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MARINE PRODUCTS OF COMMERCE 



Canada, United States of America. 

 Windward Islands. 

 Chile, Surinam, Venezuela. 

 Gold Coast. 



(c) High consumption countries (10.0-19.9 kg. or 22-44 lbs. per capita): 

 Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United King- 

 dom. 



Korea, Siam, Indo-China, Malaya. 



Barbados, Bermuda, British West Indies, French West Indies, Jamaica (and 



in the Caymans), Leeward Islands, Netherlands West Indies, Puerto Rico, 



Virgin Islands. 

 British Guiana, French Guiana. 



(d) Very high consumption countries (20.0 kg. — 44 lbs. — or more per capita) : 

 Iceland, Norway, Sweden. 



Burma, Japan, Pliilippines, Ryukyu Islands. 



Fisheries of the United States 



The catch of fish and shellfish in the United States and Alaska during 1948 

 reached an estimated 4.6 billion pounds, as compared with a 10-year average of 

 4.4 billion pounds and a peak catch of 5.08 billion pounds in 1941 (Table 38). 

 The potential yield from our resources has been estimated at 7 billion pounds. 

 (Power, 1945). During the 10-year period ending in 1948 the production per 

 capita used for all purposes averaged about 32 pounds, while that portion used 

 for human food averaged 22 pounds. The value of the 1948 catch to the fisher- 



Table 38. Catch and Utilization of Fishery Products, United States and Alaska, 



1939-1948. 

 (Round weight basis) 



Year 



1939 

 1940 

 1941 

 1942 

 1943 

 1944 

 1945 

 1946 

 19471 

 19481 

 1939^8 10 

 average ^ 



yr. 



1,573 



1,318 



113 



1,410 



4,414 



212,393 



1 Preliminary data. 



Source: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, (Anderson and Power, 1949; Anon., 1949e; 

 Power, 1946). 



