. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. May 1958 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 49 were taken from April 1 to November 30. Processing these whales resulted in 3,277,350 pounds of whale oil, 2,494,000 pounds of whale meal, and 1,797,000pounds of whale meat. The largest whale taken was a 68-foot finback, but two other finbacks measured 67 feet each, and others were in excess of 60 feet. The finback produces between 12 and 15 tons of meat. The humpback whale averages between 40 and 43 feet in length and yields between 6 and 8 tons of meat and 1,800 gallons of oil. There were 145 whales
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. May 1958 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 49 were taken from April 1 to November 30. Processing these whales resulted in 3,277,350 pounds of whale oil, 2,494,000 pounds of whale meal, and 1,797,000pounds of whale meat. The largest whale taken was a 68-foot finback, but two other finbacks measured 67 feet each, and others were in excess of 60 feet. The finback produces between 12 and 15 tons of meat. The humpback whale averages between 40 and 43 feet in length and yields between 6 and 8 tons of meat and 1,800 gallons of oil. There were 145 whales taken in 1956 when the United States industry was re- activated after a five-year lapse. Whalers first operated off the California coast in the early 1800's. The first shore installation was in 1841 and the whaling indus- try on the Pacific Coast has continued intermittently ever since, American whaling activities in the Atlantic were once an important marine operation, but no whales have been taken off the East Coast for many years. The Secretary of the Interior is responsible for the issuance of licenses and for the collection of statistical and biological data on whales. Reports are made through the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, on all operations, number of men employed, and size and species of whales as required by the whaling treaty. These' data are transmitted to the International Bureau for Whaling Statistics, Sandefjord, Norway, for compilation and publication. Wholesale Prices, March 1958 Seasonal declines in fresh drawn haddock, fresh had- dock fillets, and frozen shrimp wholesale market prices were primarily responsible for the slight decline in the March index as compared with the preceding month. In March 1958 the edible fish and shellfish (fresh, frozen, and canned) wholesale price index ( of the 1947-49 average) declined percent as compared with February, but was percent higher than in the same month a year ago. Wh
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