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Table 32. Annual Per Capita Consumption of Fishery Products in 

 North and Central America. 



^' ^' * See Source. 



^ Weight basis not given — probably market weight. 



^ When indicating periods of time, a diagonal line is used for a 12-month period that 

 differs from the calendar year; e.g. the fiscal year April 1 to March 31 is indicated as 

 follows: 1940/1941. A dash (1940-1941) indicates a continuous period of years in- 

 cluding both years specified. A calendar year is indicated by a single notation (1941). 



Source: U. S. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; except (1) Economics 

 Division, Department of Fisheries, Canada; (2) Food and Agriculture Organization, 

 and (4) U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (Anon., 

 1948; Anon., 1949; Frank, 1944; Sandberg, 1945a; Sherr, Power, and Kahn, 1948; 

 Tousigant, 1948; Van Vliet and Smith, 1949.) 



Table 33. Annual Per Capita Consumption of Fishery Products in the 



Caribbean Islands. 



„ , ,. Edible weight 



Country Year _, , ° 



Pounds 



Bahamas 1937-41 7.1 



Barbados 1937-41 38.4 



Bermuda 1937-42 35.9 



British West Indies 1937-42 30.2 



Cuba 1937-42 8.3 



Dominican Republic 1937-42 3.7 



French West Indies 1937-41 39.0 



Haiti 1937-42 2.6 



Jamaica 1937-42 33.1 



Leeward Islands 1937-41 43.8 



Netherlands West Indies 1937-42 25.5 



Puerto Rico 1937-42 25.6 



Trinidad and Tobago 1937-41 27.6 



Virgin Islands 1937-42 42.3 



Windward Islands 1937-42 16.6 



Source: Frank, U. S. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce (1944). 



