. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. CM R I B B E A N SEA. GULF of PANAMA C E A N SCALE OF Ml LES I J < 0 50 100 Most of the residents of the islands and lands around bays have engaged in sub- sistence fishing in connection with farming. Until a year ago, there was only one private concern which bought fish from the fisheimen to be sold to hotels, clubs, restaurants, and the Canal Zone. This fim, which handled a very large percentage of the country's total Pacific fish catch, also engaged in shipping fish in ice to Colon on the Atlantic side of the Isthmus. Information as t
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. CM R I B B E A N SEA. GULF of PANAMA C E A N SCALE OF Ml LES I J < 0 50 100 Most of the residents of the islands and lands around bays have engaged in sub- sistence fishing in connection with farming. Until a year ago, there was only one private concern which bought fish from the fisheimen to be sold to hotels, clubs, restaurants, and the Canal Zone. This fim, which handled a very large percentage of the country's total Pacific fish catch, also engaged in shipping fish in ice to Colon on the Atlantic side of the Isthmus. Information as to the abundance of fish, including shrimp, is based on estimates of fishermen who have always claimed that both shrimp and spiny lobsters are plenti- ful in the Bay of Panama, Type of Shrimp; The Panamanian shrimp are of a pale blue color and are reported to be abundant, with sizes ranging from 10 to 15 heads-off shrimp per pound. They may be any one or several of four species found in the Gulf of Panama. Location of Shrimp Grounds; Shrimp are found mainly in the Gulf of Panama. Their exact whereabouts, however, vary in accordance with the season. The best shrimp grounds are located 30 to 80 miles offshore of Chame, Chiman, Chepo, and Chepigana. Season: Shrimp are found in large quantities frcm September to December, the period of greatest abundance being the time of the "spring tides" occurring usually in October and lasting about a week. They are somewhat scarce throughout the cold- water period, , from December to May. Production: Annual production of shrimp was officially estimated at around 30,000 pounds until the end of 1947, The total shrimp catch in 1949 (not including crayfish) in the Gulf of Panama was 131,988 pounds, while the spiny lobster catch was a little less than 93»000 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrati
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