Foreign Fishery Developments

Japan: Canned Tuna under New Prices; Frozen and Canned Exports Decline ; New Ventures Formed

TRIAL SALES OF CANNED TUNA TRIED AT NEW PRICES

I he l okyo anned runa Sale~ (. om­any (repre~enting packer~) on '\Ia} 4, 197\ conducted trial ~ale~ of about 5 I,OO() ca~e~ of canned tuna In bnne for expo rt to the United tate~ under new price~ . rour can ,>i7e\ were offered from among the ... tock ... carried over from the previou~ year'~ produc tion . (Note: Thi-; i:-. the fir ... t time the alc~

Company ha ... offered canned tuna ... ince the ~econd U .. dollar de va luat ion and ye n notation.) The ... a le,; price ... for a ll can ~ile.., have been reduced from the pre -noat quotation,>. Clo~ing date for the ~a l e ... wa" to be May 10, with ... hip­ment~ to be made within 45 day~ from the date of co ntract with trading ril'm~ .

Attention i~ being focu~ed on the sale ... ~ ince the price~ for "ome can .,ize~ 'vi ill be higher in dollar ... tha n before be­cau,>e of the urward noat of the yen. (" KanlumeJoho," layS, 1973.)

New Prices of Canned Tuna In Brine for Exports to U S PnCB per Case 1

New Price Old Price Can SIZe Yen US$' Yen uSS'

SOLID Light Meat 7'01 48 '5 4.050 15.23 4,450 1483 13-01 245 4.000 1504 4.350 1450 66',-02 6 '5 4.400 1654 5.270 1757

CHUNK White meat 66''''02 6 '5 6.000 2256 6 ,300 2100 Light meat 66' '-0265 41 1541 5.000 1667

'Ex-warehouse , ShimiZU Japan Based on current floating rate 01 266 yen equal one US

doflar 'Based on 300 yen equal one US dollar

FROZEN AND CANNED FISHERY EXPORTS DECLINE

J.lp.llle~e fl'l)/en .Ind c.lnllcd li,hen l"Pl)ll, dUline. J.lnu.\I\- \I .IICh 14~1.

b,t'l'd Oil ~'u'tllm' 'kal.lnce d.It.I. k­cltnl'd fl)f nH) I l)f thl: pl'lldud .1 Cl)lll-

raled \\ ilh the Iii ~t qual tel 01 Ilj~~

r le ... h and flo/en tund I.' PlHt \\l:le dl)\\n about ~O pelcent II\lm the comparahle 197:! rcril1d, \mon),! Ihe canned rl'OduCh. tund ..... tinll1n tnd crah a ll lecorded d deLltne ( \UI III r ... u,hin." I\ lay 4, 1971 )

NEW FISHERY VENTURES FORMED

1 he J arane~e (i~h net manufacturel ichimo and t\.\o e'vl /eal.lnd lilm, .

J .B.L. Seafood Comran~ dnd the De­velorment Finance C olpol:ttion (J) ~ ( )

on I\luy I , 1973 formnl u,Illint li,h plllC­e ...... ing venture The JOint L(lmp.ln\. named J aybelJ (rhonetic)-!\.ILhilllo , with head office to he located In \uc"­land. ""ill he organi/ed \\Ith a c<trlt.tilll NZ 1.3 million, to he contnhuted 24 '1

rercent by Nichimo. 2~ 2 I1CILent h~

D.r.C.antl49.9percenth~J [3 I \LI food,. fhe nev" cOl11pan~ \\ ill eng.tge In hLl~ ing and proce~~lng li ... h and ,hcllii h a~ \\ell a~ In ... elling IChIll10·'" li,h neh and other fi hand \ e"el ,upplle F-i~her) rrod Llch \\ 111 he e pnlll'd primarily to the L nlted ')t.lle, . .I.lrdn and u~lralia. E, POlh t\d .Ipan, mo,t I} frozen ... ea bream anJ hardt.III, .tIC e -pee ted to reac h ~,OOO ton .... In 1111.111) \\ It h a \alue of ahout (tOO mlllilln \ en (US-~ ~(t m1llron. ha,ed \In cUI lent noatlng rate of :!I)() : I) ("'illl an r,u~hlll ." \1 .1) <. 19 1)

fhe J.lpanc,e Ii hel) Iii mI. 1\ II .md Ippon Hogel .tIld \lne tl.IJIIll! n,m

\111 uhl,h, \h\)li. ,lie h\lItl\ ~ rmm' I .I0lnl li,hm!,! .lI1d pill 'l' In' \l: nture III

