishes (1)
Tomcod, Atlantic 61
Trigger and filefishes. .
Weakfish
Windowpane 61
Other fish 478
Total 8,905
(1) Less than 30,000 reported; however,
Note:--Catch Type B2 is an estimate of
reported by the fishermen. Table may not
86
1,251
(1)
(1)
1,135
394
1,336
1,774
193
86
190
1,146
(1)
(1)
(1)
40
2,003
3,289
(1)
61
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
2,493
216
939
71
342
2,313
59
426
456
559
(1)
3,834
387
252
541
(1)
(1)
188
322
269
Thousands
169
1,413
667
94
(1)
4,607
1,032
(1)
151
36
41
37
84
(i)
113
280
1,555
(1)
181
173
198
283
66
64
(1)
(1)
(1)
184
58
116
41
352
1,335
35
145
626
(1)
(1)
545
305
(1)
138
129
258
80
79
106
(1)
1,175
38
262
215
(1)
782
38
1,219
846
315
78
12,406
82
5,562
(1)
677
1,607
263
(1)
97
155
424
1,308
1,020
733
827
613
1,082
640
179
97
107
605
1,020
1,188
981
5,944
86
141
(1)
127
1,675
77
5,324
452
46
710
593
(1)
626
32
511
248
637
201
79
1,974
207
4,154
3,829
409
95
17,207
168
406
6,784
2,938
(1)
829
1,643
305
151
2,313
4,718
284
538
1,589
2,575
42
992
1,000
820
1,373
706
243
174
(1)
101
144
798
1,077
1,304
2,619
216
1,333
7,279
1,251
1,083
359
1,481
3,460
1,681
91
5,929
1,186
593
848
1,426
81
265
706
111
623
250
5,645
478
445
1,004
66
300
198
383
3,502
23,879
18,370
53,694
104,848
number is included in totals.
part of the total catch based
add because of rounding.
on fish released alive, as
U.S. MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES
19
ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF FISH CAUGHT BY MARINE RECREATIONAL
FISHERMEN, BY AREA AND MODE OF FISHING FOR EACH SUBREGION, 1979
Mode and
sub region
Ocean
More than 3 mi
Ocean
3 mi . or less
Inland
Unknown
(1)
All areas
NORTH ATLANTIC
Man-made. . . .
Beach/bank. . .
Party/charter ,
Private/rental .
Total
MID-ATLANTIC
Man-made. . . ,
Beach/bank. . ,
Party charter
Private/rental ,
Total.
SOUTH ATLANTIC
Man-made. . . .
Beach/bank. . .
Party/charter .
Private/rental .
Total.
GULF
Man-made. . . ,
Beach/bank. . ,
Party/charter .
Private/rental ,
Total. . .
Thousands
1,786
5,758
1,564
702
341
4,905
3,428
1,587
502
19,475
7,543
7,512
24,992
10,015
13,178
53,719
1,130
11,275
13,404
6,143
577
5,579
3,210
927
30
11,619
12,404
25,702
15,787
15,737
20,964
43,800
17
5,541
3,512
3,829
4,900
12,241
28,871
5,001
2,297
2,629
30,137
40,064
-
2,501
4,581
2,731
9,813
-
3,269
2,035
658
5,962
5,305
1,463
2,664
-
9,431
4,710
5,945
44,440
2,152
57,247
82,452
20,127
10,899
1,737
33,372
66,135
-
9,000
2,173
9,492
20,665
-
4,536
7,050
1,567
13,153
1,981
-
611
1,880
4,472
13,756
7,428
33,966
15,931
71,081
109,372
(1) This category includes "missing data" on area, and local variation in marine geographic
terminology which sometimes prevented interviewers from determining acceptable answers to
questions on "distance from shore."
Note:--Table may not add because of rounding.
20
U.S. MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF FISH CAUGHT (CATCH TYPE A) BY MARINE RECREATIONAL
FISHERMEN, BY AREA AND MODE OF FISHING FOR EACH SUBREGION, 1979
Mode and Ocean Ocean Inland Unknown A11 areas
subregion More than 3 mi . 3 mi . or less (1)
________________ Thousands ----------------
NORTH ATLANTIC
Man-made - 545 1,680 6 2,232
Beach/bank - 205 532 8 745
Party/charter 265 33 112 - 410
Private/rental 723 1,324 5,636 - 7,683
Total 988 2,107 7,960 14 11,069
MID-ATLANTIC
Man-made - 1,062 1,548 1,072 3,681
Beach/bank - 2,060 726 413 3,199
Party charter 3,078 774 741 - 4,593
Private/rental 3,173 3,301 18,193 1,696 26,362
Total 6,251 7,196 21,208 3,180 37,836
SOUTH ATLANTIC
Man-made - 4,361 1,412 1,789 7,562
Beach/bank - 2,171 243 1,380 3,794
Party/charter 653 380 14 - 1,047
Private/rental 2,798 2,355 4,550 1,707 11,409
Total 3,451 9,267 6,218 4,876 23,811
GULF
Man-made - 1,211 708 2,810 4,728
Beach/bank - 1,081 1,612 472 3,165
Party/charter 258 - 168 1,821 2,246
Private/rental 4,382 1,945 9,775 4,256 20,358
Total 4,640 4,237 12,262 9,358 30,497
(1) This category includes "missing data" on area, and local variation in marine geographic
terminology which sometimes prevented interviewers from determining acceptable answers to questions
on "distance from shore."
Note:--Catch Type A is an estimate of part of the total catch based on fish brought ashore in whole
form, available for interviewer identification and enumeration, from which samples of lengths and
weights were obtained. Table may not add because of rounding.
U.S. MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES
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ESTIMATED WEIGHT OF FISH CAUGHT (CATCH TYPE A),
BY MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN, BY SPECIES GROUP AND SUBREGION, 1979
Species group
North
Atlantic
Mid-Atlantic
South
Atlantic
Gulf
All
regions
------------ Thousand kilograms
Barracudas - (1) 267
Basses, sea (1) 172 271
Bluefish 1,937 16,314 3,055
Blue runner - - 308
Bonito, Atlantic (1) 188 (1)
Catfishes, sea (1) (1) 137
Catfishes, freshwater . . (1) 50
Cod, Atlantic 686 (1)
Croaker, Atlantic .... - 711 411
Cunner 14 7
Dolphins - (1) 2,127
Drum, black - (1) 322
Drum, red - - 469
Drums - (1) (1)
Eel, American (1) 31 (1)
Flounders, summer .... 281 5,355 358
Flounders, winter .... 1,803 2,006
Flounders (1) 37 (1)
Groupers - - 500
Grunt, white - - 140
Grunts - - 324
Hakes (1) 124 (1)
Herrings (1) (1) (1)
Jack, crevalle - (1) 66
Jacks - (1) 320
Kingfishes - (1) 130
Ladyfish - - 27
Little tunny - (1) 401
Mackerel, Atlantic. ... 548 1,163
Mackerel, king - (1) 865
Mackerel, Spanish .... - - 954
Mackerels and tunas ... 655 1,156 240
Mullets - - 612
Perch, sand - - 16
Perch, silver - (1) 29
Perch, white 6 467 (1)
Perch, yellow - 17
Pigfish - (1) 12
Pinfish (1) (1) 177
Pollock 248
Porgies (1) 310 170
Puffers - (1) (1)
Scup 698 1,017 (1)
Searobins (1) 17 (1)
Seatrout, sand
Seatrout, silver - (1) 99
Seatrout, spotted .... - 440 539
Sharks - 3,477 86
Sharks, dogfish (1) 77 (1)
Sheepshead - - 787
Skates and rays (1) (1) (1)
Smelts 76
Snapper, gray - - 158
Snapper, red - - 143
Snapper, vermilion. ... - - 7
Snappers - (1) 251
Spadefish, Atlantic ... - - (1)
Spot - 425 514
Striped bass 266 870 (1)
Tautog 583 952 (1)
Toadfishes - (1) (1)
Tomcod, Atlantic 132 (1)
Trigger and filefishes. . - (1) 73
Weakfish (1) 3,446 95
Windowpane (1) 15
Other fish 190 497 760
Total 8,214 39,576 16,391
(1) Less than 30,000 reported; however, numbers are included in totals.
Note:--Catch Type A is an estimate of part of the total catch based on
whole form, available for interviewer identification and enumeration,
lengths and weights were obtained. Table may not add because of rounding.
275
101
548
473
21,781
108
415
101
389
324
466
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1,187
1,528
1,319
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fish brought ashore in
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ESTIMATED WEIGHT OF FISH CAUGHT (CATCH TYPE A) BY MARINE RECREATIONAL
FISHERMEN, BY AREA OF FISHING AND MODE OF FISHING FOR EACH SUBREGION, 1979
Mode and
subregion
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More than 3 mi
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Inland
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(1)
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Man-made. . . .
Beach/bank. . .
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Private/rental .
Total.
MID-ATLANTIC
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Private/rental
Total,
SOUTH ATLANTIC
Man-made. . . .
Beach/bank. . .
Party/charter .
Private/rental.
Total,
GULF
Man-made. . . ,
Beach/bank. . ,
Party/charter
Private/rental ,
Total.
537
1,826
2,363
17,908
6,837
7,628
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194 373
207 152
179 84
1,204 3,450
1,784
4,060
7,201
12,956
4,650
2,325
2,441
6,262
1,511
2,579
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570
364
801
6,480
8,214
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523
241
1,143
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291
305
2,392
9,488
1,518
1,006
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8,420
3,508
11,137
966
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535
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476
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2,160
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1,148
2,226
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644
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244
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1,391
1,703
7,384
1,122
5,359
3,124
16,989
22,155
(1) This category includes "missing data" on area, and local variation in marine geographic
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Note:--Catch Type A is an estimate of part of the total catch based on fish brought ashore in whole
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weights were obtained. Table may not add because of rounding.
U.S. MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES
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ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHING,
BY STATE AND SUBREGION, FOR THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTS, 1979
Coastal Non-coastal Out of State Participants
Subregion participants participants (1) in State (1)
-------------- Thousands --------------
NORTH ATLANTIC
Connecticut 304 - 78 382
Maine 99 9 76 185
Massachusetts 454 47 275 776
New Hampshire 33 17 169 219
Rhode Island 167 - 263 430
Total 1,058 73
MID-ATLANTIC
Delaware 36 - 88 124
Maryland 595 34 284 913
New Jersey 644 18 310 972
New York 1,059 29 263 1,351
Virginia 384 35 470 889
Total 2,718 116
SOUTH ATLANTIC
Florida 1,071 (2) 754 1,826
Georgia 61 23 19 103
North Carolina 173 468 322 963
South Carlina 117 53 190 360
Total 1,422 544
GULF
Alabama 106 41 57 204
Florida 1,243 5 898 2,146
Louisiana 489 23 46 558
Mississippi . . . 88 15 52 155
Texas 959 254 107 1,319
Total 2,885 338
Grand total 8,083 1,070
(1) Column does not add - one person can be counted as "out of State" for more than one State.
(2) Less than 500 participants.
Note:--Table may not add because of rounding.
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ESTIMATED NUMBER OF FISHING TRIPS BY MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN,
BY MODE OF FISHING AND SUBREGION, 1979
Mode and TriPs b* TriPs b* TriPs by All
subregion coastal non-coastal out of state tH
residents residents residents
-------------- Thousands ------------
NORTH ATLANTIC
Man-made 921 55 448 1,425
Beach/bank 892 27 335 1,254
Party/charter 285 40 208 533
Private/rental 2,715 94 962 3,771
Total 4,813 217 1,953 6,983
MID-ATLANTIC
Man-made 2,149 88 394 2,631
Beach/bank 1,530 16 771 2,317
Party charter 1,242 48 501 1,790
Private/rental 9,536 239 1,919 11,694
Total 14,457 392 3,584 18,433
SOUTH ATLANTIC
Man-made 2,503 577 896 3,977
Beach/bank 1,219 802 1,140 3,161
Party/charter 329 21 319 668
Private/rental 4,726 515 725 5,966
Total 8,777 1,915 3,080 13,771
GULF
Man-made 4,011 204 804 5,019
Beach/bank 2,712 97 690 3,499
Party/charter 484 105 341 930
Private/rental 8,625 550 959 10,134
Total 15,832 956 2,794 19,581
Grand totals 43,879 3,479 11,410 58,768
Note:--Table may not add because of rounding.
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FOREIGN CATCH
29
NORTH ATLANTIC: FOREIGN CATCH, BY COUNTRY AND SPECIES, 1979-81
(Preliminary)
Country and species
1979
1980
1981
Canada:
Cod, Atlantic
Flounders (including yellowtail)
Flounders, other
Haddock
Ocean perch, Atlantic
Pollock, Atlantic
Other finfish
Lobster, American
Scallops, sea (meats)
Squid, short-finned
Total
Cuba:
Butterfish
Hake:
Red
Silver (whiting)
Herring, river (alewives) . . .
Mackerel, Atlantic
Other finfish
Squid, long-finned
Total
European Economic Community:
Ireland:
Other finfish
Squid, short-finned
Total
Italy:
Butterfish
Hake:
Red
Silver (whiting)
Herring, river (alewives) . .
Mackerel, Atlantic
Other finfish
Squid:
Short-finned
Long-finned
Total
Faroe Islands,
Other finfish, total
Japan:
Butterfish
Hake:
Red
Silver (whiting)
Herring, river (alewives) . . .
Mackerel, Atlantic
Other finfish
Squid:
Short-finned
Long-finned
Total
See note at end of table.
6,390.0
15.0
74.0
5,439.0
26.0
3,032.0
994.0
240.0
9,204.0
Metric tons, round weight
6,665.0
74.0
130.0
9,755.0
98.0
5,474.0
850.0
194.0
5,239.0
8,911.0
11.0
78.0
5,925.0
18.0
3,884.0
2,902.0
175.0
7,946.8
60.0
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14.0
72.8
23.7
234.8
34.4
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389.6
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207.2
207.3
137.5
188.3
600.1
28.4
600.6
73.1
270.7
12.8
701.3
9.2
321.8
3,211.8
3,184.1
660.3
37.4
606.3
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88.4
618.6
2,207.0
6,547.0
113.5
42.3
36.6
501.9
1,704.8
2.2
26.8
1,038.8
724.1
1,424.4
3,070.3
2,064.9
5,123.1
2,954.1
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(Continued on next page)
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30
U.S. FISHERY CONSERVATION ZONE
FOREIGN CATCH
NORTH ATLANTIC: FOREIGN CATCH, BY COUNTRY AND SPECIES, 1979-81 - Continued
(Preliminary)
Country and species 1979 1980 1981
........ Metric tons, round weight --------
Mexico:
Butterfish 342.6 72.2
Hake:
Red 40.2 12.2
Silver (whiting) 110.1 39.3
Herring, river (alewives) ... .4 .2
Mackerel, Atlantic 11.7 5.7
Other finfish 467.4 104.1
Squid:
Short-finned 3,539.5 1,275.8
Long-finned 3,573.3 - -
Total _____„_§.»Q§5..2______ .=====1 j509^5======_ ____z_____=_s„
Poland:
Butterfish - 3.2 0.1
Hake, silver (whiting) - .5 48.0
Herring, river (alewives) ... - - 10.3
Mackerel, Atlantic - 9.1 3,983.0
Other finfish - 41.1 30.7
Squid:
Short-finned 171.5 281.4 .1
Long-finned - 3jO ._6
Total —UlA 338^3 5*QZ1.§_
Romania:
Butterfish 1.7 2.3
Hake:
Red .1 .6
Silver (whiting) 15.5 .1
Mackerel, Atlantic - .5
Other finfish 7.6 18.2
Squid:
Short-finned .7 56.0
Long-finned 2^9 - -
Total _=_= 28^5 77_.7 = =_.r_.=__.
Spain:
Butterfish 89.5 63.6 257.7
Hake:
Red 65.3 48.7 113.5
Silver (whiting) 380.3 475.8 649.6
Herring, river (alewives) ... - .6 1.4
Mackerel, Atlantic 5.1 17.4 49.7
Other finfish 425.2 426.7 1,176.2
Squid:
Short-finned 6,225.3 8,781.6 7,178.2
Long-finned 4,349.9 7,706.7 10,298.7
Total __lL54(h6 _A1£ZUI„„, __!?.iZ?§jQ__
USSR:
Butterfish 2.4
Hake:
Red 670.2
Silver (whiting) 3,074.8
Herring, river (alewives) . . . 11.5
Mackerel, Atlantic 10.1
Other finfish 479.6
Squid:
Short-finned .1
Long-finned 7^9 - -
Total _==_ = _= = ^?56^6 ====__=r
Grand total 64,105.5 68,527.0 77,067.9
Note:--Excludes tunas. Also excludes salmon caught incidentally to other species and returned to
sea. Beginning June 4, 1978, Canadian authorities excluded almost all United States fishing
vessels from Canadian waters, and United States authorities excluded almost all Canadian fishing
vessels from United States waters. In the Pacific, halibut fishing continued under the United
States-Canada Halibut Convention. In a 1979 groundfish agreement, Canada, in return for the right
to catch a specified amount of halibut in the United States FCZ, granted United States fishermen
the right to catch a specified amount of groundfish in the Canadian fishery zone. In the
Atlantic, fishing continued by vessels of both nations in a boundary region often referred to as
the "disputed zone." Catches are for calendar year only. Some fishing years overlap 2 calendar
years.
U.S. FISHERY CONSERVATION ZONE 31
FOREIGN CATCH
WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND CALIFORNIA:
FOREIGN CATCH, BY COUNTRY AND SPECIES, 1979-81
(Preliminary)
Country and species 1979 1980 1981
_______ Metric tons, round weight -------
Bulgaria:
Flounders - - .1
Hake, Pacific (whiting) .... - - 7,023.2
Jack mackerel - - 41.1
Ocean perch, Pacific - - 1.7
Rockfishes - - 17.6
Sablefish - - 4.2
Other finfish - - 24.9
Total - - 7,112.8
Poland:
Flounders 2.0 2.1 2.2
Hake, Pacific (whiting) .... 18,072.5 44,022.9 63,341.5
Jack mackerel 315.9 1,724.8 185.2
Ocean perch, Pacific 8.3 32.4 16.4
Rockfishes 149.2 958.1 336.1
Sablefish 41.4 92.8 110.9
Other finfish 32^0 95JD 201.6
Total 18,621.3 46,928.1 64,193.9
USSR:
Flounders 12.2
Hake, Pacific (whiting) .... 96,836.8
Jack mackerel 710.1
Ocean perch, Pacific 45.8
Rockfishes 789.5
Sablefish 157.0
Other finfish 155.8 - -
Total 98,707.2
Grand total 117,328.5 46,928.1 71,306.7
Note:--Excludes tunas. Also excludes salmon caught incidentally to other species and returned
to sea. Catches are for calendar year only. Some fishing years overlap 2 calendar yl*a>s.
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U.S. FISHERY CONSERVATION ZONE
FOREIGN CATCH
GULF OF ALASKA: FOREIGN CATCH, BY COUNTRY AND SPECIES, 1979-81
(Preliminary)
Country and species
1979
1980
1981
Canada,
Halibut, Total. . . ,
Japan:
Atka mackerel . . . .
Cod, Pacific
Flounders (1) . . . ,
Ocean perch, Pacific.
Pollock, Alaska . . .
Rockfishes
Sablefish
Other finfish . . . .
Squid, unclassified .
Total
Mexico:
Atka mackerel . . . .
Cod, Pacific
Flounders (1) . . . .
Ocean perch, Pacific.
Pollock, Alaska . . .
Rockfishes
Sablefish
Other finfish . . . .
Squid, unclassified .
Total
Poland:
Atka mackerel . . . .
Cod, Pacific
Flounders (1) . . . .
Ocean perch, Pacific.
Pollock, Alaska . . .
Rockfishes
Sablefish
Other finfish . . . .
Squid, unclassified .
Total
Republic of Korea:
Atka mackerel . . . .
Cod, Pacific
Flounders (1) . . . .
Ocean perch, Pacific.
Pollock, Alaska . . .
Rockfishes
Sablefish
Other finfish . . . .
Squid, unclassified .
Total
1,085.9
1,177.6
566.9
1,895.9
3,636.0
10,429.2
30,581.1
27,767.5
12,369.5
11,923.5
9,400.1
7,397.4
10,769.7
10,342.5
31,919.6
37,897.4
51,885.0
1,092.0
4,002.1
3,263.4
5,919.1
4,831.3
6,882.3
2,270.6
5,374.9
2,084.5
259.1
697.2
553.5
72,223.4
107,973.1
115,814.8
36.3
939.3
-
-
113.1
-
-
457.0
-
-
8,676.9
-
-
5.6
-
-
54.7
-
-
100.8
-
-
12.6
-
-
10,396.3
-
-
.4 56.9 279.5
126.9 54.3 135.2
18.9 .2 14.9
5.3 29.8 49.5
19,551.2 13,085.0 39,886.4
18.7 3.7 16.3
3.6
14.0 44.4 678.2
9.1 J. 18.7
19,744.5 13,274.4 ^4L082.3
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80.5 736.1 14,811.3
844.1 1,665.8 7,065.4
604.4 1,733.8 5,026.0
824.9 408.2 1,785.0
25,738.8 25,012.8 38,551.9
184.9 184.0 2,399.5
758.6 891.5 1,061.6
757.1 1,448.9 4,348.8
143.4 107.0 562.4
29,936.7 32,188.1 75,611.9
(Continued)
U.S. FISHERY CONSERVATION ZONE
FOREIGN CATCH
GULF OF ALASKA: FOREIGN CATCH, BY COUNTRY AND SPECIES, 1979-81
(Preliminary)
33
Continued
Country and species 1979 1980 1981
________ Metric tons, round weight --------
USSR:
Atka mackerel 10,263.6 10,473.5
Cod, Pacific 834.7 1,942.3
Flounders (1) 368.6 1,838.5
Ocean perch, Pacific 1,065.0 1,239.2
Pollock, Alaska 17,300.6 37,000.8
Rockfishes 121.8 9.8
Sablefish 152.1 416.0
Other finfish 938.7 1,646.1
Squid, unclassified 1^3 36.8 -
Total 31,046.4 54,603.0
Grand total 164,433.2 209,216.2 232,509.0
(1) May include yellowfin sole.
Note:--Excludes tunas. Also excludes salmon caught incidentally to other species and returned to
sea. Beginning June 4, 1978, Canadian authorities excluded almost all United States fishing
vessels from Canadian waters, and United States authorities excluded almost all Canadian fishing
vessels from United States waters. In the Pacific, halibut fishing continued under the United
States-Canada Halibut Convention. In a 1979 groundfish agreement, Canada, in return for the right
to catch a specified amount of halibut in the United States FCZ, granted United States fishermen
the right to catch a specified amount of groundfish in the Canadian fishery zone. In the Atlantic,
fishing continued by vessels of both nations in a boundary region often referred to as the
"disputed zone." Catches are for calendar year only. Some fishing years overlap 2 calendar
years.
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U.S. FISHERY CONSERVATION ZONE
FOREIGN CATCH
EASTERN BERING SEA AND ALEUTIAN ISLANDS: FOREIGN CATCH
BY COUNTRY AND SPECIES, 1979-81
(Preliminary)
Country and species
1979
1980
1981
European Economic Community,
Federal Republic of Germany:
Atka mackerel
Cod, Pacific
Flounders, unclassified . .
Ocean perch, Pacific. . . .
Pollock, Alaska
Rockfishes
Sablefish
Other finfish
Squid, unclassified . . . .
Total
Japan:
Atka mackerel
Cod, Pacific
Flounders:
Yellowfin sole
Other
Herring, sea
Ocean perch, Pacific. . . .
Pollock, Alaska
Rockfishes
Sablefish
Other finfish
Crabs, snow (tanner). . . .
Snails (meats)
Squid, unclassified . . . .
Total
Poland:
Atka mackerel
Cod, Pacific
Flounders:
Yellowfin sole
Other
Herrinq, sea
Ocean perch, Pacific. . . .
Pollock, Alaska
Rockfishes
Sablefish
Other finfish
Squid, unclassified . . . .
Total
Republic of Korea:
Atka mackerel
Cod, Pacific
Flounders :
Yellowfin sole
Other
Herrinq, sea
Ocean perch, Pacific. . . .
Pollock, Alaska
Rockfishes
Sablefish
Other finfish
Squid, unclassified . . . .
Total
Metric tons, round weight
42.2
552.5
15.4
14.8
5,996.3
.3
15.9
38.8
53.3
1
35
58
75
1
6
779
1
52
14
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,470.3
,491.0
,824.7
,707.9
,900.8
,049.9
,687.9
,676.9
,953.5
537.2
,739.4
1,034,695.7
1.5
16.5
1.5
1.9
18,229.9
1.8
5.8
24.6
18,283.5
1,329.0
3,245.4
1,355.7
1,971.8
107.6
282.1
84,137.4
425.6
3,978.1
1,233.0
98 065.7
6,729.5
1,718.7
29,524.0
61,295.0
74,150.7
(11329.2
4,102.7
832,992.6
3,024.0
1,881.8
39,877.8
7,094.4
57.3
4,641.8
1,060,690.0
43.9
627.5
233.6
610.5
(1)2.0
37.2
46,145.9
22.8
152.2
198.3
19.5
48,093.4
17,482.9
6,404.3
16,197.9
13,622.5
(1)22.7
740.0
113,864.6
493.0
349.7
6,791.2
1,620.3
177,589.1
38.0
1,153.0
22.9
10.6
10,304.6
2.4
34.0
298.5
11,872.8
5,664.5
30,025.6
63,961.3
82,154.3
4,250.0
803,461.0
2,168.2
2,412.1
34,149.1
239.4
4,676.9
1,033,162.4
17.7
493.2
5.8
86.9
126.1
53,984.1
26.3
13.0
159.2
96.0
55,008.3
12,384.8
6,623.1
17,179.0
8,226.7
421.8
116,015.7
293.3
394.7
4,733.8
1,096.7
167 369.6
(Continued)
U.S. FISHERY CONSERVATION ZONE 35
FOREIGN CATCH
EASTERN BERING SEA AND ALEUTIAN ISLANDS: FOREIGN CATCH
BY COUNTRY AND SPECIES, 1979-81 - Continued
(Preliminary)
Country and species 1979 1980 1981
-------- Metric tons, round weight --------
Taiwan:
Cod, Pacific 39.4 199.7 847.0
Flounders:
Yellowfin sole 3.0 35.1 109.0
Other 19.2 126.2 1,403.3
Herrinq, sea - (1).5
Ocean perch, Pacific 2.6 17.7 43.6
Pollock, Alaska 1,928.6 4,973.7 3,366.7
Rockfishes - 9.3 1.3
Sablefish 6.3 38.4 102.2
Other finfish - 68.5 50.5
Squid, unclassified 14,2 3JL9 55.2
Total 2,013.3 5,508.0 5,978.8
USSR:
Atka mackerel 20,277.3 937.0
Cod, Pacific 2,645.0 10.9
Flounders :
Yellowfin sole 41,258.7 6.4
Other 12,128.1 3.9
Herring, sea 5,717.8 (1)428.2
Ocean perch, Pacific 21.6 4.6
Pollock, Alaska 60,617.4 2,156.4
Rockfishes - 1.6
Sablefish 49.2
Other finfish 8,054.4 7.7
Squid, unclassified 6.4
Total 150,775.9 3,556.7
Grand total 1,303,834.1 1,302,166.7 1,273,391.9
(1) Harvested between January 1 and February 8, 1980, and then declared a prohibited species.
Note:--Excludes tunas. Also excludes salmon caught incidentally to other species and returned to
sea. Catches are for calendar year only. Some fishing years overlap 2 calendar years.
HAWAII AND PACIFIC ISLANDS
(WESTERN PACIFIC SEAMOUNT GROUNDFISH FISHERY)
BY COUNTRY AND SPECIES, 1979-81
Country and species
1979
1980
1981
Japan:
Alfonsins and armorheads,
Other finfishes
■ - - - Metric tons, round weight
217.8 795.2
Grand total,
217.8
795.2
635.8
26.2
662.0
Note:--Excludes tunas. Also excludes salmon caught incidentally to other species and returned to
sea.
36
WORLD FISHERIES
WORLD COMMERICAL CATCH BY LEADING COUNTRIES, 1973-80
(Million metric tons, live weight)
Japan
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%
China
- Peru >*^
\
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0
1973 1975
Note:--Does not include marine mammals and aquatic plants.
1978
1980
0&*i
WORLD FISHERIES
37
U.S. AND WORLD COMMERCIAL FISHERY CATCHES, 1950-80
U.S. commercial catch
and exvessel value
World commercial catch
Published
Published
by U.S.
by FAO
Marine
Year
(excludes
weight of
(includes
weight of
Exvessel
value
Fresh-
water
Grand
total
mo Husk
mo Husk
Peruvian
Other (1)
Total
shells)
shells)
anchovy
Million metric tons
Billion
dollars
Mi
11 ion metric to
Live
weight
Live weight
1950
2.2
2.6
0.3
2.4
_
18.7
18.7
21.1
1951
2.0
2.4
.4
2.6
-
20.9
20.9
23.5
1952
2.0
2.4
.4
2.8
-
22.3
22.3
25.1
1953
2.0
2.7
.4
3.0
-
22.9
22.9
25.9
1954
2.2
2.8
.4
3.2
-
24.4
24.4
27.6
1955
2.2
2.8
.3
3.4
-
25.5
25.5
28.9
1956
2.4
3.0
.4
3.5
0.1
27.2
27.3
30.8
1957
2.2
2.8
.4
3.9
.3
27.5
27.8
31.7
1958
2.2
2.7
.4
4.5
.8
28.0
28.8
33.3
1959
2.3
2.9
.4
5.1
2.0
29.8
31.8
36.9
1960
2.2
2.8
.4
5.6
3.5
31.1
34.6
40.2
1961
2.4
2.9
.4
5.7
5.3
32.6
37.9
43.6
1962
2.4
3.0
.4
5.8
7.1
31.9
39.0
44.8
1963
2.2
2.8
.4
5.9
7.2
33.5
40.7
46.6
1964
2.1
2.6
.4
6.2
9.8
35.9
45.7
51.9
1965
2.2
2.7
.4
7.0
7.7
38.5
46.2
53.2
1966
1.9
2.5
.5
7.3
9.6
40.4
50.0
57.3
1967
1.8
2.4
.4
7.2
10.5
42.7
53.2
60.4
1968
1.9
2.5
.5
7.4
11.3
45.2
56.5
63.9
1969
1.9
2.5
.5
7.6
9.7
45.4
55.1
62.7
1970
2.2
2.8
.6
8.4
13.1
46.6
59.7
65.6
1971
2.3
2.9
.7
9.0
11.2
48.3
59.5
66.1
1972
2.2
2.8
.7
5.7
4.8
53.7
58.5
62.0
1973
2.2
2.8
.9
5.8
1.7
55.3
57.0
62.7
1974
2.3
2.8
.9
5.8
4.0
56.7
60.7
66.5
1975
2.2
2.8
1.0
6.2
3.3
56.9
60.2
66.4
1976
2.4
3.0
1.3
5.9
4.3
59.6
63.9
69.8
1977
2.4
3.0
1.5
6.1
.8
62.0
62.8
68.9
1978
2.7
3.4
1.9
5.8
1.4
63.2
64.6
70.4
1979
2.8
3.5
2.2
6.0
1.4
63.9
65.3
71.3
1980
2.9
3.6
2.2
6.2
.8
65.2
66.0
72.2
(1) Includes diadromous (salmon and other anadromous fishes and catadromous fishes such as
eels) .
Note:--There are 2,204.6 pounds in a metric ton. Prior to 1970, the world commercial catch of
whales and seals is excluded. For the years 1970-1980, data for marine mammals and aquatic
plants are excluded. There is a revision in the total world commercial catch back to 1970 as
published in FAO Yearbook of Fishery Statistics, Vol. 48 and 50. However, prior to 1974, data
on freshwater and marine catches were not revised. Therefore, for the years 1970 to 1973, data
will not add to the grand total.
Source:--Fishery Statistics of the United States, Fisheries of the United States, Food and Agri-
culture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Yearbook of Fishery Statistics, various issues.
38
WORLD FISHERIES
WORLD COMMERCIAL CATCH OF FISH, CRUSTACEANS, AND MOLLUSKS, BY COUNTRIES, 1976-80
(DOES NOT INCLUDE MARINE MAMMALS AND AQUATIC PLANTS.)
