TRADE IN FRESH AND FROZEN FISHERY PRODUCTS AND 

 RELATED MARKETING CONSIDERATIONS IN SEATTLE, 

 WASH.^ 



By L. T. HoPKiNSON and W. P. Studdert, Agents, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 



CONTENTS. 



Introduction 



Population, 1920 



Importance and growth 



Commercial species of fish » 



Trade names 



Important species 



Species of secondary importance 



Species for wliich demand is limited 



Containers 



Sources of supply and fishery products re- 

 ceived 



Carload arrivals of oysters 



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Reshipment of fishery products 



Carload shipments 



Mail-order business 



Importance of Seattle fishin outside markets. 



Cold storage 



Wholesale and retail trade 



Directory of sea-food dealers 



Retail display 



Attitude of retail meat dealers handUng 



fish as a side line 



Attitude and methods of retail dealers 

 handling fish in conjunction with other 

 foods 



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INTRODUCTION. 



This report of the results of the Seattle market survey constitutes 

 the fifth of a series of fish-trade reports issued by the bureau. Those 

 already published are for Louisville, Ky.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Chicago, 

 111. ; and Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn. In each of these previous 

 reports precedence has been given to local consumption. In this 

 report, however, since Seattle is in the strict sense of the word the 

 first primary market for which a survey has been undertaken, the 

 predominant consideration has been given to production and dis- 

 tribution. 



POPULATION, 1920. 



The population of Seattle, Wash., according to the 1920 census, 

 was as follows: 



Native white 228, 705 



Foreign-born white 73, 875 



Japanese 7, 874 



Negro. 2, 894 



Chinese 1, 351 



All others 613 



Total 315, 312 



IMPORTANCE AND GROWTH. 



Seattle occupies a unique place among the primary fresh and 

 frozen fish markets of the country. As a distributing center it is 



1 Appendix VII to the Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 1922. B. F. Doc. No. 930. 



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