Pelu m p.tl!nci hip \\Ilh the Pelll\ltIl ~"hcl\ Puhl,c (llll'lirall()n (I 1'''1 1'1

~ hI.: lui d 10

l' plc'kJ hi .lrn\" m 1.lpan h n<.:\\ 'lmp m tl be n.tn d

PERU NATIONALIZES FISHMEAL INDUSTRY

ba~ed on tv. 0 ractor~: (I) the rm:callou~ ~tate of the anchovy ~toch.~. ,\Ild (2) thc growing indebtedne~~ of the Indu~tl y Reportedl). the decI~lon to ndtltlndli/c the indu~try C,lIl1e a~ no ~UI pll~C to

h.nov" Iedgeable ~ource~ rhe mo\e I "lid to ,tilcct ~t)Jlh:

27.000 Ii, hl'1men. 1.4Xh \c~~el~ .111d l(l~

planh.

PCIU. at 011C tl111e. ~uppllt:d 11e,l1l} l'i PCICC11t of the \\olld'~ II~h111e.iI .1I1d h.J~

hl'l'l1 the \\oild ~ 1110~t Plotillltive II~h ·

l11g l1.1tl011 III tel111~ (II l<1teh. I lvl'l 11lted \tdte~ 1111I1~ hdve ~1/o1hll:

111\l'~t111l'l1t~ III the fl~h1l1e.d l11tillstn In PCIU. toLd l \ InVl'~t1l1l'l1t In that l1.1tl011 ~ li~hl'l ~ I~ hl'lll'\cd to hc o1lllll11d q(l111i111(1I1

India's Seafood Exports Up In 1972

Indld '~ ~edrood l:'\port~ \\CIl' 1,' ,2 I metrH.:ton~\,lIucd,lt L\ -,- 4miliionin 1972.1 DUling thc prc\ IOU~ \C,lI, l'\­port totaled 34.012 tt)J1,> \alued 'It (l .I milhon The 1I1crea~ed \alul' tlf Indla '~

~e,lfood e'\porh \\,\" largel~ duc ttl the Increa~lng \\ orld price It)1 rrtl/l'n

"hnmp Other ~l'"food e'\plllt l11Lludl'd lob"ter tail . li'og leg~. c,l11ned ~hr1mp and fi~h. dned fi"h ,\nd ~hl1mr. and other 1'1 h producl~ I he gr 1\\ Ih tIl' Indi J.·~ ~l:,\rood e'\port Indu tr~ I.., "ho\\n 111 Table I Ih dollal \,due h,l~

increa"ed tenfold 111 ,I del,lde

Table 1.-lndlas sea lood exports 1963·72

Year

1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963

Quanilly

----MeIne Ions

38271 34032 37175 30584 24810 21 764 19153 15,457 21458 17908

SHRIMP EXPORTS

Va ue

USSI millon

154 508 461 429 286 258 175 89 88 76

The lead1l1g e'\port commodll). a" in previou" years. \H\~ shrimp. In 1972 In­dia exported 30,550 Ion" of fro/en ~hrimp v.orth 566.0 million. In 1971 ~hrimp exports were 23,181 tons valued at 40.6 million . Frozen shrimp nov\ ranks as one of India 's ten m st valu­able export commodities. The de­velopment of India'5 ~hrimp export~ is shown in Figure I.

'Based on 770 Rupees US$100

Figure 1 - India I shrimp .. port 1 3·72

Figure 2 -4inlled SI las end Japanese Imporl 01 Iro­zen shrimp Irom Indl by monlh 1972

In 1472. the niled t Itl' Irnrlliled I ~.22 ton~ (\l'r U III \'ill tlln in 14 I) If rio/en Indian ..,hllmr \ ,dul'd ,It ~~

millit)n (,lgaln~1 11 - millltln 111 14~ll.l

J ,I rd n. \\ hit: h d 0 ~e I \ 1'1 \ .11 I he n lit: d late ,I~ I ndl<1 ~ 1,lrge~t LU tllmer, 111-

l're""ed It~ rUll'ha~e~ to 12. II t In~ (\er~l" 1).703 ton~ 111 14-' I) \ ,dued ,It s.w 9 million (\el~u~ 21 h million in 1(71) ' He,,\) Imrorhoflc~ \,dU,lble. ~maller-"'ILed (t1\el O-countl. p<\.[ ~hnmp. b) -\mellcan Importer aL counted for the dilTerem:e In \,lIue ["he Japanese Imported medium- to l'lrge­~Ized shnmp and paid a corre"rond1l1gl) higher price for their purcha"e" . \ compari~on of .. and Japane~e '>hrimp import~ from India In 1972 I~

,>ho~\n in Figure 2.

