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skin, red gills, firm, clean-smelling flesh, and clear protruding eyes; it should have no odor about the gills or, if cut open, from inside the belly walls. Fresh fish in ice keep better after gutting. Frozen, round, or dressed fish should have the additional protection of a film of ice. Their skins should not appear dull or dry. There should be no strong, offensive odor.

Ice Bed for Keeping Fish. Prepare a bed of several inches of finely-chopped ice for the display of fresh fish, which may then be sprinkled with more ice. Proper drainage, however, must be maintained. If fresh fish are kept in a case overnight, bury them in ice, and pack the bellies of large, drawn fish with ice. fresh fish should be carried in stock over the week-end.

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In warm weather, smoked fish should be kept in a meat refrigerator, but not in contact with ice. Wrap smoked, salted, and cooked fish in cellophane, when obtainable, and inspect frequently. Dry salt cod may be safely displayed on top of the fish case except in warm weather. Keep the brine for pickled fish cool.

Dry Cold for Some Fish. Don't allow fillets or sliced fish to become water soaked for lack of proper drainage. Even away from ice, finnan haddie and fillets may become sticky

unless kept dry. Apply dry cold to such fish as herring and halibut, to avoid mold. Clams and oysters in the shell should be kept cool but not packed in ice. Keep shucked oysters away from direct contact with ice or ice water. But containers for opened clams, scallops, crab meat, and shucked oysters should be kept surrounded with ice for at least three-quarters of their neight. During the day, ladles and dippers should be kept in the containers in which used rather than laid aside on the ice or on counters where they may become dirty or infected. These ladles should be cleaned every night and morning.

Scrupulously clean conditions must be maintained in the display case. The counters, work tables, sinks, and drains should be carefully cleaned daily and disinfected frequently. Very small traces of overlooked waste material can easily contaminate fresh fish and sea food. Refuse should be placed in tightly-covered containers and disposed of daily. should not be re-used for a new supply of fish.

Frozen Fish Trade

DOMESTIC FISH FREEZING IN OCTOBER COMPARATIVELY LOW

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Fishery products totaling 18,806,000 pounds were frozen by domestic freezers in October, according to Current Fishery Statistics No. 91, published by the Fish and Wildlife Service. This was a drop of 30 percent from the total for the previous month and 16 percent below the 5-year average. Items frozen in greatest quantities were rosefish fillets, whiting, salmon, and shrimp, all of which were frozen in considerably smaller volume than in September.

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halibut from Alaska and British Columbia. Receipts of chum salmon accounted for most of the decline in November, being more than 2 million pounds less than those during the same month in 1942.

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Halibut and shark fleets and receipts from local and all other sources. 1/Not comparable to previous month.

NOVEMBER RECEIPTS IN SEATTLE SHOW GAIN OVER 1942

Receipts of fresh and frozen fishery products at Seattle during November amounted to 7,258,000 pounds, and represented a gain of 22 percent over the 5,968,000 pounds received during November 1942, according to the Service's local Fishery Market News office. percent decrease from the previous month was due largely to the closing of the salmon season. Chum salmon receipts were almost triple those in October but still remained 41 percent below November 1942 and, for the season, were only 47 percent of the 1942 total. Receipts of Fresh and Frozen Fishery Products at Seattle

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

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REDUCING WASTE OF FISH IN RETAIL STORES STRESSED

Food, whether rationed or not, is a weapon of war for all the people. It is as important to save food from preventable waste in the retail store as to produce it in the fields and to take it from the sea. Perishable foods are either a source of possible high profit or of substantial losses and annoyance to the retail merchant. Their care is important. But the merchant is handicapped, among other things, by insufficient or inexperienced help. To assist him and his helpers in conserving the more perishable foods, a pamphlet--Reducing Food Waste in Retail Stores--has been prepared by the War Food Administration. The portion relating to fish follows:

Care of Fresh Sea Food. Inspect shipments of fish and other sea food immediately after arrival. Fresh round fish should retain some of their natural slime, should show a clear

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Due to a continued shortage of cannery labor in November, the volume of shrimp used for canning fell farther behind last year's totals both for the corresponding month and the first 11 months. The bulk of the shrimp production was shipped fresh or being frozen, according to the Service's Fishery Market News office in New Orleans.

