Salt-Water Fish Produced Commercially 



Scientific Name 



Palaeraon jamaicensis 



Parapetaenia tetracentha 

 Micropterus salmoides 

 Dajaus monticula 

 Ciprinus carpio 



Joturus pichardi 

 Phillipmos dormitor 

 Anguila rostrata 

 Centropomus undecimalis 



Source: Bureau of Fisheries, Cuban Ministry of Agriculture. 



There are, of course, many other salt and fresh-water fish. The names 

 of the most commonly known are included in Appendix II, 



FISH TAKEN, 1937 TO 19U5 



a. Available data on production and consumption of fish in Cuba admittedly 

 are incomplete. The following estimates, however, are based on the existing 

 data plus allowances for incomplete coverage. 



Fish landed for consumption a3 fresh fish dropped from an estimated 

 annual average of roughly UO million pounds in 1937-Ul to about 25 million during 

 the war and 31 million at present. The principal species taken are, by order 

 of importance, red grouper, lane snapper and muttonfish. A complete list of 

 the kinds of fish taken for consumption in Habana is submitted in Appendix V. 



Fish caught exclusively for canning are tunny, albacore, bonito and 

 some sardines; those for salting are grouper, snapper, mullet, shark and some 

 sardines (see Table 1). 



Table 1. 



Estimated commercial production of Cuban fish /l, average 1937-Ul* 

 annual 19U2-U5, and estimate I9U6. 



Icoo 



Tcoo" 



pounds 



23,673 

 72 



108 



Tooo" 



pounds 



23,973 

 117 

 186 



1000 

 pounds 



30,000 

 U6U 

 200 



Kind 



Fresh fish /2 

 For canning/3* 

 Salted fish " 

 Total com- 

 mercial pro- 

 duction 



pounds 



39,5U8 

 85/U 

 120 ~ 



1000 

 pounds 



26 ,200 



98 



117 



1000 

 pounds 



25,538 

 250 

 168 



39,753 23,853 2U,276 

 See next page for footnotes. 



26,Ul5 25,956 30,6UU 



19/6 