Country
1976(1)
1977(1)
1978(1)
1979(1)
1980
---------- Thousand metric tons ---------
Live weight
Japan 9,994 10,123 10,184 9,945 10,410
USSR 10,132 9,347 8,918 9,114 9,412
China 4,320 4,463 4,394 4,054 4,240
United States (2)3,050 (2)2,980 (2)3,418 (2)3,511 (2)3,635
Chile 1,379 1,319 1,929 2,632 2,817
Peru 4,344 2,534 3,472 3,681 2,731
India 2,174 2,312 2,306 2,340 2,423
Norway 3,361 3,402 2,587 2,650 2,398
Republic of Korea 2,118 2,085 2,092 2,162 2,091
Denmark 1,912 1,806 1,740 1,738 2,027
Indonesia 1,479 1,568 1,642 1,766 1,853
Thailand 1,659 2,188 2,095 1,716 1,650
Philippines 1,393 1,509 1,495 1,475 1,557
Iceland 986 1,374 1,567 1,645 1,515
North Korea (3)1,120 (3)1,190 (3)1,260 (3)1,330 (3)1,400
Canada 1,102 1,235 1,367 1,411 1,305
Mexico 526 611 703 877 1,240
Spain 1,469 1,389 1,373 1,205 (3)1,240
Vietnam (3)1,014 (3)1,014 (3)1,014 (3)1,014 (3)1,014
Brazil 653 748 803 855 (3)850
France 778 744 768 732 765
Malaysia 517 619 685 696 737
Ecuador 298 434 617 644 (3)671
Bangladesh 826 835 640 646 650
Poland 750 655 571 601 640
Republic of South Africa . 595 550 605 654 640
Burma 502 519 541 565 585
Nigeria 497 504 519 535 480
Italy 420 372 399 426 445
Turkey 153 164 244 350 430
Scotland 476 445 456 382 400
England and Wales 520 525 548 494 397
Argentina 266 370 519 566 384
Senegal 351 341 353 303 359
Netherlands 285 313 324 324 340
Morocco 281 255 287 280 298
Federal Republic of
Germany 454 432 412 356 297
All others 7,599 7,640 7,592 7,591 7,865
Total 69,753 68,914 70,439 71,266 72,191
(1) Revised.
(2) Includes the weight of clam, oyster, scallop, and other mollusk shells. This weight is not
included in U.S. landings statistics shown elsewhere.
(3) Data estimated by FAO.
Note:--Statistics for mariculture, aquaculture and other kinds of fish farming are included in
country totals. Statistics on quantities caught by recreational fishermen are excluded.
Source:--Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Yearbook of Fishery
Statistics, 1980, Vol. 50.
WORLD FISHERIES
39
WORLD COMMERCIAL CATCH OF FISH, CRUSTACEANS, AND MOLLUSKS, BY CONTINENTS, 1976-80
(DOES NOT INCLUDE MARINE MAMMALS AND AQUATIC PLANTS.)
Continent 1976(1) 1977(1) 1978(1) 1979(1) 1980
________ Thousand metric tons --------
Live weight
Asia 28,472 29,721 29,731 29,276 30,290
Europe 13,399 13,282 12,494 12,284 12,366
USSR 10,132 9,348 8,919 9,113 9,412
South America 7,226 5,697 7,689 8,717 7,851
North and Central America . . 5,187 5,403 6,020 6,339 6,805
Africa 4,230 4,181 4,254 4,169 4,105
Oceania 294 293 345 353 347
Other 813 989 987 1,015 1,015
Total 69,753 68,914 70,439 71,266 72,191
(1) Revised.
Source:--Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Yearbook of Fishery
Statistics, 1980, Vol. 50.
WORLD COMMERCIAL CATCH OF FISH, CRUSTACEANS, AND MOLLUSKS, BY MAJOR FISHING AREAS, 1976-80
(DOES NOT INCLUDE MARINE MAMMALS AND AQUATIC PLANTS.)
Area 1976(1) 1977(1) 1978(1) 1979(1) 1980
________ Thousand metric tons --------
Live weight
Marine areas:
Pacific Ocean and adjacent
areas - 32,917 32,076 34,124 35,293 35,450
Atlantic Ocean and adjacent
areas 26,611 25,936 25,700 25,176 25,375
Indian Ocean and adjacent
areas 3,107 3,533 3,511 3,443 3,751
Total 62,635 61,545 63,335 63,912 64,576
Inland waters:
Asia 4,268 4,387 4,175 4,344 4,606
Africa 1,421 1,511 1,466 1,512 1,497
USSR 770 771 731 805 747
Europe 290 307 302 310 330
South America 224 243 273 226 260
North and Central America . . 143 147 155 155 173
Oceania 2 3_ 2 2 2_
Total 7,118 7,369 7,104 7,354 7,615
Grand total 69,753 68,914 70,439 71,266 72,191
(1) Revised.
Source:--Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Yearbook of Fishery
Statistics, 1980, Vol. 50.
40
WORLD FISHERIES
WORLD COMMERCIAL CATCH OF FISH, CRUSTACEANS, AND MOLLUSKS, BY SPECIES GROUPS, 1976-80
(DOES NOT INCLUDE MARINE MAMMALS AND AQUATIC PLANTS.)
Species group
1976(1)
1977(1
1978(1)
1979(1) 1980
________ Thousand metric tons --------
Live weight
Herring, sardines, anchovies,
et al 14,999 12,650 14,380 15,719 16,225
Cods, hakes, haddocks, et al. . . 12,125 10,597 10,303 10,609 10,720
Miscellaneous marine and
diadromous fishes 7,769 7,836 7,746 7,219 7,707
Jacks, mullets, sauries, et al. . 7,489 8,797 8,128 7,951 7,338
Freshwater fishes 5,942 6,074 5,783 5,984 6,197
Redfish, basses, congers,
et al 5,155 5,721 5,610 5,358 5,247
Mollusks 4,392 4,628 4,768 4,937 5,218
Mackerels, snoeks, cutlass-
fishes, et al 3,826 4,063 4,755 4,415 4,226
Crustaceans 2,518 2,818 2,952 3,135 3,267
Tunas, bonitos, billfishes,
et al 2,301 2,363 2,478 2,385 2,490
Flounders, halibuts, soles,
et al 1,134 1,084 1,210 1,146 1,084
Shads, milkfishes, et al 766 768 812 770 818
Salmon, trouts, smelts, et al.. . 556 631 624 751 770
Sharks, rays, chimaeras, et al. . 553 557 594 580 583
River eels 67 70 75 85 92
Sturgeons, paddlef ishes, et al. . 31 32 28 29 29
Miscellaneous 130 226 194 194 179
Total (2) 69,753 68,914 70,439 71,266 72,191
(1) Revised.
(2) May not add to total because of rounding.
Source:--Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FA0), Yearbook of Fishery
Statistics, 1980, Vol. 50.
DISPOSITION OF WORLD COMMERCIAL CATCH, 1976-80
(DOES NOT INCLUDE MARINE MAMMALS AND AQUATIC PLANTS.
Item
1976(1)
1977(1
1978(1)
1979
1980
------------ Percent of total ------------
Marketed fresh 20.1 21.4 20.5 19.4 20.5
Frozen 21.0 21.3 21.4 21.7 21.7
Canned 13.5 13.9 13.8 14.1 14.1
Cured 13.9 13.9 13.5 13.2 13.7
Reduced to meal and oil (2) . 30.1 28.1 29.4 30.2 28.6
Miscellaneous purposes. . . 1 .4 1_L4 1^4 K4 1.4
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(1) Revised.
(2) Only whole fish destined for the manufacture of oils and meals is included. Raw material
for reduction derived from fish primarily destined for marketing fresh, frozen, canned, cured,
and miscellaneous purposes is excluded; such waste quantities are included under the other
disposition channels.
Source:--Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FA0), Yearbook of Fishery
Statistics, 1980, Vol. 51.
WORLD FISHERIES
41
WORLD IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF SEVEN FISHERY COMMODITY GROUPS,
BY LEADING COUNTRIES, 1977-80
Country
1977
1978
1979
1980
----------- Thousand U.S. dollars -----------
IMPORTS
Japan 2,296,419 3,041,612 4,018,221 3,114,613
United States 2,085,846 2,228,173 2,674,168 2,633,160
France 655,107 812,133 997,959 1,131,198
United Kingdom 556,163 686,860 900,525 1,033,566
Federal Republic of
Germany 666,535 766,263 884,757 (1)1,022,986
Italy 425,252 547,012 722,210 831,727
Spain 155,760 245,672 409,537 542,355
Belgium 256,478 300,358 375,500 408,341
Netherlands 257,590 326,974 368,894 389,406
Hong Kong 213,139 252,377 306,736 357,738
Denmark 175,109 220,990 269,548 330,665
Sweden 218,433 245,914 291,970 325,160
Canada 205,756 216,411 266,463 299,049
Australia 129,300 137,469 145,543 214,648
Switzerland 138,554 172,982 190,009 211,739
Singapore 87,587 101,497 110,720 139,116
Nigeria. 114,402 116,173 122,368 (1)122,368
Poland 76,129 95,370 102,780 (1)102,780
Other countries 1,382,348 1,631,883 1,894,214 2,082,919
Total 10,095,907 12,146,123 15,052,122 15,293,534
EXPORTS
Canada 756,594 981,226 1,111,006 1,073,315
Denmark 628,665 731,227 859,071 999,713
United States 508,062 895,709 1,070,846 993,352
Norway 805,392 759,769 890,906 974,661
Japan 631,355 754,840 719,850 905,190
Iceland 381,066 506,789 594,898 708,632
Republic of Korea 696,708 639,346 795,385 677,722
Mexico -. . . . 197,055 392,692 452,672 580,230
Netherlands 314,687 399,579 503,493 524,567
Chile 124,285 171,339 222,454 367,200
United Kingdom 197,027 283,177 331,101 365,168
Thailand 174,342 250,278 359,992 (1)360,717
Spain 236,420 281,033 410,227 343,771
France 150,955 198,955 261,034 320,285
Federal Republic
of Germany 225,539 241,953 280,246 (1)317,969
China (1)16,066 (1)240,634 (1)294,582 (1)308,868
Peru 226,044 (1)252,385 314,457 (1)308,400
USSR 195,199 238,853 299,573 300,756
Other countries 2,877,861 3,312,287 4,258,292 4,460,193
Total 9,343,322 11,532,071 14,030,085 14,890,709
(1) Estimated by FAO.
Note:--Data on imports and exports cover the international trade of 158 countries. The total
value of exports is consistently less than the total value of imports, probably because charges
for insurance, freight, and similar expenses were included in the import value but not in the
export value. The seven fishery commodity groups covered by this table are: 1. Fish, fresh,
chilled or frozen; 2. Fish, dried, salted, or smoked; 3. Crustaceans and mollusks, fresh,
frozen, dried, salted etc.; 4. Fish products and preparations, whether or not in airtight
containers; 5. Crustacean and mollusk products and preparations, whether or not in airtight
containers; 6. Oils and fats, crude or refined, of aquatic animal origin; and 7. Meals,
solubles, and similar animal foodstuffs of aquatic animal origin.
Source:--Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Yearbook of Fishery
Statistics, 1980, Vol. 51.
42
PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS
VALUE OF PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS. 1980-81
(Processed from domestic catch and imported products)
Billion dollars
2.5
1.5
H
Fresh and frozen
Canned
Industrial
Cured
1980
1981
*W»l**
**m&<
PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS «
VALUE OF PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS, 1980 AND 1981
(Processed from domestic catch and imported products)
Item * 1980 1981 (1)
Thousand Percent Thousand Percent
dollars of total dollars of total
Edible:
Fresh and frozen:
Fillets and steaks, raw. 261,210 5.8 304,507 6.2
Fish sticks 88,762 2.0 99,376 2.0
Fish portions 388,430 8.7 363,195 7.4
Breaded shrimp 254,283 5.7 254,487 5.2
Other 1,117,434 25.1 1,350,000 27.5
Total 2,110,119 47.3 2,371,565 48.3
Canned ' 1,803,823 40.5 1,966,546 40.1
Cured 124,843 2.8 136,000 2.8
Total edible ..... 4,038,785 90.6 4,474,111 91.2
Industrial :
Bait and animal food
(canned) 145,708 3.3 213,407 4.3
Fish meal, oil , and
solubles. ........ 206,081 4.6 166,667 3.4
Other 65,902 1.5 53,593 1.1
Total industrial . . . 417,691 9.4 433,667 8.8
Grand total 4,456,476 100.0 4,907,778 100.0
(1) Preliminary.
Note:--Includes value of sealskins and the value of imported items that may be further processed
in the United States for 1980. Value is based on selling price at the plant.
FISH STICKS, FISH PORTIONS, AND BREADED SHRIMP
PRODUCTION OF FISH STICKS, FISH PORTIONS, AND BREADED SHRIMP, 1972-81
Year Fish sticks Fish portions Breaded shrimp
Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand
pounds dollars pounds dollars pounds dollars
1972 114,493 61,491 269,204 149,148 107,375 140,933
1973 *127,156 79,818 298,396 198,984 *111,922 176,793
1974 103,059 64,599 276,226 193,830 91,778 142,559
1975 91,166 62,182 295,613 216,253 97,694 176,742
1976 94,169 73,182 344,284 286,240 95,923 202,972
1977. 87,230 68,727 355,443 341,760 97,518 216,551
1978 94,674 86,712 389,430 415,892 110,888 258,467
1979 96,050 *99,790 *396,089 *429,164 98,993 *277,460
1980 88,429 88,762 344,249 388,430 83,182 254,283
1981 (1). . . . 91,995 99,376 313,454 363,195 88,076 254,487
(1) Data for 1981 include only those firms reporting quarterly. Data for previous years include
firms reporting annually or quarterly. *Record. Note:--Fish Sticks, Fish Portions, and Breaded
Shrimp, Annual Summary, 1981, Current Fishery Statistics No. 8204 will give additional
information.
44
PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS
FISH FILLETS AND STEAKS
PRODUCTION OF FRESH AND FROZEN FILLETS AND STEAKS,
BY SPECIES,
1980 AND 1981
Species 1980
1981
Fillets:
Anglerfish
Buffalofish
Carp
Cod
Cusk
Flounders
Groupers
Haddock
Hake, Atlantic . . .
Halibut
Herring, sea . . . .
Lingcod
Ocean perch:
Atlantic
Pacific
Pollock, Atlantic. .
Rockfishes
Sablefish
Salmon
Snapper, red . . . .
Spanish mackerel . .
Whitefish
Whiting, Atlantic. .
Yellow perch . . . .
Yellow pike
Unclassified . . . .
Total
Steaks:
Cod
Halibut
King mackerel. . . .
Salmon
Swordfish
Tuna
Unclassified . . . .
Total
Grand total. . .
Thousand
pounds
1,571
229
2,317
31,259
1,229
48,900
388
17,250
989
577
35,302
912
7,117
1,642
8,455
14,193
2,038
197
494
239
684
593
1,747
544
18,010
196,876
378
2,229
79
1,430
893
(1)
177
5,186
202,062
Thousand
dollars
1,801
138
1,467
43,266
1,418
87,418
1,331
29,034
1,154
1,030
15,724
1,005
9,256
1,658
8,521
12,857
1,615
399
1,825
328
1,488
486
4,614
1,808
17,811
247,452
396
5,956
117
4,027
2,900
(1)
362
13,758
261,210
Thousand
pounds
1,021
140
2,702
40,642
1,004
53,757
882
17,419
1,020
119
23,026
1,219
5,369
1,669
8,991
17,551
1,945
164
518
198
641
214
1,429
579
19,075
201,294
64
2,773
1,130
1,665
1,162
116
146
7,056
208,350
Thousand
dollars
1,122
131
1,529
65,743
1,296
101,570
2,866
32,237
1,235
435
9,316
1,351
7,522
1,818
9,555
16,334
1,552
597
1,917
282
1,469
227
4,793
1,871
19,468
286,236
80
7,099
1,357
4,475
4,481
372
407
18.271
304,507
(1) Included with unclassified. Note: — The following amounts of frozen fish blocks were
produced from the fillets reported above: 1,205,000 lb valued at $1,687,000 in 1980 and
1,029,000 lb valued at $1,046,000 in 1981. Final data for 1981 will be published in Production
of Fish Fillets and Steaks, Annual Summary, 1981, Current Fishery Statistics No. 8208.
PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS 45
CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS
PRODUCTION OF CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS, BY SPECIES, 1980 AND 1981
Pounds 1980 1981 \
Species per
case Standard Thousand Thousand Standard Thousand Thousand
cases pounds dollars cases pounds dollars
For human consumption:
Fish:
Gefiltefish 48 238,044 11,426 9,892 283,426 13,604 14,669
Herring and herring
specialties 48 135,918 6,524 10,580 85,808 4,119 6,320
Mackerel 45 849,822 38,242 11,512 809,312 36,419 11,158
Roe and caviar .... 48 13,979 671 3,832 4,942 237 1,391
Salmon:
Natural 48 4,201,756 201,684 403,841 4,535,264 217,693 415,894
Specialties 48 2,101 100 512 2,387 115 629
Sardines, Maine. . . . 23.4 846,533 19,809 31,554 1,630,949 38,164 54,890
30
,508,722
602,056
1,143,527
32,384,224
639,027
1,281,727
4,392
224,193
95,977
211
4,509
4,607
320
5,476
3,351
7,182
262,844
180,588
345
5,256
8,662
428
6,206
8,359
37
,121,437
889,839
1,624,397
40,186,926
963,641
1,801,671
Tuna:
Solid 21 5,134,332 107,821 236,079 5,600,217 117,604 275,044
Chunks 19.5 24,997,374 487,449 898,057 26,207,240 511,041 991,200
Flakes and grated. . 18 377,016 6,786 9,391 576,767 10,382 15,483
Total tuna .... --
Specialties 48
Tunalike fish .... (11
Other --
Total fish .... --
Shellfish:
Clams :
Whole and minced (2) 15 730,072 10,951 27,448 791,659 11,875 28,241
Chowder and juice (2) 30 2,216,406 66,492 38,902 2,264,348 67,930 40,474
Specialties 48 153,716 7,378 8,271 123,828 5,944 6,863
Crabs:
Natural. ...... 19.5 233,536 4,554 22,809 176,068 3,433 18,560
Specialties 48 5,039 242 273 6,533 314 357
Oysters:
Natural (3) 7 (4) (4) (4) 63,019 441 1,192
Specialties 48 126,849 6,089 5,424 158,147 7,591 4,582
Shrimp:
Natural (3) 6.75 2,353,542 15,886 70,504 1,838,537 12,410 59,229
Specialties 48 22,884 1,098 939 22,383 1,074 928
Squid 48 83,743 4,020 1,017 122,232 5,867 1,519
Other 48 125,169 6,008 3,839 39,528 1,897 2,930
Total shellfish. . --
Total for human
consumption. . . --
For bait and animal food:
Animal food 48
Salmon eggs, et al . . . . 48
Total for bait
and animal food. 48
Grand total. ... — 53,731,082 1,519,374 1,949,531 56,600,624 1,604,053 2,179,953
(1) Pounds per standard case are: solid pack (7 oz net per can) 21 lb; chunk (6.50 oz net per can)
19.5 lb; and flakes and grated (6 oz net per can) 18 lb. (2) "Cut out" or "drained" weight of can
contents are given for whole or minced clams, and net contents for other clam products. (3) Drained
weight. (4) Included with other shellfish.
Note:--Final figures will be published in Canned Fishery Products, Annual Summary, 1981 Current
Fishery Statistics No. 8201.
6,050,956
122.
,718
179,426
5
,606,282
118,776
164,875
43,172,393
1,012.
,557
1,803,823
45.
,793,208
1,082,417
1,966,546
10,548,132
10,557
506
,310
507
143,959
1,749
10.
,850,450
16,966
520,822
814
211,575
1,832
10,558,689
506
,817
145,708
10
,867,416
521,636
213,407
46
PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS
PRODUCTION OF CANNED TUNA, 1979-81
;m
Pounds
per
case
1979
1980
1981
It(
Thousand
standard
cases
Thousand
dollars
Thousand
standard
cases
Thousand
dollars
Thousand
standard
cases
Thousand
dollars
Albacore:
Solid, , ,
Flakes and
grated. .
grated. .
21
19.5
18
21
19.5
18
4,494
1,033
278
193,941
42,127
7,783
4,350
965
190
204,661
41,734
5,895
4,823
978
228
242,385
43,937
7,631
Total .
5,805
243,851
5,505
252,290
6,029
293,953
Lightmeat:
Solid. . .
Chunk. . .
Flakes and
1,341
23,957
300
51,522
800,488
7,988
784
24,032
187
31,418
856,323
3,496
777
25,229
349
32,659
947,263
7,852
Total .
25,598
859,998
25,003
891,237
26,355
987,774
)tal . . .
Grand t<
31,403 1
,103,849
30,508 1
,143,527
32,384 1
,281,727
PRODUCTION OF CANNED SHRIMP, BY AREA, 1979-81
Pounds
per
case
1979
1980
1981
Area
Thousand
standard
cases
Thousand
dollars
Thousand
standard
cases
Thousand
dollars
Thousand
standard
cases
Thousand
dollars
Pacific States . . .
6.75
6.75
900
520
30,148
9,941
1,753
601
58,725
11,779
1,070
769
36,050
23,179
Total
1,420
40,089
2,354
70,504
1,839
59,229
PRODUCTION OF CANNED SALMON, 1979-81
Pounds -
per
case
1979
1980
1981
Item
Thousand
standard
cases
Thousand
dollars
Thousand
standard
cases
Thousand
dollars
Thousand
standard
cases
Thousand
dollars
Chinook or king. .
Pink
48.0
48.0
48.0
15
144
1,897
1,037
33
1,446
10,057
148,202
112,598
2,881
16
439
2,112
1,579
55
1,480
34,052
169,825
193,119
5,365
9
620
2,574
1,292
40
790
45,940
221,905
Red or sock eye . .
Silver or coho . .
48.0
48.0
143,557
3,702
Total . . . .
. .
3,126
275,184
4,201
403,841
4,535
415,894
PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS
47
PRODUCTION OF CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS, 1972-81
Year
For
For
Total
human consumption
animal food
and bait
Thousand
Thousand
Thousand
Thousand
Thousand
Thousand
pounds
dollars
pounds
dollars
pounds
dollars
1972. . . . 930,232
853,495
666,598
141,427
1,596,830
994,922
1973.
951,000
996,302
*696,357
170,858
*1, 647, 357
1,167,160
1974.
963,232
1,127,416
590,774
178,431
1,554,006
1,305,847
1975.
802,112
919,692
583,751
152,253
1,385,863
1,071,945
1976.
904,498
1,220,559
660,659
197,955
1,565,157
1,418,514
1977.
923,660
1,404,534
512,683
170,155
1,436,343
1,574,689
1978.
1,076,254
1,748,068
539,234
164,959
1,615,488
1,913,027
1979.
961,134
1,601,847
479,764
150,316
1,440,898
1,752,163
1980.
1,012,557
1,803,823
506,817
145,708
1,519,374
1,949,531
1981.
♦1,082,417
*1, 966, 546
521,636
*213,407
1,604,053
*2, 179, 953
*Record.
U.S. SUPPLY OF CANNED TUNA, 1972-81
Million pounds
600
400
200
1972
1975
1978
1981
48
PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
PRODUCTION OF FISH MEAL, OIL, AND SOLUBLES, 1980 and 1981
Product
1980
1981
Dried scrap and meal:
Fish:
Anchovy
Menhaden (1). . .
Tuna and mackerel
Unclassified. . .
Total
Shellfish
Grand total
Solubles:
Menhaden (1).
Unclassified.
Total . ,
Body oil :
Anchovy
Menhaden
Tuna and
Unclassi
Tota
(1). • •
mackerel
fied (2).
1 . . . .
Short
tons
Thousand
pounds
2,283
291,434
4,093
14,701
312,511
Thousand
dollars
Thousand
dollars
375
54,173
491
2,897
57,936
Short
tons
Thousand
pounds
1,715
170,048
4,487
8,053
184,303
Thousand
dollars
7,834
2,927
10,230
3,695
271,181
102,077
230,824
89,392
47,019
16,186
47,179
16,116
29,293
11,679
21,904
8,356
355,327
132,869
310,137
117,559
6,595
800
8,294
1,062
361,922
133,669
318,431
118,621
99,375
34,307
10,245
4,231
99,739
28,882
11,367
3,594
133,682
14,476
128,621
14,961
Thousand
dollars
267
30,778
565
1,475
33,085
(1) May include small quantities made from other species. (2) Includes a small amount of
1 i ver oils.
Note:--To convert pounds of oil to gallons divide by 7.75. The above data include production in
American Samoa and Puerto Rico. Final data will be published in Industrial Fishery
Products, Annual Summary, 1981, Current Fisheries Statistics No. 8202.
PRODUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, 1972-81
Year
Quantity
Value
Fish
meal
Fish
solubles
Marine
animal
oil
Fish meal ,
solubles,
and oil
Shell
products
(1)
Other
industrial
products
Grand
total
Short
Short
Thousand
1972.
tons
285,506
tons
134,395
pounds
188,445
67,133
- - Thousand
4,210
dollars - - -
84,639
155,982
1973.
287,517
137,435
224,634
160,914
4,015
37,899
202,828
1974.
300,714
137,259
237,980
145,325
4,651
48,858
198,834
1975.
290,431
127,850
245,653
106,901
5,847
49,550
162,297
1976.
309,694
133,107
204,581
142,228
6,085
36,437
184,750
1977.
282,291
122,330
133,182
139,423
6,708
44,441
190,572
1978.
362,910
162,543
296,287
204,211
4,465
42,247
250,923
1979.
*374,293
134,928
267,949
200,690
(2)
58,768
259,458
1980.
361,922
133,682
*312,511
*206,081
(2)
63,525
*269,606
1981.
318,431
128,621
184,303
166,667
(2)
53,593
220,260
Data
for marine-
) Included
short tons
(1) Beginning in 1972, data include only the value of oyster shell products,
shell and mussel-shell products are included with "other industrial products." (2^
with "other industrial products." *Record. Record fish soluble production, 165,359
in 1959; and shell products, $17.3 million in 1950.
Note:--Does not include the value of imported items that may be further processed, or the value
of sealskins. Table may not add because of rounding.
COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS
FROZEN FISHERY PRODUCTS
49
U.S. COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS OF FISHERY PRODUCTS, 1981
Item
January March June September December
1 31 30 30 31
Mocks:
Cod
Flounder
Greenland turbot
Haddock
Ocean perch
Pollock (Alaska and other).
Whiting
Minced (grated) all species
Unclassified
Thousand pounds
Total blocks
Fillets and steaks:
Cod
Flounder
Greenland turbot.
Haddock
Halibut
Ocean perch . . .
Whiting
Unclassified. . .
Total fillets and steaks .
Fish sticks and portions (cooked
and uncooked, all species) . . .
Round, dressed, etc:
Catfish
Halibut
Rainbow trout
Salmon
Whiting
Unclassified fish'
Crabs:
King
Snow
Unclassified
Lobsters (spiny and other). . . .
Shrimp:
Raw, headless
Breaded . . .
Peeled. . . .
Unclassified.
Total shrimp
Other shellfish . . ,
Bait and animal food,
11,128
17,279
19,029
17,954
17,064
3,015
1,857
3,711
4,433
2,340
1,276
307
323
317
324
9,354
4,724
6,322
4,253
2,668
1,988
420
551
407
357
4,808
2,074
3,360
4,757
5,778
5,861
5,078
5,953
5,396
6,694
4,369
3,524
4,957
5,205
5,509
4,941
2,728
2,659
2,867
3,035
46,740
37,991
46,865
45,589
43,769
19,652
19,027
18,514
20,344
16,884
12,495
11,204
18,582
25 953
17,287
3,383
2,017
1,925
4,587
3,316
7,678
5,291
5,637
6,493
5,590
2,029
1,175
2,707
6,001
4,298
8,704
3,801
4,131
12,763
13,827
2,588
2,229
2,026
1,839
2,221
31,488
24,250
20,763
21,559
20,059
88,017
68,994
74,285
99,539
83,482
31,973
27,958
37,639
31,902
34,500
3,560
2,791
2,855
2,819
2,835
5,742
3,658
8,114
7,540
3,908
1,867
1,772
3,089
1,106
868
26,526
12,565
7,762
38,129
22,314
900
1,171
1,503
1,800
1,841
25,273
28,775
23,436
26,459
25,998
37,768
25,499
14,285
9,327
18,165
6,448
5,662
16,811
10,977
8,385
4,855
4,033
4,847
5,231
4,548
7,571
6,656
6,164
6,894
6,419
31,612
27,400
20,023
26,969
27,740
6,360
5,231
5,141
4,465
5,577
19,111
14,713
14,544
15,878
15,265
20,595
13,592
7,850
10,914
16,289
77,678
60,936
47,558
58,226
64,871
20,001
20,323
23,462
24,439
23,845
8,345
10,340
12,595
7,716
4,290
Total fish and shellfish . .
393,264 319,124 331,270 377,693 350,038
Note:--Holdings of frozen fishery products include domestic and imported frozen fish and
shellfish.
Source:--Final figures are published in Frozen Fishery Products, Annual Summary, 1981, Current
Fishery Statistics No. 8206.
50
FOREIGN TRADE
U.S. IMPORTS
FOREIGN TRADE
U.S. IMPORTS
si
EDIBLE AND NONEDIBLE FISHERY PRODUCTS IMPORTS, 1972-81
Year
Edible
Nonedible
Total
1972.
1973.
1974.
1975.
1976,
1977,
1978.
1979.
1980.
1981.
Thousand
pounds
2,341,138
*2, 416, 193
2,266,880
1,913,089
2,228,475
2,177,010
2,410,512
2,369,373
2,144,628
2,272,011
Thousand
dollars
1,233,292
1,398,484
1,495,380
1,367,180
1,916,848
2,078,492
2,253,142
2,668,396
2,686,391
*3, 033, 780
- Thousand dollars
261,119
184,649
215,498
269,919
415,497
543,699
823,422
*1, 142, 656
962,061
1,139,559
1,494,411
1,583,133
1,710,878
1,637,099
2,332,345
2,622,191
3,076,564
3,811,052
3,648,452
*4, 173, 339
Note:--Statistics on imports are the weights of the individual products as exported, i.e.,
fillets, steaks, whole, headed, etc. *Record.
Source:--U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
FISHERY PRODUCTS IMPORTS: VALUE, DUTIES COLLECTED, AND AD VALOREM EQUIVALENT, 1972-81
Average
ad
va
lorem
Year
Va
ue
Duties
collected
equival
=nt
Fishery
All
Fishery
All
Fishery
All
imports
imports
imports
imports
imports
i
mports
- - - Thousand
55,555,300
Pf
1972. . . . 1,494,411
24,292
3,124,000
1.6
5.6
1973.
1,583,133
68,655,100
25,835
3,459,000
1.6
5.0
1974.
1,710,878
100,125,800
29,815
3,772,000
1.7
3.8
1975.
1,637,099
96,515,102
26,675
3,780,000
1.6
3.9
1976.
2,332,345
121,120,869
43,293
4,674,700
1.9
3.9
1977.
2,622,879
147,075,300
58,252
5,484,800
2.2
3.7
1978.
3,075,994
172,952,200
88,240
7,161,500
2.9
4.1
1979.
3,808,791
205,922,662
116,617
7,202,174
3.1
3.5
1980.
3,648,452
239,943,468
87,389
7,535,421
2.4
3.1
1981.
4,173,339
259,012,000
99,053
8,893,200
2.4
3.4
Source: — U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
52
FOREIGN TRADE
U.S. IMPORTS
FISHERY PRODUCTS IMPORTS, BY PRINCIPAL ITEMS, 1980 AND 1981
Item 1980 1981
Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand
pounds dollars pounds dollars
Edible fishery products:
Fresh and frozen:
Fillets:
Flounders 36,511 47,126 54,297 74,832
Groundfish 220,954 256,846 257,164 303,888
Other 111,696 111,280 102,702 119,385
Total 369,161 415,252 414,163 498,105
Blocks and slabs 336,117 288,914 344,111 301,279
Halibut 6,338 9,326 6,314 10,053
Salmon 5,533 13,887 6,490 15,933
Tuna:
Albacore 164,980 148,441 172,134 174,003
Other 554,020 275,488 546,649 299,254
Loins and discs 3,686 5,343 2,511 5,498
Crabmeat 3,302 10,410 7,100 22,912
Scallops (meats) 20,885 82,002 26,227 112,709
Lobsters:
American (includes
fresh-cooked meat) . . . 14,375 40,479 17,865 53,045
Spiny 36,157 230,152 37,970 255,654
Shrimp 215,083 711,200 218,377 714,977
Other 136,951 88,802 156,596 118,595
Canned:
Herring, not in oil ... . 5,577 8,615 6,156 9,766
Salmon 167 454 70 184
Sardines:
In oil 18,218 24,226 18,239 25,134
Not in oil 32,960 19,834 37,034 26,061
Tuna:
In oil 446 569 268 576
Not in oil 63,107 96,685 70,583 109,783
Bonito and yellowtail:
In oil 531 311 581 472
Not in oil 273 313 305 374
Abalone 3,012 15,363 2,716 19,625
Clams 5,531 6,841 6,702 6,868
Crabmeat 5,002 12,503 5,019 13,187
Lobsters:
American 2,090 12,529 2,901 19,663
Spiny 88 314 217 770
Oysters 16,989 20,263 20,365 23,960
Shrimp 4,225 8,063 4,383 8,898
Other 53,054 70,089 59,880 93,364
Cured:
Pickled or salted:
Cod, haddock, hake, etc.. 33,015 35,992 45,312 56,221
Herring 16,727 10,388 20,079 11,523
Other 7,806 13,139 7,412 13,697
Other fish and shellfish. . . 9,222 10,204 7,282 11,637
Total edible fishery
products 2,144,628 2,686,391 2,272,011 3,033,780
Nonedible fishery products:
Scrap and meal 99,074 15,530 118,868 20,473
Fish oils 25,932 7,253 21,908 6,828
Other - 939,278 - 1,112,258
Total nonedible fishery
products - 962,061 - 1,139,559
Grand total 3,648,452 : 4,173,339
Note:— Data include imports into the United States and Puerto Rico and include landings of tuna
by foreign vessels at American Samoa. Statistics on imports are the weights of the individual
products as exported.
