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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



"sea trout"; cisco or lake herring; butterfish; and squid, also were 

 frozen. Frozen squid and sea herring are marketed primarily for 

 bait, although quantities of each are used for human consumption. 



Production of frozen fishery products, 1931 

 BY SPECIES AND MONTHS 



Species 



Bluefish (all trade sizes) 



Butterfish (all trade sizes) 



Catfish 



Cisco (Lake Erie) 



Cisco (lake herring), including 



bluefin.blackfin, and chub. _ 



Cisco (tullibees, Canadian 



lakes)- 



Cod, haddock, hake, pollock.. 



Croaker 



Flounders 



Haddock fillets 



Halibut (all trade sizes) 



Herring, sea (including ale- 

 wives and bluebacks) 



Lake trout 



Mackerel (except Spanish) 



Pike, blue and sauger 



Pike, yellow or wall-eyed 



Pike (including pickerel, jacks, 



and yellow jack) 



Sablefish (black cod) 



Salmon, chinook 



Salmon, silver 



Salmon, fall and pink 



Salmon, steelhead trout 



Salmon, all other 



Scup (porgies) 



Shad and shad roe .- 



Shellfish 



Smelts, eulachon, etc 



Squid 



Sturgeon and spoonbill cat 



Suckers _. 



Weakfish (including southern 



"sea trout") 



