TRADE IN FRESH AND FROZEN FISHERY PRODUCTS 55 



Table 5. — Summary of Atlanta market survey 



Item 



Number 



Wholesale fish dealers - 



Retail fish dealers handling fish 6 days a week 



Products handled - 



Commercially important products (80 per cent) 



Amount pounds 



Moderately important products (15 per cent) -. 



Amount pounds 



Slightly important products (5 per cent) 



Amount pounds 



Reason for limited sale- 

 Used mainly by hotels and restaurants 



Considered coarse 



Substitute for southern varieties 



Relatively high priced 



Seasonal variety -- 



Small size _ _ 



Used mainly by Hebrew trade - _ 



Prefer product cooked 



Poor shipper 



Poor keeper 



Not well known ^ 



Principal containers: 



Boxes with a capacity of - pounds. 



Barrels with a capacity of .do... 



Quantity of products handled by wholesalers in 1927 do... 



Quantity shipped to other States (8 per cent)... do... 



Quantity liandled by retailers (consumed in Atlanta).. do-.. 



Quantity consumed in Atlanta, reduced to the edible portion do... 



Estimated population of Atlanta, 1927 



Per capita consumption of fresh and frozen fishery products, 1927 (edible portion). pounds. 

 Per capita consumption of fresh and frozen fishery products, 1927 (in the round).. .do... 



5. 



12 



57 



5 



4, 063, 000- 



15 



754, 000 



37 



253, 000 



8. 



100-150-200-350 



125-150-200 



5, 070, 000 



387, 000 



4, 683, 000 



3, 562, 000 



325, 000 



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ORDINANCES GOVERNING THE HANDLING AND SALE OF FISH 



The handling and sale of fish in Atlanta is subject to regulation by 

 certain ordinances, as stated in the Charter and Ordinances of the 

 City of Atlanta, Code of 1924. 



Section 2119 states, in substance, that it shall be unlawful to 

 peddle or oflFer for sale upon the streets of the city, or from house to 

 house, at retail, fresh meat ot any kind (fish) from wagons or baskets 

 or otherwise. 



Section 1404 states, in substance, that it shall be unlaw^ful for any 

 person, firm, or corporation to display or offer for sale any meat, 

 fish, pickles, dates, prunes, figs, or fruits (such as are not washed or 

 peeled before eating), or other article of food that would collect dust 

 and du't, making same unfit for food, on the sidewalk of any build- 

 ing or place of business. 



Section 1417 states, in substance, no license shall be issued to any 

 person, firm, or corporation for the purpose of conducting a fish stand 

 or meat market, where such stand or market is constructed so as to 

 front or open or abut on the sidewalk where sales are made to cus- 

 tomers standing upon the sidewalk. 



Section 1408 provides for the screening of fish markets to prevent 

 the ingress and egress of flies or other insects. As an alternate, cer- 

 tain prescribed fans may be used for warding off flies. 



Section 2131 states, in substance, that restaurants or other eating 

 places along the edge of sidewalks or on sidewalks or oj^ the streets, 

 in which fish or other articles of food are cooked and oft'ered for sale, 

 must be screened so that flies or othei' insects do not have access to 

 the food products while the latter are being cooked or oft'ered for sale. 



Section 1395 states, in substance, that sanitary inspectors of the 

 city shall condemn all unsound, tainted, offensive, or unwholesome 



