AP Survey vs Mora bar graphs

Need introduction to the survey – and link. Gary may want to review article and note observations I’ve ‘missed’.

No claim in the AP survey has been vetted (likely inflated guesses). Zero costs acknowledged. ‘Free’ labor (effort, time).
One massive outlier claim (outright liar) was removed prior to calculations summarized below.
Mora/USDA 1992-93 was at v:v 1:1. Mora+ is adjusted to v:v 1:2.4 with same unit area, volume yields.
Percentile values graphed below, approximated +/- 5% (N=187). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentile
– I.e., Twenty percent of the values of an ordered set will lie at or below the twentieth percentile (P20), and eighty percent of values fall above it.
- Retained in spreadsheet form … with enough numbers to make the average adult primate swoon &/or wretch.
Percentiles were calculated for (on) area, volume, fish mass and plant mass. Yields and currency value then derived.
Constant unit values applied throughout, i.e fish $3.30/kg, plant $6.60/kg.
‘apples to apples’, ‘claim to claim’, ‘ape to ape’ …

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^ Tilapia fillet from $34 to $73 /kg (w/ capex, heating. pumping, labor (time), misc. supplies ALL = $0.00)

actual UPS ground shipping cost from AlliedAqua applied (average of Santa Cruz CA, Atlanta GA, Boston MA and Bozeman MT)

Compare with: today’s prices (July 30, 2016)

Yellowtail Tuna fillet $37.4/kg (California)
Albacore Tuna , sushi grade $44/kg (California)
Maine lobster (1.25 to 1.5 lb size, live) $18.80/kg (Boston)
Tilapia
- Walmart frozen fillet $10.66/4.0 lb ($5.86/kg)
- Fisherman’s Cove, fresh premium fillet $4.99/lb ($11/kg)
- China, frozen $3 to $4.2/kg , $750/MT ($0.75/kg) +shipping
- mytilapia,com : 10-year price range Fresh $3 to 3.5/lb ($6.60 to $7.70/kg) , Frozen $2 to 2.75/lb
Hmmm IF retail prime is $11, then reg fillet @ $10/kg – 40% -> $6/kg wholesale
- 1 kg fillet @ 35% yield = LW 2.86 kg equivalent
- 1 kg LW = $2.1 /kg (not including processing/ice/delivery costs)
- if process/delivery costs add 30%, then LW ‘value’ = $1.47/kg (used $3.30 in comparison)

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Full Summary

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