'Based on U S Import stallsllCS 3Based on Japanese Import statistics

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111 ~plletllll1l:le.t cd ,dc, 11)72\\.t!oo,1 ltll11rll\:.ttcd yc,1I 101 I l1dl,,11 C rOI tel . I he .ldr.tne e, 101 c .1I11pk, PIIII..I1" cd Ie" ,11I11I1r lil0ll1 I l1dl.t11 tl,ldclo; h"d I: •

peLted . I he l.tp,Hle e. \ ho pilich I ed ~L'I I,ll 'C 411"ntlt,,:, 111 1,lle lin I , WI:II: hl',I\I!\ 10cJ.:piled ,wl! Ihe lI1.tr~ cI In 1.1-r,,11 did I1llt 111111 1111111 the 1,1 t 411,IItCI \\ hen 1111 P () I I I n I e ,I I: d \ I 0, I n -

11:<1 cd \\IHld hlll11r plodu tlon

Indol1l: 1.1 lerl<ll:l:d Intil'l " 1.11 'e t'"rrl 011ll:1: In l'Jn he dem.ll1d IIlI In<ll,ln hnmp

I<lr.l I1 '

,Iffe led \ the

lor

PIIl(C III \\ ho, \le\\ Ins I hI: un I:n,lIn­IIc tIt th \men ,m mar c\ purch" I: Ie hnmp th,tIl thc} ml -hI h \e rn <l

I hell: \\dl: ,Iddillon tI probk'm ,If­kLlJng the Indl,ln hnmr rndu tl') rn III ~ Ihe tick ul reln'\:rdkd <lmcr 1I,i\eltng III I lll"f'C. \\ herl:

I.. .1l1 e (1\ e r­Il'il.lnll: lIn Ir,ldltllln,tI m,lIh.et ~ rndlng IL'h"bk Irt.:lL!ht Illllie tll ne\\ m.lrh.et l'llfllinllC tll be ,I 111.I)lll Item of Ll'n..:ern In InLiI,1

r here \\," I h.trp dt.:Lre,1 e in hnmr rTlldul'tllln In "er,da \\ here the Indi"n hllmp Indu tn \\,1 born. In II)~I.

li~hcrmen In "er,II,1 rnldueed , ~ per­Lent lll" Indl,1 hllmp. in 1':I~2 that tig­lire had dlllpped tll h~ perLenl. Indidn ~llurCC~ bche\e th,11 off hIll' dnd deep­~e ,1 tOLh.~)f hnmrmd} prl)\lded olu­lilln to thl problem. but .Ire ttlillpenl} 'oncerned b} thl ad\er e de\elop­ment

h..,hJng on the e,\"t Loa~t of I ndld. \\ here \ Irg1l1 ~toch.~ abound. ha~ begun. but fnctlon bet\\een arli,anal fl~hermen ,Ind tra\\ ler~ h,l~ been reported. The laeh. of an infra,>tructure to meet the need" of the ~hrimp '\port Jndu'>tr) I

a lso hind e rin g th e prog ress of thi s fis he ry.

Prob le ms in vo lving fi nanci ng, whic h have fo rced some exporte rs to suspend activit ies , have a lso upset the industry , but seafood dea lers see s igns that loca l ba nkers are taking another look at the industry.

Fina ll y, the estab lis hment of the Marine Products Export Development Authority is seen as a move which may cause some in itial hardships , but which the industry fee ls wi ll have a long-range beneficia l impact on the country's shrimp exports.

OTHER EXPORTS

The canning and dried seafood s in­du try a pparent ly suffered from severe setbacks in 1972, with exports dec lin­ing . The dried fi sh and praw n industry were re portedl y the hardest hit. There were no exp la na tion s for the se set­backs . CSeafood Export Journ a l," Annu a l , January 1973 and other sources. )

Prepared by NMFS International Activities Staff

Letters '

Status of FPC in U.S. ROB ERT W . SCHONl G

Acting Director, NMFS ... would yo u . .. as k so meone on yo ur

staff to fo rward me an up-to-date report on the status of FPC in the U.S.A. if one is ava ilab le ...

