The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-03
PENsAcoIA RED sNAPPERs.


Club is carried out, bids fair to be-
come tremendous aid in advertising
the resources Of this city.
At the meeting Of the Rotarians on
Tuesday the suggestion was made to
select the Red Snapper, as a speciality
to be presented to the international
Rotarians as souvenir Of Pensacola,
thus not only advancing the interests
of one of Pensacola's most important
industries, but advertising one OF the
resources of this city to the world.
The Red Snapper is one of the most
common game fish in the waters OF the
gulf, and one of the most popular OF
sea foods. The principal snapper fish
ing grounds Of the Northern Gulf lie
between Mobile bay and Cedar Key,
thus placing Pensacola nearer to the
banks than any other shipping point.
Besides this, there is no other city so
conveniently located for receiving and
shipping the catch Of the large fleet
of vessels, now engaged in the business.
Pensacola has three fish companies.
doing regular shipping business from
this port, besides the White Star Fish
market which conducts business of
buying and selling.
The head of the E. e. Saunders firm
has very recently returned from a tour
Of the middle western states, in the
interest of the fishing trade from this
port. This firm is at present working
fourteen our of twenty one vessels In
their fleet. The boats Of this COM
pany fish almost entirely on the Cam
peche banks, although some fish are
brought from the Florida coasts during
f1,a c.1rrsuoor months
This company ships almost exclu-
sively in carload lots. although they
have a number of smaller buyers in
cluded in their regular line of pur-
chasers. They have all facilities for
making shipments in carload lots of
snapper and are possibly the largest
shippers in carload lots of southern fish
food, particularly the Red Snapper.
Business for the past season has
been very good, and but for the bad
weather which has prevented the boats
from getting out as often as they
might have, this would have been a
banner year, according to officials of
the company. The demand for Pensa-
cola Red Snapper has been steadily
growing, proving that the advertising
campaign conducted by the govern
ment in the middle western states and
other sections, is bearing fruit. Off
Gals of the Saunders company were OF
great assistance to the government in
getting the matter together for this
advertising campaign, making motion
pictures, etc.
S Another one of the large fishing con-
Germs which ships Red Snapper and
grouper caught on the Campeche banks
and the Florida coast is the Warren
Fish Company, the Oldest in this part
of The country, If not the south. This
company has eighteen vessels working
the snapper fishing grounds and is
well equipped to handle the catches of
all their boats. Shipments are made
all over the country. as far north
west as Portland. Oregon and far east
as Portland, Maine.
4, The Warren company is particular
ly well fitted to handle this fishing
business, owning their own dry dock,
where their boats can be haulted up
for repairs and having an ice plant on
their property obviating any delay in
securing sufficient ice to properly
pack the fish before they are shipped.
1t is possible that the Warren COM
pany ships to more individual buyers
than any other company in the south.
Certainly they have done as much as
any other single agency to boost the
sale of the Red Snapper, having been
among the first to send out litera-
ture advertising this fish, and always
looking for towns where snappers are
not well known SO that new sources
of demand may be found.
Loading track for shipping is at the
door of their fish house and they are
able to handle shipments with a mini
mum of delay. these varying in size
from carload lots to single package
shipments.
The N. Catanzano Fishing Company
is a smaller but very progressive firm,
operating a fleet of boats on both the
Mexico banks and the Florida coast.
This firm is planning some extensive
additions to their fleet and other IA
ciIities.
1t is easily seen. from this informa-
ton, for much of which The Journal
is indebted to the managers of the
fish companies and the Fish and Oys-
ter Reporter, that the Red Snapper
industry, employing hundreds of men,
is one of the most important indus
tries in this section. 1t is a business
which has not yet attained it's full
growth. by any means, and should
have the backing Of all West Florida,
for its further development means
much to this section, not only in adj
vertising the Red Snapper. but in the
advertising that would accrue to the
city. through this medium.
We talk and write much of the neces-
sity Of industries for Pensacola. Here
is one of the most important Industries
of the south and one which through
climate and geographical location is
unsurpasse Let US work, then, to
build up this great industry, adver
Using its advantages to the world.
No better way could present itself
than the idea suggested at the meet
ing of the Rotary Club, and 1t would
be difficult to find a more unique
means of advertising. for the Red
Snapper may justly be considered a
Pensacola asset.
Aside from the business end, Red
Snapper fishing is great sport. The
snapper is one of the gamest OF fish,
and one of the largest, handsomest
and most active of fish species. From
a folder, published by the Warren COM
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