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APRIL 5, 1957.

X@M4RY OF FISNERIES STATISTICS OF BRJTlSE-1 COLlJMBlA - 1956

FiStI AND FISH F’RODUCT$

THE MARKETED ;ALtJE OF ALL FtsH, FtSH PRoDUCTs AND MAMMALS CAUGHT AND LANDED 1IN t3R171sH k- UMBIA IN 19% TOTALLED L MI L&lON QOLLARS, AN INCREASE OF NEARLY 7 MI LLlON WLLARS OVER THE 1955 TOTAL. THE CORRESPONDING LANDED VALUE rN 1956 WAS 36.6 MILL ION DOLLARS, THE SECOND HIGHEST ON RECORD AP?D NEARLY 8.3 MILLION DOLLARS MORE TtIAN LANDED VALUE REPORTEC IN 19%.

THE VALUES M) NOT INCLUDE THE VALUE OF 21045,~~0 POUNDS OF HALIBUT CAUGHT BY 6X, FISHERMEN AND LANDEO IN ALASKA OR THE MARKETED VALUE OF TUNA* CANNED DY B.C. COKJPANI ES FROM FROZEN TUNA* IMPORTED FROM JAPAN.

THE INCREASE 1N THE TOTAL VALUE OF LANDINGS AND MARKETlNGS CAN BE ATTRIRUTEW TO SEVERAL FACTORS.

WI THE HERRING CATCH WAS THE HIGHEST ON RECORD AND BOTH THE LANDED AND MARKETED VALUES EXCEEDED ALL PREVtQUs TOTALS.

SEC(ZND, HALUBWT LANDSNGS INCREASED BY 3.6 PI~LLBO~ POVFSDS AND THIS COUPLED WITH SHARPLY INCREASED UNIT PRICES FOR HALllBUT RESULTED IN RECORD VALUES FOR BOTH LANDINGS AND MAR- KETtNGSa

mr WHILE T+tE SALMOK LANDINGS UERE THE LOWEST SINCE 1944, PRICE INCREASE OFFSET THE DROP iN PRODUCTION WITH THE RESULT THAT WTH LANDINGS AND MARKEP1NGS WERE HiGHER THAN 1955.

m, LNDINGS QF CERTAIN OTHER SPECtES OF F$SH SUCH AS OYSTERS AND FISH FOR MINK FEED ALSO ATTAt NED RECORD LEVELS.

THE QNLY DISRUPTtON IN FOSHING ACTIVITY DURING THE YEAR WAS A CESSATION OF HERRING SEINING DURING THE LATE FALL aOM CCTOQER 15TF; ‘TO DECEMBER %‘H PENDING A PRICE SETTLEMENT BETWEEN 61 SHERMEN AND CoMPAN I ES.

LANDED AND M4RKElED VAWES OF FlSH AND FISH PRODUcfS 1942-1956

90 I I I I I I I I I 1 I 1 I I I I. I I -1

80

M 6o

ii

25 50 /

52 = 40 i 5

LANDED .-I0 ‘*. VALUE /’ . ,

. * , . . /

30 /’ N,,,,--*- m-C -*. / / , -. I

I --.I’ l .0 #’

/ -am-

t 1\ Il.942 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56

SAWN l

d

THE 14ARKETED V&ilE OF SALMON IN 1956 TOTALLED &a’M! LLION DOLLARS As COMPARED-WITH S&lGHTLY LESS tHAN 42.9 Mi&LlON WLLARS BN 1955.

of; SALtJON BY SPEC!ES 1%x - 1956 $ (000”s)

SWXNEAD CLASSIFIEQ TOTAL.

.

