IF~SHERIE~ sum

of BRITISH CO

Cohepl LED AND PUBLISHED BY THE

CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF FI,SHERIES IN VANCOUVER

UNDER ARRANGEMENT WITH THE W~REAU OF STATISTICS, DTTAWA.

APRIL 9, l+I.

SUMRY OF F%SHERiES STATDSTKS OF BRlTBSH COUJMEIIA - 1953

FISH AND FSSH PRoDw;Q

iN 1953 THE MARKETED VALUE OF ALL FISH AND F9SH PRODUCTS CAUGHT AWD LANDED IN BRlTlsd aLUbl6lA TOTALLED $650455,000, AN INCREASE OF NEARLY NINE HILL’JON DOLLARS OVER THE 1952 TOTAL BUT FAR SHORT OF THE PEAK TOTAL OF 8308 MILLION DOLLARS IN 1951o THE CORRESPOMD!NG LANDED VALUE OF ALL FISH AND MANMALS, 1NCLUDING WHALES, SEALS AND FISH LIVERS 3 INCREASED FROM $30,1588000 TO $319780,0000

IN ADDITION TO THE A~OVE,FISHING COMPANIES IN BRITISH COLUM~EA ALSO CANNED AND MARKETED I!@ORTED TUNA, TO THE VALUE OF $8059000,

THE INCREASE IN TOTAL VALUE OF LANDINGS AND MARKEBINGS CAN BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE MAIN To WORE EXTENSIVE FISHING OPERATIONS THAN WAS THE CASE IN 1%2o !N THE SALMDN FBSHERYl PRICES FOR NET CAUGHT FISH WERE NEGOTIATED EARLY IN THE SEASON WITH ONLY THE LQSS OF A FEW DAYS FISHI-NG TIME. WHILE THERE WAS No EXTENSIVE FISHING DURtNG THE FIRST THREE NONTHS OF-1953 BN HERRING9 MORE INTENSIVE SlJNWER FISHING OPERATIONS, COUPLED WITH RECORD CATCHES DURING THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF l953, WENT A LONG WAY To OFFSETTING THE LOSS OF HERRING THROUGH STRIKE ACTSOI, HEAW RUNS OF SOCKEYE AND PUNKS IIN THE %UTHERN,AREAS ALSO HELPED TO ADD TO THE INCREASED CATCH0

THE YEAR 1953 REPRESENTS A RETURN TO NORE NORMAL PRODL1cTBON AND NARKETING CONDITIONS THAN w&S EXPERIENCED IN 19520 WHEN SEVERAL STRIKES AND TIE-UPS DBSRUPTED FISHING AND PROCESSING OPERATIONS. EXAMINATION OF THE LANDED AND MARKETED VALUES BETWEEN SALMON AND HERRING? THE Two MAIN SPECIES, SHOW SONe REASdW FOR THE INCREASED MARKETED VALUE FOR 1953. FIRST$ IN THE CASE OF SALMON, A HIGHER PERCENTAGE WAS CANNED IN 1953 (73%) THAN IN 1952 (61%) WITH A RESULTING HIGHER UNIT MARKETED VAWE~ SECOND* A HIGHER YIELD OF OIL FROM HERR!NG FOR REDUCTION RESULTED FROM A RECORD FALL HERRING FISHERY IN 19% COMPARED WITH A JANUARY TO MARCH FISHERY ON 1952,

90

00

70

MILLION5 60

OF 50

@ApH 1 - LANDED AND M4RtUED VALUE OF FISH AND FISH FI?ODUClS 1940 - 1953

1940 41 42 43 44 45 46 4% 48 49 50 51 52 53

SALMONS THE BACKBONE OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FISHERY~ ACCOUNTED FOR 47*9 MILLION ODLLARS IN 1953, 73uH OF THE TOTAL MARKET VALUE, LAWNGS OF SALMDN IIN 1953 TOTALLE~ 19083, MsLL~oN POUNDS (RND WEIGHT), NEARLY 40 MILLION POUNDS HIGHER THAN 1952, OF THE TOTAL LANDINGS OF SALMQN 73% WAS CAMNEDD 14% WAS SOLD FRESH AND 12% WAS FROZEN.

