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Surf clams from Long Island waters are now being canned in three different states as well as being sold for bait. The industry is providing gainful employment to many fishermen, transporters, openers, canners, and others.

Fresh Fish Trade

SEPTEMBER LANDINGS AT THREE PORTS SAME AS IN 1943

Fishing vessels delivering their catch to the ports of Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Maine, in September landed 38,664,000 pounds of fishery products, valued at $2,004,000, according to Current Fishery Statistics No. 152 published by the Fish and Wildlife Service. This was 6 percent below August landings but was 271,000 pounds above those for September 1943. Rosefish, haddock, mackerel, cod, and whiting accounted for 93 percent of the September landings.

During the month, 256 vessels made 1,107 trips to the fishing grounds compared with 223 vessels which made 1,206 trips during September 1943. The over-all weighted average price per pound received by the fishermen was 5.18 cents as compared with 5.20 cents during August and 5.55 cents during September 1943.

Landings for the first nine months of 1944 amounted to 290,104,000 pounds, valued at $16,146,500, an increase of 7 percent in amount landed over the same period of 1943. The weighted average price for all landings was 5.57 cents per pound compared with 6.90 cents for the same months in 1943.

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NEW BEDFORD LANDINGS DECLINE DURING SEPTEMBER

Fishery products landed by fishing craft at New Bedford, Mass., during September totaled 4,814,000 pounds, valued to the fishermen at $414,000, according to Current Fishery Statistics No. 151 released by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Production was 34 percent less than in August and 29 percent less than in September 1943. The reductions were due

for the most part to a decline in yellowtail landings. In September 1943, 3,807,000 pounds were landed compared with 203,000 pounds in the same month in 1944. A similar reduction is noted when compared with the August 1944 data.

The weighted average price for all landings was 8.60 cents per pound compared with 7.02 cents for September 1943 and 8.44 cents for August 1944. Three items, haddock, cod, and blackbacks, accounted for 77 percent of the total arrivals. During the month, 133 craft made 273 trips to the fishing grounds.

Landings for the first nine months of 1944 amounted to 63,524,000 pounds, an increase of 26 percent compared with the corresponding period of 1943. The 1944 receipts sold for an average price of 7.89 cents per pound. This compares with 9.48 cents received for nine months of 1943. Landings of yellowtail for the first nine months of 1944 totaled about 13.5 million pounds compared with 22.5 million pounds received in 1943.

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Receipts of fresh and frozen fishery products at the salt-water market for September showed practically no change from August, but decreased 7 percent under the September 1943 figures, according to the Service's New York Market News office. Yellowtail flounder production for September was small compared with the previous month and September 1943. The principal reason, according to fishermen, was the scarcity of this species on the usual fishing grounds. Almost offsetting this decrease, however, was an increase in the receipts of cod from New England.

Shellfish totals increased 21 percent over August, principally because the oyster production in the first "R" month reached full sway and because shrimp topped the August arrivals by 834,000 pounds. Shrimp receipts surpassed those of September 1943 by 484,000 pounds.

The hurricane, which occurred in the middle of September, practically destroyed trap fishing off Long Island and New Jersey. Species of fish normally caught by this type of gear showed marked decreases. Of these, scup (porgy) alone remained important, but supplies of this fish were caught with balloon-type dragger nets.

Landings by fishing craft at New York City were down 15 percent from August and 54 percent under September 1943, but there was no appreciable decrease in receipts "over-the-road." September's receipts of fresh and frozen fish and shellfish brought the total for the first nine months of the year to 190,137,000 pounds.

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Shrimp and oyster production showed large gains in September over August, according to the Service's Market News office in New Orleans. Totals for the nine-month period from January through September were still considerably under those for 1943, however.

Production of hard crabs and salt-water fish, both of which suffered decreases from August, continued to lead 1943 production at the end of the first nine months.

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Receipts of fresh and frozen fishery products in the Chicago wholesale market in September, totaling 6,049,000 pounds, were 11 percent above those of August, but they were 14 percent below those of September 1943, according to the Service's local Market News office.

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Although all three general classifications made gains from August, increase in the shellfish group was greatest. This was due mainly to an increase of 428,000 pounds, or 89 percent, in shrimp arrivals. The fresh-water total rose 3 percent as lake trout, the leading item in this category, gained 9 percent and whitefish, second in volume, dropped 25 percent. Saltwater species, led by seasonal arrivals of halibut, rose 5 percent.

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SEATTLE RECEIPTS OF FISHERY PRODUCTS CONTINUE TO DECLINE IN SEPTEMBER

Seattle receipts of fresh and frozen fishery products declined 20 percent in September compared with August, according to the Service's local Market News office. Practically all species of importance except salmon and shark evidenced a pronounced decline in receipts on the local market. The heavier receipts of salmon were due to the Columbia River gill net and Indian-caught Celilo Fall operations. The halibut fishery in Area III entered its final stages with approximately 5 million pounds of the season's quota remaining to be caught by November 30.

Otter-trawl receipts continued, with few exceptions, to decline at a rapid rate, due to the critical lack of cold-storage freezing facilities and space which caused trawl vessels to fish for dogfish for livers. There was a one-day tie-up of the otter-trawl fleet on September 27, but this was terminated when dealers agreed to pay the winter prices for species caught by this type of gear.

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Halibut and shark fleets and receipts from local and all other sources.

NEW ENGLAND FRESH FISH PRICES UNCHANGED FOR WINTER

There will be no increase in fishermen's ceilings for pollock, whiting, and blackbacks under the regular schedule of winter ceiling prices effective for most species of New England fresh fish on October 1, the OPA announced October 3. On most species of fresh fish different prices are set up for a six-month winter season and a six-month summer season, OPA explained. These schedules reflect normal price trends.

Last winter OPA announced that it would place a six-cent price on pollock for October through March in place of the existing winter price of seven cents for December through March and 4 cents in October and November. This would have reduced the price by one cent for four months and raised it by a cent and a half for two months.

A more careful study of the normal seasonal movement of pollock shows that the price for this fish does not ordinarily rise until December. OPA has decided, therefore, to leave the higher winter price of seven cents but apply it only for four months. This price becomes effective December 1, 1944, and will prevail through March. Together with a 4-cent price for the rest of the year, this ceiling will provide fishermen with 1942 average prices, OPA said.

The present two cents per pound price to the fishermen on round whiting will remain in effect until November 1, 1944, at which time the price will rise to 2 cents per pound until May 1, as provided for in the regulation, OPA explained.

Similarly, the present price of seven cents per pound on blackbacks will remain in effect until December 1, when it will rise to 10 cents per pound and will remain at that level until April 1.

PACIFIC OPA SETS RETAIL MARGINS FOR FRESH FISH SOLD IN WEST

Excerpts from OPA's Region VIII Order G-1 under MPR-507, Amdt. 3 follow:

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1. Paragraph (a) is hereby amended to read as follows:

(a) Mark-ups for fresh fish and seafood. Table A sets forth per pound mark-ups over "net cost" allowed to retailers for fresh fish and seafood items covered by this regulation, by species.

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Retailers processing items prior to offering for sale at retail who price in accordance with Section 18 (a) (2) and Section 18 (b) (2) of MPR-507, as modified by paragraph (c) hereof shall use these tables.

2. A new paragraph (g) is hereby added to read as follows:

(g) Definitions. (1) "Barracuda" means all types of barracuda (Sphyraenidae) caught off the

Pacific Coast.

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