RECENT NMFS NO I cchnlLa l Re pol t \I I '-, tlon ... o r thc ationa l ;-'I a rinc " lshcIiCS SCIENTIFIC C I RC -IXO. I nge tt. \1.11 , I lien . dnd '-, Cl \ ICC. atlona l Oceanic a nd '\tmo.,­ phc ll c Administration (untt! Oc.tohcr, I ee C r ho r ... o n. "Fi., hcr) publica ti on,>, PUBLICATIONS IlJ 70 th c Bureau of (ommcrc ial ca lendar) ear 1968: Iht., and in de\c.,." I I... hc lic ... or the I '-, I ISh a llll Wtldl itc \ I.I} 11.)7 I 24 P I 0 I '-, ,t1 e h } t h C '-, Cl \ ICC ) In calenddf ye.lI IlJ6X (lIC IlSt cd OAA J echnlcal Re port \11 ') '-, upe l illtendent of DOLllmc nh. L '-, numc llcall y (\\ ith ahstract ... ) and ind cx· C IRC-37 1. '-,01-0 10 ... 1- 1. \ d.[m \ C' lHclnment Prin tin g OITl cc Wd ... hlllg cd hy autho r, ... lIhjcct. ,[ nd gcographic (edLtor) " Ocean fhher) management : to n. D( 20402 Prl Le Vi ccnt'> a lCd' ( II c ul al, Data Re port f' l hC r] In du ... tl la l Re ... ean: h, F- i hery I.c.dlct, discussions and research. " -\pnl 1971. \B'-,JR\( I and '-,pccia l Scienti fic Rc po rt 171 p. f-or ... ale hy the '-,upenntendent or r he 10 1l ll\\1I1g ... cnc ... ll f li ... he l} puhlica· - f "'hcrlc ... . Document ... . L '-, (,o\ernment Print In g Office. \\ .I ... hlngton IX 20·Hl2 Pnce' ';'1 .50

