. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. U. S. FISHERIES: THE 1966 RECORD U. S. fishermen caught 4,341 million pounds of fishery products in 1966 that sold for $454 million--the highest dollar value in the indus- try's history. The catch was worth nearly $8 million more than 1965's and was 20 percent above the previous 10-year average. Volume was 435 million pounds--9 percent less than 1965's and the s ma 11 es t catch since 1953. (Record catch: 5,345 million pounds in 1962.) The lower volume reflects the serious de- cline in menhaden landings. The catch dropped from billion p
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. U. S. FISHERIES: THE 1966 RECORD U. S. fishermen caught 4,341 million pounds of fishery products in 1966 that sold for $454 million--the highest dollar value in the indus- try's history. The catch was worth nearly $8 million more than 1965's and was 20 percent above the previous 10-year average. Volume was 435 million pounds--9 percent less than 1965's and the s ma 11 es t catch since 1953. (Record catch: 5,345 million pounds in 1962.) The lower volume reflects the serious de- cline in menhaden landings. The catch dropped from billion pounds in 1965 to only billion pounds in 1966--a decrease of 416 million pounds or 24 percent. In 1965, men- haden were 36 percent of the total catch; in 1966, only 30 percent. Other important species landed in less volume in 1966 were tuna, jack mackerel. Pacific and Atlantic sea herring, yellowtail flounders, shrimp; and, to a lesser extent, Pacific mackerel, mullet, scup, sea bass, whiting, blue crabs, oysters, and sea Increased landings of alewives, anchovies, and Dungeness crabs helped to offset the total de- cline. The high average price per pound of the 1966 landings, despite the smaller catch, re- sulted from a smaller proportion of low-price industrial species and significantly higher prices paid tofishermen for food fish. Fish- ermen received a record average of cents per pound, compared with cents in 1965. Smaller volumes in 1966 of tuna, flounders, Atlantic sea herring, Atlantic ocean perch, scup, whiting, northern lobsters, and shrimp gave fishermen more money than larger land- ings of these same species in 1965. Processing Industry Had Good Year The billion-dollar fishery processing industry gained substantially and most seg- ments enjoyed a profitable year. There was a record pack of tuna, an excellent pack of salmon, and increases in packs of Maine sar- dines, clam products, alewives, and tunalike Please note that these im
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