Whitefish 



Whiting 



M iscellaneous fish 



Month ended the 15th of- 



January February March April May June July 



Pounds 



10, 672 



9,110 



45, 135 



15, 620 



88, 429 



45, 508 



256, 763 



6,028 



53, 818 

 650, 238 

 339, 931 



124, 435 

 20, 762 



149, 693 

 28, 232 

 59, 546 



51,917 



18, 474 



420 



71,945 



53, 304 



57, 190 



58, 140 



3,052 



86, 017 



607, 824 



316, 396 



17, 791 



68, 483 



18, 905 



24, 205 



83, 442 



96, 484 



768, 512 



Pounds 

 14,313 



18, 655 



102, 893 



65, 356 



45, 732 



10, 570 



7,179 



455, 758 



213, 250 



43, 093 

 7.623 



162, 449 

 2,639 

 57, 987 



58, 091 

 140, 032 



6,782 



99, 149 



48, 827 



770 



59, 435 

 1,243 



13, 395 

 176, 215 

 380, 248 

 6,566 

 4,715 

 6,929 



75, 452 



44, 251 

 249, 117 

 572, 420 



Total... 4,306,421 3,160,120 2,489,873 3,980,966 9,854,949 



Pounds 

 8,013 

 2,419 

 10, 861 



22, 354 



42, 653 

 72, 695 

 42, 144 

 12,717 

 363, 271 

 59, 716 



51.715 



3,561 



103, 755 



5,292 



26, 895 



46, 352 



11,283 



4,758 



36, 763 



20, 858 



7,365 



161,985 



4,238 



25, 665 



151, 366 



285, 680 



2,767 



1,572 



70, 745 



56, 904 



279,717 



493, 794 



Pounds 

 2,574 

 3,643 

 3,831 



4,393 



2,097 



98, 060 

 6,508 



11, 656 



1, 576, 376 



275, 795 



168, 644 

 93, 902 



99, 314 



2,728 

 57, 248 



34, 234 



9,774 



2,170 



19, 344 



16, 135 



9,911 



137, 836 



297 



34, 150 



133, 698 



42, 715 



95, 824 



9,530 



440 



32, 981 



10, 862 



330, 770 



653, 797 



Pounds 



20, 965 



35, 965 



84, 679 



929 



20, 952 



22, 976 



113,987 



528, 525 



198, 399 



, 749, 624 



2, 459, 219 



963, 268 

 50, 356 

 48, 507 



429, 975 

 55, 640 



54, 175 

 48, 667 



122, 208 

 28. 232 

 14, 517 

 18, 691 



155, 848 



3,075 



84,092 



288, 642 

 3,007 



292, 205 

 43, 656 

 22, 269 



157, 565 



79, 587 



131, 683 



1, 522, 864 



Pounds 



11,968 



496, 044 



66,645 



362 



47,616 



1,741 



91.578 



173, 570 



292, 991 



1, 103, 885 



2, 140, 703 



467, 725 



23, 403 



776, 093 



130, 241 



23, 493 



15, 499 



29,316 



113,365 



46, 408 



41,485 



18, 748 



544, 228 



156. 834 



166, 630 



516, 073 



9.078 



890, 960 



112,233 



4,943 



215, 779 



86, 838 



2, 782, 800 



1, 360, 626 



Pounds 



7,098 



222, 197 



82, 324 



7,641 



48, 726 



18, 448 

 174, 754 

 155, 249 



98, 302 



1, 560, 296 



2, 357, 612 



361, 740 



82, 583 



2, 507, 914 



36. 088 



20, 480 



20, 171 

 91, 762 



389, 876 

 86, 312 

 16, 010 



372, 381 



340, 957 

 48,412 

 72, 648 



475, 357 

 5,919 



142, 323 

 70, 484 

 11,920 



45, 153 



208, 412 



1, 983, 218 



1, 204, 694 



12, 959, 901 13, 327, 461 



Species 



Bluefish (all trade sizes) _. 



Butterfish (all trade sizes) 



Catfish.. _ 



Cisco (Lake Erie) 



Cisco (lake herring), including 



bluefin, blackfin, and chub. . . 



Cisco (tullibees, Canadian 



lakes) 



Cod, haddock, hake, pollock.. 



Croaker 



Flounders. 



Haddock fillets 



Halibut (all trade sizes) 



Herring, sea (including ale- 

 wives and bluebacks) 



Lake trout. 



Mackerel (except Spanish) 



Pike, blue and sauger 



Pike, yellow or wall-eyed 



Pike (including pickerel, jacks, 

 and yellow jack) 



Month ended the 15th of- 



August 



Pounds 

 246, 005 

 300, 713 

 45, 359 

 43, 521 



117,178 



20,609 



410, 836 



417, 140 



44, 637 



1, 656, 055 



2, 480, 697 



1, 050, 573 

 35, 033 



1,745,618 

 59, 369 

 7,007 



25, 842 



September 



Pounds 

 314, 737 

 197, 986 

 90, 523 

 40, 127 



84, 072 



18, 007 



201, 670 



247, 826 



85, 453 



1, 277, 577 



1, 447, 465 



825, 881 



29,585 



5, 041, 176 



19, 473 



10, 155 



3,316 



October 



Pounds 



401, 153 



148, 744 



101, 960 



15,910 



195, 187 



18, 905 

 481, 146 



58, 183 

 156,813 

 940, 073 

 572, 764 



942, 705 

 140, 088 

 1,291,930 

 75, 950 

 108, 567 



75, 568 



November 



Pounds 

 169, 072 

 519,711 

 65, 812 

 45, 986 



681, 730 



35,812 



431, 669 



47, 033 



98, 174 



665, 155 



431,831 



1, 691, 225 

 580, 898 

 284, 915 

 283, 567 

 63,709 



78, 697 



December 



Pounds 

 27, 998 

 167, 963 

 58. 455 

 66, 429 



897, 785 



44, 533 

 452, 096 

 11,065 

 94, 938 

 945, 489 

 200, 709 



452, 184 

 227,718 

 140, 972 

 356, 010 

 43, 040 



35, 656 



Total 



Pounds 



1, 234, 568 

 2,113,301 



674, 239 

 236, 525 



2,311,315 



336, 645 



2, 830, 986 

 1,703,841 

 1, 154, 986 



12, 943, 797 

 12, 979, 692 



7, 143, 188 



1, 295, 512 



12, 352, 336 



1, 429, 564 



533, 767 



499, 518 



