Part II 



THE SEA FISH OF TRINIDAD, FROM AN 



ECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW, 



AS SEA-FOOD 



Total weight of -fish weighed at the Port of Spain Fish-Market for 

 the twelve months ending December t^i , 1908 



MONTH WEIGHT 



January 96,464 lbs. 



February 98,922 



March 97,166 



April 94,448 



May 142,128 



June 172,881 



July 154,842 



August 142,856 



September 138,701 



October 1 28,790 



November 153,384 



December 107,374 



Total 1,527,956 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. 



