44 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



FINDINGS 



Through this study it has been found that — 



1. Atlanta is furnished with fresh and frozen fishery products by 

 15 States and 1 Canadian Province. 



2. Dealers leceived 5,070,000 pounds of 57 varieties of fresh and 

 frozen fishery products during 1927. 



3. Wholesale fishery fimis are relatively near terminal team tracks 

 of the various railroads or have spur tracks adjoining their estab- 

 lishments. 



4. About 94 per cent of the fresh and frozen fishery products 

 received during 1927 arrived by less-than-carload express. 



5. About 90 per cent of the fishery products are received in bairels, 



6. Dealers at producing centers compete with dealers in Atlanta 

 in supplying the teriitory surrounding Atlanta with fresh and frozen 

 fishery products. 



7. Dealers distributed fresh and frozen fishery products only to 

 points in Georgia and Alabama, amounting to 387,000 pounds in 

 1927. 



8. Consumption of fresh and frozen fishery products in metro- 

 politan Atlanta during 1927 amounted to 4,683,000 pounds. 



9. Fresh and frozen fishery products are marketed by wholesalers 

 in the form in which they are received. 



10. The annual per capita consumption of fresh and frozen fish in 

 the round in metropolitan Atlanta amounts to 14 pounds and in the 

 edible portion to 11 pounds. 



11. Five species of fish constitute 80 per cent of the retail trade. 



12. Fifty-two fishery products constitute 20 per cent of the retail 

 trade. 



13. Fresh and fiozen fishery products were handled daily by only 

 12 stores. 



14. Fully 50 per cent of the grocery stores handle fiesh or frozen 

 fishery products one or more days each week. 



15. Retail fish stores cater to both the white and colored popu- 

 lations. 



16. Retail fish stores make 69- per cent of the week's sales on 

 Friday and Saturday. 



17. Methods of displaying and handling fresh and frozen fishery 

 products in retail grocery stores show little or no improvement over 

 methods usually in vogue in fish stores. 



18. Consumers are reluctant to use frozen fishery products when 

 similar varieties are available in the fresh condition. 



19. No public cold-storage or freezing facilities are available in 

 the city for fishery products, although three firms operate private 

 cold-storage plants capable of holding about 250,000 pounds of 

 fishery products. 



RECEIPTS AND SOURCES OF SUPPLY OF FISHERY PRODUCTS 



Inasmuch as no commercial fishery of any importance is prosecuted 

 at Atlanta or within a radius of several hundred miles, the dealers in 

 Atlanta must depend entirely upon other cities for their supply of 

 fishery products. During 1927 fish dealers there received 5,070,000 

 pounds of fresh and frozen fishery products from 15 States and 

 1 Canadian Province, with a wholesale value in Atlanta of about 

 $862,000. Of the amount received, 4,801,000 pounds, or 95 per cent, 



