Southern portions of the United States (Figure 

 12). The New England and Middle Atlantic 



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Figfure 12.- — Regional distribution of scallop consump- 

 tion (at home) and population, 1969. 



States account for nearly half of the scallops 

 consumed at home, but include only about one- 

 fourth of the U.S. population. Consumption 

 in the South Atlantic States is less than pro- 

 portional to the area's population, and the same 

 is true for the North Central region, although 

 in total quantity consumed, the North Central 

 region ranks in third place behind the Middle 

 Atlantic and New England. The South Central 

 regions (East and West) along with the West 

 North Central area consume less than Z^'c of 

 total scallops purchased for use at home, al- 

 though the areas have about one-fourth of the 

 U.S. population. 



Most of the U.S. catch of scallops is landed 

 at New England ports, and there is an active 

 local market for what is produced. Local 

 marketings likely consist in large part of fresh 

 (that is not frozen) scallops which have be- 

 come a traditional favorite in New England. 

 The proximity of the Middle Atlantic States to 

 the major producing areas helps to explain the 

 l)opularity of scallops in the area. 



The easy adaptability of scallops to process- 

 ing as a frozen product is born out especially 

 by the high rate of consumption in the Mountain 

 area States, where the per capita rate is over 

 two and a half times the U.S. average. Sig- 

 nificant quantities of scallops are also con- 

 sumed in the Pacific area, which ranks fourth 

 in total consumption. 



Lobster Tails 



Frozen lobster tails, which are mostly foreign 

 imports, are consumed most heavily in the Mid- 

 dle Atlantic region. Per capita consumption 

 of lobster tails in the Middle Atlantic is 1.6 

 times the U.S. average for at-home consump- 

 tion, and the area accounts for 29 ^'f of the total 

 consumed in the United States. The East North 

 Central States consumed 27 ':r of the U.S. total, 

 and their per capita rate is about 1.4 times the 

 national average. The East South Central re- 

 gion also is a major market for lobster tails 

 and accounts for Wr of the total consumed 

 at home (Figure 13). 



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 U.S. popuLttla 



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Figure 13. — Regional distribution of lobster tail con- 

 sumption (at home) and population, 1969. 



Not surprisingly, consumption of frozen lob- 

 ster tails is low in New England, what with 

 the availability of local supplies of northern 

 lobsters. Consumption also is low (almost in- 

 significant) in the West Central States, both 

 North and South. Beyond this belt, however, 

 lobster tail consumjjtion picks up considerably, 

 and in the Mountain areas the per capita rate 

 is 1.5 times the national average. There are 

 also significant quantities consumed in the Pa- 

 cific States which account for 8^'f of the U.S. 

 total although the per capita rate in that area 

 is only 61 "Tr of the national average. 



Recap 



To recapitulate some of the findings regard- 

 ing geographic distribution of fishery product 

 consumption, it is useful to compare regional 

 rankings. These comjjarisons are shown in 



