I i or toui 



U.S. ccoMapUoo 



D 



i or total 

 U,B. populatlcn 



§ 



§ 



§ 



M 



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m 



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■*" kiaaie E.M. W.H. south E.3. M.S. 



Eael«o4 Aclantlf Central OnCral Atlantic Central Central Mountain Pacific 



Figure 8. — Regional distribution of crab consumption 

 (at home) and population, 1969. Source: Appendix 2. 



Middle Atlantic. The South Atlantic and East 

 South Central regions are the only regions 

 other than the Pacific that account for some- 

 thing more than their proportional shares of 

 crab consumption. The excess is moderate, but 

 does indicate a localized consumption pattern 

 inasmuch as the South Atlantic and East South 

 Central States are major producers of blue 

 crabs. The South Atlantic States apparently 

 consume about 60% of their output, while the 

 East and West South Central States utilize 

 their entire output plus imports from other 

 areas (Figure 9). 



The catch of king crabs in 1969 was espe- 

 cially low, which probably accounts for the 

 large proportion of total supplies apparently 

 consumed in the Pacific area. In years of high 

 output, it is not unlikely that larger quantities 

 would be shipped out-of-region. The product 

 is marketed in frozen form and presents few 

 shipping and storage problems. Obviously the 

 local market for the product is attractive to 

 producers. This could mean that interregional 

 trade in Pacific crabs would suflfer nearly the 

 full impact of further declines in king crab 

 production. 



Lobsters 



New England households, according to the 

 survey, account for nearly two-thirds of lob- 

 sters purchased for consumption at home. Most 

 of the remaining one-third of lobster purchases 

 are made in the Middle Atlantic and South 

 Atlantic regions (Figure 10). Consumption 



(Hlllion pounds) 



2'.' 15 10 



DisritiDvnoN 



(HI 11 Ion pounds) 



"T" 



"T- 



SEW E fCLAHD 



MIDDLE iHAKTlC 



I l l lill l H l f K I II P 



E. N. CptTKAl. 



U. N. C 3[TRAL 



II 

 SOUTH AT .ANTIC 



^. S. CJiJKJd. 



W. S, C:JJTRAL 



g INSHIPHDaS 

 I I LANDINGS 



*Total Consumption - at home and away 



I^OUTSHIPMOfTS 

 [—] CON SUMPTION* 



Figure 9. — Regional supplies and distribution of crabs. 

 Source: Appendix 5. 



D 



I i of total 



I U.S. coasuaptlea 



i oT total 

 U.S. popuUtlcf 



M 



Jl 



^ 



.^iH 



Figure 10.- — Regional distribution of lobster consump- 

 tion (at home) and population, 1969. 



in all other regions is insignificant, with the 

 exception of the East South Central area, which 

 accounts for just under 5^'c of the total. The 

 figures represent fresh lobster and consist 

 chiefly of northern lobster. It is likely, how- 

 ever, that some of the quantity attributed to 

 the southern area States represents local spiny 

 lobster. 



