Retail prices have ranged from 30 cents per 7-ounce tin in 19U0 and 

 19U1 to 60 and 65 cents per 8, 9 or 9.5-ounce tins in 19U6 (see Appendix VII). 



The wholesale price of Cuban sardines averages $9. 50 per case of U8 

 8-ounce tins, and the retail price ranges from 30 to U5 cents. 



Prices of available imported canned fish are as follows: 



Commodity, country of Average Average 

 origin and type wholesale retail 

 of packing per case per tin 



SARDINES 



United States: U8 16-oz tins 

 U8 15-oz tins 

 Portugal: 100 U. 5-oz tins 

 Spain: U0 10. 5-oz tins 

 Chile: 100 U.5-oz tins 

 Argentina: 100 U. 5-oz tins 



SQUID/ 2 



United States: U8 15-oz tins 8.50 30 



c. Salted, domestic . The price at which fishing companies sell Cuban 

 dry salted grouper and snapper is between $8 and $12 per 100 pounds, while the 

 prices of wholesale merchants have ranged from $3h to $1*0 during the war and 

 around $15 or $20 at present.* The range of retail prices also has been wide 

 and sometimes, when represented to be 'imported codfish, they have reached as 

 high as U5 or 50 cents a pound; at present* they are around 20 or 27 cents. 



With increasing arrivals of cured fish from abroad, the price of Cuban 

 salted fish tends to decline. 



Imported . At present*the wholesale price of Norwegian fish is between 

 $3h and $36 per 100 pounds and that of Canadian codfish around $31, c.i.f. 

 Habana. Retail prices are from 3U to I46 cents per pound. 



FISHERY REGULATIONS AND POLICIES 



a. Conservation, protection and management . The basic legislation regulat- 

 ing the fishing industry in Cuba is embodied in Decrees 70U of March 28, 1936, and 

 973 of May 8, 1939 The decrees 



constitute a re-statement of laws formerly in effect but also contain a number 

 of new regulations. The outstanding provisions are condensed below: 



Only Cubans may fish for commercial or industrial purposes. 

 Skippers must be native-born. Foreigners may fish only for 

 sport or pleasure. 



7T The 0PA reportedly shortly will authorize American canneries to increase 



prices $0.60 or $1.00 per case. 

 /2 Turn-over of squid is slow; lack of condiment hinders sales. 



*19U6 



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