Source:--U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
FOREIGN TRADE
U.S. IMPORTS
53
EDIBLE AND NONEDIBLE FISHERY PRODUCTS IMPORTS, 1981
Continent and country
Edible
Nonedible
Total
North America:
Canada . . .
Mexico . . . ,
Panama . . . ,
Honduras . . ,
El Salvador. .
Nicaragua. . ,
Other. . . .
Total .
South America:
Brazil . . .
Ecuador. . . ,
Chile
Peru . . . . ,
French Guiana
Other. . . .
Total ,
Europe:
European Economic Community:
Italy
France
United Kingdom
Federal Republic of
Germany
Denmark
Other
Total
Other:
Iceland
Norway
Switzerland
Spain.
Other. ..."
Total
Asia:
Japan
Hong Kong
Taiwan ,
Republic of Korea. . . .
Republic of Philippines,
Other
Total
Australia and Oceania:
Australia
New Zealand
British Pacific Islands.
Papua, New Guinea. . . .
Other
Total
Africa:
Republic of South Africa
Ghana
Morocco
Nambia
Other
Total
Grand total
Thousand
pounds
- Thous
and dollars -
580,274
749,383
51,509
800,892
83,528
322,742
13,219
335,961
56,058
85,962
3,308
89,270
8,577
30,558
10
30,568
7,306
23,338
490
23,828
5,358
18,373
-
18,373
49,807
80,695
6,806
87,501
790^08
1^311^051
75^342
1^386^393
46,661
97,865
7,471
105,336
27,448
83,651
94
83,745
11,401
14,195
17,248
31,443
46,004
26,856
3,792
30,648
6,487
26,397
-
26,397
80,800
83,077
20,858
103,935
.?!§j§9i_- __332^041_
841
44,843
7,561
2,134
986
27,536
16,227
1,679
142,240
53,701
1
43,229
27,697
266,868
175,506
66,572
4
35,030
29,658
306.770
190,599
12,455
70,780
95,007
79,121
239,631
687,593
192,144
17,512
90,470
82,368
66,394
266,125
715,013
12,537
12,537
43,281
41,548
23,373
133^276
86,806
29,921
28,598
23,004
14,910
183 239
49,463_
355,887
62,379
37,150
49,175
324
4,228
64,053
14,573
12.511
95,689
129,518
110,834
19,405
9,291
11,582
107,052
387,682
1,705
516
2
10
1.531
X7oT
28,786
26,201
6,190
726
11.759
47,363
13,030
4,597
5,893
11.422
2,225
11
1,559
868
==73^662
2,272,011
_=82^305_
3,033.780
__4^663_
1,139,559
381^504_
356,873
89,915
53,377
50,854
40,482
5,042
45,514
11,419
5,156
13,209
50,670
24,628
1002903
103^361
522^956
626,317
175,830
70,800
64,057
49,603
42,169
402.459
321,662
128,346
109,875
91,659
77,976
373,177
1.102.695
88,511
30,437
28,600
23,014
16,441
187,003
49,588
13,041
6,156
5,893
12,290
86^968
4,173,339
Note:--Statistics on imports are the weights of the individual products as exported, i.e.
fillets, steaks, whole, headed, etc.
Source: --Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
54
FOREIGN TRADE
U.S. IMPORTS
REGULAR AND MINCED FISH BLOCKS AND SLABS IMPORTS, BY SPECIES AND TYPE, 1980 AND 1981
Species and type
1980
1981
Thousand
Thousand
Thousand
Thousand
pounds
dollars
pounds
dollars
Regular blocks and slabs:
Cod
160,418
156,714
157,919
158,333
Flatfish:
5,348
3,336
3,057
2,091
8,048
9,295
9,306
10,064
31,281
36,155
37,626
38,480
Ocean Perch, Atlantic . . .
3,901
2,968
4,665
3,066
Pollock
62,665
38,954
68,954
49,525
36,867
25,502
29,830
21,001
Other
6,563
5,358
6,825
5,513
Total
315,091
278,282
318,182
288,073
Minced blocks and slabs: (1).
21,026
10,632
25,929
13,206
336,117
288,914
344,111
301,279
(1) Most of the shipments were from Canada, Iceland, and Argentina.
Source:--!). S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
REGULAR AND MINCED FISH BLOCKS AND SLABS IMPORTS, BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, 1980 AND 1981
Country 1980 1981
Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand
pounds dollars pounds dollars
Canada 120,506 111,874 117,306 109,387
Iceland 59,220 55,295 48,709 45,287
Republic of Korea 42,333 26,618 40,956 30,819
Denmark 18,121 18,684 29,111 28,604
Norway 20,759 22,009 28,365 26,835
Greenland 13,248 11,001 15,220 12,183
Poland 15,503 10,878 15,964 12,144
Uruguay 10,608 7,774 13,839 9,151
Other 35,819 24,781 34,641 26,869
Total 336,117 288,914 344,111 301,279
Source:--U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
GROUNDFISH FILLETS AND STEAKS IMPORTS, BY SPECIES, 1980 AND 1981 (1)
Species 1980 1981
Thousand Thousand Thousand
pounds dollars pounds
Cod 131,412 163,987 150,222
Haddock (2) 51,175 58,331 52,002
Ocean Perch, Atlantic .... 38,367 34,528 54,940
Total 220,954 256,846 257,164
(1) Does not include data on fish blocks and slabs.
(2) Includes some quantities of cusk, hake, and pollock fillets.
Source:--U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
Thousand
dollars
193,104
58,898
51,886
303.888
FOREIGN TRADE 55
U.S. IMPORTS
GROUNDFISH FILLETS AND STEAKS IMPORTS, UNDER-QUOTA AND OVER-QUOTA, 1972-81 (1)
Imports
Year
Under-quota (2) Over-quota (3) Total
---------- Thousand pounds ----------
1972 31,832 181,423 213,255
1973 34,125 185,971 220,096
1974 35,456 129,895 165,351
1975 35,695 164,661 200,356
1976 36,149 192,138 228,287
1977 35,437 181,986 217,423
1978 39,025 194,074 233,099
1979 42,744 210,213 252,957
1980 45,241 181,042 226,283
1981 47,264 205,337 252,601
(1) Includes Atlantic ocean perch.
(2) Dutiable at 1.875 cents per lb. Quota was filled in all years.
(3) Dutiable at 2.5 cents per lb.
Source:--Data on under-quota imports from U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Customs.
Imports over-quota calculated from imports reported by U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of
the Census.
CANNED TUNA NOT IN OIL, QUOTA AND IMPORTS, 1972-81
Year Quota ImPorts
(1) Under quota (2) Over quota (3)
---------- Thousand pounds ----------
1972 78,532 54,474
1973 109,809 36,973
1974 112,176 52,172
1975 120,740 48,847
1976 98,125 56,409
1977 111,246 33,913
1978 101,407 50,031
1979 125,813 82,202
1980 109,074 109,074 5,064
1981 104,355 104,355 33,372
(1) Imports have been subject to tariff quotas since April 14, 1956, and are based on 20
percent of the previous year's domestic pack excluding the pack in American Samoa.
(2) Dutiable in 1972 to 1980, 6 percent.
(3) Dutiable in 1972 to 1980, 12.5 percent ad valorem.
Note:--Data in this table will not agree with tuna import data released by the U.S. Department
of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Any tuna entered for consumption or withdrawn from a
warehouse for consumption during the calendar year is subject to this quota. Data include
tuna imported from American Samoa which are counted towards the quota.
Source:--U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Customs.
56
FOREIGN TRADE
U.S. IMPORTS
SHRIMP IMPORTS, BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, 1980 AND 1981
Country 1980 1981
Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand-
North America: Pounds do11ars Pounds doVlars.
Mexico 76,062 316,842 70,866 290,309
Panama 13,727 46,205 15,923 55,406
El Salvador 6,233 18,139 6,564 20,841
Honduras 4,637 15,228 6,180 18,506
Guatemala 3,608 12,143 4,546 14,539
Nicaragua 5,624 20,835 3,781 12,521
Costa Rica 2,459 6,092 3,499 8,916
Canada 2,356 5,463 2,434 4,413
Trinidad and Tobago 393 1,131 486 1,487
Greenland 716 1,223 152 463
Turks and Caicos Islands. . . 96 172 166 347
Other 1,224 3,122 157 629
Total „11Zj135__ ===__446^595=___=_ „114J754__ _.428^377====
South America:
Ecuador 20,195 68,081 24,735 80,303
Brazil 8,768 20,317 10,933 23,459
French Guiana 4,194 14,594 3,512 14,756
Colombia 3,282 13,294 2,759 11,833
Guyana 5,281 16,394 2,418 9,239
Venezuela 3,874 15,993 1,625 6,608
Surinam 935 4,038 1,402 5,919
Peru 1,475 3,999 1,920 5,716
Chile 54 181 21 72
Argentina 16 23 144 422
Total __48^074 156^914== _=49^469_= ._158^327__
Europe:
European Economic Community:
United Kingdom 1,651 4,049 992 2,852
France - - 306 1,232
Greece (1) - - 219 654
Denmark 1 2 97 287
Netherlands 274 600 119 252
Other 355 827 137 163
Total 2d8L = -_=^78- - -=1JZQ=- _=___§^4Q__=_
Other:
Norway 1,598 6,288 1,223 4,080
Spain 547 2,277 263 1,828
Iceland 64 288 245 1,343
USSR - - 1,125 633
German Democratic Republic. - - 62 180
Other 127 386 28 116
Total _2^336_ __?j239__ _=2^946__ _A180_=
Asia:
India 12,999 20,898 18,998 32,731
China 934 3,437 4,984 17,663
Thailand 8,841 16,586 6,469 14,278
Taiwan 5,427 9,754 5,519 10,940
Pakistan 3,358 5,264 4,526 9,029
Hong Kong 1,975 4,662 2,597 7,919
Bangladesh 930 2,847 1,981 5,893
Burma 616 2,268 918 3,363
Malaysia 2,010 3,433 1,403 2,865
Kuwait 706 2,921 684 2,355
Indonesia 4,579 8,840 778 1,695
Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 1,670 4,520 625 1,447
Other 2,013 4,216 1,886 4,372
Total ._46j058===__=__89j646__ __.__51a368______.._114J550__
Australia and Oceania _==lj§30_= _=^§?2 _ _=_=_L?16__ _=5i684====
Africa ____L§?4__ .___A§??=_ .===LU1- .Jilll-
Grand total 219,308 719,263 222,760 723,875
(1) Listed with other European Countries in 1980 and in the European Economic Community in 1981.
Note:--Statistics on imports are the weights of the individual products as exported, i.e., raw,
headless, peeled, etc. Source:--U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
FOREIGN TRADE
U.S. IMPORTS
'■7
SHRIMP IMPORTS, BY TYPE OF PRODUCT, 1980 AND 1981
Type of product 1980
Thousand Thousand Thousand
pounds dollars pounds
Shell-on (heads off) 138,750 519,217 140,952
Peeled:
Canned 4,225 8,063 4,383
Not breaded:
Raw 66,270 170,459 65,540
Other 9,891 21,129 8,890
Breaded 172 395 2,995
Total 219,308 719,263 222,760
Source:--U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
1981
Thousand
dollars
520,254
8,898
164,842
21,363
8.518
723,875
FISH MEAL AND SCRAP IMPORTS, BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, 1980 AND 1981
Country 1980
Short Thousand
tons dollars
Chile
Canada 24,203 7,324
Panama 18,054 5,810
Peru 6,622 2,163
Miquelon 389 127
USSR „ 231 87
Norway 25 17
Other 13 2_
Total 49,537 15,530
Source:--U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
1981
Short
tons
Thou;
dor
;and
lars
26,763
24,266
8,345
9.
8,
2.
,650
,035
,757
60
59,434
31
20,473
58
FOREIGN TRADE
U.S. EXPORTS
DOMESTIC FISHERY PRODUCTS EXPORTS, BY PRINCIPAL ITEMS, 1980 AND 1981
Item
1980
1981
Edible fishery products:
Eels, live
Fresh and frozen:
Whole or eviscerated:
Eels
Herring
Mackerel
Mullet
Pollock
Sablefish
Salmon
Unclassified
Fillets and steaks:
Salmon
Herring
Unclassified
Fish sticks and portions,
Shrimp
King crab
Snow crab ,
Squid
Unclassified fish and
shellfish
Canned fish and shellfish:
Mackerel
Salmon ,
Sardines
Shrimp ,
King crab ,
Squid
Unclassified ,
Cured ,
Roe:
Herring ,
Pollock ,
Salmon ,
Sea urchin -
Unclassified ,
Other ,
Total edible fishery
products -
Thousand
pounds
(1)
122,112
143,672
3,353
(1)
46,657
975
15,913
28,871
33,742
(1)
34,095
10,362
74,006
1,839
5,832
373
8,473
2,585
14,101
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
26,556
379
573,896
Thousand
dollars
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
198,397
91,703
8,674
(1)
41,866
1,334
48,928
76,409
49,825
(1)
54,676
13,764
149,971
1,371
17,207
2,179
2,327
6,336
18,907
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
120,032
457
904,363
Thousand
pounds
937
980
80,351
590
5,037
1,572
1,033
200,557
67,247
3,573
19,865
36,079
2,483
17,608
15,831
31,998
11,238
18,827
16,833
63,494
1,731
4,545
132
10,827
2,970
14,725
8,640
76
19,568
167
3,146
6,609
669,269
Thousand
dollars
1,328
1,390
39,766
300
2,127
1,877
710
368,037
54,428
6,289
11,544
35,886
3,110
53,730
54,772
55,215
7,256
46,593
20,104
128,616
1,700
13,954
569
120
569
21,443
20,012
93
94,184
926
9,463
6,654
1,072,765
Nonedible fishery products:
Fish oil s
170,562
284,009
(2)
29,137
52,395
1,897
18,362
94,054
238,308
(2)
19,056
42,572
Seal furs
1,148
Other
21,454
Total nonedible fishery
-
101,791
-
84,230
Grand total
-
1,006,154
-
1,156,995
(1) Data not reported separately prior to 1981.
(2) Number of seal furs was 21,604 in 1980 and 14,834 in 1981.
Note:--Statistics on exports are the weights of the individual products for export, i.e.,
fillets, steaks, whole, headed, etc.
Source:--U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
FOREIGN TRADE
U.S. EXPORTS
59
DOMESTIC FISHERY PRODUCTS EXPORTS, BY CONTINENT AND COUNTRY OF DESTINATION, 1981
Continent and Country
Edible
Nonedible
Total
North America:
Mexico
Thousand
pounds
111,201
11,635
1,506
1,112
820
935
763
507
815
731
385
404
170
222
150
59
51
1
8
7
146,885
24,060
2,910
2,666
914
1,381
1,110
873
800
711
449
294
313
239
179
91
84
3
7
7
- Thousand dollars
3,692
1,746
55
18
675
134
19
11
4
17
43
65
1?
1
11
37
5
150,577
25,806
Bermuda
2,965
2,684
Dominican Republic
Bahamas
1,589
1,515
Trinidad and Tobago
Panama
1,129
884
British Virgin Islands. . . .
French West Indies
Guatemala
804
728
492
Honduras
359
Cayman Islands
Barbados
325
240
Jamaica
190
Haiti
91
Belize
84
Costa Rica
40
Nicaragua
7
Turks and Caicos Islands. . .
El Salvador
7
5
Total
131^482
183^976
6^545
190i521
South America:
Venezuela
Peru
21,583
40
227
173
3
20
1
16
10
1
14,472
42
198
189
18
66
9
32
11
5
1,607
2,061
36
11
105
31
45
47
1
16,079
2,103
Colombia
234
Surinam
200
Argentina
123
Chile
Brazil
Ecuador
97
54
4 7
Bolivia
3?
Uruguay
Paraguay
Guyana
11
5
1
Total
22^074
15., 042
3^944
18^986
Europe:
European Economic Community:
France
47,699
32,185
9,220
14,890
8,509
2,339
8,178
1,919
727
88,651
58,952
19,247
12,736
16,380
4,348
4,418
3,351
1,375
17,650
337
15,449
10,260
3,643
1,071
52
10
3
106,301
59,289
Netherlands
Federal Republic of Germany
Belgium and Luxembourg. . .
Italy
Greece
Ireland
34,696
22,996
20,023
5,419
4,470
3,361
1,378
Total
125^666
209^458
48^475
257^933
Other:
Poland
6,301
9,162
5,081
4,394
1,115
1,019
(Cont
11,524
8,726
3,498
3,056
1,436
2,359
inued)
2,721
447
1,479
285
14,245
8,726
Portugal
Spain (1)
3,945
3,056
2,915
See footnotes at end of table.
2,644
60
FOREIGN TRADE
U.S. EXPORTS
DOMESTIC FISHERY PRODUCTS EXP0R1
rS, BY CONTINENT
AND COUNTRY OF DESTINATION, 198
I - Continued
Continent and Country
Edible
Nonedible
Total
Other - continued:
Finland
Thousand
pounds
313
6
(2)
2
1
1
337
21
1
7
2
1
- Thousand dollars
143
2
9
3
337
Bulgaria
143
Austria
23
Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics
Cyprus
10
7
Turkey
Iceland
3
2
Malta and Gozo
1
Total
27^395
30^968
5^089
36^057
Asia:
Japan
293,582
27,152
2,849
1,581
2,484
885
4,190
780
414
394
76
78
73
37
22
13
37
113
6
1
1
552,313
26,084
8,376
3,169
3,388
2,296
1,685
727
617
338
269
184
113
106
43
27
36
30
11
2
1
7,655
769
1,071
542
89
55
531
11
53
7
3
15
1
10
559,968
Taiwan
26,853
9,447
Hong Kong
Saudi Arabia
3,711
3,477
Singapore
2,351
Philippines
2,216
Israel
Kuwait
738
670
345
Lebanon
269
Indonesi a
187
Malaysia
113
106
Qatar
43
Bahrain
42
Jordan
37
Oman
China
30
11
10
Brunei
2
1
Total
334^768
599^815
10^812
610^627
Australia and Oceania:
Australia
11,379
358
225
172
22
49
2
2
22,919
781
541
172
31
27
4
3
82
7
1
6
1
1
23,001
New Zealand
788
French Pacific Islands. . . .
Territory of the Pacific
Islands
542
178
Other Pacific Islands . . . .
British Pacific Islands . . .
32
28
4
3
Total
See footnotes at end of table.
12^209
(Cont
24^478
inued)
98
24^576
FOREIGN TRADE
U.S. EXPORTS
61
DOMESTIC FISHERY PRODUCTS EXPORTS, BY CONTINENT AND COUNTRY OF DESTINATION, 1981 - Continued
Continent and
Country
Edible
Nonedible
Total
th Africa. .
Thousand
pounds
4,343
2,453
8,297
121
153
32
177
22
52
6
11
8
2,043
3,668
2,364
327
196
64
127
125
48
27
23
16
- Thousand dollars
8,802
42
304
113
1
3
2
Africa:
Egypt
Republic of Sou
Nigeria . . . .
10
3
2
,845
,710
,668
Libya
Canary Islands
Ghana
(3)
327
196
177
Guinea
128
Western Africa.
125
48
Zaire . . . . .
27
Liberia . . . .
23
Sudan
19
2
Total. . . .
15^675
9^028
9^267
18
,295
Grand total.
669,269 1
072,765
84,230
1,156
,995
(1) Does not include Canary Islands, a province of Spain.
(2) Less than 500 lb.
(3) A province of Spain.
Note:--Statistics on exports are the weights of the individual products for export, i.e.,
fillets, steaks, whole, headed, etc.
Source:--U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
DOMESTIC FISHERY PRODUCTS EXPORTS, 1972-81
Year
Edible
Nonedible
Total
Thousand
1972.
1973.
1974.
1975.
1976.
1977.
1978.
1979.
1980.
1981.
pounds
- Thousand dol
lars-
171,642
134,188
23,720
157,908
238,942
241,866
57,302
299,168
178,011
194,966
67,166
262,132
218,152
267,360
37,369
304,729
240,866
329,810
54,880
384,690
331,059
473,375
47,121
520,496
448,312
831,654
73,880
905,534
553,579
1,022,335
62,162
1,084,497
573,896
904,363
♦101,791
1,006,154
669,269
♦1,072,765
84,230
*1, 156, 995
Note—Statistics on exports are the weights of the individual products for export, i.e.
fillets, steaks, whole, headed, etc.
♦Record. Source:--U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
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FOREIGN TRADE
U.S. EXPORTS
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN SHRIMP PRODUCTS EXPORTS, 1980 AND 1981
Item
1980
1981
Fresh and frozen:
Domestic . . .
Foreign. . . .
Total . . .
Thousand
pounds
Canned:
Domestic
Foreign.
Total
Total:
Domestic
Foreign.
Total
31,682
Thousand
dollars
100,811
Thousand
pounds
35,871
Thousand
dollars
15,913
9,566
48,928
33,997
17,608
13,687
53,730
44,415
25,479
82,925
31,295
98,145
5,832
371
17,207
679
4,545
31
13,954
81
6,203
17,886
4,576
14,035
21,745
9,937
66,135
34,676
22,153
13,718
67,684
44,496
112,180
Source:--U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
DOMESTIC FRESH AND FROZEN SHRIMP EXPORTS, BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION, 1980 AND 1981
Country 1980 1981
Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand
pounds dollars pounds dollars
Canada 8,016 23,403 7,577 25,594
Mexico 3,723 10,416 7,291 18,758
Japan 2,841 11,670 1,524 5,522
Saudi Arabia 106 450 98 446
Netherlands Antilles .... 32 135 84 315
Sweden 32 135 80 311
Bermuda 89 378 66 301
Denmark - - 94 301
Switzerland 41 125 64 289
Federal Republic of Germany. 11 84 75 287
Other 1,022 2,132 655 1,606
Total 15,913 48,928 17,608 53,730
Source:--U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
DOMESTIC CANNED SHRIMP EXPORTS, BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION, 1980 AND 1981
Country 1980 1981
Thousand Thousand Thousand
pounds dollars pounds
Canada 4,282 12,771 3,644
Sweden 117 328 232
Switzerland 288 942 206
Japan 51 116 95
United Kingdom 394 1,078 135
Australia 91 224 53
New Zealand 105 358 50
Republic of South Africa . . 71 330 20
Netherlands 37 52 34
Other 396 1,008 76
Total 5,832 17,207 4,545
Source:--U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
Thousand
dollars
10,711
1,307
614
290
288
181
173
71
36
283
13,954
FOREIGN TRADE
U.S. EXPORTS
63
DOMESTIC FRESH AND FROZEN SALMON EXPORTS, WHOLE OR EVISCERATED,
BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION, 1980 AND 1981
Country 1980
Thousand
pounds
Japan 67,332
France 13,931
Canada 19,255
United Kingdom 5,740
Republic of Korea 1,717
Belgium and Luxembourg. . . 2,439
Sweden 4,913
Netherlands 1,493
Denmark 1,228
Federal Republic of Germany 2,024
Italy 927
Republic of South Africa. . 348
Other 765
Total 122,112
Source: — U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
1981
Thousand
Thousand
Thousand
dollars
pounds
dollars
105,576
130,890
252,629
30,533
17,609
39,689
20,288
24,223
25,390
9,898
8,488
13,886
1,649
5,366
9,619
5,632
2,526
5,797
7,793
3,772
5,294
3,744
2,153
5,027
2,307
1,635
2,788
5,267
1,044
2,389
3,369
576
1,933
770
607
833
1,571
1,668
2,763
198,397
200,557
368,037
DOMESTIC FRESH AND FROZEN SALMON EXPORTS, FILLETS,
STEAKS OR PORTIONS, BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION, 1980 AND 1981
Country 1980
Thousand Thousand Thousand
pounds dollars pounds
France 709 2,443 1,080
Canada 896 1,442 557
Sweden 249 476 290
Japan 294 937 442
United Kingdom 187 427 486
Federal Republic of Germany 261 925 139
Republic of South Africa. . 170 167 255
Belgium and Luxembourg. . . 152 303 61
Lebanon . . . - - 36
Other 435 1,554 227
Total 3,353 8,674 3,573
Source:--U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
1981
Thousand
dol Tars
2,012
883
757
700
560
331
276
144
124
502
6,289
DOMESTIC CANNED SALMON EXPORTS,
BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION,
1980 AND 1981
Country
1980
1981
Thousand Thousand
pounds dollars
United Kingdom 33,012 72,588
Canada 14,860 28,688
Australia 9,089 17,723
Netherlands 7,354 14,183
Belgium and Luxembourg . . . 4,465 7,448
Japan 527 1,163
Republic of South Africa . . 792 1,456
Ireland 517 908
Other 3,390 5,814
Total 74,006 149,971
Source:--U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
Thousand
Thousand
pounds
dollars
30,084
64,192
11,325
21,838
9,041
18,220
4,865
9,345
2,972
5,043
1,241
2,673
833
1,693
702
1,331
2,431
4,281
63.494
128.616
6*
FOREIGN TRADE
U.S. EXPORTS
DOMESTIC FROZEN KING CRAB EXPORTS, BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION, 1980 AND 1981
Country 1980 1981
Thousand Thousand Thousand
pounds dollars pounds
Japan 23,866 58,098 11,352
Canada 3,280 9,535 2,935
Netherlands 488 3,013 305
Belgium and Luxembourg. ... 270 1,717 234
Australia 104 587 149
France 57 375 90
United Kingdom 74 298 105
Mexico 187 360 200
Federal Republic of Germany . 76 328 70
Norway 82 353 54
Sweden 60 332 54
Other 327 1,413 283
Total 28,871 76,409 15,831
Source:--U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
Thousand
dollars
36,985
10,039
2,095
1,447
788
660
440
375
309
233
198
1,203
54,772
DOMESTIC FROZEN SNOW CRAB EXPORTS, BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION, 1980 AND 1981
Country 1980 1981
Thousand Thousand Thousand
pounds dollars pounds
Japan 33,156 47,540 31,480
Australia 93 431 101
Belgium and Luxembourg. . . . 124 626 60
Canada 104 217 128
France 74 381 20
Republic of Korea - - 106
Hong Kong 7 36 24
Other 184 594 79
Total 33,742 49,825 31,998
Source:--U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
Thousand
dollars
53,633
488
321
238
112
109
75
239
55,215
DOMESTIC CANNED SQUID EXPORTS, BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION, 1980 AND 1981
Country 1980 1981
Thousand Thousand Thousand
pounds dollars pounds
Greece 7,125 1,812 6,320
Philippines 423 133 2,421
Saudi Arabia 70 27 334
Canada 20 7 329
Australia 18 5 207
France 99 77 255
United Kingdom - - 153
Other 718 266 808
Total 8,473 2,327 10,827
Source:--U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
Thousand
dollars
2,539
894
119
114
87
85
62
220
4.120
FOREIGN TRADE
U.S. EXPORTS
65
DOMESTIC FISH AND MARINE ANIMAL OILS EXPORTS,
BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION, 1980 AND 1981
Country
1980
1981
Thousand Thousand
pounds dollars
United Kingdom 83,678 14,952
Netherlands 86,051 16,314
Belgium and Luxembourg. . . 24,411 4,291
Sweden 9,619 1,739
Peru 27,010 5,242
Federal Republic of Germany 36,890 6,553
Venezuela 9 5
Norway 7 2
Spain 7,925 1,277
Other 8,409 2,020
Total 284,009 52,395
Source:--U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
Thousand
pounds
96,790
77,787
17,714
15,734
10,792
12,026
1,098
2,542
2,216
1,609
238,308
Thousand
dollars
16,856
13,023
3,151
2,679
2,058
1,782
1,263
446
399
915
42,572
DOMESTIC FISH MEAL EXPORTS, BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION, 1980 AND 1981
Country 1980
Short Thousand
Tons dollars
Egypt 9,878 3,875
Federal Republic of Germany 49,002 16,763
Taiwan 4,046 1,476
Dominican Republic 1,656 532
Philippines 6,091 2,069
Belgium and Luxembourg. . . 700 238
Canada 1,011 146
Mexico - 1,154 136
Nigeria 196 22
Ghana
Other 11,547 3,880
Total 85,281 29,137
Source: --U.S. Department Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
1981
Short
Thousand
Tons
dollars
18,659
8,802
18,466
7,578
2,198
563
1,604
554
1,428
521
775
302
1,783
275
1,224
139
220
132
250
113
420
77
47,027
19.056
66
FOREIGN TRADE
U.S. EXPORTS
SUPPLY OF FISHERY PRODUCTS
67
U.S. SUPPLY OF EDIBLE AND INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL FISHERY PRODUCTS, 1972-81
(Round-weight)
Year Domestic commercial landings Imports (1) Total
Million Million Mil 1 ion
pounds Percent pounds Percent pounds
1972 4,806 34.7 9,043 65.3 13,849
1973 4,858 46.8 5,520 53.2 10,378
1974 4,967 50.3 4,908 49.7 9,875
1975 4,877 48.0 5,287 52.0 10,164
1976 5,388 46.5 6,205 53.5 11,593
1977 (2) 5,198 49.1 5,381 50.9 10,579
1978 (2) 6,028 52.4 5,481 47.6 11,509
1979 (2) 6,267 53.0 5,564 47.0 11,831
1980 (2) *6,482 57.1 4,875 42.9 11,357
1981 (2) 5,977 52J> 5,376 47^4 11,353
(1) Excludes imports of edible fishery products consumed in Puerto Rico, but includes landings
of foreign-caught tuna in American Samoa. (2) Preliminary.
Note:--The weights of U.S. landings and imports represent the round (live) weight of all items
except univalve and bivalve mollusks (conchs, clams, oysters, scallops, etc.) which are shown in
weight of meats (excluding the shell). *Record. Record imports, 13,221 million lb; record
total, 17,381 million lb. in 1968.
U.S. SUPPLY OF EDIBLE COMMERCIAL FISHERY PRODUCTS, 1972-81
(Round-weight)
Year Domestic commercial landings Imports (1)
Million Million
pounds Percent pounds Percent
1972 2,435 35.3 4,454 64.7
1973 2,398 33.7 4,709 66.3
1974 2,496 37.6 4,142 62.4
1975 2,465 38.6 3,929 61.4
1976 2,775 37.5 4,629 62.5
1977 (2) 2,900 39.1 4,514 60.9
1978 (2) 3,177 39.1 *4,958 60.9
1979 (2) 3,318 40.2 4,933 59.8
1980 (2) . . . .'. . *3,654 45.6 4,352 54.4
1981 (2) 3,547 4JL9 4,720 57_J
(1) Excludes imports of edible fishery products consumed in Puerto Rico, but includes 1
foreign-caught tuna in American Samoa. (2) Preliminary. *Record.
Total
Mil 1 ion
pounds
6,889
7,107
6,638
6,394
7,404
7,414
8,135
8,251
8,006
*8,267
andings of
U.S. SUPPLY OF INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL FISHERY PRODUCTS, 1972-81
(Round-weight)
Year
Domestic commercial landings
Imports
Total
Million
Million
Mil 1 i on
pounds
Percent
pounds
Percent
pounds
1972
. . 2,371
34.1
4,589
65.9
6,960
1973
2,460
75.2
811
24.8
3,271
1974
. . 2,471
76.3
766
23.7
3,237
1975
. . 2,412
64.0
1,358
36.0
3,770
1976
. . 2,613
62.4
1,576
37.6
4,189
1977 (1) . . . .
. . 2,298
72.6
867
27.4
3,165
1978 (1) . . . .
. . 2,851
84.5
523
15.5
3,374
1979 (1) . . . .
. . *2,949
82.4
631
17.6
3,580
1980 (1) . . . .
. . 2,828
84.4
523
15.6
3,351
1981 (1) . . . .
. . 2,430
78.7
656
21.3
3,086
(1) Preliminary. *Record. Record imports in 1968.
11,802 million lb.
9,989 million lb; record total supply,
68 SUPPLY OF FISHERY PRODUCTS
U.S. SUPPLY OF COMMERCIAL FINFISH AND SHELLFISH, 1980 AND 1981
Item
Domest
1
ic
anc
commercial
lings
Impor
ts (1)
Total
1980
1981
1980
1981
1980
1981
products :
2,516
1,138
Mill
2,414
1,133
ion pounds,
3,623
729
round we'
3,902
818
ight
Edible fishery
Finfish . .
6,139
1,867
6,316
Shellfish .
1,951
Total
3,654
3,547
4,352
4,720
8,006
8,267
Industrial f 1 si
products:
Shellfish .
nery
2,812
16
2,412
18
(2)523
(3)
(2)656
(3)
3,335
16
3,068
18
Total .
2,828
2,430
(2)523
(2)656
3,351
3,086
Total:
Finfish . .
5,328
1,154
4,826
1,151
4,146
729
4,558
818
9,474
1,883
9,484
Shellfish .
1,969
Total.
6,482
5,977
4,875
5,376
11,357
11,353
See footnotes below.
VALUE OF U.S. SUPPLY OF COMMERCIAL FINFISH AND SHELLFISH, 1980 AND 1981
Item
Domest
1
ic
anc
commercial
lings
Import
s (1)
Total
1980
1981
1980
1981
1980
1981
products:
1,019
1,073
1,096
1,181
- - Mill ion d
1,249
1,203
Edible fishery
Finfish . .
1,422
1,340
2,268
2,276
2,518
Shellfish .
2,521
Total.
2,092
2,277
2,452
2,762
4,544
5,039
Industrial fisl
products :
Shellfish .
lery
136
9
100
11
(2)19
(3)
(2)24
(3)
155
9
124
11
Total.
