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operate to a large extent out of buildings leased from the 
respective fishery port authorities. The fresh fish are 
processed in facilities adjacent to the auction halls and 
by early afternoon the first products are in route inland 
byttruck lon daatl. 
Frozen fish from the factory ships are unloaded and put 
into freezer storage at the port, to await final processing 
and distribution. Information relative to the overall con- 
dition of processing facilities was not available, but both 
the Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven fishery port authorities have 
had recent additions to processing and freezer storage 
facilities. 
In 1974 over 10,000 persons were employed in the West 
German processing industry. The largest single processing 
plant employs about 1,000 persons. However, the size of most 
individual plants is much smaller; 53 percent of the in- 
dustry's individual plants have from 10 to 200 employees and 
42 percent have from 1 to 9 employees. Approximately 80 per- 
cent of the total employment is made up of production workers 
paid primarily at piece rates. The production workers are 
mostly foreigners. The average earning of a production 
worker in 1974 was about $2.85 per hour. 
DOMESTIC USE OF FISH PRODUCTS 
Total output of the processing industry in 1974 was 
dominated by marinades (28 percent), frozen products (24 per- 
cent), and canned products (22 percent). The remaining 26 
percent was made up of smoked products, oil preserves, semi- 
preserves, shrimp products, fish salads, and other prepared 
products. Less than 20 percent of the 1974 domestic catch 
was made into industrial products, namely fishmeal, fish oil, 
and fish liver oil. 
Domestic landings were equivalent to 55 percent of the 
total supply of fish in the West German market in 1974, com- 
pared to 50 percent and 51 percent in the 2 previous years. 
The remainder of the total supply was made up from imports. 
The fish products distribution system in Germany is 
characterized by a number of distribution schemes. For ex- 
ample, the German cooperative, made up of independently owned 
and operated fishing enterprises, has a group of 12,000 re- 
tail outlets through which it sells a large part of its 
catch. Another major share of the distribution sector is 
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