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BYPRODUCTS TRADE

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Pet food price order issued September 4...

Use of new textile bags for crushed oyster shells permitted
FOREIGN FISHERY TRADE

OPA sets up method of pricing imported manufactured foods
OPA liberalizes price limits on sales to exporters ............

Public Health Service clarifies its position in the control of shellfish imports
Iceland orders 45 trawlers from Sweden

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Sets up method of pricing imported manufactured foods

Liberalizes price limits on sales to exporters

Public Health Service--Clarifies its position in the control of shellfish imports
WFA--Principles governing sale of Government-owned food outlined

Revises food priority order effective September 15 ....

Active orders listed on September 30....

Acts to make more cold-storage space available

WFO-70, 70-1, 90, and 90-1 terminated September 2

Specifications for canned coho salmon amended September 15
Specifications for purchase of canned mackerel amended
Purchases in August include $4,592,000 in fishery products
WPB--Defines program for operations following Germany's defeat
No relaxation of restrictions on burlap or rope anticipated
Asks cooperation in use of transportation facilities
Restrictions on use of cans for fresh oysters relaxed
Predicts further liberalization of controls on glass containers
Use of new textile bags for crushed oyster shells permitted

Compositor--Jean Zalevsky

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Includes all arrivals as reported by express and rail terminals, and truck receipts as reported by wholesale dealers including smokers.

2/ Data for individual cities are as of the last Thursday of the month, except those for Boston which are for the last Wednesday of the month. Data on United States holdings by various species and by geographical areas are as of the first of the month.

Note:--Data for the latest month are subject to revision.

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FISH CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED STATES

The Department of Agriculture has published a pamphlet on Family Food Con-
sumption in the United States, which contains interesting data on fish consumption.
A short review of the study shows that in the spring of 1942, the per capita con-
sumption of fish and shellfish was at an annual rate of 14.2 pounds. Urban dwellers
on the average were the nation's heaviest consumers of fish and seafood with an annual
consumption rate of 16.8 pounds, or about 18 percent more than the national average.
The smallest consumers of fish and seafood were the rural farm dwellers with an annual
per capita rate of consumption of 10.4 pounds or with slightly less than three-fourths
as much as the average per capita consumption for a nation as a whole.

With the exception of tomatoes and citrus fruits, the consumption of meat, poultry,
and fish (as a group) increased to a greater extent with increase in money income than
the consumption of any other of the 11 food groups discussed in that publication. Urban
families with incomes less than $500 used little more than half as much meat, poultry,
and fish as those in the income group $2,500-$2,999. Similarly, farm families with
incomes less than $500 consumed only about two-thirds as much of these foods as those
in the income group $1,000-$1,499.

In cities, families with incomes of $3,000 or over consumed more than one and one-half times as much fish as families with less than $500. However, the increase of consumption of meat and poultry was greater than the increase of the consumption of fish.

Consumption studies generally are made on the so-called "disappearance" method, where by average consumption data are derived from statistics of production, imports, exports, and stocks on hand at the beginning and end of the period of time in question. In this study, actual consumption data were obtained from families representative of various population groups and put together with suitable weighting to give average figures for the country as a whole.

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FISHERY MARKET NEWS

NOVEMBER 1944

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DRILL SAMPLING DEVICE FOR FISH LIVERS:

I. CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS, by L. G. McKee, F. B. Sanford, and G. C. Bucher II. INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE, by F. B. Sanford, G. C. Bucher, and M. E. Stansby Fish supplies analyzed by OCF

Fish sales campaign begun by WFA and Fish and Wildlife Service ...

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STORAGE TESTS ON FROZEN PINK SALMON, by Dorris L. Bucher

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STUDIES ON THE ICING OF FRESH-COOKED AND PEELED SHRIMP, by E. F. Kapalka and
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OCF consultants and coordinators discuss problems of war and peace
Pilchard Directions P-10 to P-14 effective September 17
Pilchard Direction P-15 effective October 25

WFA explains position on sales of U. S. food stocks

OPA outlines pricing objectives for the reconversion period

Date for end of halibut fishing set

U. S. and Canada make recommendations for conservation of grayfish
Fishermen adopt grayfish conservation measure

Non-commercial fishing tackle limitations removed

U. S. relay radio stations instructed to relay fish reports

WMC facilitates employment of war veterans

New fishery leaflets

SECTIONAL MARKETING REVIEW

Fisheries of New York

FRESH FISH TRADE

September landings at three ports same as in 1943

New Bedford landings decline during September

Shellfish prominent in New York's September arrivals

Gulf shrimp and oyster production gain in September

Chicago receipts ir September gain 11 percent over August

Seattle receipts of fishery products continue to decline in September
New England fresh fish prices unchanged for winter

Pacific OPA sets retail margins for fresh fish sold in west

Amdt. 6 to MPR-507 effective October 26

Amd t. 36 to MPR-418 effective October 2

Andt. 37 to MPR-418 effective October 23

Regional OPA adds definitions to fresh fish order

FROZEN FISH TRADE

Record frozen fish stocks crowd U. S. storage plants

September freezings 5 percent greater than September 1943 ...

Boston cold-storage holdings show little change in September

New York cold-storage holdings soar to 15,459,000 pounds in September

Frozen fishery stocks in Chicago remain firm in September
Canadian freezings in September 47 percent below August

October 1 Canadian cold-storage holdings 29 percent above year previous
WFA allocates freezer space

Amdt. 21 to MPR-364 effective October 3 ...

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Contents continued on page 49

ISSUED BY THE

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

WASHINGTON

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