145
111
(2)19
(2)24
164
135
Total:
Shellfish .
1,155
1,082
1,196
1,192
1,268
1,203
1,446
1,340
2,423
2,285
2,642
2,532
Total.
2,237
2,388
2,471
2,786
4,708
5,174
(1) Excludes imports of edible fishery products consumed in Puerto Rico, but includes landings
of foreign-caught tuna in American Samoa.
(2) Includes only quantity and value of fish meal and sea herring for industrial purposes.
(3) Not available.
Note:--Value of domestic commercial landings is exvessel value.
SUPPLY OF FISHERY PRODUCTS
69
U.S. SUPPLY OF REGULAR AND MINCED BLOCKS, 1972-81
(Edible weight)
Year
U.S. production
Imports
Quantity
Percentage of
total supply
Quantity
Percentage of
total supply
Total supply
Quantity
1972 . ,
1973 . ,
1974 . ,
1975 . ,
1976 . .
1977 . ,
1978 . ,
1979 . ,
1980 . ,
1981 . ,
*Record,
Thousand
pounds
3,508
9,865
4,417
2,357
1,697
2,138
1,879
4,857
1,205
1,029
Percent
1.0
2.7
1.6
.7
.4
.6
.5
1.2
.4
.3
Thousand
pounds
355,459
358,730
266,073
313,479
378,742
385,138
406,286
*408,152
336,117
344,111
Percent
99.0
97.
98.
99.
99.
99.
99.
98.8
99.6
99.7
Thousand
pounds
358,967
368,595
270,490
315,836
380,439
387,276
408,165
*413,009
337,322
345,140
U.S. SUPPLY OF ALL FILLETS AND STEAKS, 1972-81
(Edible weight)
U.S. production (1) Imports
Year
Percentage of Percentage of
Quantity total supply Quantity total supply
Thousand Thousand
pounds Percent pounds Percent
1972 126,643 24.7 385,127 75.3
1973 133,359 24.1 419,432 75.9
1974 132,337 29.6 315,209 70.4
1975 128,923 25.9 367,948 74.1
1976 144,274 25.9 413,307 74.1
1977 160,644 28.8 398,110 71.2
1978 184,356 30.3 423,749 69.7
1979 - 187,167 30.4 *427,526 69.6
1980 202,062 35.4 369,161 64.6
1981 *208,350 33^5 414,163 66.5
(1) Includes fillets used to produce blocks. *Record.
Total supply
Quantity
Thousand
pounds
511,770
552,791
447,546
496,871
557,581
558,754
608,105
614,693
571,223
*622,513
U.S. SUPPLY OF GR0UNDFISH FILLETS AND STEAKS, 1972-81
(Edible weight)
U.S. production (1) Imports Total supply
Year
Percentage of Percentage of
Quantity total supply Quantity total supply Quantity
Thousand Thousand Thousand
pounds Percent pounds Percent pounds
1972 39,266 15.5 213,255 84.5 252,521
1973 . 46,974 17.6 220,096 82.4 267,070
1974 45,337 21.5 165,351 78.5 210,688
1975 36,822 15.5 200,356 84.5 237,178
1976 40,564 15.1 228,287 84.9 268,851
1977 59,942 21.6 217,423 78.4 277,365
1978 65,573 22.0 233,106 78.0 298,679
1979 74,568 22.8 252,957 77.2 327,525
1980 66,677 23.2 220,954 76.8 287,631
1981 74,509 22_^5 *257,164 77JL5 *331,673
(1) Includes fillets used to produce blocks. Species include: cod, cusk, haddock, hake,
Atlantic pollock, and Atlantic ocean perch. *Record. Record U.S. production, 148,786,000 lb
in 1951.
70
SUPPLY OF FISHERY PRODUCTS
U.S. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS AND IMPORTS OF TUNA, 1972-81
Domestic commercial landings
Imports
Year
Atlantic,
Gulf, Puerto Total
Pacific Coast Rico
States, and
Hawaii
Fresh
and frozen
including
cooked loins
and discs (1)
Canned
In oil
Not in oil
_________ Round weight - - - -
_______________ Thousand
1972 387,032 (2) 147,668 534,700
1973 346,571 172,492 519,063
1974 392,223 165,008 557,231
1975 392,527 (2)*177,100 569,627
1976 *490,567 174,346 *664,913
1977 345,229 123,666 468,895
1978 408,878 (2) 156,813 565,691
1979 364,476 (2) 143,676 508,152
1980 399,432 (2) 100,606 500,038
1981 341,149 (2) 148,729 489,878
(1) Includes landings in American Samoa of foreign-caught fish
fish landed in American Samoa by U.S. -flag vessels. *Record.
Product weight
pounds
764,784
816,739
838,889
516,735
641,121
670,072
♦861,803
800,178
767,064
765,311
384
56,129
244
38,382
233
52,513
199
51,472
288
58,605
178
34,453
207
51,574
627
53,076
446
63,107
268
70,583
a small
quantity of
U.S. SUPPLY OF CANNED TUNA, 1972-81
(Canned weight)
U.S. pack from
Year domestic commercial
landings (1)
U.S. pack from
imported fresh and
frozen tuna (2)
Total
Imported canned
Total
supply
Thousand
Thousand
Thousand
pounds
Percent
pounds
Percent
- Thousand
pounds -
Percent
pounds
1972. .
234,000
34.6
385,796
57.0
619,796
56,513
8.4
676,309
1973. .
224,130
33.2
411,719
61.1
635,849
38,626
5.7
674,475
1974. .
249,803
35.0
410,542
57.6
660,345
52,746
7.4
713,091
1975. .
260,785
44.9
268,618
46.2
529,403
51,671
8.9
581,074
1976. .
*287,003
43.6
312,188
47.4
599,191
58,893
9.0
658,084
1977. .
206,805
35.5
341,204
58.6
548,009
34,631
5.9
582,640
1978. .
257,166
34.0
*447,627
59.2
*704,793
51,781
6.8
*756,574
1979. .
218,493
32.4
401,740
59.6
620,233
53,703
8.0
673,936
1980. .
214,559
32.2
387,497
58.2
602,056
63,553
9.6
665,609
1981. .
221,500
31.2
417,527
58.8
639,027
70,851
10.0
709,878
(1) Includes pack from landings by U.S. -flag vessels in Puerto Rico and American Samoa,
eludes tuna canned in American Samoa from foreign-caught fish. *Record.
(2) In-
U.S. SUPPLY OF CANNED BONITO AND YELLOWTAIL, 1972-81
(Canned weight)
Year
.1 c i Imports
U.S. pack
Total
In oil Not in oil Total
supply
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
Thousand
pounds
6,633
10,572
7,789
13,088
3,314
9,494
3,576
1,491
4,509
5,256
Percent
64.0
88.0
95.8
99.2
96.5
87.3
90.2
80.1
84.9
85.6
- Thousand pounds
Percent
2,638
544
282
68
64
17
168
300
531
581
1,094
895
59
43
57
1,358
220
71
273
305
3,732
1,439
341
111
121
1,375
388
371
804
886
36
12
4
3
12
9
19
15
14
Thousand
pounds
10,365
12,011
8,130
13,199
3,435
10,869
3,964
1,862
5,313
6,142
SUPPLY OF FISHERY PRODUCTS
71
U.S. SUPPLY OF CANNED SARDINES, 1972-81
(Canned weight)
U.S.
Pack
Imports
Total
Supply
Exports
Year
Quantity
Quantity
Domestic Foreign
In oil
Not in oil
Total
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
Tho
36,540
23,284
25,131
26,008
24,971
23,496
26,376
30,369
19,809
38,164
41,544
36,089
29,408
18,513
26,891
25,748
24,231
22,878
18,218
18,239
28,671
31,330
39,729
12,593
26,982
24,288
24,486
26,879
32,960
37,034
usand pounds - - - -
70,215 106,755
67,419
69,137
31,106
53,873
50,036
48,717
49,757
51,178
55,273
90,703
94,268
57,114
78,844
73,532
75,093
80,126
70,987
93,437
3,030
1,740
1,691
2,161
1,829
1,186
1,555
1,591
1,839
1.731
311
244
136
180
77
34
173
301
78
183
U.S. SUPPLY OF CANNED SALMON, 1972-81
(Canned weight)
Year
U.S.
pack
(1)
Imports
Total
Exports
Domestic
Foreign
1972 92,858 11,647
1973 71,772 7,859
1974 87,791 8,553
1975 78,086 3,265
1976 125,323 2,521
1977 150,823 586
1978 164,279 325
1979 150,066 434
1980 201,684 167
1981 ' 217,693 70_
(1) Record pack was 430,328,000 lb in 1936.
Thousand pounds -
104,505
21,358
53
79,631
16,941
24
96,344
8,320
2
81,351
22,504
54
127,844
19,588
232
151,409
21,275
11
164,604
32,513
33
150,500
50,907
70
201,851
74,006
58
217,763
63,494
199
U.S. SUPPLY OF CLAM MEATS, 1972-81
(Meat weight)
U.S. commercial landings
Year
Hard
Soft
Surf
Other
Total
Total for
U.S.
consumption
-------------- Thousand pounds -----
1972 16,153 9,078 63,471 1,987 90,689
1973 14,505 8,627 82,370 2,038 107,540
1974 14,665 9,590 96,110 1,328 121,693
1975 14,995 9,174 86,956 2,262 113,387
1976 15,251 10,467 49,158 7,656 82,532
1977 15,433 10,683 51,036 19,008 96,160
1978 13,295 10,091 39,237 25,088 87,711
1979 12,058 8,585 34,912 36,495 92,050
1980 13,370 8,948 37,737 35,314 95,369
1981 18,118 8,072 46,100 48,341 120,631
(1) Imports were converted to meat weight by using these conversion factors:
or shucked; 0.30 for canned chowder and juice; and 0.93 for other.
5,128
95,817
4,267
111,807
4,913
126,606
2,435
115,822
6,705
89,237
8,423
104,583
6,131
93,842
7,273
99,323
6,908
102,277
9,520
130,151
0.40 for
in shell
72
SUPPLY OF FISHERY PRODUCTS
U.S. SUPPLY OF KING CRAB, 1972-81
(Round weight)
U.S. Exports (1)
Year commercial
landin9S Frozen Canned
-------- Thousand pounds --------
1972 (2)74,426 (3) 112
1973 76,824 8,278 8,123
1974 95,214 4,431 3,768
1975 97,626 4,746 2,377
1976 105,899 7,173 1,972
1977 99,449 17,819 1,428
1978 121,254 52,966 2,462
1979 149,980 64,187 4,616
1980 183,228 50,524 1,988
1981 86,832 27,704 703
(1) Domestic merchandise. Converted to round (live) weight by using these conversion factors:
domestic-- frozen, 1.75; and canned 5.33. (2) Data revised since publication of Fishery
Statistics of the United States, 1972. (3) Data not available.
Note:--Data on U.S. commercial landings do not include deadloss weight for 1978-81.
U.S. SUPPLY OF SNOW (TANNER) CRABS, 1972-81
(Round weight)
U.S.
Year commercial Imports Total Exports
landings (1) (2)
----------- Thousand pounds -----------
1972 (3)30,135 (4) (3)30,135 (4)
1973 61,719 (4) 61,719 (4)
1974 63,906 (4) 63,906 (4)
1975 46,856 (4) 46,856 (4)
1976 80,771 (4) 80,771 (4)
1977 98,329 (4) 98,329 47,045
1978 128,837 4,460 133,297 67,530
1979 *130,453 4,254 134,707 91,543
1980 121,287 3,732 125,019 71,871
1981 104,619 3,460 108,079 68,155
(1) Converted to round (live) weight by multiplying canned weight by 5.00. (2) Domestic mer-
chandise. Converted to round (live) weight by multiplying frozen weight by 2.13 (believed to be
mostly sections). Data for foreign exports not available. (3) Data revised since publication of
Fishery Statistics of the United States, 1972. (4) Data not reported separately.
Note:--Data on U.S. commercial landings do not include deadloss weight for 1978-81. *Record.
U.S. SUPPLY OF CANNED CRABMEAT, 1972-81
(Canned weight)
U.S. Percentage Percentage Exports
Year pack of Imports of Total (1)
total total
Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand
pounds Percent pounds Percent pounds pounds
1972 2,513 49.7 2,547 50.3 5,060 21
1973 3,724 65.6 1,956 34.4 5,680 1,524
1974 4,358 64.8 2,371 35.2 6,729 707
1975 3,283 69.5 1,440 30.5 4,723 446
1976 3,811 65.0 2,054 35.0 5,865 370
1977 5,013 59.1 3,463 40.9 8,476 268
1978 4,986 55.2 4,053 44.8 9,039 462
1979 4,723 48.2 5,073 51.8 9,796 866
1980 4,554 47.7 5,002 52.3 9,556 373
1981 3,433 4CU5 5,019 5JM 8,452 132
(1) Domestic king crab only. Record production was 11,002,000 lb in 1966; record imports were
13,507,000 lb in 1939.
SUPPLY OF FISHERY PRODUCTS
73
U.S. SUPPLY OF AMERICAN LOBSTERS, 1972-81
(Round weight)
Year
U.S. commercial
landings
Percentage
of
total
Quantity supply
Imports [1\
Quantity
Fresh
and
frozen
Canned
Total
Percentage
of
total
supply
Total
supply
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
Thousand
pounds
32,244
28,991
28,543
30,200
31,483
31,708
34,419
37,184
36,952
*37,494
Percent
52.8
52.9
53.3
52.3
51.9
52.4
55.9
54.5
53.4
48.2
- Thousand pounds -
18,811
18,113
17,586
18,325
19,176
16,944
16,468
22,790
22,503
26,857
10,032
7,656
7,392
9,243
9,957
11,818
10,648
8,307
9,699
13,459
28,843
25,769
24,978
27,568
29,133
28,762
27,116
31,097
32,202
40,316
Percent
47.2
47.1
46.7
47.7
48.1
47.6
44.1
45.5
46.6
51.8
Thousand
pounds
61,087
54,760
53,521
57,768
60,616
60,470
61,535
68,281
69,154
*77,810
(1) Imports were converted to round (live)
whole; 4.50, meat; and 4.64, canned. *Record.
weight by using these conversion factors: 1.00,
U.S. SUPPLY OF SPINY LOBSTERS, 1972-81
(Round weight)
U.S. commercial
landings
Imports (1)
Year
Percentage
of
total
Quantity supply
Quantity
Percentage
of
total
supply
Total
supply
Fresh
and
frozen
Canned Total
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
Thousand
pounds
*12,215
11,432
11,708
7,613
5,643
5,483
4,629
6,301
6,861
6,619
Percent
8.0
8.5
8.1
5.1
3.2
3.5
3.1
4.0
5.4
4.9
Thousand pounds
139,802
123,219
132,158
142,280
164,859
149,156
143,945
150,470
119,817
126,210
428
603
428
504
3,236
1,517
563
604
396
978
140,230
123,822
132,586
142,784
*168,095
150,673
144,508
151,074
120,213
127,188
Percent
92.0
91.5
91.9
94.9
96.8
96.5
96.9
96.0
94.6
95.1
Thousand
pounds
152,445
135,254
144,294
150,397
473,738
156,156
149,137
157,375
127,074
133,807
(1) Imports were converted to round (live) weight by using these conversion factors: 1.00, whole;
3.00, tails; 4.35, other; and 4.50, canned. *Record.
74
SUPPLY OF FISHERY PRODUCTS
U.S. SUPPLY OF OYSTERS, 1972-81
(Meat weight)
Year
U.S. commercial landings
Eastern
Pacific
Western
Total
Imports
(1)
Total for
U.S.
consumption
_______________ Thousand pounds
1972 47,667 8,362 29 56,058
1973 45,333 6,576 22 51,931
1974 45,125 5,030 21 50,176
1975 47,398 5,807 22 53,227
1976 48,010 6,354 31 54,395
1977 40,436 5,590 (2) 46,026
1978 45,183 5,800 (2) 50,983
1979 42,325 5,756 (2) 48,081
1980 42,439 6,642 (2) 49,081
1981 44,440 5,612 (2) 50,052
(1) Imports were converted to meat weight by using these conversion factors
canned smoked; and 0.75 for other. (2) Not available.
30,893
86,951
26,351
78,282
23,634
73,810
20,542
73,769
23,682
78,077
29,774
75,800
33,843
84,826
27,131
75,212
21,732
70,813
25,769
75,821
0.93, canned; 3.12,
U.S. SUPPLY OF SCALLOP MEATS, 1972-81
(Edible weight)
Year
U.S. commercial
landings
Imports
Total for
U S
Bay
Calico
Sea
Total
consumption
- - Thousand
7,017
2,032
1,352
10,401
20,820
31,221
1,014
558
6,400
7,972
19,833
27,805
1,499
1,131
6,444
9,074
18,100
27,174
1,648
1,992
10,063
13,703
19,737
33,440
1,590
2,268
19,853
23,711
25,253
48,964
1,703
1,111
25,012
27,826
*29,786
57,612
1,371
948
30,976
33,295
28,367
61,662
1,774
863
31,466
34,103
25,155
59,258
968
-
28,752
29,720
20,885
50,605
670
14,641
30,277
*45,588
26,227
*71,815
1972 . .
1973 . .
1974 . .
1975 . .
1976 . .
1977 . .
1978 . .
1979 . .
1980 . .
1981 . .
♦Record,
SUPPLY OF FISHERY PRODUCTS
75
U.S. SUPPLY OF ALL FORMS OF SHRIMP, 1972-81
(Heads-off weight)
Year
U.S.
commercial
landings
Imports
(1)
Exports (2]
Total
Fresh and frozen
Canned
Domestic Foreign Domestic Foreign
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
(1) Imports were converted
breaded; 1.00, shell-on; 1.28,
converted to heads-off weight
1.18 and canned, 2.02; foreign-
and frozen foreign exports were
254,534
17,069
235,852
490,386
34,201
6,095
20
228,643
230,780
459,423
*44,172
10,212
*20,097
106
225,529
267,462
492,991
32,719
6,383
13,908
91
209,151
230,963
440,114
33,132
6,586
12,570
10
245,597
*270,720
516,317
27,489
9,138
15,693
181
*288,443
270,406
*558,849
30,785
8,902
18,111
121
256,882
239,044
495,926
41,065
13,308
12,088
146
205,587
267,119
472,706
34,143
5,826
11,047
63
207,869
255,957
463,826
18,770
9,567
11,781
*935
218,900
256,920
475,820
20,777
13,687
9,180
77
to heads-off weight by using these conversion factors:
peeled raw; 2.02, canned; and 2.40 for other. (2) Expor
by using these conversion factors: domestic--fresh and
-fresh and frozen, 1.00 and canned, 2.52. *Record. Recor
14,699,000 in 1970.
0.63,
ts were
frozen,
d fresh
U.S. SUPPLY OF CANNED SHRIMP, 1972-81
(Canned weight)
U.S. Percentage Percentage
Year pack of Imports of
total total
Thousand Thousand
pounds Percent pounds Percent
1972 23,795 95.5 1,123 4.5
1973 *25,228 89.3 3,027 10.7
1974 22,121 78.4 *6,107 21.6
1975 12,407 91.7 1,118 8.3
1976 19,041 89.0 2,350 11.0
1977 24,525 89.7 2,809 10.3
1978 16,806 86.0 2,739 14.0
1979 9,584 69.1 4,288 30.9
1980 15,886 79.0 4,225 21.0
1981 12,410 73.9 4,383 26.1
*Record. Record total supply was 29,001,000 in 1970.
Exports
Domestic Foreign
Thousand pounds
24,918
8,450
8
28,255
*9,949
42
28,228
6,885
36
13,525
6,223
4
21,391
7,769
72
27,334
8,966
48
19,545
5,984
58
13,872
5,469
25
20,111
5,832
*371
16,793
4,545
31
76
SUPPLY OF FISHERY PRODUCTS
U.S. SUPPLY OF FISH MEAL AND SOLUBLES, 1972-81
(Product weight)
Year U.S. production (1) Imports Total
Short tons Percent Short tons Percent Short tons
1972 352,704 47.4 391,998 52.6 744,702
1973 356,235 83.8 68,651 16.2 424,886
1974 369,344 84.4 68,307 15.6 437,651
1975 354,356 75.0 118,395 25.0 472,751
1976 376,248 72.7 140,988 27.3 517,236
1977 343,456 80.7 81,901 19.3 425,357
1978 *444,182 91.0 (2)43,901 9.0 488,083
1979 441,757 83.1 (2)89,613 16.9 531,370
1980 428,763 89.6 (2)49,537 10.4 478,300
1981 382,742 8^6 (2)59,434 13^4 442,176
(1) Includes shellfish meal production. (2) Data do not include imports of fish solubles for
1978-81.
Note:--Wet weight of solubles has been converted to dry weight by reducing its poundage by one-
half. *Record. Record imports in 1968, 856,172 short tons and total, 1,127,225 short tons.
U.S. SUPPLY OF FISH MEAL, 1972-81
(Product weight)
Domestic Total Total for
Year production (1) Imports supply Exports U.S.
(2) consumption
_______-___---__ Short tons ---------------
1972 285,506 391,955 677,461 18,869 658,592
1973 287,517 68,496 356,013 45,745 310,268
1974 300,714 68,297 369,011 55,522 313,489
1975 290,431 118,371 408,802 12,475 396,327
1976 309,694 140,377 450,071 33,322 416,749
1977 282,291 81,491 363,782 37,199 326,583
1978 362,910 43,901 406,811 54,633 352,178
1979 *374,293 89,613 463,906 16,456 447,450
1980 361,922 49,537 411,459 *86,036 325,423
1981 318,431 59,434 377,865 49,719 328,146
(1) Includes shellfish meal. (2) Includes exports of domestic and foreign fish meal. *Record.
Record imports in 1968, 855,285 short tons; total supply and total for U.S. consumption,
1,090,421 short tons.
U.S. SUPPLY OF FISH SOLUBLES, 1972-81
(Product weight)
Year U.S. production Imports (1) Total
Short tons Percent Short tons Percent Short tons
1972 134,395 99.9 85 0.1 134,480
1973 137,435 99.8 309 .2 137,744
1974 137,259 100.0 19 (2) 137,278
1975 127,850 100.0 48 (2) 127,898
1976 133,107 99.1 1,221 .9 134,328
1977 122,330 99.3 820 .7 123,150
1978 162,543 100.0 (3) - 162,543
1979 134,928 100.0 (3) - 134,928
1980 133,682 100.0 (3) - 133,682
1981 128,621 100.0 [3J : 128,621
(1) Includes only fish solubles and will not check with other tables that show total imports of
fish solubles and cod-liver solubles for years 1970 to 1977. (2) Less than one-tenth of 1
percent. (3) Data no longer reported separately by the Bureau of the Census.
Note:--Record U.S. production in 1959, 165,359 short tons; imports, 26,630 short tons; and
total, 191,989 short tons.
SUPPLY OF FISHERY PRODUCTS
77
U.S SUPPLY OF FISH OILS, 1972-81
Domestic Total Total for
Year production Imports (1) supply Exports U.S.
consumption
-------------- Thousand pounds --------------
1972 188,445 9,466 197,911 193,198 4,713
1973 224,634 6,733 231,367 247,793 (2)
1974 ... 237,980 12,356 250,336 199,122 51,214
1975 245,653 11,283 256,936 191,843 65,093
1976 204,581 . 20,937 225,518 179,235 46,283
1977 133,182 13,731 146,913 90,633 56,280
1978 296,287 16,041 312,328 222,012 90,316
1979 267,949 14,463 282,412 198,497 83,915
1980 *312,511 21,350 333,861 284,009 49,852
1981 184,303 18,255 202,558 238,308 (2)
(1) Excludes fish liver oil.
(2) For 1973 and 1981, exports which included prior year stocks, exceeded domestic production
plus imports. *Record.
Note:--Does not include exports of foreign merchandise.
U.S. SUPPLY OF FISH MEAL, 1972-81)
(Domestic production plus imports)
Thousand short tons
600
450
300
150
U.S., American Samoa,
and Puerto Rico
production
1972
1975
1978
1981
78
PRICES
INDEXES OF EXVESSEL PRICES
The tables that follow show indexes of exvessel prices
prepared by the National Marine Fisheries Service. Most
of the prices used in calculating the "Indexes of Exvessel
Prices for Fish and Shellfish" are based on monthly
landings and value data. In a few cases, prices are
obtained from Fishery Market News Reports and Market
News Offices. The index for each species is calculated
by multiplying the current monthly price by the total
quantity caught in 1967 (the base year) to obtain a value
for the current month. That value is then divided by the
1967 average monthly value to obtain the final index:
(Current price X 1967 quantity) = ,ndex for each species
1967 average monthly value
To calculate the index for salmon, tuna, New England
finfish, and other shellfish, the current monthly values
for each of these species are added together and divided
by
by the aggregate 1967 average monthly values for the
group. To calculate monthly indexes for edible
finfish, edible shellfish, edible fish, industrial fish,
and all fish, the index number for each species is
multiplied by a factor representing its importance in
the total exvessel value of all species of fish and
shellfish for the period 1966-70; the sum of these
products is the index number for the group of species.
Each index number calculated for years other than
the base year of 1967 measures price changes from
the reference period (1967) which equals 100. An
increase of 85 percent from the reference period in
the index, for example, is shown as 185.0. This
change can also be expressed in dollars, as follows:
The price of a species of fish that sold in the United
States for $1.00 per pound in 1967 has increased to
$ 1 .85 per pound.
INDEXES OF EXVESSEL PRICES, 1972-81
(1967= 100)
Percent
500
400
300
200
100
Edible finfish
V
1972
1975
1978
1981
PRICES
EXVESSEL
79
INDEXES OF EXVESSEL PRICES FOR FISH AND SHELLFISH, BY YEARS, 1976-81
(1967=100)
Species or group
1976
1977
1978
1979
246.0
286.0
316.3
338.1
319.7
298.0
370.7
301.5
448.3
313.1
476.4
452.3
1980
398.0
439.1
369.4
1981 (1)
312.5
284.6
287.5
335.7
325.0
402.1
290.2
246.8
241.0
299.7
285.2
304.4
399.3
432.4
558.2
497.7
438.3
500.5
381.0
278.3
352.6
346.3
299.4
359.0
347.1
391.5
440.1
544.3
615.9
737.7
255.9
267.9
307.4
376.8
346.2
425.8
180.8
213.6
307.6
365.6
384.9
348.5
305.7
298.9
343.9
373.9
357.0
401.6
275.5
330.8
389.0
455.7
504.5
540.9
463.3
494.8
550.6
674.6
506.3
496.9
312.7
404.4
401.2
468.4
448.9
503.8
369.0
564.2
548.9
642.6
553.5
539.6
564.2
664.6
738.8
815.3
658.8
651.5
287.1
330.2
346.2
454.7
411.2
380.7
370.0
478.0
538.5
507.4
569.6
472.6
275.1
378.6
402.8
350.4
360.2
359.6
452.4
490.4
781.8
819.1
486.9
490.4
380.9
459.0
572.6
615.4
479.0
470.8
457.7
New England finfish:
Cod
Haddock
Yellowtail flounder. . .
Other flounders
Ocean perch
Pollock
Whiting
New England finfish .
Red snapper
Pacific halibut
Salmon:
Chinook - troll
Chinook - nontroll . . .
Chum
Coho - troll
Coho - nontroll
Pink
Sock eye
Salmon
Tuna:
Albacore
Skipjack
Bluefin
Yellowfin
Tuna
Edible finfish . .
Shrimp
Other shellfish:
Hard clams
Soft clams
Surf clams
Hard blue crabs
King crabs
American lobsters. . . .
Eastern oysters
Sea scallops
Other shellfish. . . .
Edible shellfish. . 289.7 319.4 354.2 435.6 376.4 427.7
Edible fish 303.9 343.7 398.7 454.9 406.1 439.9
Industrial fish 234.8 292.6 293.6 305.1 315.6 314.1
Menhaden 234.8 292.6 293.6 305.1 315.6 314.1
All fish 299.1 340.1 391.4 444.6 399.9 431.0
(1) Preliminary.
Note: — Simple averages of the 12 monthly indexes. Upward or downward changes in this index will
not necessarily agree with changes in unit values shown in landings tables.
246.6
316.8
353.4
355.0
485.2
493.3
225.6
285.7
323.9
346.0
427.1
468.4
209.5
209.5
297.8
315.6
420.3
425.8
228.6
286.8
318.8
332.9
434.4
453.6
453.5
397.2
204.5
229.1
265.9
330.4
400.0
429.4
310.2
342.7
364.7
432.7
458.7
466.0
482.6
517.7
521.7
522.2
509.0
510.4
383.9
440.5
372.3
376.6
361.0
397.9
659.6
923.1
1,267.0
1,283.1
855.4
1,304.8
216.3
245.1
264.3
262.8
278.1
304.0
152.5
173.6
171.1
186.4
192.2
194.6
247.2
216.0
327.2
439.4
535.2
539.0
281.6
336.6
393.7
419.6
383.2
456.9
80
PRICES
EXVESSEL
INDEXES OF EXVESSEL PRICES FOR FISH AND SHELLFISH, BY MONTHS, 1981
(1967=100)
Species or group
Jan.
Feb.
Mar,
Apr.
May
June
New England finfish:
Cod
Haddock
Yellowtail flounder. .
Other flounders. . . .
Ocean perch
Pollock
Whiting
New England finfish
Red snapper
Pacific halibut
Salmon:
Chinook - troll ....
Chinook - nontroll . .
Chum
Coho - troll
Coho - nontroll ....
Pink
Sockeye
Salmon
Tuna:
Albacore
Skipjack
Bluefin
Yellowfin
Tuna
Edible finfish .
Shrimp
Other shellfish:
Hard clams
Soft clams
Surf clams
Hard blue crabs. . . .
King crabs
American lobsters. . .
Eastern oysters. . . .
Sea scallops
Other shellfish . .
Edible shellfish
Edible fish
Industrial
Menhaden
All fish
475.1
336.7
463.3
429.3
245.2
297.9
322.0
233.1
342.6
337.7
191.1
210.8
536.9
676.7
631.6
575.7
433.1
459.3
368.1
391.3
375.4
322.5
212.3
297.8
825.4
812.7
840.7
845.8
807.6
802.5
345.2
424.8
509.3
445.0
335.0
350.3
326.5
269.3
352.0
369.0
250.2
411.4
428.9
403.9
458.7
435.9
303.6
348.5
499.9
511.0
527.7
591.5
569.3
549.9
460.0
460.0
460.0
460.0
460.0
477.7
424.2
424.2
424.2
424.2
572.7
540.9
498.1
498.1
498.1
498.1
738.0
738.0
655.1
655.1
655.1
655.1
655.1
655.1
367.4
367.4
367.4
367.4
367.4
391.9
549.5
549.5
549.5
549.5
549.5
549.5
314.4
314.4
314.4
314.4
510.8
345.8
213.2
213.2
213.2
213.2
213.2
682.3
363.5
363.5
363.5
363.5
427.3
562.8
432.4
432.4
432.4
432.4
432.4
475.8
493.3
493.3
493.3
493.3
493.3
493.3
468.4
468.4
468.4
468.4
468.4
468.4
425.8
425.8
425.8
425.8
425.8
425.8
448.3
448.3
448.3
448.3
448.3
457.4
411.0
405.9
418.2
414.8
411.7
480.2
339.2
401.0
419.1
434.9
431.6
421.6
472.3
491.6
441.7
329.5
380.3
407.7
497.1
443.8
373.7
381.8
378.6
413.6
520.4
484.5
491.7
504.0
541.0
502.0
384.2
423.1
539.9
594.0
563.6
443.4
1,068.4
1,068.4
1,068.4
1,068.4
1,068.4
1,068.4
411.7
482.5
429.2
338.9
264.8
299.0
238.7
216.0
189.1
188.5
187.6
190.4
691.5
668.0
636.2
607.1
518.1
510.7
477.2
485.2
463.9
433.2
417.4
431.3
409.6
443.9
441.9
434.0
424.4
426.5
410.3
425.9
430.7
424.9
418.4
451.9
323.7
323.7
323.7
313.1
322.0
301.8
323.7
323.7
323.7
313.1
322.0
301.8
404.3
418.8
423.3
415.8
410.7
441.6
(Continued)
PRICES
EXVESSEL
81
INDEXES OF EXVESSEL PRICES FOR FISH AND SHELLFISH, BY MONTHS, 1981
(1967=100)
Species or group
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Continued
Nov.
Dec.
New England finfish:
Cod
Haddock
Yellowtail flounder. . .
Other flounders
Ocean perch
Pollock
Whiting
New England finfish .
Red snapper
Pacific halibut
Salmon:
Chinook - troll
Chinook - nontroll . . .
Chum
Coho - troll
Coho - nontroll
Pink
Sock eye
Salmon
Tuna:
Albacore
Skipjack
Bluefin
Yellowfin
Tuna
Edible finfish . .
Shrimp
Other shellfish:
Hard clams
Soft clams
Surf clams ........
Hard blue crabs
King crabs
American lobsters. . . .
Eastern oysters
Sea scallops
Other shellfish . . .
Edible shellfish .
