the point of origin. Chicago no longer has a fresh shrimp trading market 

 and practically all of the shrimp now shipped to this city is frozen. 1/ 



What is perhaps the simplest form of marketing structure in 

 the industry may be found along the South Atlantic seaboard, especially 

 in North and South Carolina and Georgia. It is estimated that 70 

 percent of the shrimp landed in these States goes to the fresh shrimp 

 markets in the northeastern part of this country; most of the remainder 

 is sold to processors located in Georgia. 



Fresh shrimp shipments are usually made on a commission basis 

 or on direct sale to a buyer. From the standpoint of the person holding 

 title to the shrimp, an arrangement under which the shrimp are sold prior 

 to shipment or while enroute to the consumer market. is preferred. The 

 latter occurs when a commission shipment to Ifew York is sold in transit 

 by the shipper to a buyer in Philadelphia or some other stopover. For 

 this purpose truckers are often instructed to stop at a telegraph office 

 in a designated city for new delivery orders. 



There are several reasons why commission shipments are not very 

 popular with the owner of the shrimp. If the shipment arrives when the 

 market is oversupplied, he must either sell at a distress price or have 

 the unsold shrimp frozen and stored until the market situation improves. 

 In addition to the increased costs entailed by the latter and the market 

 risk, potential losses due to quality deterioration have to be considered; 

 the danger of spoilage is greater the longer the interval between the time 

 the shrimp were caught and the time they are frozen. 



Rather than face the problems connected with the consignment- 

 type of sale, the boat owner may choose to deal with an assembling whole- 

 saler. These wholesalers can be found in nearly every section of the 

 South Atlantic Area. 



Prior to the establishment of local cooperatives, sales by 

 fishermen to fresh-market wholesalers were more frequent. Most whole- 

 salers now serving the fresh market also deal in other fish products 

 and often shrimp are only a minor line with them. 



1/ Generally, the Chicago wholesale market deals in larger-sized 

 shrimp, arriving there mostly from Texas, Louisiana, and Mexico. Frozen 

 shrimp arrivals at the Chicago Market in 1957 were ll;,3l8,600 pounds 

 with only 10,600 pounds of fresh shrimp being received. In contrast, 

 the New York City Salt Water Market arrivals for 19^7 were 6,193,100 

 pounds of fresh and 7,263,UOO pounds of frozen shrimp. 