Oyster production used for purposes other than canning also continued to show an increase over the previous year, partly due to the high prices being received for shucked oysters,

Salt-water fish production increased sharply both over October's catch and over November 1942. Mullet produced in the Mobile area and large quantities of red drum (redfish) and trout in the New Orleans area were mainly responsible.

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During October, receipts of fresh and frozen fishery products in Seattle amounted to 7,531,000 pounds, according to the Service's local Fishery Market News office. This was a decline of 15 percent from the 8,586,000 pounds received during September and 12 percent below the 8,608,000 pounds received in October 1942. Almost 71 million pounds were received during the first ten months of the year, 17 percent more than in the same months in 1942. During this period, receipts of halibut, the leading species in this market, were more than 3 million pounds greater than those of last year. The decline of nearly 2 million pounds in the landings by vessels of the halibut fleet at Seattle, resulting from OPA ceilings, was offset by an increase of more than 5 million pounds in the receipts of fresh and frozen

CHICAGO RECEIPTS OF FISHERY PRODUCTS DURING NOVEMBER SHOW HEAVY INCREASE

The November receipts of fresh and frozen fishery products in the Chicago wholesale fish market were exceeded in the first 11 months of 1943 only during May and August, according to the Service's local Market News office. Total receipts were 33 percent greater than the preceding month, 25 percent greater than November 1942, and for the first 11 months, already were 13 percent greater than those received during the whole of 1942. Shipments of salt-water fish and shellfish were generally heavy in November, but fresh fish supplies were relatively light. Frozen round and frozen filleted fish of many species accounted for the increased arrivals. The use of motor trucks during November indicated an upward trend over October but was confined largely to local or short hauls. Imports of fishery products of all kinds declined in comparison to October and to November 1942 due to certain restrictions, closed seasons, and efforts on the part of Canada to conserve and divert more fish for its own consumption.

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During October, canned shrimp production continued to fall, while shrimp used for other purposes increased. Canners reported an extreme shortage of cannery labor and for this reason the bulk of the shrimp was diverted to the freezers and the fresh trade, according to the Service's New Orleans Market News office.

Continued high prices for oysters appeared to be stimulating production in spite of continued complaints of labor shortages both in the harvesting areas and in the shucking houses. Cooler weather improved the quality and increased the consumer demand for oysters.

Hard crab production showed an increase over September, but the total production for the first ten months in 1943 was considerably below that of last year. The demand for fresh and salt-water fish continued to hold the production above last year.

In the first ten months of the year, 297,316,606 pounds were landed, 12 percent under the same period in 1942. Declines were reported at Boston and Portland, with the greatest drop at Boston where receipts were almost 45 million pounds under the first ten months of 1942.

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Landings by Fishing Vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Maine

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816,882 5.62 558,106 4.45 245,442 5.24 2,870 21.88 7,490,190 7.50

499.530 6.57 3.988,138 4.98

3.779,641 7.18

3,027,564 5.64

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12,970,842 4.86

287.575 6.81 7,628 28.67 6,634,910 5.84

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159,320 23.84 36,314,765 6.42 6.42

466,680 19.03

25,471,391 5.32

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11,493,039 8.08 12,989,012 6.90 13,196,456 7.59 130,879,690 8.92 175.528,940 6.20 Gloucester 14,811,142 5.45 23,696,281 4.91 17.558,166 4.58 149,584,103 5.32 142,364,475 3.69 948,856 5.07 1,706,799 4.22 1,303,228 3.58 16,852,813 4.69 18,789.157 3.22 Weighted average of prices per pound paid to fishermen.

Portland

NEW YORK RECEIPTS IN NOVEMBER 19 PERCENT ABOVE A YEAR EARLIER

Total receipts of products in the New York salt-water fish market increased considerably in November over the previous month and November a year earlier, according to the Service's Market News office in that city. Most important fin-fish supplies during the month, from a poundage standpoint, were cod, blackback flounders, and whiting, while hard clams and shrimp were the leading shellfish items. About 7 percent of the total receipts in November were landed by fishing vessels.

Receipts of Fresh and Frozen Fishery Products--Salt-water Market, New York City

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