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THE SEA FISH OF TRINIDAD, FROM AN 
ECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW, 
AS SEA-FOOD 
Total weight of fish wetghed at the Port of Spain Fish-Market for 
the twelve months ending December 31, 1908 
MONTH WEIGHT 
January: ccm ge «ao ee 96,464 lbs. 
Pebruamyaaert1) see tote 98,0220) 
Marche ss on aes se! 07,106, 
Ap Tale eines Brava aed 3 94,448 “ 
Diver Oe cereal. LA2.T2Siapy 
Licielc 5 8 ee Pe E72, SO RNa 
Dee eo Ane 154,842 “* 
SC Stee ee EADS 5On 
DE PCCHIMEH se se las sacs. ss, « ERO-7On 1a 
Oyo ei 128,790 “‘ 
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POtall. 7 See sak 1,527,950 lbs. 
or an average of 4,186 lbs. per diem. All fish coming to Port of 
Spain by sea has to be weighed and passed through the Fish- 
Market. A certain quantity is, however, brought daily from 
Carenage, Macqueripe, etc., by hucksters and “‘marchands’”’ on 
land, probably bringing up the daily consumption to an average 
of 5,000 lbs. 
It will be seen from the preceding table that the average 
daily consumption of fresh fish in Port of Spain is approxi- 
mately 5,000 lbs., and this, allowing the population of the 
town to be between 50,000 and 60,000, is rather a small 
allowance, and all owing to the fact that the ordinary citizen 
has to pay too dearly for his breakfast, or dinner, fish. 
