MARKET SURVEY, JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 



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As will be noted from the preceding table, the consumption of fishery- 

 products in Jacksonville is restricted largely to species of fish pro- 

 duced in Florida. Mullet ranks first in importance. Being inexpen- 

 sive and relatively abundant, they are consumed largely by the 

 colored population. Croakers (about equally as abundant and 

 inexpensive) rank second and are used during the spring and summer 

 months, when mullet are not available in sufficient quantities. This 

 species is popular also with the colored trade. Other species in the 

 commercially important class are liked on account of their quality or 

 inexpensiveness and are c[uite plentiful. 



Moderately important commercial products. — The 14 products of 

 this group, amounting to 748,000 pounds, constitute approximately 

 20 per cent of the trade. They are of moderate importance largely 

 because the supply is limited or seasonal. It is believed that in the 

 future several of these products will rank among the important com- 

 mercial species. The entire supply is received from points in Florida 

 in 200-pound barrels, except crawfish, which are received in 150-pound 

 barrels. 



Table 7.- 



-Fishery products upon which approximately 20 per cent of the retail 

 trade is based ^ 



Rank 



Product 



Herring 



Blue runner 



Snook 



Sheepshead, salt 

 water. 



Red drum 



Bream, salt-water. . 

 Crevalle 



Form in which re- 

 ceived 



Rank 



Round. 

 Do. 



Viscerated. 



Round or viscerated. 



Do. 



Round. 



Do. 



Product 



Pompano 



Spiny lobster 



Grouper 



Mangrove snapper 



Permit 



Catfish... 



Black bass.- 



Form in which re- 

 ceived 



Round. 

 Round, alive. 

 Viscerated. 

 Round. 

 Do. 

 Viscerated, headless, 



and skinned. 

 Round or viscerated. 



1 Tables 6, 7, and 8 are to be considered together as regards the relative rank of importance of the products 

 as a whole. 



Note. — All the products listed in this table originated in Florida and all arrived in barrels with a net 

 weight of 200 pounds, except spiny lobster, which arrived in barrels with a net weight of 150 pounds. 



Slightly important commercial products. — The 24 products of this 

 group, amounting to 174,000 pounds, constitute only 5 per cent of 

 the trade. It has been revealed that the sale of 9 of these products 

 is retarded because of their relatively high price, 7 because they are 

 not well known, 6 because the supply is limited, 5 because they are 

 seasonal varieties, 5 because they are considered coarse, 3 because 

 the main customers are hotels and restaurants, 1 because it is a poor 

 shipper, 1 because the size of local variety is too large, and 1 because 

 it is used mainly as a substitute. 



