Salted cod and related species a commodity study

• Main Author: Gerhardsen, Gerhard Meidell, 1912-
• Other Authors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 1949
• Subjects: Fishery products > Preservation; Fish trade; Codfish; Faroe Islands; Greenland; Iceland; Newfoundland; Newfoundland studies
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/131692

Salted Cod and Related Species Volume of world trade. Developments in major importing countries. Spain -- Portugal -- Italy -- Greece -- Brazil -- Cuba -- Jamaica -- Developments in major producing countries. Canada -- France -- Iceland -- Faroe Islands (Denmark) -- Newfoundland -- Norway -- Operational features of the salted fish industry. Importance of the industry to the main producing countries -- Main fishing grounds -- Trend in yield of cod and related species -- Trend in quantities salted -- Techniques of the industry -- Processing practices -- Institutional factors - influence of government action on salted fish trade, 1920-39. Canada -- Faroe Islands (Denmark) -- Greenland -- Iceland -- Newfoundland -- Norway -- United Kingdom -- Spain -- Portugal -- France -- Prices obtained and their economic consequences. Actual market prices - average unit values -- Real prices - adjusted average unit values -- Trend in world prices for salted cod and related species, interwar period -- Price comparisons, various producing countries -- Price discrepancies as between various producing countries -- Nature of competition within the industry -- Structural characteristics of the industry as a factor in inelasticity of supply -- The salted fish industry since the outbreak of World War II. Greenland -- Faroe Islands (Denmark) -- Canada -- France -- Iceland -- Newfoundland -- Norway -- United Kingdom -- Spain -- Portugal -- Tables -- Nomenclature list: usual names for species included in the salted fish study -- Literature list -- Attendance list: meeting of the ad hoc advisory committee on salfish, Washington D.C., U.S.A., April 1947 Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-194)