ABSTRACT 



This report published in two volumes provides a 

 comprehensive examination of the shrimping grounds, vessel 

 construction, fishing operations, fishing costs, processing 

 plant efficiency, processing costs, trends in distribution, 

 packaging, storing, shipping, per capita consumption, prices 

 wholesaling, retailing, merchandising, and consumer preferences, 



A chapter on conclusions and recommendations finds 

 that the shrimp industry's welfare can be safeguarded best 

 (1) by increasing the efficiency of operations at all levels 

 and thus effecting cost savings in shrimp production, proc- 

 essing and distribution and (2) by stabilizing markets. 

 Specific suggestions to improve current practices are made 

 throughout. For example, the chapter on processing in Volume I 

 contains the results of engineering surveys which provide plans 

 for model layouts for freezing and breading plants and canneries. 

 An economic analysis is made of the problems of marketing and 

 price stability. 



The project was financed with funds made available 

 by the Saltonst all-Kennedy Act, approved July 1, 1951i 

 (68 Stat. 376). 



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