312 387

4 820 5 194 5 018 6 016 4 115 4 Em

4 760 4 748 6 840

F~oim MARKETB~IG OF SAiFflOM (EXCiUS:?!G FJ LiETS) AimSo ZNCREASED .AND TQTALCED 15.2 MSLLION~;;~;; VAUJED AT $6,2500000 AS CObfPARED w!TH 11.8 F.:t;L!ON WUNDS, i4OR’Z-I $4,1Q01000 THE YEAR PREV1OUS. PRODUCTION TOTALLED 7QO,000 POUNDS StJE SArfE A!5 l’%% BUT -THE VALUE INCREASED FROM $336,000 tN 1955 TO $430,000 IW cL95G. f%ODUCT!ON OF 54LMON EGGS, ROE AND CAVIAR WAS UP SHARPLY IN 1956 AND TOTALLED lr035,000 POUNDS VALUED AT $189,000 AS COMPAGEP W~3-l 47G,OOO POUFKX 'V!UJED AT $81.000 A YEAR AGOI

259 821 4QE 027 428 299 449 494 510 347 580 719 244 821. 320 096

227 737 235 3'76 23 537 502 533 123 630 22 459 4g1” 4,;; 117 354

394 313 :: % 580 574 I.7 813 124 EGO 19 443 203 ‘709 23+925 12 925

z/=/A-

1436 4% 27 6% 1492 034 31 368 1 944 082 4? 368 3 298 557 28 505

it %; EZ zt Z% 3 406 100 32 631 $-yy$ 31 Ga

9 422 9 313

l40 g:

67 2: 7, 323

10 660

1

TOTAL bW.ruo ? FIG5 (2) &i NDED VA&5 AVERAGE PER Lo. 009 us. $ (oooqs) #

16,83 14,4.'72

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SOLES IN 1956, SOLE MARKETING INCREASED TO 8.3 MILLION POUNDS AND VALUED AT $903,000 AS COMPARED

WITH $710,000 IN 1955, PRODUCTION 0F i=Rc3-1 FILLETS TOTALLED 1,022,000 POUNQS AND FROZEN FILLETS 1,375,ooo POUNDS.

CRAB AND StlRtW

f&iRKETED VALUES FOR CRAB AND SHRIMP INCREASED SLIGHTLY AND TOTALLEO $1,289,0~ A.55 COMPARED WITH $1,277,000 IN 19!%.

TABLE Vl - TmAL IANDltlG AND F$,RIXTlF~G OF CRA 6 & SllRlf,lP 1 95 1 - 1956

~ND~N= LANDED VnLui-2 FRESH A ND FROZEN CaNNED

000 LEES. $(OOO%) OiEtS l 000 L&3* CASES (48 LBS) $(000’S)

22i2 z ;iz $22 4 % %z 5 037

4 E % ii :z Ti; 10 364 1 024 1 169

5 5 602 007 zi: 1502 1 967 %fi 6 7 610 038 1 1 289 277

@HER SPECIES OF- 1MWRTANCE IN ORDER OF THEIR MARKETED,VALUE IN 1956 WERE AS FoLLoWS WITH 19% VALUES SHOWN N BRACKETS* $425,000 ($t&OOOjf Ct~MS,$360,000 ($43t,OOOj; &AcK bq$lSi,OOO (265:OCO)r

tln~ bo $532 OOOm ($399,000)* GRAY @D $457,000 ($445,000); &STERS~

VEssEts & Bws

THE BRITISH COLUMBA AGGREGATE OF VESSELS (OVER IO TONS) AND BOATS (UNDER 10 TONS) TOTALLED 7*993 AND HAD A YEAR-END APPRAiSALmVALUE OF $43,143,000.

1 N THE VESSEL CATEGORY, D I ESEL-POWERED UNITS NUMBERED 774 WHl LE GAS-POWERED UN t TS AfilouNTED TO ONLY 185, TOTALLING 959 VESSELS, APPRAISED AT 25.6 MtLLtON WLLARS. Nor CLASSIFIED WERE 262 VESSELS WHICH Do NOT FALL EA!?a ILY f NT0 ANY OF THE PARTICULAR TYPE CLASSES.

IN THE UNDER 10 TON CLASSIFICATION, G~LLNETTERS AND TROLLERS PREWM~NATED. GAS-PQWERED GILLNETTERS AND TROLLERS NUMBERED 5,725 AND AN ADDITIONAL 34 BOATS WERE POWERED BY DIESEL ENGINES. ALSO, NOT CLASS I FI ED BY I’VYPE WERE 408 MISCELLANEOUS DOATS.

EAR AND EQulFfKjJ

UNITS AND VALUES ARE COMPtLED FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR AND ARE YEAR-END APPRAlSAL VALUES. b VALWE 1s SHOWN FOR ANY EXPENDABLE ITEMS WHICH ARE DEEMED TO HAVE NO VALUE AS AT kCEIMBtR 31, 1956.

