PACIFIC HALIBUT LANDINGS
Vancouver
MONDAY, AUGUST 10 Alaska Queen, 110,000, 27.6 cents medium (65,000), 27.5 cents large (45,000) Canfisco; Island Queen, 36,000, offered 27.5 cents medium (12,000), 27.5 cents large (24,000) McCallum, turned down bid and went to Bellingham.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13 Capella, 31,000, 26 cents chix
(4,000 ) 29.5 cents medium (26,000), 29 cents large (1,000) Edmunds and Walker.
Prince Rupert
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 Loyal 2, 80,000, 26.3 cents medium (30,000), 26.1 cents large (50,000) Pacific.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 Dovre B, 26,000, 10,000 medium, 16,000 large, Co-op.
Herring Catch Climbs
To 40,000 Ton Mark
Aug. 8, Aug. 10, Aug. 11, Aug. 5,
1964 1963 1962 1961
CATCH—Tons DISTRICT 2
Northern.................... 22,866 33 511 324
Central ........................ 1,648 1,190 — 171
QC Islands ................ 299 — — —
DISTRICT 3
Lower East Coast... 5,739 5,817 6,469 4,690
Middle East Coast.. 1,422 1,819 4,534 6,037
Upper East Coast .... 4,560 7,449 4,585 4,301
West Coast............... 3,143 — 5,344 101
TOTAL ............................ 39,677 16,308 21,443 15,624
PRODUCTION
Meal—Tons............... 6,939 2,762 3,600 2,510
Oil—Imp. Gals __________1,070,226 363,115 506,370 470,678
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7
Waterfall, 77,000, 24.5 cents chix (12,000 ) 28.1 cents medium (60,-000), 28.4 cents large (5,000) BCP. MONDAY, AUGUST 10
Fredelia 3, 61,000, 3,000 chix, 55,000 medium, 3,000 large; White Swan, 80,000, 39,000 medium, 41,-000 large; both selling Co-op.
Robert B, 9,000, 26.8 cents medium (4,500), 26.8 cents large (4,-500) Atlin.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11
Neptune, 15,000, 5,000 medium, 10,000 large, sold Co-op.
Arctic 1, 14,000, 22 cents chix (1,500), 27 cents medium (11,500), 27 cents large (1,000) Atlin.
Bellingham
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 Ocean Pride, 100,000.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 Masonic, 128,000.
Ketchikan
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 Brooks Bay, 111,300, 14 cents chix (1,700), 24.5 cents medium (44,400), 24.5 cents large (65,000) KCS.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 Ispaco 2, 60,500, 14 cents chix, 24.5 cents medium, 24.5 cents large, ECP; Unimak, 21,900, KCS, prices the same.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11 BC Producer, 67,400, 16 cents chix (3,200), 24.5 cents medium (42,300), 24.5 cents large (21,900) ECP.
Irregular Supplies Hit Chilean Meal Industry
All fish meal plants in northern Chile were reported to be operating in mid 1964, although the supply of anchoveta was somewhat irregular, according to a US embassy report.
There have been sharp fluctuations this year in landings of anchoveta, the commercial fish of the Chilean reduction industry.
Anchoveta virtually disappeared off the coast of Chile in March and did not return until mid-April. (The Chilean anchoveta fleet has a limited range since the vessels must be able to deliver their catch to the fish meal plants within a day, or carry ice, which is not feasible.)
Some 20 to 25 fish meal plants were operating in northern Chile in mid 1964 as the industry continued to expand.
The largest plant in Chile is the new facility at Arica which has a raw material capacity of 70 tons per hour. The new plant's capacity will be expanded to 120 tons by next month.
The Chilean fish meal industry is supported by a purse seine fleet numbering close to 200 vessels.
The fleet consists mainly of modern steel vessels of 100 to 170
"OPERATION TUNA"-A DRAMATIC EXPERIMENT
The largest fishing vessel to be built on this continent, using what may be the largest purse seine net anywhere, will soon be ranging the world's oceans for tuna.
It is all part of a dramatic experiment that could be the beginning phase of a new and prosperous tuna fishing industry. The special project, sponsored by Federal and Provincial government agencies in cooperation with owners and operators, began in 1963 with promising results. In five short trips, two 92-foot New Brunswick-built vessels, using huge seine nets, landed 700,000 lbs. of tuna—almost equal to the total Canadian catch of the previous year.
A new vessel, 168 feet long, with a capacity of 750 tons, will use a net 3300 feet long and 420 feet deep (big enough to encircle the largest ocean liner)! Aircraft will be used to spot the schooling tuna and direct the crew in shooting the net.
"Operation Tuna" illustrates the degree of cooperation possible between government and private enterprise in the development of new methods and equipment. Tuna constitutes one of the world's great ocean resources. The potential of this venture is enormous.
DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES
Ottawa, Canada
Hon. H. J. Robichaud, M. P., Minister Dr. A. W. H. Needier, Deputy Minister
THE FISHERMAN - August 14, 1964
tons, equipped with echo sounders, radio communication, and power equipment for handling nets.
The Iquique shipyard, which began operating in 1961, laid the keel for its one hundredth vessel in June this year.
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TROLL
ings were 1,122,000 pounds compared to 66,000 pounds.
Halibut landings at Prince Rupert totalled 703,000 pounds, down from 799,000 pounds in 1963.
At Vancouver, halibut landings declined heavily from 1963 figures, from 199,000 pounds last year to 71,000 pounds.
BOTTOMFISH LANDINGS
Bottomfish landings at Vancouver totalled 456,000 pounds, largely sole and ling cod, treble the figure for the corresponding week of 1963.
Landings and prices were: sole (150,000) 6-9 cents; grey cod (30,000) 6-7 cents; red and rock cod (67,000) 3 cents; ling cod (179,000) 9-10 cents; turbot (29,-000) 2V* cents.
Bottomfish landings at Prince Rupert were light, consisting of 7,000 pounds of grey cod and 7,000 pounds of ling cod.
Shellfish deliveries at Vancouver were 800 pounds of shrimp meat at $1.25 a pound, 1,172 dozen crabs in shell at $2.50-$3.50 a dozen and 600 pounds of crab meat at $1.20 a pound.
Abalone landings were 800 pounds at 23 cents a pound.
At Prince Rupert, fishermen delivered 41,000 pounds of crabs at 15 cents a pound.
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