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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Monthly holdings of frozen fishery products, 1931, by geographical sections 

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



Month ended the 

 loth of— 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June.- 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Average 



New 

 England 



18. 797 

 14, 794 

 10,334 

 7,374 

 7,511 

 10, 855 

 15, 189 

 17,615 

 23, 286 

 24, 740 

 23,207 

 21, 543 



16, 271 



Middle 

 Atlantic 



16,511 

 13,612 

 9,606 

 6,183 

 6,736 

 8,894 

 9,568 

 10, 983 

 12, 838 



14, 274 



15, 790 



16, 705 



11,808 



South 

 Atlantic 



4,072 

 3,015 

 1, 550 

 536 

 915 

 1,142 

 1,630 

 2,338 

 2,752 

 2,926 

 3,335 

 3,917 



2,344 



North 

 Central, 



East 



10, 734 

 9,303 

 6, 513 

 4,892 

 5, 083 

 5,309 

 5,409 

 5,365 

 5, 023 



5, 825 



6, 855 

 8,692 



6,584 



North 



Central, 



West 



3,659 



South 

 Central 



1,074 

 941 

 725 

 689 

 700 

 714 



743 

 715 



959 



Pacific 2 



16,115 



10,282 



6,062 



4,963 



7,024 



9,163 



12, 331 



17, 121 



20, 257 



21, 434 



20, 841 



16, 625 



13, 518 



Total 



71,817 



56, 560 

 38, 567 

 28,095 

 31.283 

 39, 384 

 48, 445 



57, 517 

 68, 083 

 73, 145 

 74, 725 

 72, 362 



54, 999 



1 New England includes the 6 States of that section; Middle Atlantic— 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, Nebraska, 

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

 and Arkansas; Pacific- Washington, Oregon, California, and Alaska. 



2 Includes a very small amount of fish held in Colorado in the Mountain section. 



COLD-STORAGE HOLDINGS OF CURED FISH 



Only cured herring and mild-cured salmon are reported held in 

 cold-storage warehouses in the United States and Alaska. Other 

 species are also held in cold storage, but no report is made on them 

 to the Government as their volume reaches but small proportions. 

 During 1931 the monthly holdings of cured herring varied betw^een 

 11,093,000 pounds in July and 17,070,000 poundsin October. Monthly 

 holdings of mild-cured salmon varied betw^een 2,131,000 pounds in 

 April and 6,952,000 pounds in October. The average monthly hold- 

 ings of cured fish held in cold storage in 1931 were 12 per cent less 

 than the average monthly holdings during the year 1930, and 24 

 per cent less than the 5-year average of monthly holdings. The re- 

 spective monthly holdings in 1931 compared with the respective 

 monthly holdings in 1930 show decreases of from 8 to 24 per cent with 

 the exception of December, w^hich shows an increase of less than one- 

 half of 1 per cent. Compared with the respective normal monthly 

 holdings there were decreases of from 15 to 35 per cent. 



Holdings of cured fish, 1931, by species and months 



Month ended the 15th of— 



January... 

 February. - 



March 



April 



May 



June.- 



July 



August 



September 

 October- -- 

 November. 

 December. 



Cured 

 herring 



Pounds 



13, 725, 701 



12, 920, 892 



11,763,133 



11,379,111 



12,295,824 



12,020,472 



11,093,454 



13,020,236 



15, 387, 573 



17, 070, 455 



15,660,290 



15,525,499 



Mild-cured 

 salmon 



Pounds 

 4, 566, 769 

 3, 818, 845 

 2,810,112 

 2, 130, 664 



2, 277, 581 



3, 494, 996 



4, 083, 623 

 6, 333, 197 

 6, 926, 350 

 6,951,711 

 6, 470, 950 

 5, 732, 539 



Total 



Pounds 



18, 292, 470 

 16, 739, 737 

 14, 573, 245 



13, 509, 775 



14, 573, 405 



15, 515, 468 

 15, 177, 077 



19, 353, 433 

 22,313,923 

 24, 022, 166 

 22,131,240 

 21, 258, 038 



