TABLE 18.— CHARACTERISTICS OF BOATS USED IN COST ANALYSIS, 



CIUDAD DEL CART'EN 



In arriving at profits or losses for company-owned boats, it 

 is the practice of the bookkeepers to enter local going prices for each 

 delivery of shrimp. In Ciudad del Carmen about kO percent of the boats 

 are company ovmed. Prices fluctuate with market value and vary accord- 

 ing to size and species of shrimp. 



Figure 12. — A typical Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico, shrimp boat, 



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