United States Department of the Interior, J. A. Krug, Secretary 

 Fish and Wildlife Service, A. U. Day, Director 



Fishery Leaflet 259 



Washington 25, D. C. September 194.7 



■fflE FISffiRIES AND FISHERY RESOURCFS OF THE CARIBBEAN AREA 

 (A Report of the Caribbean Fishery Mission of 1942 ) l/ 



By 



Reginald H. Fiedler, Chief of the Mission and Economist 



Milton J. Lobell, Assistant Chief and Fishery Engineer 



Clarence R. Lucas, Fisherj' Economist 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



THE CARIBBEAN AREA 



Introduction 1 



Acknowledgments 2 



Geography 2 



The Fishery Resources 3 



The Oceanography of the Caribbean 4 



Species and Distribution 13 



The Fishery Industries 2U 



Fishing Gear 37 



Potential fishery Industries 4^9 



Unused Resources 50 



Possibilities for Enlarging Caribbean 



Fishery Commerce 51 



1/ The Caribbean Fishery Mission was conducted during the year 194-2 by the Fish and 

 Wildlife Service in cooperation with the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American 

 Affairs. This is a republication of the report which was issued in mimeographed form 

 in August 1943 by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. 



