Table F-1.


Domestic marketing of grouper
commerical fish dealers, 1977


and snapper by Gulf of Mexico


 Item Grouper Snapper

 ------- Percent -------

 Market Location

 Northeast 15.0 58.4
 Southeast 77.1 24.1
 Mid Southc 6.5 11.0
 Rest of U.S. 1.4 6.5

 Product Form

 Fresh iced 81.6 93.7
 Frozen whole 2.3 4.4
 Filets 16.1 1.9

 Type of Buyer

 Retail market or restaurant 36.3 8.8
 Other wholesaler 51.8 58.9
 New York market agent 11.9 32.3


 alncludes New York, Illinois, Michigan, Maryland, Pennsylvania and
Ohio.
 blncludes South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

 CIncludes Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

SOURCE: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (1979).


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