
TRADE IN FRESH AND FROZEN FISHERY PRODUCTS AND 
hugion a NG CONSIDERATIONS IN GREATER ST. 
By R. H. Frepier 
Agent, United States Bureau of Fisheries 


CONTENTS 
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DENT OuL ON eae os etn eo ee -- 485 | Cold-storage facilities__......__.__.____._._---———4 
HGrHe SMe eis ee Ol oP hha BU 2 ASGn SIZES OLS sa oe tees Le eet LT Cae ea ie 
Source of supply of fishery products _-_--___- 486 Form in which fish are received 
ECOL VAT Bi pL tS ee ee ot Ae ee Sek oe = 480) Shipping containers sess = = ees 
Pipaiisretiorin sere sry F Sepress he FE ese De 490 | Trade categories of fishery products received. 502 
Reshipment of fishery products_-_-_-________ 490 | Estimated population of the greater St. Louis 
TiGeCam RNR LING ss = 2 cle et Lo sie Pe 491 ATCO LOD Ss cert Wes 2 APSE 2 ee St 507 
Widolesilewirade = tee 491 Per capita consumption of fish__.__________ 507 
Common and scientific names of fishery Summary of market survey__...__._________- 508 
PEOGUCLS WANG eda FS eset e e ees 492 | Health regulations governing fish stores______ 508 
Important commercial products__________- 493 | Regulations governing the sale of fish________ 509 
Products of moderate importance__________ 491 | Directory of sea-food dealers in St. Louis____ 510 
Products of slight importance_____.________ 494 | Express and freight rates_.._-.......__....-- 512 
Retail trade and fish stores__.-______-_____- 495 
Union Wiapket< aes sete ee 2 Tl rs oc). 497 
Grocery and meat stores_-._....-__-.-__--- 500 
INTRODUCTION 
The present survey is the eighth of a series of trade investigations 
made by the Bureau of Fisheries, the cities previously canvassed 
being Louisville, Ky.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Chicago, Ill.; Minneapolis 
and St. Paul, Minn.; Seattle, Wash.; Boston, Mass.; and New York 
City, N. Y. The following report is based on the calendar year 
1926 as to amounts of fish handled and the spring of 1927 for market- 
ing conditions. 
The author wishes to express his appreciation to the fish trade 
for its interest, cooperation, and many courtesies extended while 
the information for this survey was being collected. Thanks are 
especially due to George J. Goettling and William Goettling of the 
Geo. J. Goettling Co.; W. A. Meletio and Frank J. Girse of the 
Meletio Seafood Co.; G. Roettger of the Faust’s Fulton Market Co.; 
and Carl A. Lammers of the Booth Fisheries Co., for supplying 
data and helpful suggestions throughout the course of this survey. 
Greater St. Louis is situated on the Mississippi River, near the 
geographical center of the United States, near the center of popula- 
tion, the center of agricultural production, and the center of many 
of the sources of raw materials. Being neither eastern nor western, 
northern nor southern, its population represents a mythical cross 
section of the United States. The city of St Louis, considered 
alone, is the most American city in the United States, with the 
smallest number of foreign-born citizens of any metropolitan city, 
according to the fourteenth United States census report. 

1 Appendix VI to the Report of the U, S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 1927. B. F. Doc. 1026. 
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