Monthly Fishery Market Review 0:\ -\ T ecl1nlc.t1 ReplHt '\I \II '-, C I RC -174. ( 001- . 0 .[\ Id CJ . .Lnd R.dph o Bnnl-hur...r ""arine fl ora and fauna Groundfish Supplies up in April of the "'orthea~tern lnited State.... \n­ nelida: Oligochaeta." \I a\ 11} 71 2.1 p ('tHai "'lIpplte ... or groundli ... h uUllng .l dnUar} I to \ pnl .10, In\entorie of For ... ale h\ the '-,upe llnte ndent of \ pnl \\ere ctln ... idel ~ lhl) hlghel th.tIl d hlod: \\ere reduccd hy 4.1 millll)n Document... L '-, (,o \ ernment Print­ \edl dgO. \\ Ith ... uh ... tantial g.lIn III Im- pound... DUling the .lme f1\!rlud 1(1 t ing Offill. \\ a ... h111 gton. DC 20402 port ... a nd he .t \ lei heginnlng In\en- }ear, the net dr:l\\do\\ n \\a 9 million Price: 35 Clnt-.. tllIle .... Pa nicularl} trtlng demeleeted hibliograph y• an an ind e \ to the ... uppl ie ... . lI1d Increa ... lng uemdnd lrom callt1 p ... . anu meriean lob ter \\ere marine Oligochaeta of the Ea ... t C oa ... t of ... tiel- anu portion ... prouucer . hillel­ uh tantIall} higher th,tIl a )ear earlier. >"':orth , merica. The F- a mtlle ... '\jdldidae, Tubificidae. F I1l:h\ traeldae. pric l. ... 1I11.rea ... ed aero ...... the hoard. In­ There \\ere declille in hnmp and pin) and \lega ... colec id ae are treated \entone"'llf ... tIcl- ... dnd portion ... fell dur­ loh ... ter Im porh. hut import o f ... Ldllo p II1g the month and price lI1uea eu. anu -\ meriean loh ter \\ere hea\ ier. "10 AA fec hnlcal Re po rt ...... \ 1 F­ upplt e ... of ... hellft ... h \\ere greaterdur­ on umption of all major he ll fi ... h in­ CI RC-379. T ho r,>o n. Lee C . and \Iary II1g -\pnl than III the ... arne month in cred ed ... ignificantl}. Ellen Engett " Fisher) publication. , 1972 Demanu dppeared reldtl\el, calendar )ear 1969: lists and indexes." ~trong a ... In\entone., genera ll y fe ll April 1913 II P F- o r ... a le h y the GROUNDFISH P nce~ for ",pln} lob ... ter and hnmp ro ... e Superintendent of Document.... L S \\ hll e ., callop ... and Amencan lob ... ter Dome ... tt c grou ndfi~h lil nd ings in Government Print111 g Office, W.I... h1l1 g­ pnce~ uec lineu . -\pnl we re 4':- percent belo\\ the pre\ I­ ton. DC 20402 Pnce : 45 cent'> T he cumuldtl\e pic tu re for Jdnu,lry o u ... yedr. dnd the totdl for the year th rough Apn l for grou n dfi~ h fi ll et ... th ro ugh April \\a ., uo \\n 16 percent AB TRACT ~ h o \\ ~ total ... upplt e~ up 13 percent. con­ (T able Il. Hea\ y -\pril impo rt~ mo re The fo II 0\\ 1I1g series of fish e ry publi­ ~u mpti o n up I pe rcent and i n \e n to n e ~ than off... et the dec line in landing:,. For cati o ns of the N a tional \I a rine on A pri l 30 mo re than douhle \" hat the y Ja nuar, through pril. haddocl- im­ F isheries Service . ational Ocea nic were a yea r ago. Price c ha nge., we re po rt ~ \\ ere 56 percent higher tha n a yea r and Atmo phe ric Administration (until mixed according to '>pecies. 'Ai th in­ ago. cod 12 percent higher. Flounder Octobe r 1970 the Bureau of Commer­ cial Fisherie s of the U . S. Fish and Wi ld­ c reases ge ne ra ll y ranging bet\\een 10 import., moved up 48 percent. but im­ life Service) in calendar year 1969 are percent and 40 percent. p011\ of ocean perch dropped about 20 Ii. ted numericall y ('Aith abstracts) and Block impo rts for Janua ry-April were percent. For April the combination ofa indexed by author, subject, and geo­ :!8 percent belo'A a year ago. con~ump ­ :!4 percent increase in imports and an 87 graphic area: Circular. Data Repo rt. ti o n increa ed slig htl y a nd end-of­ Fishe ry In dustrial Researc h. Fishe ry percent gain in beginning inventorie Leafl et, a nd Special Sc ie ntific pe riod in ventories dropped 37 percent re ulted in a 41 percent ri e in the quan­ Re po l1- Fi he ri es. compa red with a year ea rli er. From tity available for consumptio n. During

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flU MAA APR '173 1m 1m " -II PouIWl8 ~,

....MInt In_toty 501 444 ,..1 .. I I? LMd"", T_ n 51 U 46 Importa 115 241 5 205 4 T_IIv"" 71 I 747 835 44' 41 Ending in_IDlY 444 ,..1 311 142 123 Conaumpllon 287 311 3111 307 4

T..... 2 -Ground..... prto... AprIl '.13

FEB MAR APR APR "73 1173 1973 1972

.c. , P.r P nd P COD E v._1 247 243 200 113 9 Whol... ", I Ib Canecllan S70 S79 615 SSO 10 58 S Ib CanadIan 514 533 SSO SSO 4 Retail 179S 1Sot 5 lSot 0 lIS 40 4 FLOUNDER E_I Yellowlall ,.. 91 2885 3237 '962 Lemonaole SSOO 5315 4400 36 78 20 Greyso'e 3771 3630 29 40 2041 .. B'ackback 3S 10 321S 30 OS 1929 SS Whole ..le 5 Ib domel"C 925 975 1113 888 5 981 5 Ib Caned Ian 778 791 805 SSO 9 89 RetaIl 2040 2257 2366 8 41 HADDOCK E_I' Lerve 44. 4710 497 4' 5 20 Scrod 287 2716 325 333 • • WhOl ...'e S Ib C nad 'an 775 780 795 S95 34 Rela" 1196 '208 , . 4 SHRIMP OCEAN PERCH 72 54 41

