The floats have a capacity of 5>000 or 6,000 pounds each, and are towed into 

 Habana every night. The cargo is transferred into large baskets weighing about 

 2£>0 pounds each and carried on porters' heads to the place where the fish are 

 weighea. They are then loaded onto trucks which complete delivery to markets 

 at around 2 A.M. Ice-packed fish reach Habana by sea, rail and highway. 



Baskets with 2# pounds of fish are carried to trucks for delivery to market 



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