FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1931 



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Production of fresh, frozen, and smoked packaged fish in the United States, 1931- 



Continued 



1 A small amount of flounders in Maine has been included with Massachusetts and Connecticut. 



2 \ small amount of mackerel in California has been included with Massachusetts and Connecticut. 



•' A small amount of red snapper in >Vashington has been included with Florida, Alabama, and Texas. 



< .V small amount of yellow perch in New York has been included with Pennsylvania. 



' Includes aniberfish, bluefish, butterfish, cabin, frog legs, jewflsh, lake herring, lake trout, "lingcod," 

 mangrove snapper, pinflsh, pompano, sablefish, saugerpike, sheepshead, snook, spots, swordfish, tripletail, 

 whitefjsh, whiting, and a small amount of mixed fish. 



s Of this amount 01,928,737 pounds, valued at $8,761,731, were fdlets; 1,142,521 pounds, valued at $154,895, 

 were dressed or pan dressed; 1,837,224 pounds, valued at $204,386, were sticks; 495,193 pounds, valued at 

 $77,271, were steaks; and 147,025 pounds, valued at $25,224, were prepared by other methods. Of the total 

 (fuantity of fillets prepared 44,437,899 pounds, valued at $6,364,430, were fresh; 15,451,637 pounds, valued 

 at $2,071,684, were frozen; and 2,039,201 pounds, valued at .$325,617, were smoked. Of the dressed and pan 

 dressed 596,229 pounds, valued at $63,768, were fresh; 502,308 pounds, valued at $84,529, were frozen; and 

 43,984 pounds, valued at $6,598, were smoked. Of the sticks, 686,680 pounds, valued at $1 17,844, were fresh; 

 and 1,150,544 pounds, valued at .$86,542, were frozen. Of the steaks, 62,000 pounds, valued at $14,620, were 

 fresh and 433,193 pounds, valued at -$62,651, were frozen. There were prepared by other methods 147,025 

 pounds, valued at $25,224. 



■Note.— Fish products were packaged at 6 plants in Maine; 58 in Massacliusetts; 35 in New York; 

 1 in Connecticut; 8 in Pennsylvania; 6 in Virginia; 1 in North Carolina; 7 in F'lorida; 1 in Alabama; 23 

 in Ohio; 1 in Illinois; 1 in Minnesota; 2 in Wisconsin; 3 in California; and 5 in Washington— a total 

 of 158 plants. 



FROZEN-FISH TRADE 



FISH FROZEN 



In 1931 the freezing plants in the United States and Alaska, 

 reporting their activities to the Government, packed 112,257,416 

 pounds of frozen fishery products. These products at the time 

 they were held in cold-storage plants were estimated to be vakied at 

 $11,000,000. Compared with the pack in 1930, which was the largest 

 frozen pack of fishery products on record, this is a decrease of 19 per 

 cent in the volume of the pack. Over 60 per cent of the pack con- 

 sisted of six groups of fishery products. Of first importance was the 

 cod, haddock, haddock fillets, hake, and pollock group with 14 per 

 cent of the total. Haddock fillets accounted for the bulk of the 

 volume of this group. Of next importance were the salmons and 

 halibut, each with 12 per cent of the total. Mackerel made up 11 

 per cent of the total ; whiting, 7 per cent ; and sea herring, 6 per cent. 

 Considerable quantities of shellfish; weakfish, including southern 



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