BLOC S STIC S D PORTIO S Table 3.- Blocks and slabs, supplies, April 1973 SCALLOPS ">lIppll e~ of .., allo p ~ in April con­ FEB MAR APR APR Percenl JAN APR JAN ·APR Perceni 1973 1973 1973 1972 Change 1973 1972 Ch a ng~ tmued to he \.. cll aho .. c the previou~

- - ·Mlllion Pounds- - - Percent - - Mill/on Pounds Percent year ( I Llhle.., 9 and 10) . I he increa'>e amounted to 1<7 pcn;ent, the re'>ult of Beginning Inventory 624 486 41 2 49 8 17 75 8 627 21 Producl lon 06 04 02 01 <100 1 5 06 .150 hight.:r hegmnmg in .. entorie'i, landing'>, 187 36 827 114 2 28 Imports 170 302 290 of call()p~ wen: S Consumpl lon 31 4 333 275 27 1 1274 1257 pcrcent "hme d year earlier. The declin­ In' trend 10 e\-\e ~el anu \\ hllle,>ale Table 4.- Blocks and slabs, prices, April 1973. Wholesale prices 01 blocks 1.0 b primary wholesaler - Bollon. pnce~ , hegun in (ctnher, 197:!, on­ Gloucester, and New Bedford, Mass. tlnued thrnugh c\pnl \\Ith decline.., 0110 pcn.:ent and:! percent, n.: pc ti\el .. Rc· JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUl AvG SEP OCT OV DEC tail pn\.!e~ , ho\\e\cr, \,erc 10 rer ent

- - .{;ents Per Pound· - - aho\e the prt.:\ iou year. pparentl~ In re pon e to lo\\er Cod 1972 465 470 470 470 456 465 470 470 470 470 470 480 1973 486 524 566 585 600 price dnd Imr)fo\ed upplle . on- umplion ha con I tentl:- heen ilhtne Flounder 1972 435 44 4 453 492 517 533 556 570 580 580 587 595 1973 595 596 600 600 600 ) ea r-ea riiertot.t1 The \pnlmLre.1 em c on umptton m\lderateu ome\\ h.1t Haddock 1972 471 475 475 479 503 528 544 570 581 5 5 59" 595 1973 601 605 614 633 645 ff()m the pre\ IOU mllnth, hut II \\,1 till '\() per\.!ent e the qU.tnlit) Lon- Ocean Perch 1972 385 385 387 395 395 398 416 450 480 483 494 490 .11"0\ 1973 512 531 539 540 550 umeu a \edr eLlriier. on umptlOn for

Pollock 1972 323 320 320 321 312 315 315 310 296 295 283 280 J .lnuar) - pnl \\a 9 million pound . 1973 290 301 330 340 343 c\)mp.treu \\ Ith n " million pound a

WhIling 1972 330 335 330 330 332 315 31 5 31 5 315 320 :) \ e.tr earlier 1973 346 358 375 375 3 5 AMERICAN LOBSTER Wolfflsh 1972 493 500 500 500 503 505 510 51 5 51 3 5 0 510 5 0 1973 510 500 54 5 520 520 c\pnl upplle of men ,In lob ter \\ere:!'\perentabo\eI9~2L1 are ultof Ta ble 5.-Sltcks and portions, supplies, April 1973 ga in In both landln anu import (T Llble II). \Iame land 109 \\ere In per- FEB MAR APR APR 1973 1973 1973 1972 ent abHe pril , 19~2, and the