H UG H M UNRO

566 Minette C irc le Mi ss issauga, Ontario Canada

Regarding the prese nt s tatu s of FPC in the U.S., a deci s ion was made recent ly to terminate the Na­tio na l Marine Fisheries Service 's 12-year FPC resea rch a nd deve lop­ment program . Thi s was due in part

' Editor 's Note The plural here IS an optimistic miS­nomer, since we have only one letter But It deals with an Important tOpiC . We would like to use th,s space to print answers by NMFS speclails ts to fishery quest,ons of general Interest. If you have such a question , please address it to the Editor, Manne Fisheries ReView , Room 450. 1107 N E 45th St. Seattle. WA 98105 We reserve the right to ed It letters

to the overa ll budge t cutbacks ex­per ie nced by our Age ncy , as we ll as t he exp irat ion of t he FPC Act (PL-89-70 I , as ame nded) on June 30, 1972.

Plans are being deve loped to dis­pose of the Expe riment and Dem­o n s trat io n P lant in Aberdeen , Was hington , a nd the li mited quan­tit ies of product remaining from its operation. We are a lso c ur rently compi ling information so as to pro­vide as comp lete a n information package as can be deve loped for anyone genera ll y interested in FPC or considering it s commercia l de­ve lopment. This wi ll make avai lab le a ll information generated by our ac­tivitie s over the past years, as well as a deta iled di scussion of the state-of­the-art and a desc ription of the re­ma ining unreso lved prob lems. This information pac kage will be put on microfilm a nd it s ava ilabil ity pub li­cized. If you would be interested in obtaining a co py, please write:

Dr. George Kn obl Direc tor Co ll ege Pa rk Fishery Prod uc ts Technology Laboratory Rege nts Drive College Park , Maryla nd 20740

It s hould be avai la ble in 2-3 months.

Limited dome stic interest in F PC within the industry appea rs to be continuing, based upon our contacts, as well as the number of requests for sa mples of the product produced in Aberdeen. However, unti l the one pound packag ing restric ti on pre s­ently in the U .S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regul at ions is removed, the emergence ofa domes­tic industry is un like ly. A pet itio n to remove thi s re stric tion is presentl y be ing considered by FDA a nd a favo rab le di spo s ition is ex pec ted short ly.

Rega rding interna tiona l interest in FPC, I s uggest you write Dr. Ste ve R. Tannenbaum a t the following address and request a copy of the proceedings from an internationa l conference on FPC held in Cam­bridge in June 1972 .

Dr . Steve R . T a nnenba um Associate Professor of Food Science Depa rtment of Nutrition and Food Science Massac husetts In stitute of Technology Ca mbridge, Massachusetts 02139

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This wi ll give yo u a summary of both the interest and activities of the many countries re prese nted at the conference.

JOSE PH W . SLAVIN Associate D irector fo r Resource Uti lization

Publications

"Our Living Oceans" A new N MFS publica tion series,

"O ur L iving Oceans," deve loped jointly by the NOAA Publicat ions Of­fice and the Extension Division , has been establi shed . The first number is­sued is "Secrets of the Sea."

The se ries is primarily oriented to­ward ed ucationa l user groups, ages 8 to 18. Much of the information , however, sho uld a lso be useful to anyone in­terested in li vi ng marine resources.

Copies of " Our Living Oceans" are avai lab le from NMFS Regional Coor­dinato rs. Add iti onal copies are also avai lab le from 083 , Techn ical Informa­tion Division , Environmental Data Service , NOAA, Washington, DC 20235.

"Hawaiian Reef Animals"

NMFS scientist Edmund Hobson is co-author of a new book, " H awaiian Reef Animals," published by the Uni­versity of Hawaii Press with support in part from the State of Hawaii and from NOAA's Sea Grant Program. Dr. Hobson wrote the introduction and the sectio n on fishe s. E.H. C have, Univer­sity of Hawaii, contributed a section on invertebrates.

The book is illustrated with 86 superb full-co lor photogra phs of the fishes and invertebrate s. These were a ll taken by Hobson , a sk illful diver and photogra­pher of professional abi lity.

Hobson received his doctorate from the University of Ca lifornia, Los A nge les. At prese nt he is working at the Marine Science Ce nter, Avalon .