Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-17
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~ Bureau Advises the
Consumption Of More
Sea Food
0ULD BE QUADRUPLED
any Aquatic Products Now
Neglected Can Be Easily
Utilized
E0ULD BE QUADRUPLED
BY a sfaf Correspondent

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That 10 the plan OF strategy devised by
10 Upited States Bureau OF Fisheries IN
1(nnection with the mobilization Of the food
(60urces or the country 10 care for our
1rcpean Allies as well as ourselves dur
D9 the war with Germany
4 The United States Is flsh hungry" de-
q Ared Hugh NJ. Smith Commissioner oi
"A Iuheries today "The consumption of fish
4 <Uore ought 70 be quadrupled This ought
~ be brought about through the utilization
~ highly wholesome aquatic products that
4 IRE now neglected or thrown away when
Z caught.
The per capita consumption OF fish In
I the United States Is only twenty pounds a
3oar. In Japan II is three times that and
: y some countries 1t is ten times that yet
\ TIE United States has fish resources superior
4 q those of any other maritime country.
( Only two billion pounds 'of fish were con-
4 ourned In the United States last year
III "A dime spent for one-pound can OF
fray hsh today will give more food value
4 than could be obtained in any other way
8 u r. absolutely the cheapest food that can
2 - had
* OfYlcial Washington was shocked few
weeks ago when Wie staid Department Of
II Commerce published pamphlet on the
( gfey fish and printed on the title page in
large letters 1T knocks the II out OF the
~. c. Of L."
When asked for a specific statement as to
the value Of orr fish resources as IA food
supply during The present war. Commits
oloner Smith replied: That Is a subject
10 which the bureau has been giving at
tertion for years. and is pursuing actively
now. Special efforts are being made to-
ward utilization of wasted and neglected
aquatic products. A large number OF these
await the attention of producers. dealers
and consumers We have accomplished
something. and we are in position to ac-
complsh great deal more IL Congress will
uive us a small appropriation for the ex-
ploitation of heretofore neglected aquatic
foods.
8 I'VE acquainted the United States with
tile fish as a food when not pound Of
Il was being utilized In the first year
10,000,000 pounds were used. and the de-
mand Is increasing constantly.
I'VE have exploited the gray fish to the
point that the demands are now far in ex-
cess of the present supply, but the demand
will be met as soon as the gray hsh re-
turn to our shores In May. Arrangements
have been made ON large scale to put
this fish on the market as wholesome.
cheap food.
1T is interesting, too. to note certain in
duences at work on our east coast, trying
to defeat this work on behalf OF their
fegions, when they ought to be profitlng
most from the industry.
We have a dozen or more wholly or
PARTIALLY neglected food fishes, which we
Are prepared to demonstrate the value of
- soon as Congress provides the means.
This Is the time of all others, when |
the United States ought to become ac- |
Quainted with its neglected resources. There |
- no reason. with our vast latent resources, |
Why certain parts Of the United States |
should be virtually fishless.'