. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 54 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 12, No. 11. Angola (Fbrtuguese West Africa) PRODUCTION OF FISHERY PRODUCTS, 1949:- Catch; Angola's 1949 fisheries pro- duction of 130,617 metric tons, valued at 91,178,452 angolares ($3,665,373) exceeded the 1948 production of 113,057 tons, valued at 82,225,281 angolares ($3,190,341). Quality during the year improved, partly because of concentration on certain species by producers who were long established, and partly as the result of migration of skilled fishermen from Portugal, who thus enlarged the Ang
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 54 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 12, No. 11. Angola (Fbrtuguese West Africa) PRODUCTION OF FISHERY PRODUCTS, 1949:- Catch; Angola's 1949 fisheries pro- duction of 130,617 metric tons, valued at 91,178,452 angolares ($3,665,373) exceeded the 1948 production of 113,057 tons, valued at 82,225,281 angolares ($3,190,341). Quality during the year improved, partly because of concentration on certain species by producers who were long established, and partly as the result of migration of skilled fishermen from Portugal, who thus enlarged the Angolan fleet of purse-seine vessels used for catching tuna and similar fish, a September 5 American consular dispatch from Luanda states. Angolan Exports of Fishery Products by Commodity, 1948-49 (Quantity and Value) Product 19 4 9 Quantity Value Quantity"!" 19 4 Value Fish: Fresh, frozen, and salted .. Canned Dried Fish meal Guano Fish oil Total Metric Tons Angolares 97 2,318 15,105 13,381 1 710 i31,6l2 425,000 42,565,000 74,041,000 41,358,000 2,000 2, 161,554,000 Metric Tons Angolares 16,490 1,651,522 2,872,791 1,604,690 78 157 1,738 13,831 14,201 240 6,260,555 151,223 723,980 22,235,949 55,939,190 28,392,114 479,360 M 107,770,595 28,090 862,755 2,170,441 1,101,614 18,599 4,181,499 1/Not available. Canned Fish: Production of canned fish (principally tuna and sardines) in- creased considerably and its value almost doubled, A substantial portion of the canned tuna went to the United States, though the potentialities of this market could not be and will not be fully exploited until local canners and government- control bodies can import sufficient olive oil to concentrate on an olive-oil pack in place of the peanut-oil pack which now comprises the larger proportion of the annual production. The latter type of product, however, apparently found a ready foreign market, particularly in Italy, it is reported. byproducts: Production of fish meal
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