- - -Mdt/on Pounds- - - Percent - - -Mdtlon Pounds- - - Percent J anUM) - -\ pnl tolal \\ a nn per ent ablnea)earearlier. fterbem do\\n Beginning Inventory 349 320 258 173 -49 344 232 48 Production uunng the fir~t t\\O month of the )ear, StIcks 123 142 NA 102 NA A 431 A Import ha\e re o\ered to po t gam of Portions 226 267 NA 236 A NA 886 A Tolal 349 40.9 N A 33 8 A A 1317 A 65 percent m \Iarch Lind 2_- percent in Imports 0.1 02 02 0 1 -100 06 03 +100 0\ rea~e Total Supply 699 731 NA 512 NA NA 155 2 A pnl for an erallm of:! percent End Ing Inventory 320 258 244 161 -52 244 161 +52 uunng the J anuar} - pnl penod. Pri ' e ConsumptIon 379 473 N A 351 NA A 139 1 A \\ere agam belo\\ the pre\lou~ }ear. al­ though n t a mu h a in :'-I arch (Table Ta ble 6.-Sticks and portions, weekly average II percent from 197:! . The land 109 ..,ea­ I:!l. \ -\e el price were do\\n S per- wholesale prices, April 1973. on for Gulf hrimp begin in ~Ia} and ent \\ hile "hole a le price \'ere to 9 thi wi ll be the principal ource of per ent belo" 19 :! e\ ept 112 a nd ., Item FEB MAR APR APR Percent 1973 1973 1973 1972 Change dome tic hrimp fo r the remainder of pound lob ter , \\ hich regi tered gain. - - - .{;ents Per Pound- - the year. Import during J a nuary- pril were down 3 percent. Demand \\a SPINY LOBSTERS Cod portions 62.0 64.5 67.0 59.6 · 12 Haddock 70.0 69.5 695 643 + 8 strong enough during the period to piny lob ter tail upplie in pril Cod sticks 78.0 78 0 78 0 76.0 + 3 cau e an unu uall y hea y dra in on in­ Haddock sticks 797 79.7 797 782 + 2 were well abo\e la t year a a result of ve ntorie , which dropped from 93 mil­ sub ta ntia ll y hea ier beginning inven­ li o n pounds on J anuary I to S9 millio n torie (Table 13). I mport in April domestic catch a nd landing fro m thi pound on pril 30. on umption for dropped again \\ ith higher hipment area were double a year earlier. Overa ll, the period wa up 14 percent compa red from u tralia, Brazil, and e\\ Zea­ the J anuary-April hrimp catch wa up with last year. land. Only outh Africa howed a gain

.t6 Table 7.-Shrimp supplies, April 1973. from the e\tremelj 10'" level In 1972 . For J anua ry- pri!. total ~upplie~ ",ere FEB MAR APR APR Percent JAN-APR JAN-APR Percenl t973 t973 1973 1972 Change 1973 1972 Change up 12 percent. Wholesale prices "'ere some\\ hat -- -Million Pounds- - - Percent - -Mtllton Pounds- - Percent mixed during the month (Table 14) .

Beginning Inventory: 82.7 792 69 .2 58.5 + 18 92.7 69 .9 + 33 Cold-water ta il registered a 6 percent gain but warm-water tails were off 14 Landings Total 12.0 12.7 6.3 7.7 - 18 44 .7 401 + 11 percent. Apparent con'>umption of 2.9 Gulf 4.1 42 4.0 45 - 11 176 22.4 - 21 million pound was 26 percent above Northeast 2.2 3.1 .9 1.6 - 44 8.4 7.7 + 9 Pacific 5.6 5.4 1.4' 1.4 18.3 9.3 + 97 April, 1972 , a nd 9 percent above the South Allanllc .1 2 4 7 - 43 cumulative total for the first 4 monlh~ of Imports 16.8 16.3 17.0 18.3 7 68.5 70 .5 3 the year. Total Supply 111 .5 108.2 92.5 84.5 + 9 205.9 180.5 + 14 End ing Inventory 79.2 69.2 58.7 56 .9 58.7 56.9 + 3 + 3 Table S.-5hrimp prices, April 1973. Exports: Total 4.9 66 5.5' 3.5 + 57 215 13.4 + 60 Item FEB MAR APR APR Percent Domestic Fresh & ______~~_~~_~~ 197~~~~~ Frozen 3.6 4.9 3.9' 2.8 + 39 16.1 11 .4 + 41 Transshipments 1.3 1.7 1.6' .7 + 129 5.4 2.0 + 170 --- -Dollars Per Pound- - -- Gulf Canned Pack .4 9 9 Fresh & Frozen Ex-vessel 15-20 count $1 88 $1 .98 $2.06 $207 Consumption 27.0 32.4 28.3 24 .1 + 17 124 .8 109.3 + 14 31-35 1.70 1 76 181 1.38 +31 51-65 110 126 135 .90 50 'Estimated Wholesa le 1520 count 2.00 2.12 219 2.34 6 31-35 180 1.89 195 174 12 51-65 120 1.32 151 109 38 Retail Table 9.-5callop supplies, April 1973. 15-20 count 2.84 306 3.05 302 1 31-42 209 2.29 226 2.14 .. 6 FEB MAR APR APR Percenl JAN-APR JAN-APR Percent