342.5
419.9
441.0
478.6
429.3
466.8
243.8
277.6
286.6
387.1
414.3
406.0
524.2
430.4
449.3
429.5
423.2
435.8
408.0
385.5
398.6
353.6
392.0
402.9
616.5
596.1
626.7
657.3
715.9
705.7
416.2
450.1
485.6
433.2
451.7
463.6
413.5
358.4
441.1
343.5
328.7
318.1
379.5
374.5
395.9
420.0
433.1
436.7
536.0
536.0
547.1
558.2
536.0
527.7
530.8
530.8
530.8
530.8
530.8
530.8
530.2
540.9
540.9
540.9
540.9
540.9
664.2
738.0
553.5
313.6
369.0
369.0
698.8
698.8
698.8
698.8
655.1
436.7
355.1
416.3
391.9
391.9
391.9
391.9
505.5
263.7
549.5
505.5
329.6
219.8
392.9
392.9
353.7
353.7
353.7
353.7
724.9
682.3
682.3
682.3
682.3
682.3
570.4
555.8
551.3
526.7
514.4
487.3
475.8
475.8
475.8
475.8
475.8
475.8
493.3
493.3
493.3
493.3
493.3
493.3
468.4
468.4
468.4
468.4
468.4
468.4
425.8
425.8
425.8
425.8
425.8
425.8
457.4
492.1
382.4
392.1
457.4
485.0
329.9
457.4
488.1
373.7
457.4
483.6
426.1
457.4
480.8
405.1
356.6
396.0
475.9
460.6
457.4
470.2
401.9
462.6
441.3
363.3
440.4
440.6
481.6
477.3
547.7
509.1
531.9
511.8
526.2
496.8
513.3
657.0
646.7
423.9
342.9
409.6
343.6
308.0
250.5
236.9
277.6
1,068.4
1,068.4
1,239.3
1,940.1
1,965.8
1,965.8
228.2
205.1
217.1
235.0
244.5
292.6
171.5
149.6
192.8
197.3
194.4
219.0
458.7
421.9
493.9
529.2
474.1
458.8
401.5
382.3
417.3
523.8
514.0
536.2
470.4
Edible fish 439.4 417.3 439.6 479.5 470.2 470.3
Industrial fish 321.2 322.8 339.8 358.4 279.2 240.3
Menhaden 321.2 322.8 339.8 358.4 279.2 240.3
All fish 431.3 410.9 432.7 471.2 457.0 454.4
Note: — Data are preliminary. Monthly prices for species representing about 70 percent of the
landed value of all fish and shellfish during recent years have been combined into index groups
to indicate movement of exvessel prices.
82
PRICES
WHOLESALE
AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES FOR EDIBLE FISH AND SHELLFISH, BY MONTHS, 1981
Group, subgroup, and
item specification
Point of
pricing Unit Jan. Feb.
Mar,
Apr,
May June
Dollars
0.46
1.90
2.20
1.32
2.35
FRESH AND FROZEN FISHERY PRODUCTS:
Haddock, large, offshore, drawn,
fresh Boston lb 1.11 0.71 0.96 1.10 0.35
Halibut, western 20-80 lb,
dressed, fresh and frozen. ... New York lb 2.05 2.05 2.14 2.15 1.90
Salmon, king, large and medium,
dressed, fresh and frozen. ... New York lb 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.55 2.20
Whitefish, Lake Superior, drawn,
fresh Chicago lb 2.30 2.85 2.78 2.38 1.18
Yellow pike, Lakes Michigan and
Huron, round, fresh New York lb 2.60 2.15 2.50 2.35 2.35
PROCESSED, FRESH (fish and shell-
fish):
Fillets, haddock, small, skin
on, 20-lb tins Boston lb 2.88 1.40 2.70 2.92 1.25 1.30
Shrimp, large (26-30 count),
headless, fresh New York lb 4.75 4.75 4.75 4.75 4.75 4.75
Oysters, shucked, standards . . . Norfolk gal 20.00 20.00 20.00 19.50 20.00 20.00
PROCESSED, FROZEN (fish and shell-
fish):
Fillets: Cod, skinless,
Canadian, 1-lb package Boston lb - 1.16 1.16 1.16 1.16 1.15
Flounder, skinless,
1-lb package Boston lb 1.58 1.58 1.58 1.58 1.58 1.58
Ocean perch, large,
skin on, 1-lb package Boston lb 1.02 1.02 1.05 1.00 1.00 1.00
Shrimp, large (26-30 count),
brown, 5-lb package Chicago lb 4.32 4.68 4.82 4.92 4.95 4.82
Shrimp, raw, breaded (15-20
count), 4-1 b package Selected
areas lb 3.66 3.69 3.70 3.77 3.81 3.79
Fish blocks, cod, raw, 13-1/2 -
16-1 b carton Selected
areas lb 1.14 1.14 1.15 1.13 1.14 1.10
Fish sticks, cod, precooked,
breaded, 1/2-1-1 b package. . . . Selected
areas lb 1.30 1.30 1.30 1.45 1.52 1.52
Fish portions, cod, raw,
breaded, 6-1 b package Selected
areas lb 1.31 1.31 1.33 1.34 1.34 1.34
CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS:
Salmon, pink, No. 1 tall (16-
oz) 48 cans/case Seattle case 86.00 86.00 86.00 86.00 86.00 86.00
Tuna, light meat, chunk, No. 1/2
(6-1/2-oz) 48 cans/case Los
Angeles case 44.75 44.75 44.75 44.75 44.75 44.75
Sardines, Maine, keyless, oil,
1/4 drawn (3-3/4-oz) 100
cans/case New York case 36.00 36.00 36.00 36.00 36.00 38.00
(Continued)
PRICES
WHOLESALE
83
AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES FOR EDIBLE FISH AND SHELLFISH, BY MONTHS, 1981 - Continued
Group, subgroup, and Point of
item specification pricing Unit July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Dollars
FRESH AND FROZEN FISHERY PRODUCTS:
Haddock, large, offshore, drawn,
fresh Boston lb 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.70 0.45 0.61
Halibut, western, 20-80 lb,
dressed, fresh or frozen .... New York lb 1.90 1.95 1.88 1.85 1.86 1.80
Salmon, king, large and medium,
dressed, fresh or frozen .... New York lb 2.20 2.20 1.90 2.20 2.20 2.20
Whitefish, Lake Superior, drawn,
fresh Chicago lb 1.32 1.32 1.40 1.54 1.51 1.51
Yellow pike, Lakes Michigan and
Huron, round, fresh New York lb 2.35 2.35 2.35 2.35 2.05 2.05
PROCESSED, FRESH (fish and shell-
fish):
Fillets, haddock, small, skin on,
20-lb tins Boston lb 1.32 1.62 1.85 1.85 1.45 1.92
Shrimp, large (26-30 count),
headless, fresh New York lb 4.75 4.15 4.35 4.50 4.60 4.90
Oysters, shucked, standards . . . Norfolk gal 19.50 20.00 20.50 21.00 21.00 21.25
PROCESSED, FROZEN (fish and shell-
fish):
Fillets: Cod, skinless, Canadian,
1-lb package Boston lb 1.10 1.08 1.08 1.08 1.08 1.08
Flounder, skinless,
1-lb package Boston lb 1.48 1.48 1.38 1.38 1.45 1.45
Ocean perch, large,
skin on, 1-lb pack-
age Boston lb 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.05 1.03 1.10
Shrimp, large (26-30 count),
brown, 5-lb package Chicago lb 4.40 3.52 3.85 3.95 4.50 4.40
Shrimp, raw, breaded (15-20
count), 4-1 b package Selected
areas lb 3.91 3.76 3.71 3.71 3.71 3.71
Fish blocks, cod, raw, 13-1/2 -
16-1 b carton Selected
areas lb 1.08 1.04 0.99 1.00 1.04 1.10
Fish sticks, cod, precooked,
breaded, 1/2 - 1-lb package. . . Selected
areas lb 1.52 1.52 1.52 1.52 1.52 1.55
Fish portions, cod, raw, breaded,
6-1 b package Selected
areas lb 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.24 1.28
CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS:
Salmon, pink, No. 1 tall (16-oz)
48 cans/case Seattle case 86.00 86.00 86.00 81.50 81.50 81.50
Tuna, light meat, chunk, No. 1/2
(6-1/2-oz) 48 cans/case Los
Angeles case 44.75 45.25 45.25 45.25 45.25 45.25
Sardines, Maine, keyless, oil, 1/4
drawn (3-3/4-oz) 100 cans/case New York case 38.00 38.00 38.00 42.00 42.00 42.00
Note:--These are average prices for one day (Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday) during the week in which
the 13th of the month occurs. These prices are published as indicators of movement and not
necessarily absolute level. Fishery Market News Reports should be referred to for actual prices.
(See page 116 for information on these reports, and how they can be obtained.)
Source:--U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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PRICES
WHOLESALE
WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES FOR EDIBLE FISH AND SHELLFISH, BY MONTHS, 1981
Group
Jan.
Feb.
Mar,
Apr.
May
June
Index (1967=100)
All fish and shellfish (fresh,
frozen, and canned)
Fresh and frozen fishery products
Drawn, dressed, or whole finfish.
Processed, fresh (fish and shell-
fish)
Processed, frozen (fish and shell-
fish)
Canned fishery products
373.0
409.6
424.5
409.7
365.3
365.1
371.5
414.5
417.6
371.8
378.3
365.1
382.0
393.0
433.1
405.2
384.6
365.1
387.1
399.6
438.4
410.0
392.7
365.1
386.4
398.6
453.6
367.9
395.8
365.1
386.6
398.4
460.1
369.2
390.8
371.1
Group
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
All fish and shellfish (fresh,
frozen, and canned)
Fresh and frozen fishery products .
Drawn, dressed, or whole finfish. .
Processed, fresh (fish and shell-
fish)
Processed, frozen (fish and shell-
fish)
Canned fishery products
367.2
375.6
379.1
382.9
362.6
383.4
393.7
372.7
366.8
383.2
387.7
393.2
465.4
469.2
427.3
468.8
459.2
460.8
368.8
340.2
359.4
369.8
365.7
397.1
378.2
343.4
351.0
354.7
371.2
370.5
366.8
370.0
370.0
371.1
371.1
371.1
Source:--U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
PRICES
RETAIL
85
RETAIL PRICES OF FISHERY PRODUCTS, BY MONTHS, 1981
ITEM
JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APR.
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
NOV.
DEC.
2.92
3.50
3.73
2.42
3.51
2.08
2.78
2.59
5.54
2.17
1.87
14.84
2.60
3.61
2.95
2.41
3.24
2.06
2.90
2.63
5.12
2.18
1.94
14.85
2.48
3.22
2.89
2.97
3.40
2.20
2.88
2.64
4.70
2.08
1.91
14.75
2.37
3.27
2.91
2.59
3.21
2.20
2.85
2.58
4.71
2.14
1.93
14.53
Do
2.43
2.86
2.28
2.16
3.35
2.15
2.84
2.57
4.95
2.19
2.09
14.40
liars per
2.18
2.43
2.35
2.49
2.87
2.18
2.90
2.62
5.18
2.16
2.06
14.27
FRESH
Cod fillets
2.41
3.14
2.67
3.03
3.24
2.22
2.83
2.64
4.59
2.14
2.06
14.07
2.58
2.93
2.38
2.10
3.35
2.23
2.84
2.65
4.33
2.13
2.05
14.56
2.62
2.86
2.99
2.12
3.62
2.16
2.85
2.59
4.41
2.09
2.08
14.45
2.48
3.53
2.63
2.56
3.47
2.18
2.93
2.59
4.26
2.15
2.05
14.81
2.68
2.72
3.25
2.26
3.39
2.22
2.93
2.60
3.98
2.25
2.15
14.90
2.64
Flounder fillets
Haddock fillets
2.88
2.78
Ocean perch fillets
2.12
Sole fillets
3.49
RAW FROZEN
Cod fillets, 1 lb. pkg
Haddock fillets, 1 lb. pkg
Halibut steaks
2.28
2.90
2.67
3.91
Ocean perch fillets, 1 lb. pkg
Turbot fillets, 1 lb. pkg
2.24
2.24
14.90
BREADED, COOKED
Fish sticks, breaded,
14 oz. pkg
2.14
2.13
2.14
2.17
2.30
2.39
2.35
2.42
2.39
2.33
2.42
2.42
Fish portions, breaded.
14 oz. pkg
2.14
2.07
2.12
2.10
2.15
2.27
2.23
2.24
2.25
2.26
2.40
2.41
Shrimp breaded, fantail
4.75
4.64
4.60
5.10
5.28
4.97
5.17
5.12
4.97
5.11
5.23
5.03
CANNED
Tuna, solid, white, in water,
7 oz. can
3.44
3.47
3.44
3.46
3.38
3.38
3.41
3.47
3.46
3.50
3.48
3.45
Tuna, chunk, light, in oil,
6—1/2 oz. can
2.61
2.56
2.50
2.49
2.34
2.39
2.26
2.40
2.32
2.36
2.24
2.41
2.36
2.42
2.49
2.47
2.46
2.47
2.46
2.44
2.45
2.46
2.51
2.49
3.28
3.32
3.40
3.30
3.40
3.40
3.40
3.46
3.43
3.48
3.47
3.44
Sardines, Maine, single layer,
soybean oil, 3—3/4 oz. can
2.42
2.36
2.43
2.36
2.39
2.35
2.36
2.33
2.35
2.39
2.40
2.31
Sardines, Norway, single layer.
soybean oil, 3—3/4 oz. can
4.03
4.04
4.02
3.98
4.06
4.11
4.12
4.08
3.99
4.06
4.10
4.11
Shrimp, small, 4-1/2 oz. can
7.48
7.20
7.56
7.42
7.57
7.43
7.72
7.49
7.44
7.42
6.98
7.43
INDEX OF RETAIL PRICES, BY MONTHS, 1981
1977= 100
ITEM
JAN.
FEB. MAR. APR.
MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC.
Fish 146.0 143.6 145.3 146.0 147.0 149.2 146.4 147.3 147.8 147.9 150.3 149.8
Meat 154.4 153.7 151.4 147.5 148.7 148.1 149.7 150.8 151.6 152.4 150.8 149.0
Poultry 133.3 131.3 133.0 129.7 128.3 132.7 136.7 136.3 132.3 130.3 125.3 120.0
Note: -The retail prices and indexes are based on an informal monthly survey of retail prices of fish and other items in three retail grocery
stores in each of ten cities. All items in each index are given equal weight. The indexes are not seasonally adjusted.
Source: -Operation Price Watch, National Marine Fisheries Service, Fisheries Development Division, Washington, D.C. 20235,
Phone: (202) 634-7385.
86
VALUE ADDED
VALUE ADDED, MARGINS, AND CONSUMER EXPENDITURES FOR EDIBLE FISHERY PRODUCTS IN THE UNITED STATES,
1980 AND 1981
Domestic
Imports (1)
Total
margin
Value-added
rate
(2)
Value added (3) (contribution
to the economy as GNP)
Year and item
Sales
Margin
Sales
Margin
Total
Percentage
of total
19 80 (Revised):
Domestic landings
Industrial fish (4) . .
2,237
145
2,092
201
1,891 (1,891)
1,296
595
2,770 1,474
703
2,067
3,220 558
1 ,646 368
3,918 2,137
266 105
2,092
2,001
1,103
920
4,077
252
Percent
70.00
63.70
65.25
82.60
60.80
52.30
dollars Percent
Edible fish (harvesting bill) ....
Exports (unprocessed) (5)
Total domestic sales
2,686 (2,686)
741
1,945
1,269 527
3,759 545
2,469 552
3,556 1,940
372 147
1,464 21.43
To be processed
Unprocessed to wholesaler . . .
Imports
To be processed
-
To trade dealers
Processing level (6)
Exports (processed) (7)
Domestic sales
1,275 18.67
Wholesale level (8)
720 10 54
Channels to consumers:
Retail stores (9)
760 11 13
Public eating places (10)
Institutions (11)
2,479 36.30
132 1 93
Consumer expenditures: (12)
Sales through three channels . . .
Landings (or imports) plus
margins at five levels minus
exports
5,830
5 830
6,397
6 397
Fisherman's share of a consumer's
dollar for fish when exports are
included
(32.0%)
(47.7%)
(52.3%)
Total consumer expenditures
Total value added (contribution
to the economy as GNP)
12,2
27
6,830 100.00
198 1 (Preliminary):
Domestic landings
Industrial fish (4)
2,388
111
2,277
327
1,950 (1,950)
1,441
509
3,083 1,643
746
2,337
3,444 598
1 ,762 394
4,190 2,285
284 112
3,034 (3,034)
806
2,228
1,391 585
4,239 621
2,785 623
4,010 2,187
420 165
2,277
2,228
1,219
1,017
4,472
277
70.50
64.20
66.05
83.40
60.75
52.20
.
Edible fish (harvesting bill) ....
Exports (unprocessed) (5)
Total domestic sales
1,605 21.26
To be processed
Unprocessed to wholesaler . . .
Imports
To be processed
-
To trade dealers
Processing level (6)
1,430 18.94
Exports (processed) (7)
Wholesale level (8)
805 10 66
Channels to consumers:
Retail stores (9)
848 1 1 23
Public eating places (10)
Institutions (11)
2,717 35.99
145 1 92
Consumer expenditures: (12)
Sales through three channels . . .
Landings (or imports) plus
margins at five levels minus
exports
Fisherman's share of a consumer's
dollar for fish when exports are
included
6,236
6,236
(32.6%)
7,215
7,215
-
Total consumer expenditures
Total value added (contribution
to the economy as GNP)
(46.4%) 13,451 (53.6%)
7,550 100 00
See footnotes on next page
(Continued)
VALUE ADDED 87
VALUE ADDED, MARGINS, AND CONSUMER EXPENDITURES FOR EDIBLE FISHERY PRODUCTS IN THE
UNITED STATES, 1980 AND 1981 - Continued
FOOTNOTES
(1) For imported fishery products, the margin and sales values at different levels are calculated in the same manner as
they are done for the domestic production column, except that the markup rate at the processor level is 0.71 1 1 in1980
and 0.7253 in 1981; at the wholesale level the markup rate is 0.1696 in 1980 and 0.1716 in 1981. In 1980 and 1981
the distribution rate for imported products is 51 percent at retail stores, 43 percent at eating places, and 6 percent at
institutions.
(2) Value-added rate at each level is the weighted average of all fishery products, expressed as a percentage of its
corresponding margin.
(3) Multiply each item under the total margin column by its corresponding value under the value-added rate column to
get the actual value added as contribution to the economy from all production and distribution levels of the U.S. fishing
industry in the food fish sector.
(4) Value of landings of fish for industrial purposes is deducted.
(5) Exports of unprocessed fish are deducted from the value of the landings after being converted to an equivalent value
for domestic landings.
(6) Processor's purchase value (or domestic sales at the harvesting level) times the processor's markup rate (weighted
average for all fishery products is 1.1378 in 1980 and 1.1401 in 1981) equals the margin at the processor's level.
(7) Exports of processed products are deducted at their export value from this level.
(8) Wholesale purchase value (processors domestic sales and unprocessed products from domestic landings) times the
weighted average of markup rates (0.2095 for 1980 and 0.2100 for 1981).
(9) In 1980 and 1981, 39.7 percent of wholesale sales value of domestic products is distributed to retailers. This value
times the weighted average of markup rates (0.2878 in 1980 and 0.2882 in 1981) at the retail level equals the margin at
retail.
(10) In 1980 and 1981, 55.3 percent of wholesale sales value of domestic products is distributed to public eating places.
At a markup rate of 1.200 for 1980 and 1981, the margin and sales values at this level are obtained.
(11) For domestic products, 5 percent of wholesale sales value is distributed to institutions with a markup rate of
0.6520 in 1980 and 0.6510 in 1981 ; the margin and sales values at this level are then calculated.
(12) Consumer expenditures are the total sales value at retail stores, public eating places, and institutions. This total is
also the sum of margins of five marketing levels and the landings value after export value is deducted.
Note:-The concept and derivation of value-added, markup rates, and consumer expenditures for edible fishery products
are discussed in two comprehensive reports: Cost Analyses of U.S. Fish Price Margins, 1972-77, at Different Production
and Distribution Levels and Marketing Bill and Its Cost Components of U.S. Food Fish Products, both prepared by
Erwin S. Penn (202-634-71 1 1 ) of the Economic Analysis Staff, Office of Policy and Planning, Fx53.
A detailed discussion of the procedures for calculating the results of this table appeared in a paper Value Added,
Margins, and Consumer Expenditures for Edible Fishery Products in the United States 1976-78, by Erwin S. Penn and
Wenona J. Crews, published in the December 1979 issue of the Marine Fisheries Review, NMFS, NOAA.
88
PER CAPITA USE
Per capita use of commercial fish and shellfish is
based on the supply of fishery products, both edible
and nonedible (industrial), on a round-weight equiv-
alent basis, without considering beginning or ending
stocks, defense purchases, or exports (see page 67).
Per capita use figures are not comparable with per
capita consumption data (see page 89). Per capita
consumption figures represent edible (for human use)
meat-weight consumption rather than round-weight
consumption. In addition, per capita consumption
includes allowances for beginning and ending stocks,
defense purchases, and exports, whereas the use does
not include such allowances.
Per capita use is derived by using total population
including U.S. Armed Forces overseas. The per
capita consumption is derived by using civilian
resident population.
U.S. ANNUAL PER CAPITA USE OF COMMERCIAL FISH AND SHELLFISH, 1950-81
Total population Total
Year including armed U.S.
forces overseas supply
July 1 (1)
Commercial
landings
Per capita utilization
Imports
Total
Mil lion
persons
Million
pounds
Pounds
1950.
152.3
154.9
6,547
6,757
32.2
28.6
10.8
15.0
43.0
1951
43.6
1952.
157.6
160.2
163.0
165.9
168.9
172.0
7,636
7,015
7,593
7,121
7,569
7,164
28.1
28.0
29.2
29.0
31.2
27.9
20.4
15.8
17.4
13.9
13.6
13.8
48.5
1953
43.8
1954.
46.6
1955.
42.9
1956.
44.8
1957
41.7
1958.
174.9
177.8
180.7
183.7
7,526
8,460
8,223
9,570
27.1
28.8
27.3
28.2
15.9
18.8
18.2
23.9
43.0
1959
47.6
1960.
45.5
1961
52.1
196?
186.5
10,408
28.7
27.1
55.8
1963
189.2
191.9
194.3
196.6
198.7
200.7
202.7
205.1
11,434
12,031
10,535
12,469
13,991
17,381
11,847
11,474
25.6
23.7
24.6
22.2
20.4
20.7
21.4
24.0
34.8
39.0
29.6
41.2
50.0
65.9
37.0
31.9
60.4
1964
62.7
1965.
54.2
1966
63.4
1967
70.4
1968
86.6
1969.
58.4
1970
55.9
1971.
207.7
209.9
211.9
11,804
13,849
10,378
24.1
22.9
22.9
32.7
43.1
26.1
56.8
197?
66.0
1973
49.0
1974
213.9
9,875
23.2
23.0
46.2
1975
216.0
10,164
22.6
24.5
47.1
1976
218.0
11,593
24.7
28.5
53.2
1977
(2). . .
220.2
10,579
23.6
24.4
48.0
1978
(2). . .
222.6
11,509
27.1
24.6
51.7
1979
(2). . .
225.1
11,831
27.9
24.7
52.6
1980
(2). . .
227.7
11,357
28.5
21.4
49.9
1981
(2). . .
229.8
11,353
26.0
23.4
49.4
(1) Data include U.S. commercial landings and imports of both edible and nonedible (industrial)
fishery products on a round-weight basis. "Total supply" is not adjusted for beginning and
ending stocks, defense purchases, or exports.
(2) Domestic landings data used in calculating these data are preliminary.
Note:--From 1970 through 1980, population and per capita utilization data were revised to
reflect the results of the 1980 census.
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION 89
Annual per capita consumption of seafood products represents the pounds of edible meat consumed
from domestically-caught and imported fish and shellfish adjusted for beginning and ending inventories,
exports, and military purchases, divided by the civilian population of the United States as of July I of each
year.
1909 (5;
1910. .
1911. .
1912. .
1913. .
1914. .
1915. .
1916. .
1917. .
1918. .
1919. .
1920. .
1921. .
1922. .
1923. .
1924. .
1925. .
1926. .
1927. .
1928. .
1929. .
1930. .
1931. .
1932. .
1933. .
1934. .
1935. .
1936. .
1937. .
1938. .
1939. .
1940. .
1941. .
1942. .
1943. .
1944. .
1945. .
1946. .
1947. .
1948. .
1949. .
1950. .
1951. .
1952. .
1953. .
1954. .
1955. .
1956. .
1957. .
1958. .
1959. .
U.S. ANNUAL PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF COMMERCIAL FISH AND SHELLFISH, 1909-81
Year
C i v i 1 i an
Per capita
consum|
jtion
resident
Fresh
population
and
Canned (3)
Cured (4)
Total
July 1 (1)
frozen (2)
Million
persons
- Pounds, ed
ible meat - - ■
90.5
4.3
2.7
*4
.0
11.0
92.4
4.5
2.8
3
.9
11.2
93.9
4.8
2.8
3
.7
11.3
95.3
5.0
2.9
3
.4
11.3
97.2
5.3
2.9
3
.3
11.5
99.1
5.6
3.0
3
.1
11.7
100.5
5.8
2.4
3
.0
11.2
102.0
6.0
2.2
2
.8
11.0
103.3
6.2
2.0
2
.7
10.9
103.2
6.4
2.0
2
.5
10.9
104.5
6.4
2.8
2
.4
11.6
106.5
6.3
3.2
2
.3
11.8
108.5
6.2
2.2
2
.1
10.5
110.0
6.1
3.2
2
.0
11.3
111.9
6.0
2.9
1
.8
10.7
114.1
6.1
3.2
1
.7
11.0
115.8
6.3
3.2
1
.6
11.1
117.4
6.6
3.4
1
.4
11.4
119.0
7.0
3.9
1
.3
12.2
120.5
7.1
3.9
1
.1
12.1
121.8
6.9
3.9
1
.1
11.9
122.9
5.8
3.4
1
.0
10.2
123.9
4.9
3.2
.7
8.8
124.7
4.3
3.4
.7
8.4
125.4
4.2
3.9
.6
8.7
126.2
4.3
4.2
.7
9.2
127.1
5.1
4.7
.1
10.5
127.9
5.2
*5.8
J
11.7
128.6
5.6
5.3
.9
11.8
129.6
5.2
4.8
.8
10.8
130.7
5.3
4.7
.7
10.7
132.1
5.7
4.6
.7
11.0
132.1
6.3
4.2
.7
11.2
131.4
5.2
2.9
.6
8.7
128.0
5.5
1.8
.6
7.9
127.2
5.5
2.6
.6
8.7
128.1
6.6
2.6
.7
9.9
138.9
5.9
4.2
.7
10.8
143.1
5.8
3.8
.7
10.3
145.7
6.0
4.4
.7
11.1
148.2
5.8
4.5
.6
10.9
150.8
6.3
4.9
.6
11.8
151.6
6.3
4.3
.6
11.2
153.9
6.2
4.3
.7
11.2
156.6
6.4
4.3
.7
11.4
159.7
6.2
4.3
.7
11.2
163.0
5.9
3.9
.7
10.5
166.1
5.7
4.0
.7
10.4
169.1
5.5
4.0
.7
10.2
172.2
5.7
4.3
.6
10.6
175.3
5.9
4.4
.6
10.9
See footnotes at end of table. (Continued]
90
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
U.S. ANNUAL PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF COMMERCIAL FISH AND SHELLFISH, 1909-81 - Continued
C i v i 1 i an Per capita consumption
Year resident Fresh
population and Canned (3) Cured (4) Total
July 1 (1) frozen (2)
Mill ion
persons _______ Pounds, edible meat -------
1960 178.1 5.7 4.0 0.6 10.3
1961 181.1 5.9 4.3 .5 10.7
1962 183.7 5.8 4.3 .5 10.6
1963 186.5 5.8 4.4 .5 10.7
1964 189.1 5.9 4.1 .5 10.5
1965 191.6 6.0 4.3 .5 10.8
1966 193.4 6.1 4.3 .5 10.9
1967 195.3 5.8 4.3 .5 10.6
1968 197.1 6.2 4.3 .5 11.0
1969 199.1 6.6 4.2 .4 11.2
1970 201.9 6.9 4.5 .4 11.8
1971 204.9 6.7 4.3 .5 11.5
1972 207.5 7.1 4.9 .5 12.5
1973 209.6 7.4 5.0 .4 12.8
1974 211.6 6.9 4.7 .5 12.1
1975 213.8 7.5 4.3 .4 12.2
1976 215.9 *8.2 4.2 .5 12.9
1977 (6) 218.1 7.7 4.6 .4 12.7
1978 (6) 220.5 8.1 5.0 .3 *13.4
1979 (6) 223.0 7.8 4.8 .4 13.0
1980 (6) 225.6 8.0 4.5 .3 12.8
1981 (6) 227.7 7J 4J3 ,4 13.0
(1) Resident population for 1909 to 1929 and civilian resident population for 1930 to date.
(2) Fresh and frozen fish consumption from 1910 to 1928 is estimated. Beginning in 1973, data
include consumption of artificially cultivated catfish.
(3) Canned fish consumption for 1910 to 1920 is estimated. Beginning in 1921, it is based on
production reports, packer stocks, and foreign trade statistics for individual years.
(4) Cured fish consumption for 1910 to 1928 is estimated.
(5) Data for 1909 estimate based on the 1908 census and foreign trade data.
(6) Domestic landings data used in calculating these data are preliminary.
*Record.
Note:--These consumption figures refer only to consumption of fish and shellfish entering
commercial channels, and they do not include data on consumption of recreationally caught fish
and shellfish which since 1970 is estimated to be between 3 and 4 pounds (edible meat) per
person annually. From 1970 through 1980, data were revised to reflect the results of the 1980
census.
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
91
U.S. ANNUAL PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS, 1960-81
Year
Salmon
Sardines
Tuna
Shellfish
Other
Total
1960. . .
0.7
0.4
■ Pol
2.0
nds -----
0.4
0.5
4.0
1961.
.8
.5
2.1
.4
.5
4.3
1962.
.9
.3
2.1
.4
.6
4.3
1963.
.9
.4
2.0
.5
.6
4.4
1964.
.7
.3
2.0
.5
.6
4.1
1965.
.9
.3
2.3
.5
.3
4.3
1966.
.8
.4
2.3
.4
.4
4.3
1967.
.7
.4
2.4
.5
.3
4.3
1968.
.7
.4
2.4
.5
.3
4.3
1969.
.7
.4
2.4
.5
.2
4.2
1970.
.7
.4
2.5
.5
.4
4.5
1971.
.7
.4
2.4
.5
.3
4.3
1972.
.7
.4
2.9
.5
.4
4.9
1973.
.4
.5
3.1
.5
.5
5.0
1974.
.3
.4
3.1
.5
.4
4.7
1975.
.3
.2
2.9
.5
.4
4.3
1976.
.3
.3
2.8
.4
.4
4.2
1977 (1).
.5
.3
2.8
.6
.4
4.6
1978 (1).
.6
.3
3.3
.5
.3
5.0
1979 (1).
.5
.3
3.2
.5
.3
4.8
1980 (1).
.5
.3
2.9
.5
.3
4.5
1981 (1).
.5
.4
3.1
.5
.3
4.8
(1) Pre
the 1980
li mi nary,
census.
Note:--From 1970 through 1980, data were revised to reflect the results of
U.S. ANNUAL PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF CERTAIN FISHERY ITEMS,
1960-81
Fillets Sticks
Year and and
steaks (1) portions
Shrimp,
all
preparations
-- Pounds (2)
1960 . . . 1.64 0.63 1.08
1961 1.67 .71 1.01
1962 1.77 .82 1.02
1963 1.60 .92 1.17
1964 1.62 .98 1.16
1965 1.68 1.12 1.24
1966 1.74 1.14 1.21
1967 1.64 1.21 1.29
1968 1.86 1.32 1.37
1969 2.01 1.63 1.31
1970 2.17 1.73 1.44
1971 2.04 1.63 1.39
1972 2.27 1.78 1.43
1973 2.52 1.98 1.35
1974 2.12 1.82 1.50
1975 2.39 1.78 1.40
1976 2.52 2.04 1.48
1977 (3) 2.52 2.02 *1.56
1978 (3) 2.67 2.15 1.48
1979 (3) 2.66 *2.15 1.32
1980 (3) 2.61 1.92 1.43
1981 (3). . *2.73 U73 l_A5
(1) Data include groundfish and other species. Data do not include blocks, but fillets could be
made into blocks from which sticks and portions could be produced.
(2) Product weight of fillets and steaks and sticks and portions, edible (meat) weight of shrimp.
(3) Domestic landings data used in calculating these data are preliminary.
*Record.
Note:--From 1970 through 1980, data were revised to reflect the results of the 1980 census.
92
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
ANNUAL PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF FISH AND SHELLFISH FOR HUMAN FOOD,
BY REGION AND COUNTRY, 1975-77 AVERAGE
Region and country
Estimated live weight
equivalent
Kilograms Pounds
Region and country
Estimated live weight
equivalent
Kilograms Pounds
North America:
Canada
United States
Latin America:
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic. . . .
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Surinam
Trinidad and Tobago . . .
Uruguay
Venezuela
Europe:
Albania
Austria
Belgium and Luxembourg. .
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Fed. Republic of Germany.
Finland
France
German Democratic Rep.. .
