. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 48 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 20, No. 4 firm market for frozen fillets and shrimp (up about 10 cents a pound). From February 1957 to February 1958 the fro- zen processed subgroup index was up percent due to price increases of percent for frozen haddock fillet prices, 3,5 percent for ocean perch fillets, and 11,1 per- cent for frozen shrimp. The canned fishery products subgroup index in February this year was up slightly ( percent) due to a rise in wholesale prices for Maine sardines. The other canned fish prod
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 48 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 20, No. 4 firm market for frozen fillets and shrimp (up about 10 cents a pound). From February 1957 to February 1958 the fro- zen processed subgroup index was up percent due to price increases of percent for frozen haddock fillet prices, 3,5 percent for ocean perch fillets, and 11,1 per- cent for frozen shrimp. The canned fishery products subgroup index in February this year was up slightly ( percent) due to a rise in wholesale prices for Maine sardines. The other canned fish products prices remained at the January level. This February as compared with February a year ago wholesale canned fish prices remained stable on the aver- age. However, Maine sardine prices in February 1958 were down percent from the month in 1957. This de- crease was offset by higher prices for California sardines (up percent) and canned tuna (up percent). The mar- ket for canned fish was firm in February this year. About billion pounds of fishery products were taken by United States and Alaskan commercial fishermen in 1957, according to preliminary information assembled by the U. S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. This was a decline of 450 million pounds as compared with the rec- ord catch taken in 1956. The 1957 menhaden catch of billion pounds was 417 million pounds less than in 1956. Other species with large declines were Alaskan salmon (down 65 million pounds). Pacific sardines (down 29 million pounds), and the California catch of tuna and tunalike fishes (down 27 million pounds). Haddock and ocean perch were also down considerably. Sharp increases occurred in whiting (118 million pounds-- about 25 million pounds more than the previous year) and industrial fish (other than menhaden) in New England which totaled 260 million pounds~-a gain of over 70 million pounds as compared with the previous year. note: also see commercial fisheries r
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