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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



The trade has evinced a deep interest in these reports which have 

 been distributed as far as practicable to those persons who will 

 make the best use of them, the edition, limited by law, being inade- 

 quate for distribution to all in the trade, to those on regular mailing 

 lists, and to inquirers. The following tables based on these reports 

 are given for comparative purposes : 



Summary of Market Surveys for Fishery Products in Certain Cities. 



Items. 



Population 



Ratio of dealers retailing sea foods to populatiou 



Number of species: 



Handled 



On which bulk of trade is based 



Of moderate importance 



For which sale is small 



For which following reasons explain slight sale- 

 Supply Umited • 



Unpopular 



Prices too high 



Sold chiefly to foreigners 



Sold chiefly to hotels and restaurants 



Principal containers and capacity: 



Boxes pounds. . 



Barrels do. . 



Number of carload arrivals during 12-month period: 



By freight 



By express 



Partial vmloading 



Number of sea-food dealers & 



Wholesale exclusively 



Wholesale and retail 



Retail only 



Retailing fresh fish 



Also handling — 



Frozen fish 



Oysters 



Other shellfish 



Salted flsh 



Smoked fish 



Canned fish 



Poultry 



Meats 



Groceries 



Louisville. 



234, 891 

 1 : 16,778 



37 



»6 



5 



26 



5 

 10 



100 

 200 



Pitts- 

 burgh. 



588,343 

 11:8,914 



70 



as 



7 



55 



11 



21 



7 



100, 150, 

 200,300 



67 



Chicago. 



2,701,705 

 1:16,275 



82 



>11 



13 



58 



18 



13 



1 



5 



7 



100, 150, 

 200,300 



470 

 523 

 422 

 222 

 56 

 18 

 148 

 166 



157 

 131 

 126 

 120 

 126 



25 



Twin 

 cities. 



615,280 

 1 : 16,629 



59 



*8 



6 



45 



4 



g 



11 

 3 

 2 



100, 150, 

 206,300 



84 

 2 

 186 

 48 

 11 

 5 



33 

 28 

 25 

 25 

 28 

 22 

 29 

 30 

 10 



» The apparent explanation of this low ratio is that there are few butchers or grocers handling fresh and 

 frozen fish as a side Une. 



» 75 per cent. ' 70 per cent. ■• 90 per cent. 



5 Exclusive of butchers, grocers, delicatessen stores, etc., that handle flsh as a side line, of which there 

 are large numbers in Louisville, Chicago, and the Twm Cities. 



Important and Secondary Commercial Species of Fish in Certain Cities. 



[I, important commercial species; S, species of secondary importance. Important commercial species 

 represent 70 to 90 per cent of the sales.] 



Species. 



Buffalofish 



Bullheads 



Carp 



Catfish 



Ciscoes 



Cod 



Crappie 



Haddock 



HaUbut 



Lake trout 



Pike or pickerel. 

 Pike perches: 



Blue pike... 



Sauger 



Yellow pike. 



Louis- 

 ville 



Pitts- 

 burgh. 



Chi- 

 cago. 



Twin 

 Cities. 



Species. 



Red snapper 



Sablefish 



Salmon 



Smelt 



Spanish mackerel. 



Suckers 



Sunfish 



Tullibee 



Whitefish 



Yellow perch 



Oysters 



Hard clams 



Shrimp 



Turtles 



Louis- 

 ville 



Rtts- 

 burgh. 



Chi- 

 cago. 



Twin 

 Cities. 