THE SALMON PACK IN 1953 WAS 198259267 CASES WYTH A MARKET VALUE OF $3680350000, OR AN AVERAGE OF $19.70 PER CASEI

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IN 1953,LANOINGS OF SOLE WERE SHARPLy REDUCED As A RESULT OF POOR MARKET CONDITIONS AND A LARGE CARRYOVER OF FROZEN F I LL!ZS AT THE END OF 1%2,

TOTAL MWETED VAN ALL BOLES $ (000%)

OlWK SRC IES

OTHER SPECIES OF FISH ARE BECOMING OF INCREASING IF~PORTA~E BN THE OVERALL TOTAL AND IN 1953 Two OF THESE SPECIES, NAMELY9 SHR.OMp AND CRAB9 REPORTED RECORD PRODUCTION. IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE THE MARKETED VALUE OF THESE OTHER SPECIES IN 1953 WERE AS FOLLOWS WITH 1952 VALUES SHOWN IN BRACKETS. CRABS $%&666 ($475,000), &MS $44g90M (

SHRIMP $360 7X.($227&00), 0vsr~Rs~$303,729 ($4380000)p LIN6 COD $382,430 (

$313;000 ($slo,oooL. $251pOO0 ($521,000),

IN 1953 THE COMMERCIAL FLEET TOTALLED 8 47% BOATS MALUED AT $45,120 000, THIS COMPARES WITH 8,570 BOATS VALUED AT $42&&,000 BW 1952, 6F THE NUMBER REPORTED !N 1d3, 887 WERS 10 TON OR )40RE WHILE 7,584 WERE LESS THAN 10 TONS.

IN THE LARGE BOAT CLASSI, 718 WERE DIESEL As COMPARED WllTH 168 GAS PROPELLED. A ETAILED BREAKDOWN BY NPE OF BOAT I# THE 10 TON AND OVER CLASS- IS-SHOWN IN TABLE 5 OF THOS REPORT*

GILLNET BOATS PREDOMJNATE UN THE SMALL BOAT GROUP AND TOTAL 3,667. TROLLERS TOTAL 2,986 OF WHICH fp378 ARE SMALL BOATS LESS THAN TWENTY FEET IN LENGTH, IN ADDlTlON 311 BOATS ARE EQUIPPED FOR OTHER tYPES OF FISHING OR ARE COMBINATION TYPE, EQUIPPED FOR TROLLINGp GILLNETTING OR SHRIMP TRAWLING*

THE TOTAL VALUE OF GEAR USED o N THE PRIMARY F P SHERY IN 1953 8s VALUED AT $7,747,000. SALMON GILLWETS TOTALLING 7&Ll WERE VALUED AT $20524&00 INCLUDING THE VALUE OF LIMES~ WHILE 463 SALMOW PURSE SEINE WERE VALUED A? $da403D3400 HERRING PURSE SEINE TOTALLED 82 \~ITH AN AVERAGE VALUE OF $8.7400 TROLLING LINES SHOWED AN INCREASED IN VALUE OVER 1952 AND WERE ESTIMATED AT $387,148, WHlLE LONGLINE GEAR IS REPQR=?ED AT $415,635,

BUYING SCOWS AND FLOATS NOT t NCLWDED IN THE 1952 TOTAL ARE VALUED A? $lp420,000.

FURTHER DETAILS WITH RESPECT TO MARKEED QUANTITIES BY INDIVIDUAL SPECIES AND DETAILED I~FORWATIQU 010 SALMDN PACK9 AS WELL AS BOAT AND GEAR VALUES ARE TO BE FOUND IN TABLES 1 - 7 IN THIS REPORT*

APRIL go 1954.

DEPARTMENT OF FOSHERIES OF CANADA 1110 WEST GEORGIA STREETS VANCOUVER 5, BX,

A. J, WHITMORE,. CHIEF %PERvISORa

BLAKE A, CAMPBELL CHIEF STATISTICIAN.

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TOTAL VALUE MARKETED

ANCH~C~DLANDED

%YD MEAL

TOTAL VALUE MARKETED

6LACK b0 LANDED LIVERS LANDED

VKC;SC;$DNDED

FRESH FROZEN *KED SALTED LIVER OIL VISCERA OIL VI SCERAXOLD STORAGE

TOTAL VALUE MARKETED

%wIDED FRESH MEAT CANRED

TOTAL VALUE ~RKEWD

hABSK~~D%R IMPS LANDED

FRESH FROWN

C%ED

TOTAL VALVE MARKETED

TOTAL VALUE MARKETED

6RAi COD LANDED t-1 ~;E~DDED

FRESH FRoZU

SMOKED FRESH FILLETS FROZEN F I UEIS $Ki;E;g;LLETS

SALTED LIVER OIL

TOTAL VAWE )I(~RKETED

&UYh~DLI MR LANDED

LIVER OIL bLD STORAOE

TOTAL VALUE MARKETED

UN38 OF MEASURE

000 a&

CASES

ooo LB.

