. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. November 1957 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 41 both canned salmon and sardines declined sharply in 1956. Canned salmon shipments of million pounds were less than half as large as those of 1955. Canned sardines exports of 39,7 million pounds were down 15 percent. These and other related data can be found in Imports & Exports of Fishery Prod- ucts, 1952-1956 ( No. 1595). GROUNDFISH FILLET IMPORTS, AUGUST 1957: During August 1957, imports of groundfish (including ocean perch) fillets and blocks amounted to million pounds. Comp
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. November 1957 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 41 both canned salmon and sardines declined sharply in 1956. Canned salmon shipments of million pounds were less than half as large as those of 1955. Canned sardines exports of 39,7 million pounds were down 15 percent. These and other related data can be found in Imports & Exports of Fishery Prod- ucts, 1952-1956 ( No. 1595). GROUNDFISH FILLET IMPORTS, AUGUST 1957: During August 1957, imports of groundfish (including ocean perch) fillets and blocks amounted to million pounds. Compared with the same month of last year, this represented an increase of mil- lion pounds (38 percent). The increase this August over the same month in 1956 was primarily due to a increase in imports from Icelandic exports to the United States showed a gain of 130,000 pounds. Imports from Norway, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, compared with August 1956, registered a net increase of 431,000 pounds. Combined imports from Denmark and West Ger- many showed a net loss of 117,000 pounds. There were no imports of groundfish fil- lets from Miquelon and St. Pierre during August 1957 although 68,000 pounds were reported during the same month of last year. Imports of groundfish and ocean perch fillets and blocks into the United States during the first eight months of 1957 totaled million pounds--an increase of million pounds (4 percent) as compared with the corresponding period of 1956. Can- ada led all other countries exporting fillets to this country with million pounds. Iceland followed with million pounds. The remaining 8,0 million pounds was shipped by Norway, Denmark, West Germany, the Netherlands, and United Kingdom, Greenland, France, and Miquelon and St. Pierre, note: see chart 7 ;n this iss'je. IMPORTS OF CANNED TUNA m BRINE UNDER QUOTA PROVISO: The quan- tity of tuna canned in brine which may be imported into the United
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