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pounds. This is an increase of 4 per cent as compared with the year 

 1930, and an increase of 11 per cent as compared with the 5-year 

 average. 



During the year 1931 four firms in Washington, D. C, smoked 

 fishery products which amounted to 268,000 pounds, vahied at 

 $27,885. Of this amount, 240,000 pounds vahied at $20,950 con- 

 sisted of herring; 25,050 pounds vakied at $6,815 were whitefish 

 while the remainder, 3,000 pounds, valued $120, were alewives or 

 "river herring." There were two firms which shucked oysters 

 mostly for select retail trade. Their production amounted to 

 7, 600' gallons, valued at $16,720. Most of the smoked fish and 

 shucked oysters w^ere marketed in the cit3^ 



Fishery products received at viunicipal fish wharf and market, Washington, D. C, 1931 



Species 



Alewives (river tierring) 



Black bass 



Bluefish 



Butterfish 



Carp 



Catfish 



Cod 



Croaker 



Drum, red or redfish 



Eels 



Flounders 



Gizzard shad 



Haddock 



Hake 



Halibut 



Hickory shad or "jacks" 



Hogfish 



Kingfish or "king mackerel' 

 King whiting or "kingfish". 



Mackerel 



Mullet_ 



Perch 



Pike or pickerel 



Pollock 



Pompano 



Salmon 



Scup or porgy 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Sheepshead. 



Skates 



Smelt 



Snapper, red 



Spot 



Squeteagues or "sea trout". 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Swordflsh 



Tilefish 



Whitefish 



Whiting 



Crabs: 



Hard 



Soft 



Oyster . 



Crab meat 



Lobsters (alive) 



Lobsters (cooked) 



Lobster meat 



Shrimp 



Squid 



Clams, hard 



Oysters: 



In the shell (meat) 



Opened (meat) 



Scallops 



Frogs 



Terrapin 



Turtles 



Total- 



January February March April 



Pounds 



14,500 



7,600 



200 



100 



16, 050 



5, 500 



1,600 



45, 800 



3,500 



200 



35, 800 



10, 900 



44, 160 



200 



5,300 



700 



35, 400 

 6,600 



11, 150 



900 



1,300 



1,000 

 7,800 



1,200 



200 



1,000 



106, 400 



3,700 



600 



2,000 

 150 



5,100 

 2,900 

 5,152 



32. 333 



78, 522 

 960 



1,024 

 872 



533, 273 



Pounds 



47, 400 



14, 700 



1,400 



800 



5,200 



7,500 



3,200 



41,000 



1,000 



200 



49, 700 



9,800 



54, 730 



4,400 

 6,300 



500 



42, 600 



10, 100 



8,000 



1,100 



1,300 



600 



3,500 



26,000 



13, 800 



2,825 

 800 



54, 100 

 4,300 



800 



100 



2,800 



5 



1,795 



400 



125 

 6,300 



17,115 

 64, 838 



13 

 144 



515, 338 



Pounds 



156, 900 



29, 500 



1,100 



1,800 



15,000 



17, 800 



4,000 



40, 500 



200 

 53, 700 

 2,200 

 75, 070 

 200 

 9,300 

 4,900 



600 



32. 800 



1,400 



25,900 



1,500 



800 



1,800 

 27,700 



55,800 



200 



100 



4,530 



200 



37, 500 

 12, 800 



400 

 500 

 100 



2,990 

 850 

 750 

 100 



8,600 



5,024 



15, 393 



60, 401 



560 



144 

 711,612 



Pounds 



302, 700 



26, 400 



400 



3,800 



5.700 



18, 900 



2,000 



276, 600 



1,300 



26, 600 



1,400 



60, 660 



1,900 



8,800 



2,400 



500 



1,600 



14, 100 



400 



33, 000 



1,000 



1,000 



200 



1,500 



8,300 



234, 140 



1,200 

 200 



32, 900 



38, 000 



100 



400 

 100 



525 

 2,205 



5,925 

 4,350 



190 

 4,800 



6,400 



3,549 



16, 345 



640 



84 



80 



416 



1, 153, 709 



May 



Pounds 



154, 800 



2.400 



13, 700 



45, 100 



12, 700 



10, 100 



1,000 



193, 400 



100 



1,400 



19, 900 



June July 



36, 610 



3,500 



5,700 



100 



400 



500 



18, 300 



6,300 



600 



2,000 



3,700 



3,600 



100 



377, 600 



200 



400 



280, 400 



8,100 



150 



200 



16, 425 

 12, 420 



15, 505 

 4,050 



125 

 8,400 



300 

 6,944 



21 



640 

 134 



1, 268, 992 



Pounds 



8,200 



6,800 



9,900 



60, 124 



5,900 



7,900 



300 



199, 900 



440 



200 



10, 000 



29, 470 



7,300 



25, 510 

 200 



2,600 

 800 



2,500 



4,700 

 4,200 



7,000 



300 



10, 800 



235, 500 



2,500 



100 



Pounds 



800 



76, 275 

 11, 745 



25, 905 

 3,750 



20 



8,300 



100 



6,656 



280 

 95 



620 



777, 690 



8,200 



15, 700 



65, 700 



2,840 



700 



400 



332, 000 



150 



14, 800 



29, 730 



5,800 



25,900 

 600 



1,200 

 500 



1,200 



4,700 

 1,700 



100 



31, 400 



187, 000 



3,900 



500 

 100 

 900 



103, 950 

 11,115 



26, 730 

 1,800 



325 

 4,300 



7,072 



891, 123 