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
18.2
15.9
4.1
1.8
6.9
15.8
3.4
4.5
20.9
6.3
10.4
2.2
.7
20,
1
1,
24.0
4.9
4.3
9.7
1.0
17.2
22.0
10.1
5.0
10.2
1.8
7.8
18.5
12.0
7.9
35.1
10.7
26.1
22
18
15
5
66.8
14.2
12.4
13.2
13.2
47.0
40.1
35.1
9.0
4.0
15.2
34.8
7.5
9.9
46.1
13.9
22.9
4.8
1.5
46.1
3.5
2.4
52.9
10.8
9.5
21.4
2.2
37.9
48.5
22.3
11.0
22.5
4.0
17.2
40.8
26
17
77
23
57.5
48.9
41.0
34.8
11.0
147.3
31.3
27.3
29.1
29.1
103.6
Europe - Continued:
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland ....
United Kingdom. . .
Yugoslavia
USSR
Near East:
Afghanistan ....
Cyprus
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
Libya
Saudi Arabia. . . .
Sudan
Syria
Turkey
Yemen Arab Republic
Yemen (Aden). . . .
Far East:
Bangladesh
Burma
Cambodia
China
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Laos
Malaysia
Mongolia
Nepal
North Korea ....
Pakistan
Philippines . . . .
Republic of Korea .
Singapore
Sri Lanka (Ceylon) .
Thailand
Vietnam
20.5
38.6
5.7
35.3
32.5
10.4
17.3
2.9
28.7
.1
6.5
4.2
.5
2.8
11.1
2
3
7
5
1
1
3
3
2
4
1.4
4.4
3.8
12.4
10.4
13.0
10.0
5.9
50.5
3.2
10.7
67.4
6.2
34.7
.4
.2
35.6
1.6
33.1
47
42
11
3
5
3
22.9
21.8
45.2
85.1
12.6
77.8
71.6
22.9
38.1
6.4
63.3
.2
14.3
9.3
1.1
6.2
24.5
4.6
7.3
16.1
11.5
3.1
3.1
9.7
8.4
27.3
22.9
28.7
22.0
13.0
111.3
7.0
23.6
148.6
13.7
76.5
.9
.4
78.5
3.5
73.0
104.3
93.7
24.9
50.5
48.1
See note at end of table.
(Continued)
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
93
ANNUAL PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF FISH AND SHELLFISH FOR HUMAN FOOD,
BY REGION AND COUNTRY, 1975-77 AVERAGE - Continued
Region and country
Estimated live weight equivalent
Ki lograms
Pounds
2.2
4.8
6.7
14.8
11.4
25.1
1.9
4.2
4.6
10.1
10.4
22.9
5.8
12.8
14.7
32.4
24.9
54.9
.6
1.3
20.3
44.8
13.6
30.0
27.6
60.8
4.7
10.4
20.7
45.6
2.6
5.7
20.8
45.9
6.4
14.1
12.7
28.0
10.6
23.4
21.0
46.3
15.7
34.6
4.4
9.7
1.8
4.0
.9
2.0
10.6
23.4
7.0
15.4
2.8
6.2
.3
.7
40.5
89.3
26.8
59.1
1.2
2.6
15.4
33.9
11.5
25.4
5.5
12.1
14.8
32.6
1.2
2.6
6.2
13.7
12.3
27.1
14.6
32.2
16.9
37.3
16.5
36.4
Africa:
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic.
Chad
Congo (Brazzaville) . . .
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Niger
Nigeria
Republic of South Africa.
Rhodesia
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Tanzania
Togo . . .
Tunisia
Uganda
Upper Volta
Zaire
Zambia
Oceania:
Australia
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
World
12.3
27.1
Note: — Data for most countries are tentative. Aquatic plants are included where applicable.
Source:--Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome.
94
EMPLOYMENT, CRAFT, AND PLANTS
FISHERY EMPLOYMENT, CRAFT, AND ESTABLISHMENTS, VARIOUS YEARS, 1955-80
Item
1955
1960
1965
1970
1976
1980(1)
Number
Persons employed:
Fishermen
Processing and whole-
saling (2)
Total . .
Craft used:
Vessels (3).
Motor boats,
Other boats.
Total
Shore establishments:
New England States . .
Mid-Atlantic States. .
South Atlantic States.
Gulf Coast States. . .
Pacific States . . . .
Alaska
Inland States (4). . .
Other (5)
H»l«f359 130,^31 128,565 140,538 173,610 193,000
97,825 93,625 86,864 86,813 93,609 103,448
242,184 224,056 215,429 227,351 267,219 296,448
11,796 12,018 12,311 13,591 16,875 18,900
58,218 56,889 63,828 71,570 84,445 92,800
1,952 8,150 3,393 2,000 1,501 1,500
71,966 77,057 79,532 87,161 102,821 113,200
Total
532
568
532
537
503
478
1,230
1,133
1,109
832
768
716
449
454
443
432
522
668
642
743
847
817
726
845
421
381
420
402
362
410
179
134
137
108
182
200
671
772
673
564
511
249
-
22
24
43
43
11
4,124 4,207
4,185
3,735
3,617
3,577
(1) Estimated for fishermen and craft.
(2) Average for season.
(3) Craft 5 net tons and over as documented by U.S. Coast Guard.
(4) A partial survey was made for some inland States in 1980.
(5) Data for 1955 are not available. Data for 1 960 and 1965 include Hawaii only. Data for
other years include American Samoa, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. A partial survey was made for
Hawaii in 1 980 .
NUMBER OF FISHERMEN AND FISHING CRAFT. 1960. 1970, AND 1980
0000000000000
1960
1970
1980
000000000000001
4AA..& 44A4.1
000000000000000 i 0
I
= 10,000 Fishermen
= 10,000 Fishing craft
EMPLOYMENT, CRAFT, AND PLANTS
95
.
PROCESSORS AND WHOLESALERS: PLANTS AND EMPLOYMENT, 1980
Processing
Wholesale
Total
State and area
Plants
Employmen
Season
average
Year
Plants
Employment average
Season Year
Plants
Employment
Season
average
Year
New England:
Maine
92
13
115
18
4
4,421
549
6,747
462
26
2,843
464
4,998
332
21
123
3
90
16
4
• • ■ -Number- - -
349
15
901
85
26
284
13
778
70
24
215
16
205
34
8
4,770
564
7,648
547
52
3 127
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
477
5,776
402
45
Total
242
12,205
8,658
236
1,376
1,169
478
13,581
9,827
Mid-Atlantic:
New York
44
35
16
4
86
128
680
1,461
1,384
513
3,247
6,149
617
1,140
1,251
411
2,225
4,403
172
67
19
8
7
80
50
1,886
315
235
26
94
574
463
1,664
305
234
25
93
468
419
216
102
35
12
7
166
178
2,566
1,776
1,619
539
94
3,821
6,612
2,281
1,445
1 485
Pennsylvania
Delaware
District of Columbia ....
Maryland
Virginia
436
93
2,693
4,822
Total
313
13,434
10,047
403
3,593
3,208
716
17,027
13,255
South Atlantic:
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida East Coast
109
20
16
58
2,714
703
1,578
1,387
1,745
439
1,278
1,116
225
119
44
77
909
690
309
598
608
350
168
540
334
139
60
135
3,623
1,393
1,887
1,985
2,353
789
1,446
1,656
Total
203
6,382
4,578
465
2,506
1,666
668
8,888
6,244
Gulf:
Florida West Coast
Alabama
Mississippi
176
51
43
117
51
4,928
1,738
1,889
4,228
1,800
4,141
1,179
1,357
2,853
1,364
162
17
16
121
91
432
166
119
580
1,090
388
89
85
478
780
338
68
59
238
142
5,360
1,904
2,008
4,808
2,890
4,529
1,268
1,442
3 331
Louisiana
2,144
Total
438
14,583
10,894
407
2,387
1,820
845
16,970
12,714
Pacific:
Washington
110
40
75
2,816
1,887
12,584
1,924
1,208
9,473
70
32
83
■ 971
199
1,006
662
170
851
180
72
158
3,787
2,086
13,590
2,586
1,378
10,324
Total
225
17,287
12,605
185
2,176
1,683
410
19,463
14,288
Alaska (1)
200
16,000
8,000
(2)
(2)
(2)
200
16,000
8,000
Inland Areas: (3)
Arkansas, Kansas,
and Missouri
Idaho, Nevada, Oklahoma,
North Dakota, South
Dakota, and Colorado . .
Illinois
4
3
15
7
17
8
11
24
53
24
331
199
202
277
371
231
48
14
307
159
151
134
238
201
18
8
36
10
12
29
9
19
19
191
39
442
98
111
285
34
105
172
182
33
423
89
104
262
28
90
161
22
11
51
10
19
46
17
30
43
244
63
773
98
310
487
311
476
403
230
47
730
89
263
413
162
328
362
Indiana
Iowa and Nebraska
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin
Total
89
1,688
1,252
160
1,477
1,372
249
3,165
2,624
Hawaii, American Samoa,
and Puerto Rico (4)
8
8,339
7,435
3
15
15
11
8,354
7,450
Grand total
1,718
89,918
63,469
1,859
13,530
10,933
3,577
103,448
74,402
(1) Data estimated. (2) Data on wholesale establishment are not available. (3) A partial survey was made in some inland States. (4) Data
for all wholesale establishments in Hawaii are not available.
Q6 EMPLOYMENT, CRAFT, AND PLANTS
VESSELS CONSTRUCTED IN 1979 FOR THE UNITED STATES AND PUERTO RICO FISHING FLEETS
Gross
By tonnage groups
tonnage
New Middle Chesa- South Gulf Pacific Great Hawaii Puerto Total
England Atlantic peake Atlantic Coast Lakes Rico
Number
0 -
9
43
10 -
19
56
20 -
29
15
30 -
39
8
40 -
49
5
50 -
59
2
60 -
69
1
70 -
79
3
80 -
89
1
90 -
99
1
100 -
109
1
no -
119
4
120 -
129
3
130 -
139
3
140 -
149
5
150 -
159
6
160 -
169
5
170 -
179
3
180 -
189
3
190 -
199
7
210 -
219
-
460 -
469
_
600 -
609
-
680 -
689
1
790 -
799
-
1160 -
1169
-
1170 -
1179
-
1410 -
1419
_
1430 -
1439
-
3 21 20
4 36 26
1 - 19
4 1 18
4-15
2 - 13
1 - 2
3
6
4
1 4 29
3 3 7
1 - 11
1 2
2
1 2
1 9 2
1 - 1
3 - 1
1 1 1
1
32
92
97
431
92
79
34
49
18
40
16
19
14
16
6
16
23
13
31
5
94
1
67
4
25
-
30
5
9
11
3
3
7
4
10
4
5
11
4
39
1
-
212
1
-
651
1
208
1
-
115
-
82
1
-
53
-
34
-
28
1
1
45
_
41
-
130
-
89
-
40
-
41
-
27
-
15
-
28
-
20
-
23
1
-
54
-
1
_
1
-
1
-
1
-
1
-
1
-
1
-
1
-
1
Total
vessels
176
30
11
185 618 848
3
6
2 1,945
Length
By length distribution
in
feet
New
England
Middle
Atlantic
Chesa-
peake
South Gulf Pacific
Atlantic Coast
Great
Lakes
Hawaii
Puerto Total
Rico
29
36
1
1
17
292
1
20 -
23
371
30 -
39
72
7
37
38
112
303
1
1
-
571
40 -
49
20
3
20
37
131
129
-
-
1
341
50 -
59
2
7
-
20
39
26
-
2
-
96
60 -
69
8
4
7
45
197
28
-
-
1
290
70 -
79
21
3
2
23
93
10
1
1
-
154
80 -
89
13
5
10
4
22
18
1
-
-
73
90 -
99
2
_
_
1
-
10
-
-
-
13
100 -
109
1
-
-
-
-
14
-
-
-
15
110 -
119
-
-
-
-
-
11
-
1
-
12
120 -
129
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
130 -
139
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
140 -
149
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
160 -
169
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
-
2
200 -
209
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
2
210 -
219
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
2
Total
vessels
176
30
77
185
618
848
3
6
2
1,945
See note at end of table. (Continued on next page)
EMPLOYMENT, CRAFT, AND PLANTS
97
VESSELS CONSTRUCTED IN 1979 FOR THE UNITED STATES
AND PUERTO RICO FISHING FLEETS - Continued
Hopsp
By horsepower d
istribution
nnup
I New
Middle
Che
sa-
South
Gulf
Pacific
Grec
it
Hawaii
Puerto
Total
England
Atlantic
pea
ke
Atlantic
Co
ast
Lakes
Rico
■ - Numb
er -
000 -
99 3
_
_
2
6
31
1
1
_
44
100 -
199 51
2
10
23
97
129
-
-
-
312
200 -
299 46
1
30
29
87
315
-
1
-
509
300 -
399 31
9
17
76
217
179
-
2
2
533
400 -
499 9
7
4
19
91
58
-
-
-
188
500 -
599 16
-
6
20
61
38
1
_
_
142
600 -
699 7
5
1
11
29
28
-
1
-
82
700 -
799 2
-
9
1
21
15
-
-
-
48
800 -
899 8
4
-
2
4
10
-
-
_
28
900 -
999
1
-
2
2
5
-
-
-
10
1000 -
1099
1
-
-
-
4
1
-
-
6
1100 -
1199 2
-
-
-
1
20
-
-
_
23
1200 -
1299
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
3
1300 -
1399
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
1400 -
1499
-
-
-
-
5
.
.
-
5
1500 -
1599 1
-
-
-
_
_
-
-
_
1700 -
1799
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
_
1800 -
1899
-
_
-
1
-
-
-
-
1900 -
1999
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
2000
2099
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
2200 -
2299
-
-
-
-
1
.
.
-
2400 -
2499
-
_
-
-
1
-
-
_
3600 -
3699
-
-
-
_
2
-
_
-
2
4600 -
4699
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
2
Tot
al
vessels 176
30
77
185
618
848
3
6
2
1,945
Note:--The above data represent the number of vessels documented by the U.S. Coast Guard as being
constructed in 1979 for commercial fishing. It is possible that not all of the above vessels
actually engaged in fishing. Data on commercial fishing vessels that were redocumented or that
received first documentation are not readily available.
98
EMPLOYMENT, CRAFT, AND PLANTS
PLANTS PRODUCING CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS, INDUSTRIAL FISHERY PRODUCTS,
AND FISH FILLETS AND STEAKS, 1981
Area and State
Canned
fishery
products
Industrial
fishery
products
Fish fillets
and
steaks
Total plants,
exclusive of
duplication
New England:
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Total
Mid-Atlantic:
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Total
South Atlantic and Gulf:
North Carolina . . . .
South Carolina . . . .
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Total
Pacific:
Washington
Oregon
California
Total
Alaska
Inland States:
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Ohio
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Total
Hawaii
American Samoa
Puerto Rico
Grand total . . . ,
16
1
17
4
10
3
2
22
5
10
25
6
13
44
73
1
2
5
192
Number
13
10
1
3
6
1
3
18
~4T
10
1
9
70"
1
2
4
100
22
58
1
1
82
19
1
4
30
25
2
39
66
29
14
25
~6T
47
43
62
1
1
107
23
15
7
2
1
15
63
37
5
3
45
1
8
27
T26"
57
21
43
T2T
76
-
-
11
11
-
1
3
4
1
-
-
1
2
-
9
11
-
1
4
4
-
1
5
6
1
-
-
1
2
3
15
20
58
1
293
2
5
559
FISHERY PRODUCTS INSPECTION
99
FISHERY PRODUCTS AND ESTABLISHMENTS INSPECTED IN CALENDAR YEAR 1981
Edible
fishery products
Region
Establ
ishments
(1)
Amount inspec
ted
SIFE
(2)
PUFI
(3)
MP
(4)
Grade A
(5)
PUFI No mark
(5) (6)
Lot
(7)
Total
4
1
4
Number -
34
22
10
5
9
10
92,870
7,916
8,826
- - - - Thousand pound
163,260 29,026
74,804 7,752
128,392 6,625
Northeast
Southeast
West
37,734
28,344
39,211
322,890
118,816
183,054
Total, 1981. . . .
9
66
24
109,612
366,456 43,403
105,289
624,760
Total, 1980. . . .
11
57
23
114,205
422,080 39,033
108,177
683,495
(1) These establishments are inspected under contract and certified as meeting U.S. Department
of Commerce (USDC) regulations for construction and maintenance of facilities and equipment,
processing techniques, and employment practices.
(2) Fish processing establishments approved for sanitation under the Sanitarily Inspected Fish
Establishment Service (SIFE). Products are not processed under inspection.
(3) Sanitarily inspected fish establishments processing fishery products under USDC inspection.
(4) Plants under USDC inspection for military purchase (MP) products only.
(5) Products processed under USDC inspection in inspected establishments and labeled with USDC
inspection mark as "Packed Under Federal Inspection" (PUFI) or "U.S. Grade A."
(6) Products processed under inspection in inspected establishments but bearing no USDC
inspection mark.
(7) Lot inspected products checked for quality and condition at the time of examination and
located in processing plants, warehouses, cold storage facilities, or terminal markets anywhere
in the United States.
Source:--NMFS, Seafood Research, Inspection, and Consumer Services Division.
100
FISHERY COOPERATIVES
FISHERY COOPERATIVES IN THE UNITED STATES, GUAM, PUERTO RICO, AND VIRGIN ISLANDS, 1981
Region and State
or area
Functions performed by cooperatives
Marketing
Total Members Fishing and Marketing Other
craft purchasing exclusively
New England and Middle Atlantic:
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Total
South Atlantic and Gulf:
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina ....
Texas
Total
Great Lakes and inland:
Michigan
Minnesota
Total
Pacific Coast:
Alaska . . .
California .
Oregon . . .
Washington .
Total
Guam
Puerto Rico. . .
Virgin Islands .
Grand total
17
6
2
1
3
29
22
20
5
13
60
1
15
2
TT9~
Number
747
936
221
125
70
658
14
282
5
138
1
40
-
51
3
2,099
1,169
23
122
22
45
41
87
120
33
1
23
154
2,650
3,102
1,200
2,652
9,604
2,180
2,415
1,010
2,581
8,186
(1)
389
80
12,814
(1)
193
60
10,129
15
2
~5T
18
"2T
10
317
331
4
3
3
1
1
125
200
90
100
1
1
-
-
2
325
190
2
-
-
13
11
1
33
~W
(1) Not available.
Note:--These cooperatives meet at least one of the following two requirements: 1. Each member
of the Association has one vote irrespective of the amount of stock or membership capital he may
own therein; or 2. The Association's dividends on stock or membership capital does not exceed 8
percent per year and the Association shall not deal in the products of nonmembers in an amount
greater in value than is handled for members.
Source:--NMFS, Fisheries Development Division (F/UD11)
THE MAGNUSON FISHERY CONSERVATION AND
MANAGEMENT ACT
101
The Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act
(MFCMA), Public Law 94-265 as amended, provides for
the conservation and exclusive management of all fishery
resources within the U.S. fishery conservation zone (FCZ)
except highly migratory species of tuna. It also provides
for exclusive management authority over continental shelf
fishery resources and anadromous species beyond the U.S.
FCZ, except during the time they are found within any
foreign nation's territorial sea or fishery conservation zone
(or the equivalent), to the extent that such sea or zone is
recognized by the United States.
The U.S. FCZ extends from the seaward boundaries of
the territorial sea (3 nautical miles from shore for all but 2
States) to 200 nautical miles from shore. The seaward
boundaries of Texas, Puerto Rico, and the Gulf Coast of
Florida are 3 marine leagues (9 nautical miles).
GOVERNING INTERNATIONAL
FISHERY AGREEMENTS
Under the MFCMA, the U.S. Department of State,
with cooperation from the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration of the U.S. Department of
Commerce, negotiates a Governing International Fishery
Agreement (GIFA) with any foreign country wishing to
fish within the U.S. FCZ. After the GIFA is signed, it is
transmitted by the President to the Congress for review.
FOREIGN FISHING PERMIT
After a GIFA is in force, the foreign nation submits a
vessel permit application for each vessel to the U.S.
Department of State. The U.S. Department of State
provides copies of the application to the Congress, the U.S.
Coast Guard, the appropriate Regional Fishery
Management Council, and to the Assistant Administrator
for Fisheries of the National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) with recommendations. The NMFS also receives
recommendations from the Regional Fishery Management
Councils and the U.S. Coast Guard, as well as the general
public.
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries reviews all
recommendations pertinent to the application and, after
consultation with the U.S. Department of State and the
U.S. Coast Guard, may approve the application. The
conditions and restrictions on the approval of the
application are sent to the foreign nation through the U.S.
Department of State, and must be accepted by the nation
before a permit is issued.
FEES
Foreign nations (except Canada) engaged in fisheries
subject to U.S. jurisdiction are charged permit fees, a
poundage fee, a foreign fee surcharge, and an observer fee.
The permit fees in 1981 were modified to recover
administrative costs of issuing permits and providing
logbooks. A uniform permit fee of $50 per vessel was
charged for catching, processing or other support vessel
permits. Permit fees are paid when permit applications
are submitted.
The poundage fees in 1981 were computed by assessing
3.5, 7, or 10 percent of the dockside (exvessei) price of
fish that were actually caught by each nation. Seven
percent was the basic percentage applied; 3.5 percent
was used when 7 percent would make a fishery
uneconomic, and 10 percent was used for species
particularly important to U.S. fishermen.
In 1981, the United States imposed a surcharge of
20 percent on each nation's permit fee and poundage
fee, but not on the observer fee. The surcharge is used to
capitalize a fund to compensate U.S. fishermen operating
in the U.S. FCZ whose vessels or gear are lost or damaged
because of confiicts with foreign vessels.
The observer fee covers U.S. costs including salary, per
diem, transportation, and overhead for U.S. observers on
board foreign vessels. The fee is computed on the basis of
actual observer trips.
FOREIGN ALLOCATIONS
The total allowable level of foreign fishing (TALFF), if
any, for any fishery subject to the exclusive fishery
management authority of the United States is that portion
of the optimum yield (OY) of such fishery that will not be
harvested by vessels of the United States.
Each assessment of OY and each assessment of the
anticipated U.S. harvest is reviewed during each fishing
season. Adjustments to TALFF's are based on updated
information relating to status of stocks, estimated and
actual performance of domestic and foreign fleets, and
other relevant factors.
102
MFCMA
FMP's and PMP's
Under the Magnuson Act, eight Regional Fishery
Management Councils are charged with preparing Fishery
Management Plans (FMP's) for the fisheries needing
management under their jurisdiction. After the Councils
develop FMP's, which cover domestic and foreign fishing
efforts, the FMP's are submitted to the Secretary of
Commerce for approval and implementation. The
Department, through NMFS agents and the U.S. Coast
Guard, is responsible for enforcing the law and regulations.
The Secretary of Commerce is also empowered to
prepare plans. Where no FMP exists. Preliminary Fishery
Management Plans (PMP's), which only cover foreign
fishing efforts, are prepared by the Secretary for each
fishery for which a foreign nation requests a permit. The
Secretary is also empowered to produce an FMP for any
fishery that a Council has not duly produced. In this latter
case, the Secretary's plan covers domestic and foreign
fishing.
As of January 1, 1982, seven Preliminary Fishery
Management Plans (PMP's) were in effect, many of which
have been amended since first being implemented.
Atlantic Billfishes and Sharks
Foreign Trawl Fisheries of the
Northwest Atlantic
Hake Fisheries of the Northwestern
Atlantic
Trawl Fisheries off the Coasts
of Washington, Oregon, and Califonia
Bering Sea Snails
Pacific Billfishes and Oceanic
Sharks
Seamount Groundfish ot the Pacific
Under Section 304 of the Magnuson Act, all Council-
prepared FMP's must be reviewed by the Secretary of
Commerce. As of January 1, 1982, six plans were under-
going Secretarial Review.
Billfish of the Western Pacific Region
Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources (South Atlantic
and Gulf of Mexico)
Groundfish off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and
California
Reef Fish (Gulf of Mexico)
Spiny Lobster (Caribbean)
Spiny Lobster (Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic)
After plans are approved under Section 304 of the
Magnuson Act, they are implemented with Federal
regulations under Section 305 of the Act. As of January
1, 1982, one plan was awaiting implementation.
Precious Corals of the Western Pacific Region
As of January 1, 1982, 14 FMP's were fully
implemented, many of which have been amended since
initial implementation.
Atlantic Butterfish
Atlantic Groundfish
Atlantic Herring
Atlantic Mackerel
Atlantic Squid
Surf Clam and Ocean Quahogs
Gulf of Mexico Shrimp
Gulf of Mexico Stone Crabs
Northern Anchovy (Pacific Ocean)
Salmon Fisheries off the Coasts
of Washington, Oregon, and California
High Seas Salmon off Alaska
Tanner Crab off Alaska
Groundfish of the Bering Sea
and Aleutian Islands
Gulf of Alaska Groundfish
REGIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCILS
Council
NEW ENGLAND
MID-ATLANTIC
SOUTH ATLANTIC
GULF OF MEXICO
CARIBBEAN
PACIFIC
NORTH PACIFIC
WESTERN PACIFIC
States
(Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, and Connecticut)
(New York, New Jersey,
Delaware, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, and Virginia)
(North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, and
Florida)
(Texas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama,
and Florida)
(Puerto Rico and Virgin
Islands)
(California, Washington,
Oregon, and Idaho)
(Alaska, Washington,
and Oregon)
(Hawaii, American Samoa,
Guam, and other Pacific
areas).
Telephone Executive Director
number
617-231-0422 Douglas G. Marshall, Suntaug Office Park
5 Broadway (Rte. 1), Saugus, MA 0I906
302-674-2331 John C. Bryson, Federal Bldg., Suite 2115
North and New Sts., Dover, DE 19901
803-571-4366 David H. G. Gould, Southpark Bldg., Suite 306
1 Southpark Circle, Charleston, SC 29407
813-228-2815 Wayne E. Swingle, Lincoln Center, Suite 881
5401 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL 33607
809-753-4926 Omar Munoz-Roure, Banco de Ponce Bldg.
P.O. Box 1001
Hato Rey, PR 00918
503-221-6352 Joseph C. Greenly, 526 SW. Mill St.
Portland, OR 97201
907-271-4064 Jim H. Branson, 333 W. Fourth Ave., Suite 32
P.O. Box 3136DT, Anchorage, AK 99510
808-523-1368 Svein Fougner
1 164 Bishop St., Room 1608
Honolulu, HI 96813
MFCMA
103
OPTIMUM YIELD, DOMESTIC ANNUAL HARVEST, RESERVE, TALFF, AND FOREIGN
ALLOCATIONS: BY COUNTRY AND REGION, 1981
Washington, Gulf Eastern
North Oregon, of Bering Sea Pacific
Item Atlantic and Alaska and Aleutian Seamount Total
California Islands
------------ Metric tons, round weight ------------
Optimum
yield (OY) 453,150 352,200 420,991 1,582,226 2,000 2,810,567
DAH (1) 295,200 252,855 43,367 102,617 0 694,039
Reserve 9,332 0 3,360 0 0 12,692
TALFF (2) 148,618 99,345 374,264 1,479,609 2,000 2,103,836
Country
allocations
Bulgaria 12,295 10,457 0 0 0 22,752
Cuba 6,641 0 0 0 0 6,641
EEC:
Federal Republic
of Germany. ... 0 0 1,200 22,981 0 24,181
Italy 22,897 0 0 0 0 22,897
Faroe Islands. ... 600 0 0 0 0 600
Japan 24,303 0 217,439 1,181,443 1,000 1,424,185
Poland 8,475 83,658 64,252 73,945 0 230,330
Portugal 10,928 0 0 0 0 10,928
Republic of Korea. . 0 0 88,387 180,149 0 268,536
Spain 28,316 0 0 0 0 28,316
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EASTERN BERING SEA AND ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, BY SPECIES AND COUNTRY, 1981
Directed fisheries
Alaska
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Other
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DAH (1). . . .
TALFF (2). . .
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1,340
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Japan. . . .
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20,866
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225
(1) Domestic annual harvest. (2) Total allowable level of foreign fishing.
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Mail
routing
code
F
F
Fx3
Fx3
Fx32
Fx33
Fx34
Fx5
Fx5
Fx51
Fx52
Fx53
GCF
CAx2
F/UD
F/UO
F/UD1
F/UD2
F/UD24
F/UD5
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON, DC 20235
Telephone
number
Secretary of Commerce, Malcolm Baldrige
14th and E Sts., NW.
Washington, DC 20230 202-377-2112
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Administrator, John V. Byrne
14th and E Sts., NW.
Washington, DC 20230 202-377-3567
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE— CENTRAL OFFICE
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
William G. Gordon 202-634-7283
Deputy Assistant Administrator,
William H. Stevenson 202-634-7243
Executive Director,
Vacant 202-634-7292
Deputy, Robert K. Crowell 202-634-7405
Administrative Support Staff,
Jack L. Falls 202-634-7405
Budget Operations Staff,
David H. Rand 202-634-7444
Management Services Staff,
E. Craig Felber 202-634-7405
Office of Policy and Planning,
Director, Richard E. Gutting, Jr. 202-634-7430
Deputy, Samuel W. McKeen 202-634-7430
Policy Staff,
Herbert L. Blatt 202-653-7551
Plans and Budget Staff,
James H. Czerwonky 202-634-7328
Economics Staff,
Morton M. Miller 202-634-7111
Office of General Counsel-Fisheries,
Assistant General Counsel,
Jay S. Johnson 202-634-4224
Office of Congressional Affairs,
Congressional Affairs Specialist,
Vacant 202-634-1795
Office of Utilization and Development,
Director, Vacant 202-634-7261
Deputy, Vacant 202-634-7261
Fisheries Development Division,
John T. Everett 202-634-7451
Seafood Research, Inspection, and
Consumer Services Division,
Thomas J. Billy 202-634-7458
National Seafood Quality and Inspection
Laboratory, E. Spencer Garrett
P.O. Drawer 1207
Pascagoula, MS 39567 601-762-4591
Financial Services Division,
Michael L. Grable
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202-634-7496
Location
Commerce
Commerce
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in
Mail
routing
code
Telephone
number
CENTRAL OFFICE - Continued
Location
F/CM
F/CM
F/CMxl
F/CM1
F/CM5
F/CM6
F/CM7
F/IA
F/IA1
F/IA2
F/IA4
F/SR
F/SR
F/SR1
F/SR4
F/MM
F/MM
F/MM1
F/MM2
F/HP
F/HP
Office of Resource Conservation and
Management,
Director, Vacant
Deputy, Roland F. Smith
Recreational Fisheries,
Robert F. Hutton
State/Federal Division,
Richard H. Schaefer
Enforcement Division,
Morris M. Pallozzi
Plan Review Division,
Roland A. Finch
Permits and Regulations Division,
Alfred J. Bilik
Office of International Fisheries
Affairs,
Director, Carmen J. Blond in
Foreign Fisheries Analysis Division,
Milan A. Kravanja
International Organizations and
Agreements Division,
Henry R. Beasley
International Fisheries Development
and Services Division,
Prudence I. Fox
Office of Science and Environment,
Director, Vacant
Deputy, Lamarr B. Trott
Resource Statistics Division,
Vacant
Data Management and Information
Systems Division,
Hoyt A. Wheeland
Office of Marine Mammals and
Endangered Species,
Director, Vacant
Deputy, Richard B. Roe
Permits and Documentation Division,
Robert B. Brumsted
Research and Management Division,
Vacant
Office of Habitat Protection,
Director, Vacant
Deputy, Kenneth R. Roberts
Washington, D.C.
202-634-7218
202-634-7218
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202-634-7307
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Location of Page Buildings
Page 1 Building is in upper Georgetown at 2001 Wisconsin Ave., NW., Washington, D.C.
Page 2 Building is behind the Page 1 Building at 3300 Whitehaven St., NW.
Mailing address
Use of the mail routing code will speed your mail. A sample address is as follows:
Name and title, National Marine Fisheries Service (F), NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20235
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Mail
routi ng
code
F/NER
F/NER543
F/SER
F/SWR
F/SWR1
F/NWR
F/NWR5
F/AKR
F/NWC
F/NWCx9
F/NWC11
F/SEC
F/SEC1
F/SEC2
F/SEC22
REGIONAL OFFICES
Northeast Region
Director, Allen E. Peterson Jr.
Federal Bldg. , 14 Elm St.
Gloucester, MA 01930
Liaison Office
Robert W. Hanks
NMFS, U. S. Customs House
Portland, ME 04101
Liaison Office
Jotin F. Linehan
NMFS, Federal Bldg.
53 N. 6th Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
Liaison Office
Robert L. Lippson
NMFS, Oxford Laboratory
Rail road Avenue
Oxford, MD 21654
Southeast Region
Director, Jack T. Brawner
Duval Bldg., 9450 Koger Blvd.
St. Petersburg, FL 33702
Southwest Region
Director, Alan Ford
300 South Ferry St.
Terminal Island, CA 90731
Western Pacific Program Office
Administrator, Doyle E. Gates
2570 Dole St., P.O. Box 3830
Honolulu, HI 96812
Northwest Region
Director, H.A. Lark ins
7600 Sand Point Way, N.E., Bin C15700
Seattle, WA 98115
Environmental and Technical
Services Division,
Chief, Dale R. Evans
847 N.E. 19th Ave., 3rd floor
Portland, OR 97232
Al ask a Region
Director, Robert W. McVey
Federal Bldg . , Room 453
709 West Ninth St., P.O. Box 1668
Juneau, AK 99802
FISHERIES CENTERS AND LABORATORIES
Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center
Director, William Aron
2725 Montlake Blvd. , East
Seattle, WA 98112
Auke Bay Laboratory
Director, George R. Snyder
P.O. Box 155
Auke Bay, AK 99821
Kodiak Facility
Director, Robert Wolotira
P.O. Box 1638
Kodiak, AK 99615
Southeast Fisheries Center
Director, William W. Fox, Jr.