TOTAL WORTH OF ALL GEAR AND EQUIPMENT USED IN THE PRIMARY FISHERY AP~OUNTEO TO $7,675,000,

SLtGFiTLY OVER 7 000 SALMON GILLNETS WERE ASSESSED AT $2,650,000 AND 499 SALMON PURSE SElNES WERE LiSTED AT $11454,00&

FROM THE HERRING FISNERY, 97 PURSE SEINES AND 21 HERRING TRAWL NETS WERE WORTH $877,000 AND $&OOO, RESPECTtVELYr

TROLL GEAR@ WITH FITTINGS, WAS DIVIDED INTO 9,906 MIRE TROLL~NC LINES AND 4,078 COTTON LINES I!IT’H A COMUSNED WoRtM OF $=l,OO&

WHARVES, FLOATS AND NET RACKS WERE ESTIMATED TO DE WORTH $682t0001 &jq 220 BUYBNE scows AND BARGES WERE VALUED AT $731,000.

APRIL 5* 1957

DEPARTI~IENT OF FISHER! ES OF CANADA 1110 b1~s-r GEORGIA STREET, VANCOUVER 5, t&c.

BLAKE A. CAMPBELL CHrw EcoNon?sr

TABLE 1 - QtJAtsF IT I ES LAMED AND VALUE OF ALL PRODUCTS hl4RWa

QF THE MOST lMPORTANT SF-K IES 19%

KtND DF FISH QUANTITIES LANDED (000’S LBS.)

I SALMoN 113 528 21 356 44&v

I HERR I NG 491 396 7 077 10 660

HAL t DUT 23 316 5067 6636

‘&AElS AND !jIlRW’S 5 007 591 1 289

tl,rlG bD 4 764 423

I GRAY COD 3 894 173 457

OXTERS 6 749 340 425

CLAMS 3 694 360

BLACK COD 522 139

LlVER AND VISCERA 636 201

(1) &HER lT~b15 13 523 892 1 614

TOTAL 675 332 36 597 6’3fsS-f

(1) INCLUDES LANDED AND MARKETED VALUES FOR WHALES,,

_ I - ‘I TABLE 2 - LANDED AND MARETED VALUE OF FISH AND F!SH pRoDKT$

-IN BRITISH COUlMBIA 1942 - 1956

I 1942 18 415 38 009 I

I 1943 15 WI 32 479 I

I 1944 17 333 34 901 I

I 1945 21 2001 44 532 I

1946 21 372 43 817

1947 22 354 58 596

1948 32 E43 58 808 (1)

1949 27 251 56 425 (1)

1950 36 345 69 171 (1)

I.951 40 638 84 057 (1) .4-

1952 30 158 56 835 (1)

I 1953 31. 781 65 756 (1) I

I 1954 35 044 70~-07101

1955 28 330 60 668

1956 36 597 675ES%~y 4

(1) REVISED

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TABLE 3 (tiNl”‘D) - IANDlNGS AhD MAhWFACtUREDf’ROWCTS MARKETED IN C,c, - &$j&

KIND OF FISH iil%iE

PUANTlTY VALWE $ (000 ‘S)

000 LB- 4 764 423 LI ~ROJ~~DED

FRESH II 994 125 FROZEN II 578 FZE~H FILLETS H 527

k-h&N FILLETS & STEAKS 99 488 225 71

TOTAL VALUE &RKETED

LlVER5 AND VISCERA: 1 ANDED 109 b!ARKETED VALUE5 a&L

(SEE LIVER SUMMARY - PAGE 7)

000 LB. 11 520 814 MARKETED

R OIL a 4 9z 42 ma TON5 2 603 335 @?ER GY-PRODUCTS 614

TOTAL VANE MARKETED (2) c!.s GALS.

