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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Production of frozen fishery products, 1931 — Continued 



BY GEOGRAPHICAL SECTIONS AND MONTHS i 



[Expressed in thousands of pounds; that is, 000 omitted] 



Month ended the 15th of- 



January 



February. -. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July _- 



August 



September- 

 October 



November. 

 December.. 



Total- 41,382 20,34 



New 

 Eng- 

 land 



992 

 470 

 277 

 1,687 

 2,947 

 5,658 

 6,648 

 5,727 

 8,266 

 4,199 

 2,685 

 1,826 



Middle 



At- 

 lantic 



1,344 

 1,061 

 1,011 

 560 

 1,695 

 2,574 

 1,239 

 1,309 

 1,820 

 2,488 

 3,376 

 1,865 



South 



At- 

 lantic 



North 



Central, 



East 



298 



69 



i2 



23 



416 



283 



433 



770 



535 



310 



459 



370 



200 



287 



954 



832 



724 



475 



367 



1,029 



1,885 



2,307 



North 



Central, 



West 



333 

 490 

 406 

 542 

 457 

 344 

 299 

 271 

 261 

 251 

 684 

 33S 



4,497 10,138 4,671 1,675 



South 

 Central 



113 

 58 

 112 

 93 

 256 

 217 

 286 

 60 

 61 

 147 

 159 

 113 



Pacific 



518 



642 



472 



789 



3, 130 



3,052 



3,699 



5,608 



4.313 



2,866 



3,721 



742 



29,552 



Total 



4, 306 



3,160 



2,490 



3,981 



9,855 



12,960 



13,328 



14, 220 



15, 623 



11,290 



12, 969 



8,075 



112,257 



'' New England includes the 6 States of that section; Middle jMlantic — New York, New Jersey, and Penn- 

 sylvania; South Atlantic — Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North 

 Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida; North Central, East— Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Michigan, 

 and Wisconsin; North Central, West — Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Ne- 

 braska, and Kansas; South Central— Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, 

 Oklahoma, and Arkansas; Pacific — Washington, Oregon, California, and .\laska. 



HOLDINGS 



During 1931 the average monthly holdings of frozen fish and shell- 

 fish were 12 per cent less than the average monthly holdings during 

 1930, and 5 per cent greater than the 5-year average of monthly 

 holdings. Individual monthly holdings during the year were above 

 normal for 7 months of the year when compared with the 5-year 

 average, being from less than 1 to 27 per cent higher. Compared 

 with the respective monthly holdings in 1930, they were from 8 to 15 

 per cent greater during 4 months of the year, and 8 to 27 per cent 

 less during the remaining 8 months of the year. Monthly holdings 

 in 1931 were largest in January and from vSeptember to December, 

 inclusive, being, in some instances, over double those for certain months 

 from February to August, inclusive. A maximum of 74,725,000 

 pounds was held on November 15, and a minimum of 28,095,000 

 pounds on April 15. Holdings during the year averaged 54,999,000 

 pounds monthly. 



Holdings of frozen fishery products, by species and months, 1931 



Species 



Bluefish (all trade sizes) 



Butterfish (all trade sizes) 



Catfish --- 



Cisco ( Lake Erie) 



Cisco (lake herring), including 



bluefln, blackfin, and chub.. 

 Cisco (tullibees, Canadian 



lakes) 



Cod, haddock, hake, pollock.. 



C roaker 



Flounders 



Haddock fillets .- 



Halibut (all trade sizes) _. 



Month ended the 15th of— 



