. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Wholesale Prices, December 1960 The Deeeoiber 1960 wholesale price index for edible fish- ery products (fresh, frozen, and canned) at percent of the 1947-49 average was up percent from the preceding month and 8,6 percent above the same month of 1959. The December 1960 wholesale price index was at the highest point for the year and was the second highest (reached in December 1958) for the 1951-60 period. The in- crease from November 1960 to December 1960 was due mainly to higher ex-vessel haddock prices at Boston fol- lowing
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Wholesale Prices, December 1960 The Deeeoiber 1960 wholesale price index for edible fish- ery products (fresh, frozen, and canned) at percent of the 1947-49 average was up percent from the preceding month and 8,6 percent above the same month of 1959. The December 1960 wholesale price index was at the highest point for the year and was the second highest (reached in December 1958) for the 1951-60 period. The in- crease from November 1960 to December 1960 was due mainly to higher ex-vessel haddock prices at Boston fol- lowing some severe weather. From December 1959 to De- cember 1960, all prices In the fishery products wholesale Index rose except those for frozen dressed halibut, fresh yellow pike, and Maine and California canned sardines. The drawn, dressed, and whole finfish subgroup Index In December 1960 was up percent-from the preceding. month. Mid-December 1960 price increases of per- cent for large drawn haddock at Boston and percent for fresh round whlteflsh at New York City were mainly re- sponsible. From December 1959 to December 1960, the subgroup Index rose percent due to sharply higher prices for dressed whlteflsh at Chicago (up percent), plus frozen dressed king salmon (up percent), and fresh drawn large haddock at Boston (up percent). The increases were partially offset by lower prices for frozen dressed halibut and fresh yellow pike at New York City. The fresh processed fish and shellfish subgroup in- dex Increased percent from November to December 1960"the short supplies of haddock on the Boston market in mid-December 1960 caused a spurt of percent in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. National Marine Fisheries Service; U. S. Fish and Wild
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