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THE FISHERMAN
Tuesday, July 18, 1950
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Ttll fief* tK Of RsifllPC Cockeye salmon fry are being weighed as a means of counting DUtliClS XJM. OaUlCS them at five stations aiong. tne FrasCr RjVer system. This
particular scene is at Chilco Lake and the man with the net is Ed Whitesel. He is a biologist for the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission and is in charge of 12 men who have been there since May 1. In addition to counting the fry, the men are tagging yearling sockeye as they proceed downstream.
B19 Halibut Week At Rupert
With the halibut season for Area 3 coming to an end on July 5, Rupert landings were high for several days after that date. Highest price of the season was paid on July 5 to "Waterfall" when her catch was sold for 28.6, 28.2, and 23 cents. Catch amounted to 49,000 pounds and buyer was Atlin Fisheries.
Landings for the week ending July 8 amounted to 649,000 pounds with 429,000 from Canadian boats and the balance from Americans.
Total landings for the previous week (ending July 1) were, includ-
ing 157,000 American, 762,700 pounds. The Co-op took 201,000 pounds.
★ ★ * IT IS REPORTED some work is being done on the Cow Bay floats and these centrally located moorings for visiting vessels are in a much safer condition now than they were previously. The work is being carried out by the provincial department of public works. It was a job that had long been demanding attention and its execution is generally welcomed.
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TROMSOE, Norway: One ton of fresh salmon, sent in the morning by air 400 miles above the Arctic Circle, was on London dinner tables the same night.
It was put on the ordinary morning "Flying Express" plane, arrived in Oslo at 3 p.m., was transferred to the London plane, and delivered in the British capital at 8:30 p.m. Fresh salmon will be sent regularly in this way from Tromsoe to London this summer.
Market Outlook 'Encouraging' Reports Fisheries Department
Marketing1 prospects for most of Canada's fishery products this year are encouraging, according to the federal Department of Fisheries in the "Outlook for 1950" Market Bulletin issued July 4 in Ottawa.
North American markets, which accounted for 80 percent of the marketed value of Canadian fish last year, are expected to be stronger. Canadians themselves are expected to eat more fish as a result of continued "high levels of employment and consumer purchasing power," also be6ause fish products are lower in price than other protein foods, some of which are in short supply.
In the United States, notwithstanding the fact that competition of fish imports from other countries has been increasing, Canadian fishery products are in a relatively favorable position. Fresh and frozen fillets of cod and haddock, white-fish and lake trout, scallops and lobsters are some of the Canadian fishery products which the United States, traditionally Canada's best customer, buys in large quantities.
Sales to the United Kingdom for the year will probably consist only of the $5,000,000 contract for canned salmon and token shipments of canned lobster.
Latest available figures indicate that Canada is still in eighth position in the world among fish producing countries. Canadian fishermen caught about 1,800,000,000 pounds of fish in 1949.
However, in the export value of fishery products, Canada now stands first. The inclusion of more valued species such as salmon, halibut, lobster and whiteflsh accounts for this result. In terms of U.S. dollars, Canada exported fishery products valued at $106,220,000. Norway was next with approximately $93,000,000.
CANADIAN FISH EXPORTS
(By groups of countries, 1948. 1949)
1948 1949
USA .............,..........................$ 70,070,000 $ 67,220.000
US Possessions .................. 5,570,000 4,820.000
United Kingdom .................. 2.280,000 8.220,000
UK Dependent Areas .......... 7,460,000 7,510.000
Union of South Africa .... 3.490,000 90.000
Other Sterling Areas ........ 160,000 440,000
Other European Countries
and their colonies.......... 21.630,000 9.960.000
Latin America ...................... 7,350,000 7,080,000
All Other .........................I.. 2,480,000 880,000
TOTALS ....................$120,500,000 $106,220,000
Fresh and frozen types of fish will be in a stronger position than the cured products. The production of cured products such as salted cod, pollock, hake and cusk in 1949 was maintained at a high level. While production is still below requirements in terms of prewar usage, salted fish sales have been slowed by currency difficulties. All possible steps are being taken to see that these exchange problems
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