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The general objective of this study is to reflect on the present pattern of consumption by the population, the availability of different kinds of meat and fish for a particular period, and to analyze the trends in the prices. It explains that attempts were made at broadly identifying the sources of price changes and the elements of price formation in that context. As part of the study both the wholesale and retail prices were analyzed. The marketing mechanism including the available physical facilities are identified and discussed in this paper. In this study an analysis is made of the time series data on production, export, import, net availability figures of these commodities and their price series, for available data. Analyses were made to determine the present and past trends and to prognosticate future compsumption and price trends that may emerge due to the interaction of a number of factors. (MIBA)