WHOLESALE TRADE IN FRESH AND FROZEN FISHERY 

 PRODUCTS AND RELATED MARKETING CONSIDERATIONS 

 IN NEW YORK CITY.' 



By R. H. Fiedler, Agent, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, and J. H. Matthews, 

 Production Manager, Atlantic Coast Fisheries Co. 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction - 183 



Fulton Market 184 



Sources of supply of fishery products 185 



Metropolitan receiving points 186 



Freight and express shipments 186 



Live fish- 191 



Shipments by vessel 191 



Production 191 



Shipments by motor truck 192 



Reshipment of fishery products 192 



Future development of the wholesale fish 



trade 193 



Increasing vessel landings 193 



Congestion. 193 



Vehicular tunnel imder construction 194 



Inland freight terminals 194 



Building replacement.. 194 



Summary 195 



Local marketing 195 



Sales methods 195 



Common and scientific names of fishery 



products. _ 196 



Salt-water fish market 198 



Products handled 198 



Important commercial species 198 



Page 

 Local marketing— Continued. 

 Salt-water fish market— Continued. 

 Products handled— Continued. 



Species of moderate importance 199 



Species for which there is small de- 

 mand.. 199 



Fresh-water fish market 200 



Products handled 200 



Important commercial species... 200 



Species of moderate importance 200 



Species for which there is small de- 

 mand.. 201 



Regulations governing fish stores 201 



Cold storage 202 



Regulations governing cold storage 203 



Containers 204 



Population of the metropolitan area, 1920 205 



Estimated population, 1924 206 



Per capita consumption of fishery products 



during 1924 206 



Directory of wholesale sea-food dealers 206 



Summary of market survey 208 



Express and freight rates 208 



Species handled, source of supply, and season. 214 



INTRODUCTION 



The present survey is the seventh of a series of trade investigations 

 made by the Bureau of Fisheries, the cities previously canvassed 

 being Louisville, Ky., Pittsburgh, Pa., Chicago, 111., Minneapolis 

 and St. Paul, Minn., Seattle, Wash., and Boston, Mass. The fol- 

 lowing report is based on conditions existing during the calendar 

 year 1924. 



The authors wish to express their appreciation to the wholesale 

 lish trade, the American Kailway Express Co., and oflicials of various 

 railway companies, all of New York City, for their interest, enthu- 

 siastic cooperation, and the many courtesies extended while the 

 information for this survey was being collected. Thanks are espe- 

 cially due to Capt. Frederick William Wallace, editor of the Fish- 

 ing Gazette; Joseph Weber, traffic manager of the Chesebro Bros. & 

 Robbins Co.; ana Sol Broome, manager of the Lakeside Fish Co., 

 all of New York City, for supplying valuable data which have 

 contributed largely to the success of this undertaking. 



» Appendix VI to the Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 1925. B. F. Doc. 996. 



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