75 Virginia Beach Dr .
Miami, FL 33149
Miami Laboratory
Director, William J. Richards
Address same as above
Mississippi Laboratories
Director, Andrew J. Kemmerer
National Space Technology Labs
NSTL Station, MS 39529
Pascagou 1 a Facility
Chief, Wi lber R. Seidel
3209 Frederick St., P.O. Drawer 1207
Pascagoula, MS 39567
( Cont i nued )
Te lephone
number
617-281-3600
Ext. 250
207-780-3221
617-999-1206
301-226-5771
813-892-3142
213-548-2575
808-946-2181
206-527-6150
503-230-5400
Ext. 4301
907-586-7221
206-442-4760
907-789-7231
907-487-4961
305-361-5761
Same as above
601-688-3650
602-762-4592
Location
Gloucester, MA
Portland, ME
New Bedford, MA
Oxford, MD
St . Petersburg , FL
Termi nal Island, CA
Honolulu, HI
Seattle, WA
Portland, OR
Juneau, AK
Seattle, WA
Auke Bay, AK
Kodiak, AK
Mi ami , FL
lay St . Louis, MS
Pascagou 1 a, MS
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION 1 1 3
Mail
routing Telephone
code number Location
FISHERIES CENTERS AND LABORATORIES - Continued
F/SEC5 Panama City Laboratory
Director, Eugene L. Nakamura
3500 Delwood Beach Road
Panama City, FL 32407 904-234-6541 Panama City, FL
F/SEC6 Galveston Laboratory
Director, Edward F. Klima
4700 Avenue U 713-763-1211 Galveston, TX
Galveston, TX 77550 Ext. 501
F/SEC8 Charleston Laboratory
Director, Harry L. Seagran
P.O. Box 12607
Charleston, SC 29412 803-724-4770 Charleston, SC
F/SEC9 Beaufort Laboratory
Director, Theodore Rice
P.O. Box 570
Beaufort, NC 28516 919-728-4595 Beaufort, NC
F/NEC Northeast Fisheries Center
Director, Robert L. Edwards
Woods Hole, MA 02543 617-548-5123 Woods Hole, MA
F/NEC1 Woods Hole Laboratory
Director, Richard C. Hennemuth
Woods Hole, MA 02543 617-548-5123 Woods Hole, MA
F/NEC2 Narragansett Laboratory
Director, Kenneth Sherman
Route 7A, P.O. Box 522A
Narragansett, RI 02882 401-789-9326 Narragansett, RI
F/NEC3 Milford Laboratory
Director, James E. Hanks
Milford, CT 06460 203-878-2459 Milford, CT
F/NEC4 Sandy Hook Laboratory
Director, Carl J. Sindermann
P.O. Box 428
Highlands, NJ 07732 201-872-0200 Highlands, NJ
F/NEC5 Oxford Laboratory
Director, Aaron Rosenfield
Oxford, MD 21654 301-226-5193 Oxford, MD
F/NEC6 Gloucester Laboratory
Director, Louis J. Ronsivalli
Emerson Ave. 617-281-3600 Gloucester, MA
Gloucester, MA 01930 Ext. 237
F/NEC7 National Systematics Laboratory
Director, Vacant
10th St. and Constitution Ave., NW.
Washington, DC 20560 202-381-5795 Washington, DC
F/NEC8 Atlantic Environmental Group
Director, Merton C. Ingham
Route 7A, P.O. Box 522A
Narragansett, RI 02882 401-789-9326 Narragansett, RI
F/SWC Southwest Fisheries Center
Director, Izadore Barrett
8604 La Jolla Shores Dr.
P.O. Box 271
La Jolla, CA 92038 714-453-2820 La Jolla, CA
F/SWC2 Honolulu Laboratory
Director, Richard S. Shomura
2570 Dole St., P.O. Box 3830
Honolulu, HI 96812 808-946-2181 Honolulu, HI
F/SWC3 Tiburon Laboratory
Director, Norman Abramson
3150 Paradise Dr.
Tiburon, CA 94920 415-435-3149 Tiburon, CA
F/SWC4 Pacific Environmental Group
Chief, Gunter Seckel
P.O. Box 831
Monterey, CA 93942 408-373-3331 Monterey, CA
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City
NEW ENGLAND
Portland
Rockland
Boston
Gloucester
New Bedford
New Bedford
Provincetown
Woods Hole
Newport
Pt. Judith
MIDDLE ATLANTIC
Greenport
Patchogue
(l)Sandy Hook
Toms River
Cape May
CHESAPEAKE
Oxford
Greenbackville
Hampton
Telephone
number
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
RESOURCE STATISTICS OFFICES
Name and address
NORTHEAST REGION
207-780-3322 Robert C. Morrill, U.S. Custom House, Room 16
Portland, ME 04101
207-594-5969 Peter S. MarcKoon, Federal Bldg. , Room 217
Rockland, ME 04841
617-542-6070 Kathi L. Rodrigues Commonwealth Pier, Room 10
Boston, MA 02210
617-281-3600 Vito P. Giacalone, Jones-Hunt Bldg., Emerson Ave.,
Ext. 304 Gloucester, MA 01930
617-999-2425 Dennis E. Main, U.S. Custom House, 2nd and Williams Sts.,
New Bedford, MA 02740
617-994-9200 Paul 0. Swain, Address same as above
617-487-0868 William D. Sprague, Post Office Bldg., P.O. Box 91,
Provincetown, MA 02657
617-548-5123 Ronnee L. Schultz, Northeast Fisheries Center,
Ext. 264 Woods Hole, MA 02543
401-847-3115 William J. Murphy, Post Office Bldg.,
Newport, RI 02840
401-783-7797 Susan Murphy, P.O. Box 547, Pt. Judith, RI 02882
516-477-2425 Emerson C. Hasbrouck, Jr., 41 Front St., P.O. Box 7,
Greenport, L.I., NY 11944
516-475-6988 Fred C. Blossom, P.O. Box 606, Patchogue, L.I., NY 11772
201-872-0200 Darryl Christensen, Sandy Hook Laboratory, P.O. Box 428
Ext. 241 Highlands, NJ 07732
201-349-3533 Eugene A. LoVerde, P.O. Box 143, Toms River, NJ 08753
609-884-2113 Patricia A. Heying, P.O. Box 624, Cape May, NJ 08204
301-226-5420 William E. Brey, Oxford Laboratory, Oxford, MD 21654
804-824-4725 George E. Ward, Biological Lab., Franklin City,
Greenbackville, VA 23356
804-723-3360 William N. Kelly, P.O. Box 447, Hampton, VA 23669
SOUTH ATLANTIC
Beaufort
919-728-4595
Charleston
803-724-4691
Brunswick
912-265-7080
New Smyrna Beach
904-427-6562
(l)Miami
305-361-4461
M i ami
305-361-4461
Key West
305-294-1921
SOUTHEAST REGION
Kenneth C. Harris, Pivers Island, P.O. Box 500,
Beaufort, NC 28516
John C. DeVane, Jr., 217 Ft. Johnson Rd.,
P.O. Box 12607, James Island, SC 29412
Ted M. Flowers, Federal Bldg.,
Room 302, 801 Gloucester St., Brunswick, GA 31520
Elmer C. Allen, P.O. Box 566,
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32069
Kimrey D. Newlin, 75 Virginia Beach Dr.,
Miami, FL 33149
J. Ernest Snell, Address same as above
Vacant, Office & Custom House Bldg.,
P.O. Box 269, Key West, FL 33040
(1) Regional headquarters for statistics offices.
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City
Telephone
number
GULF
Fort Myers
813-334-4364
St. Petersburg
813-893-3151
Apalachicola
904-653-9500
Pensacola
904-478-5258
Gulf Shores
205-968-6237
Bayou La Batre
205-824-4149
Pascagoula
601-762-4591
Galliano
Houma
504-475-7072
504-872-3321
New Iberia
318-365-1558
New Orleans
504-589-6151
Aransas Pass
512-758-3787
Aransas Pass
Brownsville
512-758-3787
512-831-4050
Freeport
713-233-4551
Galveston
713-766-3706
Port Arthur
713-983-8203
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
RESOURCE STATISTICS OFFICES - Continued
Name and Address
James E. Naughton, P.O. Box 217,
Federal Bldg., Fort Myers, FL 33902
Betty J. Guisinger, 9450 Koger Blvd.,
St. Petersburg, FL 33702
Percy E. Thompson, Post Office Bldg.,
P.O. Drawer 189, Apalachicola, FL 32320
Margot M. Hightower, P.O. Box 585,
Pensacola, FL 32593
Glenwood Montgomery, P.O. Box 744,
Gulf Shores, AL 36542
Donnie J. Bond, P.O. Box 591, D&H Furniture Bldg.,
Bayou La Batre, AL 36509
Hermes G. Hague, P.O. Drawer 1207,
Pascagoula, MS 39567
Morrison P. Duet, P.O. Box 162, Galliano, LA 70354
Leryes J. Usie, Post Office Bldg.,
423 Lafayette St., Houma, LA 70360
Dea Freid, 108 Burke St.,
New Iberia, LA 70560
Orville M. Allen, 546 Carondelet St.,
New Orleans, LA 70130
Vacant, Coastal Net and Supply Bldg., Conn Brown
Harbor, P.O. Drawer EE, Aransas Pass, TX 78336
Mary Magec, Address same as above
Thomas N. Scott, Harbor Masters Bldg., Shrimp
Basin, P.O. Box 467, Brownsville, TX 78520
Richard A. Allen, Brazosport Savings Center,
P.O. Box 2533, Freeport, TX 77541
Orman H. Farley, Bldg. 306,
Fort Crockett, Galveston, TX 77550
Madeline Bailey, Federal Office Bldg., Room 14-C
Port Arthur, TX 77640
SOUTHWEST REGION
(l)Terminal Island 213-548-2571 Patricia J. Donley, P.O. Box 3266,
300 S. Ferry St., Terminal Island, CA 90731
Honolulu 808-955-8831 Doyle E. Gates, Honolulu Lab., P.O. Box 3830,
Honolulu, HI 96812
NORTHWEST REGION
(l)Seattle 206-527-6128 John K. Bishop, 7600 Sand Point Way, N.E.
Bin C 15700, Seattle, WA 98115
ALASKA REGION
(l)Juneau 907-586-7228 Janet E. Smoker, P.O. Box 1668, Juneau, AK 99801
(1) Regional headquarters for statistics offices.
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FISHERY MARKET NEWS REPORTS
MARKET NEWS REPORTS
DIRECTORY Continued
MESSAGE CENTERS - Continued
Fishery Market News reports show daily
landings, and market receipts, weekly and
monthly cold-storage holdings, daily exvessel
prices, wholesale prices of fresh and frozen
products, foreign trade data, current market
developments, and other information for major
fishery trading centers in the United States.
The reports are issued from Boston, New York,
New Orleans, Terminal Island, and Seattle.
You can order either the full service report
(includes the weekly summary) or only the
weekly summary. The full-service report is
issued Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The
weekly summary is issued on Friday. The full
service costs $45 a year. The Friday weekly
summary costs $20 a year. The subscription
period is 1 year beginning the first of the
month following receipt of the order. For
more information contact the nearest market
news office. Free samples on request.
NEW ORLEANS GOLDENROD SHEET
(South Atlantic and Gulf)
Edward J. Barry, Supervisor
546 Carondelet St., Room 412
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-589-6151
TERMINAL ISLAND BUFF SHEET
(California and Hawaii)
Patricia J. Donley, Chief
P.O. Box 3266
300 South Ferry St.
Terminal Island, CA 90731
213-548-2572
SEATTLE PINK SHEET
(Alaska, Washington, and Oregon)
Gloucester, MA 617-283-1101
Boston landings and exvessel prices,
New Bedford sea scallop and yellowtail
flounder landings and prices, Gloucester
landings.
New Bedford, MA
Landings and
New Bedford.
exvessel
617-997-6565
prices at
Hampton, VA 804-723-0303
Landings and exvessel prices for New
Bedford and Boston and landings at
Fulton Market in New York announced
from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday. Wholesale prices on New
York Fulton Market announced 3:30 p.m.
until 10:00 a.m. the following day, Monday
through Thursday. Friday only, weekly
summary of landings in the Hampton Roads
area.
DIRECTORY
BOSTON BLUE SHEET
(New England)
Louis R. O'Donnell, Supervisor
Commonwealth Pier, Room 10
Boston, MA 02210
617 542-6070
NEW YORK GREEN SHEET
(Mid-Atlantic)
Joseph Ledner, Supervisor
201 VarickSt., Room 1144
New York, NY 10014
212-620-3405
John K. Bishop, Chief
7600 Sand Point Way, N.E., BIN C 15700
Seattle, WA 98115
206-527-6128
MESSAGE CENTERS
Recorded current market information is
available around the clock at the following
message centers.
Boston, MA 617-542-7878
Landings and exvessel prices at Boston,
Gloucester, and New Bedford, MA.
New York, NY 212-620-3577
Landings and exvessel prices at New York
City, Boston, Gloucester, and New Bedford
announced 10:15 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Wholesale prices on New York Fulton
Market announced 3:15 p.m. to 10:00 a.m.
the following day.
New York, NY 212 620 3244
Frozen seafood wholesale selling prices.
Portland, ME 207-780-3340
Landings and exvessel prices at Boston.
Scallop landings and exvessel prices at New
Bedford.
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DAILY AND OTHER DATA PUBLISHED MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY
Landings
Market Receipts
0 ruck. Air,
Rail, and Vessel)
Cannery Receipts
Imports
Exports
Cold Storage
Holdings
Canned Pack
Exvessel Prices
Wholesale Prices
(Fresh and
Frozen)
Processors,
Importers, and
Brokers' Prices
BOSTON
BLUE SHEET
New England Major Ports
Boston Shippers' Market
and Live Lobsters
New England
Frozen Blocks by
Species and Country
Selected Products
by Country
Selected Products
Monthly, by Country
New England (Weekly)
National (Monthly)
Boston and New Bedford
Auction Sales
Live Lobsters (Mass.)
Boston Shellfish (Wed.)
Live Lobsters (Bought
by Wholesaler)
Frozen Blocks, Fillets,
Shellfish
Specialty Items
(Boston, New Bedford,
and Gloucester)
(Weekly on Wed.)
NEW YORK
GREEN SHEET
New England Major Ports
New York City
Gulf Area Finfish and
Shrimp
New York Fulton Market
New York City Customs
District
Shrimp by Country
(Monthly)
Shrimp by Size
(Weekly on Wed.)
National (Monthly)
Boston and New Bedford
Auction Sales
New York Saltwater
Finfish-Shellfish and
Freshwater Finfish
Frozen Shrimp, Lobster
Tails, Other Shellfish,
and Fillets
Specialty Items, etc.
(Weekly on Fri.)
NEW ORLEANS
GOLDENROD SHEET
Gulf Finfish, Shrimp,
and Shellfish, by Area
Florida Spiny Lobster
New Orleans
New York Fulton Market,
(Crabmeat and Shrimp)
Shellfish
Shrimp
Gulf Area
Savannah, GA
Charleston, S.C.
W. Palm Beach, Miami, FL
Shrimp by Country
Shrimp by Size
Selected Products
by Country
Selected Products
Monthly, by Country
National (Monthly)
New Orleans and
New York Shellfish
Japanese Shrimp
Market Information
New York Frozen
Shrimp, and Lobster
Tails
Fish Meal Oil and Solubles,
(Weekly on Wed.)
TERMINAL ISLAND
BUFF SHEET
Tuna and California
Anchovy, Bonito, Mac-
erel, and Squid
San Pedro Market Fish
Otter Trawl Landings
(Weekly)
San Pedro Market Fish
Tuna and Bonito, California
Mackerel, and Squid
Tuna and Bonito by
Species, Type,
and Country
Arizonia and California
Mexican Shrimp
Shrimp by Size
Selected Products
by Country
Prices Selected Species
Selected Products
Monthly, by Country
National (Monthly)
Tuna and Bonito
Tuna and Bonito
California Port
New York
Shellfish
Canned Tuna and Bonito
New England Frozen
Blocks
Fish Meal, Oil,
and Solubles
SEATTLE
PINK SHEET
Alaska Halibut, Salmon
Alaska Groundfish
Alaska Shellfish
Oregon, all Fisheries
Washington, all Fisheries
Washington, Oregon
and Idaho
Pacific Northwest
and Alaska
by Country
Northwest (Monthly)
National (Monthly)
Alaska Canned Salmon
Pack in Season
Alaska Halibut, Salmon
Alaska Groundfish
Alaska Shellfish
Oregon, all Fisheries
Washington, all Fisheries
New York Halibut
and Salmon
Boston, Gloucester, and
New Bedford Frozen
Fish
Canned Salmon, Crab,
and Shrimp
Frozen Shrimp and
Crab
Washington Oysters
Fish Meal, Oil,
and Solubles
Landings
Market Receipts
Canned Pack
Imports
Exvessel Prices
Wholesale Prices
OTHER INFORMATION, ALL OFFICES: News Releases, NMFS and Council Notices, Import/Broker Lists, Export Opportunity,
Selected Export Data, Situation and Outlook Reports, Selected Air and Rail Shipments, Foreign
Fishing off U.S. Coasts, and International News (IFR).
WEEKLY SUMMARY EVERY FRIDAY
In addition to the usual daily and other data, the Weekly Summary part of the Friday reports contain these special weekly features:
New England Ports
Boston Lobster
Boston and New
Bedford
Live Lobster Market
Chesapeake and
North Carolina Areas
New York Fulton Market
Selected Species
New York Fulton Market
Selected Species
Shrimp, Gulf Finfish, and
Shellfish by Area; North
Carolina Fish and Shellfish
by District; Florida Spiny
Lobster; Alaska Preliminary
Westward Regional Shrimp
Catch
Gulf Oyster and
Shrimp
Weighted Average for
Shrimp by Area and
Size
New Orleans Fresh Fish
and Shrimp
California Tuna, Bonito,
Mackerel, and Anchovy
Fisheries
Otter Trawl Landings
Shrimp from Mexico
Alaska Groundfish
Alaska Shellfish
Otter Trawl-Seattle
Oregon and Washington
Alaska and Oregon
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PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FROM NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NOAA
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS ONLY
Information on scientific publications by
NMFS may be obtained from the Scientific
Publications Office (F/NWR1), 7600 Sand Point
Way N.E., Bin C-15700, Seattle, WA 98115.
Telephone: 206-527-6107.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS (1)
A partial list of National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) publications is shown on this
page. Information on other publications pro-
duced by NMFS may be obtained from:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Information Management Division
Publications Services Branch (0A/D812)
Rockville, MD 20852
CURRENT FISHERY STATISTICS (CFS) SERIES
The reports listed below are in the CFS
(Current Fishery Statistics) series. They are
statistical bulletins on marine recreational
fishing and commercial fishing, and on the
manufacture and commerce of fishery products.
To obtain a subscription to these publications,
check the designated space () and return to:
NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service
Resource Statistics Division (F/SRl)
Washington, D.C. 20235
202-634-7366
Marine recreational fishing publications are
released irregularly. If you wish a copy of the
following publications, check the designated
space () and return to the office shown above.
( ) Participation in Marine Recreational
Fishing, Northeastern United
States, 1973-74 C.F.S. No. 6236
( ) Participation in Marine Recreational
Fishing, Southeastern United
States, 1974 C.F.S. No. 7333
( ) Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics
Survey, Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, 1979,
C.F.S. No. 8063
The bulletins listed below published through
1976, show annual data on U.S. commercial
landings, fishermen and operating unit data,
and the production of processed products, by
States. Statistics published in these
sectional summary bulletins are published
later in Fishery Statistics of the United
States (Statistical Digest) together with text
and more detailed information on landings and
operating units.
New England Fisheries
Middle Atlantic Fisheries
Chesapeake Fisheries
( ) SR South Atlantic Fisheries
Gulf Fisheries
Hawaii Fisheries
Great Lakes Fisheries
Mississippi River Fisheries
The bulletins shown below cover freezings
and holdings, the production of various
processed products, and the U.S. foreign trade
in fishery products. The annual data shown in
the publications are later published in
Fishery Statistics of the United States. To
order Fishery Statistics of the United States
from the Government Printing Office (GPO) or"
the National Technical Information Service
(NTIS), see the two pages that follow.
The following are available through 1981 as
monthly and annual bulletins:
( ) Frozen Fishery Products
( ) Fish Meal and Oil
The following,
through 1980:
are available annually
( )
MF-
MF-
MF-
MF-
MF-
MF-
-1
■2
-3
-4
-5
-6
Canned Fishery Products
( )
Industrial Fishery Products
( )
Production of Fish Fillets
( )
and Steaks
Processed Fishery Products
( )
Fish Sticks, Fish Portions,
( )
and Breaded Shrimp
(Quarterly and Annually)
Imports and Exports of
Fishery Products
The following are preliminary bulletins on
commercial landings. They are issued monthly
and annually.
( ) GC-6 Shrimp Landings
( ) GCS Gulf Coast Shrimp Data
LIBRARY INFORMATION
Library information is available from NOAA's
Georgetown Center (0A/D8222), Page Building 2,
Room 193, 3300 Whitehaven St.,NW., Washington,
D.C. 20235. Telephone: 202-634-7346.
(1) Paper copies when available, may be purchased from the NOAA Information Management Division
listed above. There is a $5.00 user charge for shelf stock publications. Make check or money
order payable to: Department of Commerce, NOAA, ESIC.
PUBLICATIONS
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PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FROM NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NOAA
Shellfish Market Review
Food Fish Market Review
Fish Meal and Oil Market Review
Each of these reports is published on an irregular basis. The
reports provide description and analysis of those economic factors
affecting markets for fishery products. The narrative includes a
review of market trends, both historical and recent, and an outlook
for the near future. Statistical tables are presented for landings,
production, imports, inventories, supplies, apparent consumption,
and prices (exvessel, wholesale, and retail).
Operation Price Watch
This report is based on an informal NMFS survey of retail prices
of fish and other items. The report is published monthly. It
includes prices of surveyed items in each of 10 cities and three
price indexes (fish, meat, and poultry). Because prices of some
items, notably fresh fish, are not regularly available, they are not
included in the 10-city averages, nor in the indexes. The three
indexes differ from those published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS), which conducts separate formal surveys of retail
prices for the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
The reports listed below are studies of the market for
underutilized fish in the United States and 16 foreign countries.
Study Report of Export and Domestic Market Opportunities for
Underutilized^jsh and Shellfish-
Export Market Summaries for France, Belgium/ Luxembourg
Switzerland, W. Germany.
Export Market Summaries for Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece.
Export Market Summaries for Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom,
Netherlands.
Export Market Summaries for Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Nigeria.
Prospectus for Development of the United States Fisheries.
i DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
FURTHER INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM:
Fisheries Development Division (F/UD1)
National Marine Fisheries Service
Washington, DC 20235
202-634-7451
120
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FROM NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE (NTIS)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Report of the National Marine Fisheries Service
for the Calendar Year 1978. (No accession number
assigned.)
RECREATIONAL MARINE FISHING
1970 Salt-Water Angling Survey, PB-265416.
Determination of the Number of Commercial and Non-
commercial Recreational Boats in the United States,
Their Use, and Selected Characteristics, COM-74-11186.
Participation in Marine Recreational Fishing:
Northeastern United States, 1973-74, COM-75-10655.
Southeastern United States, 1974, PB-273160
Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Survey
Atlantic & Gulf Coasts, 1979, PB 81-165557
COMMERCIAL FISHERIES
Fisheries of the United States is a preliminary re-
port with historical comparisons on the Nation's
fishing, fish processing, and foreign trade in fishery
products.
Year Accession number Year Accession number
1966
COM- 75 -10662
1967
COM- 75-10663
1968
COM- 75-10664
1969
COM- 75 -10665
1970
COM-71-50081
1971
COM- 75-10666
1972
C0M-73-50644
1973
COM- 74-50546
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
COM-75-10862
PB-25-3966
PB-268662
PB-282741
PB-297083
PB-80-201593
PB-81-241648
Fishery Statistics of the United States
(Statistical Digest) is a final report on the Nation's
commercial fisheries showing more detail than
Fisheries of the United States.
Year
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
Accession number
Year
COM- 75-11265
1958
COM-75-11266
1959
COM-75-11267
1960
COM-75-11268
1961
COM-75-11269
1962
COM- 75-11270
1963
C0M-75-11271
1964
COM- 75-11272
1965
C0M-75-11273
1966
C0M-75-11274
1967
COM-75-11275
1968
COM-75-11056
1969
COM- 75-11053
1970
COM- 75-11054
1971
COM-75-11055
1972
COM-75-11057
1973
COM- 75-11058
1974
COM-75-11059
1975
COM-75-11060
1976
STATE
LANDINGS
Accession number
COM-75-11061
COM-75-11062
COM-75-11063
COM-75-11064
COM-75-11065
COM- 75-11066
COM- 75-11067
COM-75-11068
PB-246429
PB-246430
C0M-72-50249
COM-75-10887
COM-75-10643
COM-74-51227
COM-75-11430
PB-262058
PB-277796
PB-300625
PB-81-163438
Maine, 1946-76, PB-271296/1977-79, PB-81-128258.
Massachusetts, 1943-76, PB-275866/1977-79, PB-81-143182.
Rhode Island, 1954-77, PB-287627/1978-79, PB-81-157158.
New York, 1954-76, PB-275449/1977-79, PB-81-134546.
New Jersey, 1952-76, PB-2756967T977T79 PB-81-159048.
Maryland, 1960-76, PB-300636/1977-79 PB-81-159030
Virginia, 1960-76, PB-300637/1977-79 PB-82-151960.
North Carolina, 1955-76, PB-288928/l"977-79 PB-82-151978.
South Carolina, 1957-7"6~, PB-289405/I977-79 PB-81-163198.
Georgia, 1956-77, PB-289814/1977-78 PB-81-157166.
Florida, 1950-76, PB-292068.
Alabama 1950^777 PB-80-121262/1978 PB-82-168071.
Mississippi, 1951-77, PB-80-12TF70/1978 PB-82-169079.
Louisiana, 1957-77, PB-300583/1978 PB-82-168063.
Texas, 1949-77, PB-300603/1978-79 PB-82-169004.
Shrimp, 1956-76, PB-80-124696/1977-78 PB-82-156183.
Gulf Coast Shrimp Data, 1958-76, PB-80-126899/
1977 PB-82-170390.
Processors of Fishery Products in U.S. (excludes
Alaska) 1980 (shows firm name, address, and
major products). (No accession number assigned.)
Processors and Wholesalers of Alaska
Fishery Products, 1978, PB-299246.
Wholesale Dealers of Fishery Products in U.S.
(excludes Alaska) 1980, (shows firm name, address
and major products) PB-82-185190.
Directory of Aquaculture in the Southeast, 1976,
PB-272-1512.
Revenues, Costs, and Returns from Vessel Operation
in Major U.S. Fisheries, PB-265275.
Seafood Plant Sanitation, PB-271161.
BASIC ECONOMIC INDICATORS
American and Spiny Lobster, 1947-73, COM-74-11587.
Atlantic and Pacific Groundfish, 1932-72, COM-74-11638.
Blue Crab, 1947-72, COM-74-11585.
Clams, 1947-74, COM-75-11089.
Halibut, 1929-72, COM-74-11583.
King and Dungeness Crabs, 1947-72, COM-74-11586.
Menhaden, 1946-72, COM- 74-11581.
Oysters, 1947-73, COM-75-10384.
Salmon, 1947-72, COM-74-11710.
Scallops, 1930-72, COM- 74-11582.
Shrimp. 1947-72, COM-74-11709.
Tuna, 1947-7T7~C0M-74-11584 .
Baseline Economic Forecast of the U.S. Fishing
Industry to 1985, COM-75-11156.
Economic Impacts of the U.S. Commercial Fishing
Industry, C0M-75-11354.
A Survey of Fish Purchases by Socio-Economic
Characteristics - Annual Report, COM-71-00647.
Future Investment in U.S. Fish Harvesting and
Processing: A Discussion of Possible Alternative
Requirements Through 1985, PB-249591.
National Marine Fisheries Service: Seafood Consumption,
1973-1974, (a magnetic tape) PB-294-725
Species/Mercury Data
National Marine Fisheries Service:
(a magnetic tape) PB-283265.
The Maryland Blue Crab and Oyster Processing Industries:
The Effects of Government Regulations, PB-82-159054
To purchase the reports listed on this page, call or write:
NTIS
ATTN: Order Desk
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22161
703-487-4650
PUBLICATIONS
121
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FISHERY STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES
(Statistical Digest)
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1976 003-017-00490-2
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SERVICES
SEA GRANT MARINE ADVISORY SERVICE
The office of Sea Grant is a major program
element of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration. The National Sea Grant College
Program is funded jointly by the Federal Government
and colleges or universities. Sea Grant's Marine
Advisory Service offers a broad range of information
to recreational and commercial fishermen, fish
processors, and others concerning the Nation's
fisheries. The following program leaders can provide
information on Sea Grant activities:
NEW ENGLAND
David Dow, Coordinator
Marine Advisory Program
UME/UNH Joint Program - Coburn Hall
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04473
207-581-2446
Brian Doyle, Coordinator
Marine Advisory Service
Kingsbury Hall
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824
603-862-1889
Nancy McLaughlin, Coordinator
New England Marine Advisory Service
New England Center for Continuing Education
Durham, NH 03824
603-862-1970
A. Clifton
Advisory Services Officer
Sea Grant Program Office
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-7135
Art Gaines, Marine Science Advisor
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
617-548-1400, Ext. 2398
Walter Gray, Acting Director
Marine Advisory Program
University of Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay Campus
Narragansett, Rl 02882
401-792-6211
Coordinator, Vacant
Marine Advisory Program
University of Connecticut
Bldg. 24, Room 206
Avery Point
Groton, CT 06340
203-445-8664
MIDDLE ATLANTIC
Bruce T. Wilkins, Coordinator
New York State Sea Grant Marine
Advisory Program - Fernow Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-256-2162
Coordinator, Vacant
New Jersey Marine Advisory Service
P.O. Box 421
Marmora, NJ 08223
609-398-1155
Andrew Manus, Director
Marine Advisory Program
University of Delaware
P.O. Drawer 286
Lewes, DE 19958
302-645-4252
Tony Mazzaccaro, Program Leader
Marine Advisory Program
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
301-454-4190
William DuPaul, Coordinator
Marine Advisory Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Gloucester Point, VA 23062
804-642-211 I, Ext. 190
George J. Flick, Coordinator
Marine Advisory Program
Department of Food Science and
Technology
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061
703-951-6965
(Continued)
SERVICES
SEA GRANT MARINE ADVISORY SERVICE - CONTINUED
123
SOUTH ATLANTIC
James Murray, Coordinator
Marine Advisory Program
105 1911 Bldg.
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27607
919-737-2454
Coordinator, Vacant
Marine Advisory Program
P.O. Box 537
Port Royal, SC 29935
803-524-8469
Mac Rawson, Director
Marine Advisory Service
University of Georgia
P.O. Box 517
Brunswick, GA 31520
912-264-7268
Marion Clarke, Coordinator
Marine Advisory Program
University of Florida
120 Newins-Ziegler Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611
904-392-1837
GULF and PUERTO RICO
William Hosking, Coordinator
Marine Advisory Program
Community Resource Development
101 Duncan Hall
Auburn, AL 36830
205-826-4932
David Veal, Coordinator
Marine Advisory Program
Mississippi/ Alabama Sea Grant
Consortium
4646 West Beach' Blvd.
Biloxi, MS 39531
601-388-4710
Ronald Becker, Coordinator
Marine Advisory Program
Sea Grant Program Office
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
504-388-1558
Nick Nickelson
Marine Program Leader
NagleHall
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843
713-845-8557
Armando Acosta
Marine Advisory Service
University of Puerto Rico
Mayaguez, PR 00708
809-882-4040 Ext. 3343
PACIFIC
John P. Doyle, Head
Marine Advisory Program
University of Alaska
321 I Providence Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99504
907-263-1890
PACIFIC - Continued
Robert E. Harris, Manager
Marine Advisory Program
Division of Marine Resouces, HG-30
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
206-543-6600
Howard Horton, Head
Marine Advisory Program
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
503-754-4820
Robert Price, Acting Coordinator
Marine Advisory Program
University of California
554 Hutchison Hall
Davis, CA 95616
916-752-3342
Stuart Ross, Coordinator
Marine Advisory Service
University of Southern
California
University Park
Los Angeles, CA 90007
213-741-5905
Coordinator, Vacant
Marine Advisory Program
University of Hawaii
2540 Maile Way
Honolulu, HI 96822
808-948-8191
GREAT LAKES
Eugene Dice, Coordinator
Marine Advisory Services
Room 136-Natural Resources Bldg.
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Ml 48824
517-353-5192
Dale R. Baker, Coordinator
Marine Advisory Program
University of Minnesota
325 Administration Bldg.
Duluth, MN 55812
218-726-8106
Gene Woock
Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program
University of Wisconsin - Ext.
1815 University Ave.
Madison, Wl 53706
608-262-0644
Jeffery M. Reutter, Director
Marine Advisory Service
Ohio State University
484 12th Ave., W.
