Ji U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



FINDINGS 

 It has been found that — 



1. The fisheries of 11 States and 1 Canadian Province supply Jack- 

 sonville with fresh and frozen fishery products. 



2. During 1926, 502,000 pounds of fish were landed at Jacksonville; 

 8,965,000 pounds were received overland, of which 5,724,000 pounds 

 were reshipped, leaving 3,743,000 pounds consumed in Jacksonville. 



3. Less-than-carload shipments froni Florida producers are assem- 

 bled by wholesalers and forwarded in car-lot shipments. 



4. Wholesale dealers in Jacksonville distribute fresh and frozen 

 fishery products to 25 States, the District of Columbia, and 1 Cana- 

 dian Province. 



5. The States of New York, Georgia, Florida, Pennsylvania, and 

 Missouri receive 60 per cent of the fish distributed from Jacksonville. 



6. Mullet, Spanish mackerel, sea trout, fresh-water bream, and 

 shrimp constitute about 60 per cent of the fish distributed from 

 Jacksonville. 



7. Wholesale stores are located on the waterfront, on railroad spur 

 tracks, and near local consumer trade. 



8. Cold-storage facilities are available for freezing and storing 

 about 1,800,000 pounds of fish. This can be expanded. 



9. Ten varieties of fish constitute 75 per cent of the retail trade. 



10. Fish retailers show apathy toward making window displays of 

 fishery products. 



11. Of the 24 retail fish stores handling fishery products every day 

 in the week, 12 catered to the colored population, 4 to the white 

 population, and 8 to trade of both races. 



12. Sales in retail stores show that 68 per cent of the week's trading 

 is done on Friday and Saturday. 



13. Only a small number of grocery and meat stores handle fishery 

 products. 



14. Hawkers operate in the city streets from motor trucks and 

 horse or hand drawn vehicles. 



15. Barrels predominate as shipping containers. 



16. Per capita consumption of fish in the round is 25 pounds and 

 of the edible portion about 18 pounds. 



RECEIPTS AND SOURCES OF SUPPLY 



The fisheries of 11 States and 1 Canadian Province contributed in 

 supplying Jacksonville with 9,467,000 pounds of fishery products 

 during 1926. Of this amount, 8,054,000 pounds, or 85 per cent, were 

 salt-water varieties and 1,413,000 pounds, or 15 per cent, were fresh- 

 water varieties. Of the total products received, Florida provided the 

 largest supply, amounting to 8,445,000 pounds, or 89 per cent. This 

 consisted of 1,412,000 pounds of fresh-water and 7,033,000 pounds of 

 salt-water varieties end equals about one-tenth of the total annual 

 production of edible fish in Florida. Virginia sent the second largest 

 supply, amounting to 803,000 pounds, or 8.5 per cent, consisting 

 entirely of salt-water varieties. Mar3dand was third and sent 118,000 

 pounds, or 1.2 per cent, made up wholly of salt-water varieties. 

 Eight other States and one Canadian Province contributed the 

 remainder, amounting to 101,000 pounds, or 1.1 per cent, which 

 consisted of 100,000 pounds of salt-water varieties and 1,000 pounds 

 of fresh-water varieties. Ranked in order of importance, they were 