&TERs LANDED 000 LB. 6 749 (89 983)

TQTAL VALUE MAR~XTED s

RRcn. 000 LB. 351 17 MARKETED

FRESH* FROZEN & FROZEN EI LLETS ” 1!54 36

TOTAL VALUE MARKETED 36 -

RED 000 LB. 398 12 b?hRKETED

FRESH * 150 15

FROZEN 11 FRESH & FROZEN FILLETS 94 2 1:

TOTAL VALUE MARKETED 33

Ftxs1-1 ROUND FREW DRESSED FROZEN ROUND FROZEN DRESSED FROZEN FILLETS FROZEN STEAKS p&RED

CANNED

%YL bkAL VlsCERA & LIVER &SF, CAvIAR, ROE AND BAIT

000 LB* 113 528 21 356

W n II 99 I1 11 I9

#? LB: CASES T TONS OWLB,

II 9l’

3 523 8 856

86 15 160

790 282 629

745 3 883

6 2';

160 425

165

T0a.a VALUE ~RKETED #a& y3r

(il.) INCLUDES WHALES (VALUE BUT Noa QUANTITY), MINK FEED, FISH DE MINOR IMPORTANCE, AND SOME

LAND! blG5 FOR WHICH NO BREAKDOWN I NT0 SPEC l ES WAS AVAILABLE,

(2) kOlYJCT!ON INCLUDES OFFAL FROM OTHER SPECIES*

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IABLJE 3 (~NT’D) - LANDINGS AN0 MAMlFAClUREfI PROWX MARKEKD IN B.C. - 19%

KIND OF FISH TV PU~tdit VALUE $ (000 ‘s)

TOTAL MARKETED VALWE

FRESH FROZEN FRESH MEAT FRQZEN &AT OTHER

TOTAL ~&RMTTED VALUE

SKATE LANDED PARKETED *

FRESH & FROZEN INCLUDING w I MGS

TOTAL MARKETED VALUE

%LSS LANDED MARKETED

FRESH FROZEN FREW F I ~~7s zFWEN F I LL-ETS

TOTAL MARKETED VALUE

9tzfz&- FRESH dr FROZEN

TOTAL MARKETED VALUE

HAL I IWT LIVERS & VISCERA BLACK bD LIVERS Lt NG (--.OD

t IVERS

GREYF~~H IvERS OTHER LWERs

TOTAL LANDED VALUE

$;;;lsH VlT$ki’N 04’

OTHER LIVERS dr OtL (000 Ll3.j

TOTAL MARKETED VALUE

cm0 LB.

l

000 LB.

n I ‘I *

000 LB.

I

9

5

12J.6

102

91

000 LB. 8 303 a 445 a 181 I

I l

1 022

l 3z

000 LE. 34

I 34

SUhWY OF LlVER & VISCERA PRODUCT10N

261

if

'7

MARKETED

M/iJ’S

635 874

51 4

:: 1

109

$ 000

lzl 1

2%

1.

1

.1 199

4 1% lo: .%w

2

7

7 390

35

490 9ost

+ INDICATES LESS THAN 500 POUNDS OR $500.

TAEl.E 4 - BR IT ISI-1 COLUMB f A SALKIN PACK - AREA WERE CAM0, 1956

q&a-CT

SKEENA RtwER 63 776 34% 312$ 24% 262 616 171 083+ 68 313 35G 958

CENTRAL AREA L

?UEEFd CHARi- 70 241+ 35& * 186 243 22 137 106 141 47 “5% 247 04% OTTES

-zt?/566 TOTAL 320 096 4 080 445 4 335 2 %I$ 1253$-

I

10 549 -2 203 709$ 3636/3< / L&U&27% //zc/fy

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I DRESEi I TOTAL

PACKER I Ii,42 UC’ 91 1 148 6 543 5933 1

SEINER I 270 a O’F”6 a 354 I 18 215 2Q9 1 288 8 291 8563 1

HONG LINER I 44 745 ‘716 I 12 s44 128 I 56 879 84-q

WLECTOR 3u 385 375 14 3,'73 179 44 562 524

SE~NER-=PACKER 56 1 970 2 303 6 86 65 62 2 056 2 368

I%! NER-~ONG LI rm 1 @ 5. X.8 1 606 4 56 60 48 1, 3rd 1 666

I

* STEAM VESSELS I I

‘TABLE 6 ‘I RtdVEUCRY OF CtATS iJ3S Tt-klN 10 TDplB

IN BRITWI COLUMB1A 1356 -_ .-.