Columbus, OH 43210
614-422-8949
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SERVICES
FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) provides many services with emphasis on developing our Nation's
fisheries, particularly for underutilized species. Information is available describing foreign and domestic markets
for a variety of species of fish and shellfish. Other services include assistance to organize fishery cooperatives,
information on foreign tariffs, trade barriers, fishing vessel safety and insurance, and to identify needless
regulations which erode industry stability and limit its growth. Market reports covering foodfish, shellfish, and
industrial fishery products are issued periodically. Consumer services include educational and training information
material for consumers, trade and retail food industries. Information on seafood purchasing, preparation, and
handling is supplied through the industry representatives and trade associations. Financial services are available to
give fishermen access to private sources of long term financing for fishing vessel construction, reconstruction, and
reconditioning (see back cover). A voluntary Federal inspection service is provided for fishery products to ensure
that wholesome, safe, and acceptable seafood products are provided for the consumer (see inside back cover).
CENTRAL OFFICE
Vacant, Director,
Office of Utilization
and Development
3300 Whitehaven Street, NW
Washington, DC 20235
202-634-7261
John T. Everett, Chief
Fisheries Development Division
Address same as above
202-634-7451
Thomas J. Billy, Chief
Seafood Research, Inspection
and Consumers Services Division
Address same as above
202-634-7458
Michael L. Grable, Chief
Financial Services Division
Address same as above
202-634-7496
NORTHEAST REGION
Robert F. Temple, Chief
Fisheries Services Division
7 Pleasant Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
617-281-3600
Paul M. Earl, Chief
Utilization and Development
Branch
P.O.Box 1109
Gloucester, MA 01930
617-281-3600
SOUTHEAST REGION
John E. Greenfield, Chief
Fisheries Development Division
Duval Building
9450 Koger Blvd.
St. Petersburg, FL 33702
813-893-3271
SOUTHEAST REGION - Continued
Richard C. Raulerson, Chief
Fisheries Development
Analysis Branch
Duval Building
9450 Koger Blvd.
St. Petersburg, FL 33702
813-893-3272
Ronald L. Schmied, Chief
Recreational Development
Branch
Address same as above
813-893-3273
Henry McAvoy, Chief
Commercial Development
Services Branch
Address same as above
813-893-3384
James W. Ayers
Fishery Marketing Specialist
Park West Building
I I 2 I 5 Hermitage Road
Suite 200
Little Rock, AR 7221 I
501-378-5888
E. Moret Smith
Fishery Marketing Specialist
P.O. Drawer 1207
Pascagoula, MS 39567
601-762-4591
Bertha V. Fountaine
Home Economist
Address and phone same as above
Philip B. Youngberg
Fishery Marketing Specialist
2026 Powers Ferry Rd.
Suite 130
Atlanta, GA 30339
404-221-4638
NORTHWEST REGION
John Wedin, Chief
Fisheries Development Division
7600 Sand Point Way N.E.
BIN CI 5700
Seattle, WA 98115
206-527-6117
NORTHWEST REGION - Continued
Linda Chaves-M.ichael
Fisheries Development Specialist
7600 Sand Point Way N.E.
BIN CI5700
Seattle, WA 981 15
206-527-6117
Richard A. Ranta
Fisheries Marketing Specialist
Address same as above
202-527-6114
Eloise R. Thomas
Fishery Marketing Assistant
Address same as above
206-527-6121
SOUTHWEST REGION
Howard 0. Ness, Chief
Fisheries Development Division
300 South Ferry St., Room 2016
Terminal Island, CA 90731
213-548-2478/2597
Sunee C. Sonu, Chief
Foreign Reporting Branch
Address and phone same as above
Doris J. Robinson
Seafood Consumer Specialist
Address and phone same as above
Robert A. Pata
Fishery Marketing Specialist
450 Golden Gate Avenue
P.O.Box 36105
San Francisco, CA 9410?
415-556-8636
ALASKA REGION
Carl L. Rosier, Chief
Fisheries Development Division
P.O.Box 1668
Juneau, AK 99802
907-546-7224
SERVICES
CONSUMER AFFAIRS
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The Consumer Services Branch is in the Seafood Research, Inspection, and Consumer Services Division of the
National Marine Fisheries Service.
The Consumer Services Branch provides educational and informational materials and services as follows:
SERVICES
. cooperative educational and marketing activities with industry
. workshops/presentations on seafood issues
. complaint handling
. distribution of educational and informational materials
. provide information about —
. the voluntary seafood inspection program
. grade standards and Federal specifications for seafood
. seafood labeling approval
MATERIALS
. how to —
. select, handle, and prepare seafood
. can, smoke, and freeze seafood
. determine guality of fresh, frozen, and canned seafood
. seafood recipes
. nutritional data on seafoods
. audio-visual materials (teacher's unit, seafood charts, brochures)
. news releases on fisheries/consumer information
. best -buy information
LOCATION
The Consumer Services Branch is in the Washington, D.C., area. For further information please contact the
following:
Chief, Consumer Services Branch
Seafood Research, Inspection, and
Consumer Affairs Division (F/UD2)
National Marine Fisheries Service
3300 Whitehaven Street, NW.
Washington, DC 20235
202-634-7458
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GLOSSARY
ANADROMOUS SPECIES. These are species of fish
that mature in the ocean, and then ascend streams to
spawn in freshwater. In the MFCMA, these species
include, but are not limited to, Atlantic and Pacific
salmons, steelhead trout, and striped bass. See kl FR
60682, Nov. 28, 1977.
BOAT, OTHER. Commercial fishing craft not
powered by a motor, e.g., rowboat or sailboat, having
a capacity of less than 5 net tons. See motorboat.
BREADED FISH PRODUCTS. Sticks and portions or
other forms of fish or shellfish coated with a non-
leavened mixture containing cereal products,
flavorings, and other ingredients. Breaded products
are sold raw or partially cooked.
BATTER-COATED FISH PRODUCTS. Sticks and
portions or other forms of fish or shellfish coated
with a batter containing a leavening agent and
mixture of cereal products, flavoring, and other
ingredients, and partially cooked in hot oil a short
time to expand and set the batter.
BREADED SHRIMP. Peeled shrimp coated with
breading. The product may be identified as fantail
(butterfly) and round, with or without tail fins and
last shell segment; also known as portions, sticks,
steaks, etc., when prepared from a composite unit of
two or more shrimp pieces, whole shrimp, or a
combination of both without fins or shells.
BUTTERFLY FILLET. Two skin-on fillets of a fish
joined together by the belly skin. See fillets.
CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS. Fish, shellfish, or
other aquatic animals packed in cans, jars, or other
containers, which are hermetically sealed and heat-
sterilized. Canned fishery products may include
milk, vegetables, or other products. Most, but not
all, canned fishery products can be stored at room
temperature for an indefinite time without spoiling.
COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN. An individual who
derives income from catching and selling living
resources taken from inland or marine waters.
CONSUMPTION OF EDIBLE FISHERY PRODUCTS.
Estimated amount of commercially landed fish,
shellfish, and other aquatic animals consumed by the
civilian population of the United States. Estimates
are on an edible-weight basis and have been adjusted
for beginning and ending inventories of edible fishery
products. Consumption includes U.S. production of
fishery products from both domestically caught and
imported fish, shellfish, and other edible aquatic
plants and animals; and excludes exports and
purchases by the U.S. Armed Forces.
CONTINENTAL SHELF FISHERY RESOURCES.
These are living organisms of any sedentary species
that are at the harvestable stage either (a) immobile
on or under the seabed or (b) unable to move except
in constant physical contact with the seabed or
subsoil of the continental shelf. The MFMCA now
lists them as certain abalones, surf clam and ocean
quahog, queen conch, Atlantic deep-sea red crab,
dungeness crab, stone crab, king crabs, snow (tanner)
crabs, American lobster, certain corals, and sponges.
CURED FISHERY PRODUCTS. Products preserved
by drying, pickling, salting, and smoking. Do not
include canned, frozen, irradiated, or pasteurized
products. Dried products are cured by sun or air-
drying; pickled or salted products are those products
preserved by applying salt, or by pickling (immersing
in brine or in a vinegar or other preservative
solution); smoked products are cured with smoke or a
combination of smoking and drying or salting.
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (EEC).
Belgium and Luxembourg, Denmark, Federal Republic
of Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, and
United Kingdom.
EXVESSEL PRICE. Price received at the dock for
fish, shellfish, and other aquatic plants and animals.
FISH BLOCKS. Regular fish blocks are frozen blocks
or slabs of fillets or pieces of fillets cut or sliced
from fish. Minced fish blocks are frozen blocks or
slabs of minced flesh produced by a meat and bone
separating machine.
FISH FILLETS. The sides of fish that are either
skinned or have the skin on, cut lengthwise from the
backbone. Most types of fillets are boneless or
virtually boneless; some may be labeled as "boneless
fillets."
FISH MEAL. A high-protein animal feed supplement
made by cooking, pressing, drying, and grinding fish
or shellfish.
FISH OIL. An oil extracted from body (body oil) or
liver (liver oil) of fish and marine mammals; mostly a
byproduct of fish meal production.
FISH PORTION. A piece of fish flesh that is
generally of uniform size with thickness of 3/8 of an
inch or more and differs from a fish stick in being
wider or of a different shape. A fish portion is
generally cut from a fish block.
FISH SOLUBLES. A water-soluble protein byproduct
of fish meal production. Fish solubles are generally
condensed to 50 percent solids and marketed as
"condensed fish solubles."
FISH STEAK. A cross-section slice cut from a large
dressed fish. A steak is usually about 31k of an inch
thick.
GLOSSARY
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FISH STICK. An elongated piece of breaded fish
flesh weighing not less than 3/4 of an ounce and not
more than 1-1/2 ounces with the largest dimension at
least three times that of the next larger dimension.
A fish stick is generally cut from a fish block.
FISHING CRAFT, COMMERCIAL. Boats and vessels
engaged in capturing fish, shellfish, and other aguatic
plants and animals for sale.
FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN (FMP). A plan de-
veloped by a Regional Fishery Management Council
to manage a fishery resource pursuant to the
MFCMA.
FULL-TIME COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN. An
individual who receives more than 50 percent of their
annual income from commercial fishing activities,
including port activity, such as vessel repair and re-
rigging.
GROSS REGISTERED TONNAGE (GRT). The gross
registered tonnage of a vessel is the internal cubic
capacity of all space in and on the vessel that is
permanently enclosed, with the exception of certain
permissible exemptions. GRT is expressed in tons of
100 cubic feet.
GROUNDFISH. Broadly, fish that are caught on or
near the sea floor. The term includes a wide variety
of bottomfishes, rockfishes, and flatfishes. However,
NMFS sometimes uses the term in a narrower sense.
In import statistics shown in "Fisheries of the United
States," the term applies to the following species:
cod, cusk, haddock, hake, pollock, and Atlantic ocean
perch.
INDEXES OF EX-VESSEL PRICES. Indexes of
exvessel prices in this report are calculated by
averaging prices for the various species of fish. The
weight assigned to each species represents its
importance in the total exvessel value of all species
in 1966-70. Detailed data are aggregated to obtain
indexes for groups of species. Each index measures
price changes from 1967, the reference period, which
is designed as 100. An increase of 85 percent from
the reference period in the index, for example, is
shown as 185.0.
INDUSTRIAL FISHERY PRODUCTS. Items
processed from fish, shellfish, or other aquatic plants
and animals that are not consumed directly by
humans. These items contain products from
seaweeds, fish meal, fish oils, fish solubles, pearl
essence, shark and other aquatic animal skins, and
shells.
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE
NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES (ICNAF). This
convention, which entered into force on July 3, 1950,
was for the investigation, protection, and con-
servation of the fishery resources of the Northwest
Atlantic Ocean. In 1975, there were 18 member
nations. The United States withdrew from ICNAF on
December 31, 1976, because continued adherence to
the convention was deemed incompatible with the
extension of U.S. fishery management jurisdictions to
200 miles under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation
and Management Act of 1976. See Northwest
Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO).
JOINT VENTURE. An operation authorized under the
MFCMA in which a permitted foreign vessel receives
fish in the U.S. FCZ from a U.S. vessel. The fish
received from the U.S. vessel are part of the U.S.
harvest.
LANDINGS, COMMERCIAL. Quantities of fish,
shellfish, and other aquatic plants and animals
brought ashore and sold. Landings of fish may be in
terms of round (live) weight or dressed weight.
Landings of crustaceans are generally on a live-
weight basis except for shrimp which may be on a
heads-on or heads-off basis. Mollusks are generally
landed with the shell on, but for some species only
the meats are landed, such as sea scallops. Data for
all mollusks are published on a meat-weight basis.
MAGNUSON FISHERY CONSERVATION AND
MANAGEMENT ACT, Public Law 94-265, as
amended, (MFCMA). The Act provides a national
program for the conservation and management of
fisheries to allow for an optimum yield (OY) on a
continuing basis and to realize the full potential of
the Nation's fishery resources. The MFCMA
established the U.S. fishery conservation zone (FCZ)
and a means to control foreign and certain domestic
fisheries through PMPs and FMPs. Within the U.S.
FCZ, the United States has exclusive management
authority over all fish (meaning finfish, mollusks,
crustaceans, and all other forms of marine animal
and plant life other than marine mammals, birds, and
highly migratory species of tuna). The Act provides
further exclusive management authority beyond the
U.S. FCZ for all continental shelf fishery resources
and all anadromous species throughout the migratory
range of each such species, except during the time
they are found within any foreign nation's territorial
sea or fishery conservation zone (or the equivalent),
to the extent that such a sea or zone is recognized by
the United States.
MARINE RECREATIONAL CATCH. Quantities of
finfish, shellfish, and other living aquatic organisms
caught, but not necessarily brought ashore, by marine
recreational fishermen.
MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHING. Fishing for
pleasure, amusement, relaxation, or home con-
sumption. If part or all of the catch is sold, the
monetary returns constitute an insignificant part of
the person's income.
MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN. Those
people who fish in marine waters primarily for
recreational purposes. Their catch is primarily for
home consumption, although occasionally a part or all
of their catch may be sold and enter commercial
channels.
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GLOSSARY
MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD (MSY). MSY from
a fishery is the largest annual catch or yield in terms
of weight of fish caught by both commercial and
recreational fishermen that can be taken con-
tinuously from a stock under existing environmental
conditions. A determination of MSY, which should be
an estimate based upon the best scientific
information available, is a biological measure
necessary in the development of optimum yield.
NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES ORGANI-
ZATION (NAFO). This convention, which entered
into force January I, 1979, replaces ICNAF. NAFO
provides a forum for continued multilateral scientific
research and investigation of fishery resources of the
Northwest Atlantic. NAFO will manage fishery
resources that occur beyond the limits of coastal
nations fishery jurisdiction in the northwest Atlantic,
and will ensure consistency between NAFO
management measures in this area and those adopted
by the coastal nations within the limits of their
fishery jurisdiction. U. S. adherence to the NAFO
Convention is anticipated in 1980.
MOTORBOAT. A motor-driven commercial fishing
craft having a capacity of less than 5 net tons. See
"boat, other."
OPTIMUM YIELD (OY). In the MFCMA, OY with
respect to the yield from a fishery, is the amount of
fish that (I) will provide the greatest overall benefit
to the United States, with particular reference to
food production and recreational opportunities; and
(2) is prescribed as such on the basis of maximum
sustainable yield from such fishery, as modified by
any relevant ecological, economic, or social factors.
PACKAGED FISH. A term used in NMFS
publications prior to 1972 to designate fresh or
frozen raw fish fillets and steaks.
PART-TIME COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN. An
individual who receives less than 50 percent of their
annual income from commercial fishing activities.
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION. Consumption of
edible fishery products in the United States divided
by the total civilian population. In calculating annual
per capita consumption, estimates of the civilian
resident population of the United States on July I of
each year are used. These estimates are taken from
current population reports, series P-25, published by
the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
PER CAPITA USE. The use of all fishery products,
both edible and nonedible, in the United States
divided by the total population of the United States.
PRELIMINARY FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN
(PMP). The Secretary of Commerce prepares a PMP
whenever a foreign nation with whom the United
States has made a Governing International Fishery
Agreement (GIFA) submits an application to fish in a
fishery, for which there is no fishery management
plan (FMP). A PMP is replaced by an FMP as soon as
the latter is implemented. A PMP applies only to
foreign fishing.
RETAIL PRICE. The price of fish and shellfish sold
to the final consumer by food stores and other retail
outlets.
ROUND (LIVE) WEIGHT. The weight of fish,
shellfish, or other aquatic plants and animals as taken
from the water; the complete or full weight as
caught. The tables on world catch found in this
publication include, in the case of mollusks, the
weight of both the shells and the meats, whereas the
tables on U.S. landings include only the weight of the
meats.
TOTAL ALLOWABLE LEVEL OF FOREIGN FISHING
(TALFF). The TALFF, if any, with respect to any
fishery subject to the exclusive fishery management
authority of the United States, shall be that portion
of the optimum yield of such fishery which will not
be harvested by vessels of the United States, as
determined by provisions of the MFCMA.
U.S. FISHERY CONSERVATION ZONE (FCZ). The
MFCMA defines this zone as contiguous to the
territorial sea of the United States and extending
seaward 200 nautical miles measured from the
baseline from which the territorial sea is measured.
U.S.-FLAG VESSEL LANDINGS. Includes landings by
all U.S. fishing vessels regardless of where landed as
opposed to landings at ports in the 50 States. These
include landings at foreign ports, U.S. territories, and
foreign vessels in the U.S. FCZ under joint venture
agreements. U.S. law prohibits vessels constructed
or registered in foreign countries to land fish catches
at U.S. ports.
U.S. TERRITORIAL SEA. A zone extending 3
nautical miles from shore for all States except Texas
and the Gulf Coast of Florida where the seaward
boundary is 3 marine leagues (9 nautical miles).
USE OF FISHERY PRODUCTS. Estimated
disappearance of the total supply of fishery products
both edible and nonedible on a round-weight basis
without considering beginning or ending stocks,
exports, military purchases, or shipments to U.S.
territories.
VESSEL. A commercial fishing craft having a
capacity of 5 net tons or more. These craft are
either enrolled or documented by the U.S. Coast
Guard and have an official number assigned by that
agency.
WHOLESALE FISH AND SHELLFISH PRICES. Prices
in this report generally are those received at
principal fishery markets by primary wholesalers
(processors, importers, and brokers) in customary
quantities, free on board (f.o.b.) warehouse.
STATISTICAL SUBJECT INDEX
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CLAMS
Canned, 45
Imports, 52
Landings, 2, 10
Price index, exvessel, 79, 80
Supply, 71
Value of landings, 2, 10
CONSUMPTION
Canned, 89
Country, 92
Cured, 89
Fillets and steaks, 91
Fresh and frozen, 89
Per capita, country, 92
Per capita, U.S., 89, 92
Salmon, canned, 91
Sardines, canned, 91
Shellfish, canned, 91
Shrimp, 9 I
Sticks and portions, 9 I
Tuna, canned, 9 I
COOPERATIVES, FISHERY, 100
CRABS
Canned, 45
Frozen holdings, 49
Imports, 52, 72
Landings, 2, 10
Price index, exvessel, 79, 80
Supply, 72
Value of landings, 2, 10
CRAFT, FISHING
Motorboats, 94
Vessels, 94
DISPOSITION OF LANDINGS
United States, 6, 7
World, 40
DUTIES COLLECTED, 51
EMPLOYMENT
Establishments, shore, 94
Fishermen, 94
Processing and wholesaling, 95
EXPORTS
All fishery products, 58
Country of destination, 59
Cured, 58
Edible, by years, 59, 61
Fish meal, 58, 65, 76
King crab, 58, 64
Mackerel, canned, 58
Nonedible, by years, 61
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Exports - continued:
Oils, 58, 65, 77
Principal items, 58
Salmon, canned, 58, 63, 71
Salmon, fillets, 58, 63
Salmon, whole or eviscerated,
58,63
Sardines, canned, 58, 71
Seal furs, 58
Shrimp, canned, 58, 62, 75
Shrimp, domestic and foreign
products, 62, 75
Shrimp, fresh and frozen,
58,62, 75
Snow (tanner) crab, 58, 64
Squid, canned, 58, 64
Value, by years, 6 I
Volume, by years, 61
FISHERY CONSERVATION ZONE,
THE U.S.
Foreign catch, by country
and area, 25
Foreign catch, by country
and species, 29
Foreign catch, by species
and area, 27
FLOUNDERS
Fillets, 44
Foreign shores, landings off, 8
Frozen holdings, 49
Landings, 1 , 8
Price index, exvessel, 79, 80
Value of landings, 1 , 8
World catch, 40
GROUNDFISH FILLETS AND STEAKS
Fillets, supply, 69
Imports, 52, 54
Quota, imports, fillets, 55
HALIBUT
Foreign shores, landings off, 8
Frozen holdings, 49
Imports, 52
Landings, I , 8
Price index, exvessel, 79, 80
Prices, wholesale, 82
Steaks, 44
Value of landings, 1 , 8
World catch, 40
HERRING, SEA
Canned (sardines), 45
Consumption (sardines), per
capita, 9 I
Exports (sardines), 58
Imports (sardines), 52
Landings, 1 , 8
Prices (sardines), 82, 85
Value of landings, I, 8
World catch, 40
IMPORTS
All fishery products, 5 1 , 52, 67
Abalone, canned, 52
Blocks and slabs, 52, 54, 69
Bonito and yellowtail, canned,
52, 70
Clams, canned, 52
Continent and country, by, 53
Crabmeat, canned, fresh and
frozen, 52, 72
Cured, 52
Duties collected, 51
Edible, 51, 52, 53, 67, 68
Fillets, groundfish and ocean
perch, 52
Fillets, other than groundfish
and ocean perch, 52
Finfish, 68
Halibut, 52
Herring, canned, 45
Industrial, 67
Lobsters, canned, 52
Lobsters, fresh and frozen, 52
Meal and scrap, 52, 57
Nonedible, 51, 52
Oils, 77
Oysters, canned, 52
Principal items, 52
Quota, canned tuna, not in
oil, 55
Quota, groundfish fillets and
steaks, 55
Salmon, canned, 52
Salmon, fresh and frozen, 52
Sardines, canned, 52
Scallop meats, 52
Shellfish, 68
Shrimp, by country, 56
Shrimp, by products, 57
Tuna, canned, 52
Tuna, fresh and frozen, 52
Value, by years, 5 1 , 52
Volume, by years, 51, 52
INSPECTION
Establishments and amount
inspected, 99
LANDINGS
Disposition, 6, 7
Foreign shores, off, 8
Human food (edible), 6
Industrial, 6
Months, by, 7
Ports, major U.S., 5
Record year, by States, 4
Regions, by, 3
Species, by, I
States, by, 4
U.S., I, 6
U.S., shores, distance from, 8
World, 37
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STATISTICAL SUBJECT INDEX
LOBSTERS, AMERICAN
Imports, 52, 73
Landings, 3, I I
Price index, exvessel, 79, 80
Supply, 73
Value of landings, 3, I I
LOBSTERS, SPINY
Foreign shores, landings off, I I
Frozen holdings, 49
Imports, 52, 73
Landings, 3, I I
Supply, 73
Value of landings, 3, I I
MACKEREL
Landings, I, 8
Meal, 48
Value of landings, I, 8
World catch, 40
MEAL AND SCRAP
Imports, 52, 57
Landings, end use for, 6
Mackerel, 48
Menhaden, 48
Production, U.S., 48
Supply, 76
Tuna, 48
World catch, end use for, 40
MENHADEN
Landings, I, 9
Meal, 48
Oil, 48
Price index, exvessel, 79, 80
Value of landings, I, 9
OIL
Exports, 58, 65, 77
Imports, 77
Mackerel, 48
Menhaden, 48
Production, 48
Supply, 77
Tuna, 48
World catch, end use for, 40
Years, production, 48, 77
OYSTERS
Canned, 45
Imports, 52
Landings, 3, I I
Price index, exvessel, 79, 80
Prices, wholesale, 82
Supply, 74
Value of landings, 3, I I
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PLANTS AND FIRMS
Employment, 94, 95
Establishments, shore, 94
Producing canned and industrial
products, and fillets and
steaks, 98
PRICES
Indexes, exvessel, 79, 80
Indexes, retail, 85
Indexes, wholesale, 84
Retail, 85
Wholesale, 82
PROCESSING
Animal food and bait, canned, 45
Canned products, 45
Clams, canned, 45
Crabs, canned, 45, 72
Employment in, 94, 95
Fillets and steaks, fresh
and frozen, 44
Frozen holdings, 49
Industrial products, 48
Meal, oil, solubles, 48, 76, 77
Oysters, canned, 45
Plants, number of, 94, 95, 98
Salmon, canned, 45, 71
Sardines, canned, 45, 71
Shrimp, canned, 46, 75
Squid, canned, 45
Sticks, portions, and breaded
shrimp, 43
Tuna, canned, 45, 46, 70
Tunalike fish, canned, 45
Value, processed products, 43
RECREATIONAL FISHERIES,
MARINE, 13
SALMON
Canned, 45
Consumption, per capita, 91
Exports, 58, 63
Foreign shores, landings off, 9
Frozen holdings, 49
Imports, 52
Landings, I, 9
Price index, exvessel, 79, 80
Prices, wholesale, 82
Supply, canned, 71
Value of landings, I, 9
World catch, 40
SARDINES
Canned, 45
Consumption, per capita, 91
Exports, 58
Imports, 52
Prices, retail, 85
Prices, wholesale, 82
SARDINES - continued:
Supply, canned, 71
World catch, 40
SCALLOPS
Imports, 52
Landings, 3, I I
Price index, exvessel, 79, 80
Supply, 74
Value of landings, 3, I I
SHRIMP
Breaded, 43
Canned, 45, 46
Consumption, per capita, 91
Exports, 58, 62
Foreign shores,
landings off, I I
Frozen holdings, 49
Imports, 52, 56, 57
Landings, 3, I I
Landings, heads-off, 75
Landings, heads-on, 3, I I
Price index, exvessel, 79, 80
Prices, retail, 85
Prices, wholesale, 82
Supply, canned, 75
Supply, total, 75
Value of landings, 3, I I
SUPPLY
All fishery products, 67, 68
Blocks, 69
Bonito and yellowtail,
canned, 70
Clam meats, 7 I
Crabmeat, canned, 72
Edible fishery
products, 67, 68
Fillets and steaks, all, 69
Fillets and steaks, ground-
fish, 69
Finfish, 68
Industrial fishery products,
67,68
Lobsters, American, 73
Lobsters, spiny, 73
Meal, 76
Meal and solubles, 76
Oils, 77
Oysters, 74
Salmon, canned, 7 I
Sardines, canned, 7 I
Scallop meats, 74
Shellfish, 68
Shrimp, 75
Shrimp, canned, 75
Solubles, 76
Tuna, canned, 70
STATISTICAL SUBJECT INDEX m
(Reference gives page numbers)
TUNA
Canned, 45, 46, 70
Consumption, per capita, 91
Foreign shores, landings
off, 10
Imports, 52, 70
Landings, 2, 10
Meal, 48
Oil, 48
Price index, exvessel, 79, 80
Prices, retail, 85
Prices, wholesale, 82
Quota, imports, canned, 55
Supply, canned, 70
Value of landings, 2, 10
World catch, 40
USE
Per capita, 88
Landings, by month, 7
VALUE ADDED, 86
WHITING
Foreign shores, landings off, 10
Frozen holdings, 49
Landings, 2, 10
Price index, exvessel, 79, 80
Value of landings, 2, 10
WORLD FISHERIES
Catch by countries, 38
Catch by continents, 39
Catch by major fishing areas, 39
Catch by species groups, 40
Catch by years, 37
Disposition, 40
Imports and exports value, 41
Per capita, by country, 92
^U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1 9 8 2 - 3 6 0 "9 9 7 / 2 0 9 7
Federal Inspection Marks
For Fishery Products
FISHERY PRODUCTS ARE
VOLUNTARILY INSPECTED. Beef
and poultry, as well as many other
perishable food items, are federally
inspected at various stages of processing
to ensure buyers that the product is safe,
wholesome, and acceptable. Fishery
products have no similar mandatory
Federal inspection program; however,
the U.S. Department of Commerce
(USDC) provides a voluntary inspection
program for fishery products. Seafood
processors, packers, brokers, and users
who are interested in having USDC
inspect their products may subscribe
voluntarily to the program. Users of the
service pay for USDC inspection which
evaluates their raw materials, ensures the
hygienic preparation of products, and
certifies the final quality and condition
of the product. The USDC inspector
functions as an objective observer in
evaluating processing techiques and
product quality and condition. Products
packed in plants under USDC inspection
can carry marks for easy consumer
identification.
FEDERAL INSPECTION MARKS.
Federal inspection marks are official
marks approved by the Secretary of
Commerce and authorized for use on
brand labels of fishery products. When
displayed on product labels, these
marks signify that inspectors licensed
by the Department of . Commerce
inspected, graded, and certified the
products as having met all the
requirements of inspection regulations,
and have been produced in accordance
with official U.S. grade standards or
approved specifications.
WHAT DO THE INSPECTION MARKS
MEAN? The distinctive inspection
marks are symbols that signify two
distinct but related functions in guiding
the consumer to safe, wholesome
products produced in a sanitary
environment and packed in accordance
with uniform quality standards under
U.S. GRADE
the supervision of the U.S. Department
of Commerce's voluntary inspection
service. The functions symbolized by
each mark follow:
"U.S. GRADE" MARK. The "U.S.
Grade" mark signifies that:
1. The product is clean,
wholesome.
safe, and
2.
The product is of a specified quality,
identified by the appropriate U.S.
Grade designation, as determined
by a federally - licensed inspector
accordance with established
requirements
Standards.
U.S. Grade
3. The product was produced in an
acceptable establishment with proper
equipment and in an appropriate
processing environment as required
by food control authorities.
4. The product was processed under
supervision by federally - licensed
food inspectors and packed in
accordance with specific
Good Manufacturing Practice
Requirements.
5. The product is truthfully and
accurately labeled as to common or
usual name, optional ingredients,
and quantity.
"PACKED UNDER FEDERAL
INSPECTION" MARK. "Packed Under
Federal Inspection" may be displayed as
an official mark or as an official
statement on the product label. The
mark or statement signifies that the
properly labeled product is clean, safe,
and wholesome and has been produced
in an acceptable establishment with
appropriate equipment under the
supervision of federally - licensed
inspectors. The product has not been
graded as to a specific quality level;
rather, it is an acceptable commercial
quality as determined by Federal
inspectors in accordance with approved
standards or specifications.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Northeast Inspection Office
P.O.Box 1188
Emerson Ave.
Gloucester, MA 01930
(617)281-3600
Southeast Inspection Office
Duval Building
9450 Koger Blvd.
St. Petersburg, FL 33702
(813)893-3155
National Seafood Quality
and Inspection Laboratory
3209 Frederic St.
P.O. Drawer 1207
Pascagoula, MS 39567
(601) 762^591
Western Inspection Office
4847 Eastern Ave.
Building No. 7
Bell, CA 90201
(213)265-0534
Inspection Services Branch
3300 Whitehaven St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20235
(202) 634-7458
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (F/SR1 )
Washington, D.C. 20235
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Two National Marine Fisheries Service programs are available for financing the
construction and refurbishing of commercial Fishing vessels and commercial
passenger-carrying fishing vessels.
The Fishing Vessel Obligation Guarantee Program is available for financing
up to 87'/4 percent of the cost of constructing, reconstructing, or
reconditioning fishing vessels of 5 net tons or over. Maturities of 15 to 25
years are available.
The long-term financing available under this program allows fishing vessel
owners to stretch the debt service of their vessel construction or refurbishing
costs over a period of time equal to the economically useful life of their vessel.
Down payments are low and interest costs are reasonable.
The Fishing Vessel Capital Construction Fund Program allows fishing
vessel owners to defer payment of Federal tax on any portion of income
earned from the operation of fishing vessels of at least 2 net tons when that
income is reserved for payment toward the cost of vessel construction or
reconstruction.
This provides an interest-free loan from the U.S. Government equal to
the Federal taxes which otherwise would have been paid on vessel income.
Deferred taxes are eventually repaid to the U.S. Government through a
reduction in the depreciation allowed on vessels constructed or reconstructed
with tax deferred funds. The "interest-free loan" character of the tax deferral,
thus, continues through the depreciable life of the vessel.
This tax-deferral program compensates for vessel owner's general lack of
access to the equity capital market by reducing the amount which must be
initially borrowed from conventional sources to finance vessel construction or
reconstruction.
Several other programs are available. One compensates for fishing gear
which has been damaged or destroyed under certain circumstances; another
indemnifies against seizure by foreign governments; and one compensates for
gear damage which has been caused by outer continential shelf* energy
activities.
ror Mirther Information
Contact one of the following
Financial Services offices of the
National Marine Fisheries Service,
NOAA, U.S. Department of
Commerce:
Post Office Bldg., P.O.
Gloucester, MA 01930
(617)281-3600
Box 1109
1700 Westlake Ave., North
Seattle, WA 98109
(206)442-5532
P.O. Box 3830
Honolulu, HI 96812
(808)946-2181
9450 Roger Blvd.-Duval Bldg.
St. Petersburg, FL 33702
(813)893-3148
300 South Ferry St.
Terminal Island, C A 90731
(213)548-2478
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