CASES LBS. TONS

M/i$S

ooo LB.

09 LB.

a II

CASES

oaf LB.

m 0 D

CASES

OT LB*

* VI

000 LB. Iv II VI II a I a 88 u

W/II%

WOLB

W/U% ooo LB.

23

2l7

746

2l$

4 586

1 150

24 43:

4 452

703~

E 5 037

350

ifi

777

2 352 998 is

11

P 6

l3J *

30 7 *

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TABLE 3 (~OWT’B) - lAMDINGS AND WUFACTURED PRDWCTS MAREED IN B.C. - 1952

HALIBUT LANDED LIYER LAWED

Vl~;SCmWDED

FRESH FROZEN FROZEN STEAKS FROZEN FLLET%HES FRESH FILLETS ~ROO~O~~LM

;; ZEZLD STORAGE

TOTAL VALUE MARKETED

FRESH FROZEN CANNED Kt PPERED SfiwicB KI PPEREQ &.OATERED SCOTCH CURE ~;IR;TED

BAIT bDY OIL bDY MEAL

TOTAL VALUE MARKETED

Llffi bB LAtJJDED

L’c:ETD FRESH FROZEU FRESH F I LLETS FROZEN F ~LLETS pcxz0~-s~EAK!5

LIVER-COLD STORAGE

TOTAL VALUE MARKETED

MISCELLANEOUS (1 FISH LANDED

IVER AND VISCERA LARDED

Y%:TFi ~R~ESnF I LLETS

FROZEN F I LLETS OIL

&BLES LIVER OIL WISCELLME~~S OIL

TOTAL VAWE MARKETED

000 LB. % 882 l 326

Qy LB,

I a

CASES

0; LB0 I a q

BBL. I)

000 LBe

000 LB. I I a I I I) (I

000 LB. a I’ a a a a n

TONS

298 241 3 678

289

4% 1%

Yi a74 31

3 1

6 %i!i 2 741 32

z 2; 1% 23 618 3 363

2 943 193 65 20

YE 193

$2 iii 63

10 181

9

ooo LB0 4986 276

BBLo ho GAL. 63 7z m* CASES 3* 21

TOTAL VALUE MARKETED _3w

(1) hCLUDES WHALES AND FWR SEAIS (VALUE BUT NOT QUMI TV) I ALSO FISH OF MI NOR I MPORTAI’JCE~ MISCELLANEOUS LIVERS, AND SOME LANDINGS FOR WHICH NO BREAKMlVN INTO SPECIES WAS AVAILABLE.

TABLE 3, (b4teD) - IANDINGS AND MANUFACTURED FJRQDUCTS blARtWED IN B.C. - 1953

UIJIT OF KIND OF FISH MEASURE QUANTITY YALUE $ (000% 1

RED XI ROCK CDD LANDED LIIIER LANDED

FROZEN FRESH PI LLETS FROZEN f 1 LLETS f&tar fEED bMR QOL

TOTAL VALUE MARKETED

SA~~LM~DDED

FRESH RND. FROZEN DRo FROZEN f I LLETS FROZEN RHD, CANNED MILD CURED KIPPERED SMQKED $AblbJED SMOKED

‘&AL MEAL CAV 1 AR EGGS AND ROE vlllLR;A$4D LIVER

FRCGEW STEAKS

TOTAL VALUE MARKETED

s~~*K~~~~~ LAmED

StCfNS

SHRIMPS - INCLUDED WITH CRABS

000 LB* a 448 1

a ” 0 1z * II 2

s&E 4 ok

OQQ LB, 186 914 a a 26 445 m 19 468 I 1482 l

CASES 000 LB.

I a

CASES 000 LBo 42 TON 000 LB.