------~~--~~--~~--~~--~~~~--~~----~~----~~~~-- Table 1 D. - Scallop prices, April 1973. - -Thousand Pounds- - Percent - -Thousand Pounds- - Pe rcent Item FEB MAR APR APR Percent Beginning Inventory 3.870 3.418 2,869 1,066 + 169 3,736 1,585 + 136 1973 1973 1973 1972 Change Landings, Total 618' 571 ' 650' 622 + 4 2,2 10 2,027 + 9 Imports 1,058 1,995 1,370 927 + 48 5,785 3,835 + 51 Total Supply 5,546 5,984 4,889 2,6 15 + 87 11 ,731 7,447 + 58 -- -Dollars Per Pound- - - Ending Inventory 3,418 2,869 2,714 946 + 187 2,714 946 + 187 ~~sumptlon ______~~ _~~_~~~_~~9__ ~~~ ___ ~~~ ___ ~~~ ___ ~~~ __ _ Ex-vessel $2.03 $1.96 $1 76 $1 86 5 Wholesale 2.44 225 2.22 223 ' Estimated Retail 324 319 323 2.48 +30

Table 12.-Am erican lobster prices, April 1973 Table l1.- American lobster supplies, April 1973.

FEB MAR APR APR Percent FEB MAR APR APR Percent JAN-APR JAN-APR Percent 1973 1973 1973 1972 Chan~ ______~~ __~~ __ ~~ ___ ~~ __ Cha~~_~~___ ~~__ Change_ - -Dollars Per Pound------Thousand Pounds------Percent Thousand Pounds Percent Ex-vessel $189 $178 $143 $1.50 5 Maine Landings 174 149 317 273 + 16 1,048 633 + 66 Imports 1,055 1,606 1,493 1,195 + 25 6,156 6,027 + 2 Wholesale Consumption 1,229 1,755 1,810 1,468 +23 7,204 6,660 + 8 1·'4Ib $2.63 5249 $206 $221 1-'2 2.79 288 255 230 11 1-' 8 2.56 247 200 220 9 2 2.92 310 283 2.40 +18 chix 250 242 199 214 7 Table 13.- Spiny lobster :ails, supplies, April 1973.

Table 14.-Spiny lobster tails, wholesale prices, FEB MAR APR APR Percent JAN-APR JAN-APR Percent April 1973. 1973 1973 1973 1972 Change 1973 1972 Change Item FEB MAR APR APR Percent - - -Million Pounds- -- Percent - - -Mtilion Pounds- - - Percent 1973 1973 1973 1972 Change

Beginning Inventory 83 78 8.0 52 +54 8.9 47 89 - -Dollars Per Pound- - Imports 3.3 3.7 24 33 17 122 142 14 Total Supply 116 11.5 10.4 87 + 20 211 18.9 + 12 6-80z tall End Ing Inventory 78 80 75 6.4 + 17 7.5 6.4 + 17 Cold-water $4 40 54 56 $4 64 $4 38 6 ConsumptIon 38 35 29 2.3 +26 136 12.5 + 9 Warm-water 317 330 333 389 14

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