208 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Table 11. — Summary of New York City market survey 



Item 



Salt-water 

 fish market 



Fresh -water 

 fish market 



Total 



Number of wholesale fish dealers 



Number of species offish handled 



Species on which bulk of trade is based (70 per cent) 



Species of moderate importance (20 per cent) 



Species for which demand is slight (10 per cent) 



Because supply is limited _ 



Because species is unpopular 



Sold chiefly to foreigners 



Sold chiefly to hotels and restaurants 



Because not well known 



Principal containers: 



Boxes pounds. 



Barrels .do... 



Quantity of products handled in 1924; 



Fish _ do... 



Bulk shellfish, including oysters, clams, crabs, etc .do... 



Total. 



78 

 24 

 15 

 39 

 14 

 17 

 2 

 2 

 4 



fAU kinds 



\ and sizes. 



200 



100-140 

 150-175 



280, 000, 000 

 54, 000, 000 



87 

 106 

 31 

 20 

 55 

 24 

 17 

 3 

 3 



60, 000, 000 



340, 000, 000 

 54, 000, 000 



334,000,000 60,000,000 



394, 000, 000 



Edible fresh and frozen fishery products utilized in 1924 (exclusive of oyster and clam 



shells) pounds.. 



Quantity consumed in metropolitan area (79 per cent) do 



Quantity shipped to other States (19 per cent) do 



Quantity used on railroad diners and steamships (1 per cent). do 



Quantity exported (1 per cent) _._do 



Estimated population of metropolitan area in 1924, within a radius of 19 miles from Fulton 



Fish Market number. . 



Per capita consumption of fresh and frozen fishery products, 1924 pounds. . 



346, 000, 000 



271,000,000 



67, 000, 000 



4, 000, 000 



4, 000, 000 



8, 489, 499 

 31.8 



Table 12. — Short-line travel distance and freight and express rates on fresh and 

 frozen fish and oysters from principal sources of supply to New York City 



[Distances shown were taken from War Department mileages or War Department mileages in connection 

 with Oflicial RaOway Guide. Notes to reference symbols are grouped at end of table] 



Points of origin 



Short-line 



travel 

 distance, 

 in miles 



Rate in cents per 100 pounds 



Fresh or frozen fish 



Carload, 

 freight 



Less-than- 

 carload, 

 freight 



Fresh or frozen fish and 

 oysters 



Carload, 

 express 



Less-than- 

 carload, 

 express 



DOMINION OF CANADA 



Alberta: 



Cheecham 



Edmonton 



British Columbia: 



Prince Rupert 



Vancouver 



Manitoba: 



OimU 



Hodgson 



Langruth _ 



Lundar 



Mafeking 



Ochre River 



Ri verton 



Selkirk. ._ 



Steep Rock 



Winnipeg 



W i nni pegosis 



New Brunswick: 



Bathurst 



Chatham. _ 



Loggieville 



Port Elgin 



St. John 



2,823 

 2,561- 



3,518 

 3,215 



1,823 

 1,971 

 1,959 

 1,843 

 2,100 

 1,930 

 1,849 

 1,787 

 1,911 

 1,765 

 1,982 



1,008 

 898 

 903 

 836 

 689 



EI320>i 

 294 



DG188 

 DO 188 



I213K 

 215 

 213 

 210 

 242 

 222 



12am 



219 

 192 

 230 



84}^ 



mi 



84H 

 • 85H 



F 



527 



555 

 555 



3893^ 



365 



362 



356 



420 



380 



397M 



3771^ 



374 



323 



396 



151 

 151 

 151 

 154 

 151 



B428 

 B428 



ACD500 



ACD480 



AC401 

 AC520 



XA1255 

 XA975 



XA1390 

 A790 



A635 

 XA675 

 #A635 

 #A635 

 XA790 

 #A680 

 #A635 



A635 

 }tA680 



A595 



A 735 



ftA340 

 #A320 

 liA320 

 #A340 

 XA320 



