FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1931 



By R. H. Fiedler 

 Chief, Division of Fishery Industries 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Foreword , 



Part 1.— Operations of the Division 



Collection of statistics 98 



Statistical conference 99 



Catch analysis— Columbia River chinook 



salmon fishery 99 



Technological investigations 100 



Research associate 100 



Laboratories... 101 



Washington, D. C 101 



Gloucester, Mass... _.. 101 



Seattle, Wash 102 



Nutritive value of marine products 102 



Nutrition laboratory 102 



Burbot-liver oil.... 102 



Antianemic properties of oysters 103 



Kelp meal experiments... 103 



Preservation of fishery products for food. 104 

 Improved methods for handling fresh 



and frozen fish... 104 



Improved methods for smoking fish . 105 



Bacteriological studies 105 



Preservation of fishery products in 



the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. 106 



Preservation of fishery by-products 106 



Improved methods for manufacturing 



fish meal from nonoily fish waste.. 107 

 Development of fish flour suitable for 



human consumption 107 



Haddock-liver oil 108 



Improving the technical usefulness of 



domestic fish oils 108 



Net preservation 109 



Market and industrial surveys 110 



Some unusual markets for fish and shell- 

 fish 110 



Puerto Rico. 110 



Publications of the division Ill 



Documents, reports, and circulars 112 



Special articles 112 



Statistical bulletins 114 



Part 2. — Fishery Statistics 



Review, 1930 114 



General. 114 



New England States 115 



Middle Atlantic States 115 



Chesapeake Bay States. 116 



South Atlantic and Gulf States 116 



Pacific Coast States.. 116 



Lake fisheries 116 



Mississippi River and tributaries 117 



Alaska 117 



Manufactured fishery products trade 129 



Canned fishery products and by-products 



trade 133 



' Appendix II to the Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries, 1932. 

 May 19, 1932. 



Part 2. — Fishery Statistics — Continued 



Packaged fish trade 142 



Frozen fish trade. 143 



Fish frozen.. 143 



Holdings 146 



Cold-storage holdings of cured fish 148 



Foreign fishery trade 149 



Fisheries of the New England States 152 



Maine 158 



New Hampshire 165 



Massachusetts 166 



Rhode Island 178- 



Connecticut 184 



Vessel fisheries at principal New England 



ports. _ 191 



Mackerel fishery of the Atlantic coast 209 



Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States 211 



New York 218 



New Jersey 230 



Pennsylvania 24S 



Delaware... 245 



Vessel fisheries at New York City and Groton, 



Conn 250 



Shad fishery of the Hudson River... 251 



Fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay States 251 



Maryland 255 



Virginia 264 



Shad and alewife fisheries of the Potomac 



River 278 



Trade in fresh, frozen, smoked, and pack- 

 aged fishery products in Washington, 



D. C 278 



Fisheries of the South Atlantic and Gulf 



States 280 



North Carolina 289 



South Carolina 301 



Georgia 306 



Florida. 311 



Alabama 331 



Mississippi 335 



Louisiana 339 



Texas 344 



Fisheries of the Pacific Coast States 350 



Washington 355 



Oregon 362 



California 366 



Halibut fishery of the Pacific coast 38S 



Vessel fisheries at Seattle, Wash 386 



Lake fisheries 388 



Fisheries of the Mississippi River and tribu- 

 taries 42S 



Fisheries of Alaska. 42S 



Fisheries of Puerto Rico 429 



Common and scientific names of fishery prod- 

 ucts 429 



Statistical survey procedure 433 



Methods of collection 433 



CompOation practices 437 



Conversion factors 438 



Approved for publicatioa 



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