I I

* 2 142 I 175

NO. 54 a II 54

l& 12

25

1z *

22 21848

5 018 4944

588

36 ii% 369

15 78 18

3.23 80

47 *

+

“,‘z~;E y LBo 95 4

FRESH I) 20 FROZEN a : YlI6Gs I) 4t 5

TDTAL VALUE WRKETED A

SfCLFiLEkYDED 000 LB. 34 4 *

FRESH I

FROZEN a t: :

TOTAL VAWE MARKETED a

P ESH

ROZEH FRESH DILLS FROZEN f I LLETS MINK FEED

TQTAL VALUE MARKETED

oq LBs 6l38

6

sW&~~O$EAMIED 0% LB. 54 14

FRESH n FR~ZEW I 2

I.5 2

TOTAL VALUE M&RKE~ED 22

%JERNAL;z;D off LB, 11 2

FRESM I FROZEN a : ;

*TOTAL VALUE DJ~ARKETED A

* ~RKETED VALUE of JAPANESE TUNA NOT IWCLUDED IN THESE FIGURES TOTALS $805BOO0 REPRESENTING 27,763 CASES Of CANNED TUNA.

TABLE 4 - SAWN PACK WI-WE m

$4&A iitziEE RED SPRI& PINK ‘SPRING JACK SFt?IN& WHITE SPRING STEELHEADS BUlEBACKS t2a?Q l?u!Ki wJ@i

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DOSTRICT & 301 a0 5483& 789 2770-k 913+ =55-i! 69 833+ a5 330+ 161 264 1 159 720

ENA RIVER 108 06* 935 1fj-b l@& 950 -4 20 741 92 263 La 353+ 336 855+

CENTRAL AREAS 74 020 7=& 3* * 3133 NT 16 7f8 79 9-h 106 786 279 538

ROVERS INLET 26 78l+ 279 26 g* 2=7l a* 7 175 l=J% 49 l!!4

TOTAL 510 347 7 481 35s 1 083 4=* 3 03* =f% 108109 794 764 394 ll3 1 825 267+

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u: s I NCE SALMON TOTALS BY AREA OF CATCH ARE OBTAINED FROM SALES SLI PSI THE BREAKDOWN OF THE CANNED PACK BY AREA OF CATCH IS NO UJNGER COLLECTED BY THIS ~J~PART~~ENT.

Ex 1952 FROZEN STOCK, NOT INCLUDED ABOVE:

PINKS 566 CA!XS

!5NG LINER 48, 205 xl 752 19' 57 233 244 6% 262 994 9% GXLfWtM 25 53 342 356 14 30 175 164 39 83 517 514 SE I NER f%CKElt 43 268 1233 l52l 3 16 4% 4% 46 284 1280 1568 SEINW~NG LINER 18 108 458 529 13 l2 l2 19 111 470 541 IJZING LIN& PACKET 20 99 680 7% 1 2 12 8 a 101 692 722

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CLASSIFIED 153 438 2685 2698 101 163 ll84 '1194 254 601 3869 3892 WHALER 2 13 2l8 279 F 27 3ll 375 5. 40 529 654 OTNER 1* 14 166 225 1 14 l& 125

TOTAL 918 3545 20729 22006 169 423 2466 2482 887 3968 23195 24488

+ STEAM VESSELS

(1’) lNCLWoES COMBINATION

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rABLE ? - QUANTITY AND VALUE OF GEAR USED IN PRIMARY,FIS~RY

IYE OF f=R NUMBFR YAUJE

SALMON GI LLNEI’S 7 213 2 524 338

HERR I NG GI LWETS 192 7 925

SMELT G~LLNETS 28 560

EULACWN GI LLNETS 96 A0 !560

GRAYF9SH G~LLNE~S 8l 6 150 -

SALP.~N PURSE SE9NE 463. 1403 340

SALMON DRAG SEDNE 11 4 430

I$RR~NG PCTRSE SEINE 82 716 850

tdERR 9 NG POUNDs 29 10 cm

~IWER SEINES 59 54 300

TRAWLNETS h F~TT! NGS 108 104 700

SHRIMP TRAWL NETS 9% 16 280

TROLL LINES (WIRE) 9 290 304 743

TROLL LINES (COTTON 1 5864 82 405

SKATES OF GEAR 9 334 415 635

CRAB TRAPS 6718 45 295 -

SHR IMP TRAPS 578 5 090 -

OYSTER RAKES 109 228 -

CfYsxft BASKETS 74 1%

CLAM FORKS 655 1 352 -

SALMON TRAPS 5 175 000

TUNA &AR 3 500 --

FISHING PIERS & WHARVES 24 238 500 -

ICE I~WSES & FREEZERS 5 141 500

LAND 1 ~JG BARGES 3 54ooo

&rYl NG %Ows f 8uY IN6 FLOATS 159 1420 170

TOTAL VALUE $7 747 118 &_