FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1926 
393 
Fishery products, in pounds, received at municipal fish wharf and market, Wash- 
ington, D. C., 1926—Continued 

Species 

Bass, black or sea 
Bluefish 





Herring, river_-- 
Herring roe, river 
Hickory shad or ‘‘jacks’’ 
Kingfish _-- 


August | ee | October | 
~= | =. 
1, 200 600 | 700 
11, 400 6,900 | 22,100 



2, 800 
4, 400 





Mackerel -- 
Menhaden- 
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THES VB Oe Se ee es ee ee 
IM he ee eee 
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POG Ee se ease ee a Oe a ee 
TRUPTEST OU ET tes > SS aaa Beat Se eeise eee Oe tS 
Redfish or red drum 
TEC USTNE, J 0G page eS er oy) ES ae eee ee 
SSUETF IVE Se 5 A Se PE PIS 
MRGMIUM MOLE a2 2 eee ee ee 
ied eee Rn eo Be ee oon eee ee et 
MIBPeEPSHERGe a= 62 Sb no oe ee oe | 
“SET lee ee ee a a eee 
SID a nel = 2 ae de I ae ee 19,700 | 40, 100 67, 200 9, 980 2, 500 233, 700 
Squeteagues or “‘sea trout’’____-_-__--_-_-- 140,900 | 27,000 | 241,800 | 178, 100 56, 850 | 1, 326, 250 
SU EITIL We eet ee | es eee ee ygie mee oe A (VO) |e eee Sen 400 
BeEY AION SS ee ee ee 43, 200 35, 100 49, 100 39, 900 24, 450 413, 250 
SESE Ta 2 oR Sa ee ee ee ee eee ree ae He ae Noe | ON Ee 429 
SWOLGusn = 4s es 8 so eee 900 DOOM Ens oe | ee SANE Cees 38, 580 
TR GAS pun es re MS YS ore vrwa dans ial ses Sel ee | 600 | 1, 060 800 4, 100 
NOC TER) Se Te ee ee eer epee py ee (= ere er areas Git 07] eee es See 500 
Vy EYED VE 2 es pa ee pe an heal | eee a 1,400 | 53,400 55, 800 124, 300 
Gi nke Tints 2S oo ee eee Se eee 6, 336 | 5, 600 4, 928 | 5, 056 2,240 | 163,312 
Oysters: 
TRS 1G eee esos Seno a 224 3, 829 52,654 | 86,093 34, 398 | 2 239, 281 
are Ge ae See 8 ee ee a ee ees eS 9, 306 36, 036 69, 350 58,377 | 3299, 013 
SSR DNS ree eg once ee mee ah oe Soy 1, 440 320 B20) | oee se ese=| 4, 920 
EE OSs eae as a ae a a ec ee ae) 44, 610 36, 030 12, 360 150) See eae 206, 310 
OVER OG ioe Ce ES ae ee hee 20, 770 | 9, 915 3, 525 2, 370 375 | 99, 040 
Trt) Gy) 2 ee SL Dl ee 350 | 650 450 150 50 | 3, 860 
SLICE TEET OG) = apenas ee SS ee 4, 300 | 6, 800 5, 600 700 500 | 47, 230 
APO RESIS. in Ss SS eae a a oe ge 200 | 44 fs hl | aie a a 8 204 1, 738 
TOD ESM SL Sih EE Sr ce eg ees oer ae ee es Sal |>==-=—===-|----->p-=-|-~--------| 153 
| SS 
ENO I ep es oe, a a ae eae Sed 596, 890 | 345, 614 |. 681, 607 | 763, 82 411, 180 | 7, 511, 427 
1 7,914 bushels. 2 34,183 bushels. 3 36,244 gallons. 
Notre.—The clams have been reduced to pounds on the basis of 8 pounds of meat to a bushel, the oysters 
on the basis of 7 pounds of meat to a bushel and 8'4 pounds to a gallon. 
SHAD AND ALEWIFE FISHERIES OF THE POTOMAC RIVER 
The regular annual statistics of the shad and alewife fisheries of the 
Potomac River were taken for the season 1926. 
shad fishery yielded 336,662 shad that weighed 1,034,206 pounds, 
valued at $217,461 to the fishermen. This is an increase over 1925 of 
65 per cent in number, 48 per cent in weight, and 33 per cent in value. 
While the catch is not large, compared with many of the former years 
upon which statistics are available, the fishery nevertheless has regis- 
tered substantial increases since the exceptionally poor year 1924. 
They show that the 