Tvp~ OF &AT hem WAN 20 F’f , 20 FT* OR LESS TOrAL

No. $(OQO%] N& $(cw%) No. $(OOO ‘s:

GYLLNET - ‘i4S 3 348 9 934 ‘76 33 3 424 9 967

GILLNET - DIESEL :%I lo-4 sl 104

GILLNET - tbW OR CANOE 25 3 25 3

TROLL, - %s 1 36'7 4 077 934 315 2 301 5 192

TROLL - DIESEL - 23 2i.8 23 218

TROLL - Row OR CANOE 232 19 232 19

DTHER - GAS (1) ,266; 8-x 129 l!B 395 1 035

I~WER - DIESEL (1) 1.3 %4!5 13 '- 145

t@HER - F&w m CA~~QE 453 73 459 73

COLLECTOR - GAS SY.3 494 113 494

CoLLECTOR - DI ESEL 38 3cx3 38 303

TOTAL 5 in I6 9!5s i a55 602 7 034 I.7 553

NMWER OF’ Mm ENGAGED IN i;Rrrww F:SWW (TABLE 5 - TABLF E?)

TOTAL FISHERMEN LICENSEP (2) 10 853

NUMEIER OF MEN ON PACKERS, COLLECTORS. 998 --

TOTAL MEN 11 851,

(1) tNcLU~f3 corm 1 NAT 90N

(2) SEE Ltcms~ SUMMARY - TABLE 8

I SXA,*E OF GEAR

I &STER !hsl:ETs

I TUNA &AR

k!EkR i NO POUNOS 29 a

I TOTAL VALE 7 675 -1 __ ..---

* ILSS THAN $500

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EW? OF FISHERMEN L1cEm IN oRlTlSH COLlJMBlA. iwz - 1956

@JE LICENSE ONLY

Gf uNET

CAPTAIN SALMON PURSE SEINE

TROLL

ASSISTANT SALMON FURSE SEINE

HAL~DUT 'I

Ji.SSIsTANT HERRlNG

ONE &HER LICENSE

3 ?fx

2l2

3446

1 765

117

I.08

432

J&m 3 742

165

3429

1773

263

70

443

3 109 2 868

143 172

2 861 2647

1483 2 376

539 498

78 192

430 466

TOTAL WITH ONE LICENSE 9844 9 885 8 643 8 219

GILLNET f TROLL 176 234 186

G1urm & A/SEINE 79 89 73

GILLNET & HALIEWT 209 307 383

GILLNET & 1 OlldER LICENSE 294 330 331

CAPTAIN SALFK~N & HERRING ASST. 32 44 56

n * & I CAPTAIN 44 59 53

n # & HALIBUT 28 56 77

* u dr TROU 63 G4 55

n a & 1 &HER 31 26 2l

TROLL & SEINE Assr. 222 207 149

TROLL L HALIBUT 74 83 136

TROLL & 1 OTHER 228 265 252

I&T. QLMON L HERRRING ASST. 305 447 345

n n dr HALIBUT 28 59 267

n n &loTKR 45 69 87

TWO &klER LlCENsES t’bT WMQN 46 60 81

182

79

274

306

49

51

60

58

29

144

77 F

192

290 t .

156

60

160

TOTAL WITH Two LICENSES 1904 2 397 2 552 2 167

THREE OR MDRE LICENSES

GILLNET, TROLL & 1 OTHER’

GILLNET & ~140 GTHER

GILLNET & THREE OR WJRE LICENSES

TFQLL & TWO OR F&WE LlCENsES

CAPrAt N SALMN & 2 OR MRE

ASST. SALMONS ASST. HERRING & HALIBUT II II & 2 OR t&RE iJCENSES

THREE OR hbRE OTHER TYPES OF LICENSES

64

64

11

83

26

2

10

102 92 107

66 101 93

15 22 16

130 168 123

44 5'7 26

18 288 70

20 34 25

3 4 7

TOTAL WI Tri THREE OR WIRE LICENSES 260

12 -

398 665 467

lo TQTAL NUMDER OF LlCEN5EQ 12 680 11 86Q

m: EklTtsn C0LuMst~ LlcEtw REPORT SUMMARY - 1956, FEBRUARY 15, 1957.

K~RI:ETS & ECONOMICS SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF Fr SkiER I ES