PRODUCTION
ΙΟΙ
Average Whole-
Piculs Tons sale price in ¢
per catty
Red Sea Bream TAIUS TUMIFRONS
(Tanaka & Schlegel)
32,584 1,940
79
Lizard Fish
SAURIDA TUMBIL
(Richardson)
31,311 1,864
39
Red Snapper
LUTJANUS ERYTHROPTERUS
(Bloch)
21,707 1,292
53
Yellow Croaker PSEUDOSCAIENA CROCEA
(Richardson)
18,853 1,122
115
Local production during the last five years and average wholesale prices in cents per catty during the same period
were as follows:
Quantities & Values
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
Piculs
578,565
528,184 31,439.5 41,676,354
663,769 39,510.1 42,977,489
677,599 40,333.3 36,800,531
679,187 40,427.8
Tons
34,438.4
Value ($) 38,517,861
43,267,461
Average wholesale prices
Fresh Fish
Salt Fish
1952
70
56
1953
80
74
1954
67
55
1955
56
43
1956
66
49
1956 was a better year, financially, for the local fishermen than its predecessor, although it was not marked by any notable increase in landings. Nevertheless, the average whole- sale price increased, due largely to a decline in the imports of fresh-water fish from the Chinese Mainland and to a general rise in the cost of foodstuffs.
The embargo on the importation of salt/dried fish from the Colony, imposed by the Chinese authorities in June 1950, remained in force throughout the year. Salt fish exporters,