Table 1: Haiti - Availability of meat and dairy products in 1976 (tons)
Item | National production | Balance Import/Export | Totals | Availability per caput (kg) | |
Beef with bones | 12 000 | - | 600 | 11 400 | 2.42 |
Mutton/goat meat with bones | 7 260 | - | 460 | 6 800 | 1.44 |
Pork with bones | 28 800 | + | 120 | 28 920 | 6.15 |
Horse meat, donkeys and mules with bones | 4 000 | 4 000 | 0.85 | ||
Offal | 8 700 | 8 700 | 1.85 | ||
Poultry | 4 200 | + | 60 | 4 260 | 0.90 |
Fresh milk and dairy products | 120 000 | 120 000 | 25.53 | ||
Condensed milk | + | 3 040(1) | 3 040 | 0.65 | |
Powdered milk | + | 760(1) | 760 | 0.16 | |
Cheese | + | 275 | 275 | 0.05 | |
Eggs | 9 900 | + | 25 | 9 925 | 2.99 |
Salted meat | + | 10 | 10 | ||
Canned meat | + | 150 | 150 | 0.03 |
Source: SCET International, 1977*
(1) The significant quantities obtained through international aid programmes are not included.
* In ANNEX 3 the source is referred to as:
France, 1977 Ministère de la Coopération, Fonds d'Aide et de Coopération et développement des pêches traditionnelles en Haiti. République Haiti. Paris, SCET International, P119:120p.
Table 2: Historical development of marine and inland fisheries (catches in tons)
Item | 1955 | 1960 | 1969 | 1976 | |
Inland waters | 125 | 255 | 300 | ||
Marine | 2 000 | 4 500 | 7 130 | ||
Spiny lobster | 200 | 500 (1) | |||
Shrimp | 200 | 5 | 10 | ||
Lambi | 5 | 10 | |||
Totals | 2 325 | 4 500 | 4 965 | 7 950 |
Source: SCET International, 1977
(1) The catch of spiny lobster is illegal.
Table 3: Haiti - Imports of fish and fishery products in 1976
Item | Quantities (tons) | Value (1 000 gourdes) | Coefficient | Equivalent fresh weight |
Fresh fish, frozen | 10 | 20 | 3 | 30 |
Salted and salted-dried fish | 1 000 | 2 500 | 3.2 | 3 200 |
Smoked fish | 706 | 2 620 | 2.9 | 2 048 |
Crustaceans and molluscs, fresh, iced and frozen | 7 | 20 | 1.1 | 8 |
Canned fish | 157 | 1 110 | 1.2 | 188 |
Preserves | 12 | 170 | 2.2 | 26 |
Totals | 1 892 | 6 440 | 5 500 |
Source: SCET International, 1977
Table 4: Haiti - Total available animal protein-rich food and per caput supply (1976)
Item | Quantities (tons) | Per caput supply (kg) |
Meat | 64 740 | 13.77 |
Dairy products | 1 24 075 | 26.39 |
Eggs | 9 925 | 2.11 |
198 740 | 42.27 | |
Seafood | 6 100 | 1.30 |
Freshwater fish | 300 | 0.06 |
6 400 | 1.36 | |
Imports (fish) | + 1 892 | 0.40 |
8 292 | 1.76 |
Source: SCET International, 1977
Table 5: Haiti - Historical development of imports of fish
Years | Quantities imported (tons) | Quantities in equivalent fresh fish (tons) |
1952–53 | 6 000 | |
1953–54 | 8 500 | |
1956 | 5 000(a) | 15 000 |
1970 | 3 000 | 14 000 |
1976 | 1 892 (b) | 5 500 |
Source: SCET International, 1977
(a) 45 percent of which was salted herring, 42 percent smoked herring and 13 percent salted cod.
(b) 58 percent of which was salted fish and 37 percent smoked fish (see Table 3).