Common Ncmes 



Scientific Names 



■ Par go blr.nco 



Criolla 



Congrio real . . . 



Efcalr.o del Siir 



(Abndejo) (liko codfish) 



Umbrinn cr.nossi Berg. 

 Pogonias chronis, L. 

 Pcrcophis brasiliensis, Q.C. 



Genypfterus blaccdes, Eloch, 

 StclephcTUS olidus, Gthr, 

 SjTibranchus parnoratus, Eloch. 

 Carax gibbosus, L. 



Anchcita (anchovy) 



Anguila 



Mojarra 



Fish Taken, 1937 to date . 



a. Fish landed . Indicate catch by principal species . 



According to statistics f\irnished by SOYP, the total catch for the pest 

 nine years, in metric tons, v.'as as fclla7s: 



Year 



1938 

 1939 



1^U1 

 19A2 

 19A3 

 19AA 

 19/!^5 

 19/^6 



S.O.Y.P . 



1,3^7 

 1,372 

 1,187 

 1,286 

 1,222 

 1,3A3 

 1,252 

 1,301 

 1,269 



Private firms 



2,295 



2,0^,3 



1,919 



1,892 



1,962 



1,979 . 



2,071 . ■ 



2,10^ 



2,33A 



Total 

 3,6/^2 



3,a5 



3,106 

 3,178 

 3,18^ 

 3,322 

 3,323 

 3,4.05 

 3,603 



The average annual catch in Uruguay, therefore, vrrs 3,353 metric tons. 

 The percentage thereof, "by species, follow: 



b. Fish -.vasted . 



It is estimated thr.t 15^ of the total catch is wasted. Part of this 

 is due to the lack of consumer demand for the species in question, part to the 

 lack of adequate refrigeration facilities. 



