FISHERIES AND MARKET FOR FISHESY PRODUCTS IN MEXICO, ETC. 73 



Summary of productii^n of national fishing industry, Province of Buenos Aires juris- 

 diction, 1920. 



Month. 



January. . . . 

 February. . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September . 



October 



November . 

 December.. 



Total 



Maritime. 



Pounds. 

 1, 317, 404 

 1,485,484 

 1, 306, 426 

 1, 666, 698 

 1,601,688 

 1, 209, &48 

 868, 912 

 1, 176, 384 

 1, 082, 576 

 1, 302, 488 

 1, 727, 616 

 1, 727, 792 



16, 473, 116 



Lkae. 



Pounds. 

 186, 692 

 219, 758 

 328, 515 

 339, 570 

 326, 128 

 290, 770 

 273, 944 

 311, 520 

 15,400 



268, 488 



2, 560, 785 



River. 



Foreign. 



Pounds. 

 230, 340 

 225, 522 

 340, 890 

 369, 820 

 441, 980 

 425, 040 

 489, 720 

 441,408 

 619, 300 

 519, 464 

 39, 204 

 273,900 



4,416,588 



Pounds. 



276, 463 

 403, 700 

 326, 205 

 390,236 

 369, 248 

 282, 062 

 179, 366 



SheUfish. 



Pounds. 

 158, 774 

 89, 727 

 63,261 

 89, 078 

 59, 675 

 35, 684 

 56, 243 

 156, 596 

 147, 059 

 72, 222 

 197, 175 

 131,450 



1,256,944 



Total. 



Pounds. 

 1, 893, 210 

 2, 020, 491 

 2, 039, 092 

 2, 465, 166 

 2, 496, 351 

 2, 237, 605 

 2, 092, 519 

 2,412,113 

 2, 254, 571 

 2, 263, 422 

 2, 246, 057 

 2, 580, 996 



27, 001 593 



The consumption of fresh fish in the city of Buenos Aires, a city of 

 about 1,700,000 inhabitants, amounts to a daily average of about 18 

 grams (0.71 ounce) per capita. An average of 65 cents, Argentine 

 paper, per kilogram (12 cents United States currency per pound) was 

 obtained for all kinds of sea fish, and an average of $1.30, Argentine 

 paper, per kilogram (25 cent United States currency per pound), 

 for all kinds of shellfish. The average price for all kinds of fresh-water 

 river fish reached 55 cents, Argentine paper, per kilogram (10 cents 

 United States currency per pound), while the product of the lake 

 fisheries, chiefly pejerrey, sold at an average of $1.02, Argentine 

 paper, per kilogram (19 cents United States currency per pound). 



In spite of the best efforts and intentions toward this end, the 

 interior markets of the Republic are deprived of the supplies of fresh 

 fish, chiefly on account of the lack of refrigerating facilities and com- 

 mercial organization in connection with the fishing industry. During 

 1920, 1,692,085 kilograms (3,729,355 pounds) of fish were sent from 

 Buenos Aires, Rosario, La Plata, and Bahia Blanca to several towns 

 of the interior. The Cordoba market, which is the most important 

 inland city of the Republic, has had a monthly consumption of 

 7,890 kilograms (17,389 pounds) of fresh fish during the year 1920, 

 while in the inland city of Tucuman the consumption of fresh fish 

 reached an average of 27,000 kilograms (59,508 pounds) per month, 

 only 30 per cent of the fish consumed belonging to the river fisheries. 

 About 1,042,800 kilograms (2,298,330 pounds), with an approximate 

 value of $484,920, Argentine paper ($205, 897 United States currency), 

 were imported in 1920 from Montevideo and Brazil. 



The methods employed in fishing in this Republic in either the sea, 

 the rivers, or the lakes are extremely primitive. One company for- 



