FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1938 181 
During 1938 the work of the Fishery Market News Service of the 
Division was carried on under the immediate supervision of A. W. 
Anderson, Fishery Marketing Specialist, and the general direction of 
Fred F. Johnson, Assistant Chief of the Division. Assisting in this 
work, with headquarters in Washington, D. C., but working both at 
the headquarters office and in the field, were H. E. Timmis, Fisheries 
Statistical and Marketing Agent, and P. W. Evans, Junior Fisheries 
Marketing Agent. 
FIELD OFFICES 
The locations of the field offices of the Fishery Market News Service 
have been carefully chosen to be not only of service to the communities 
near their locations but also to be of the greatest benefit to the industry 
as a whole. Thus, New York City was selected for the first office 
since it is the center of the country’s most important consuming area 
and the market to which fishery commodities are shipped from all 
parts of the Nation and from foreign countries. The fresh-water and 
salt-water fish markets of New York exercise considerable influence on 
the production and price of fishery products in many areas. 
The choice of Boston for the second field office was due to its impor- 
tance as the center of New England’s valuable fisheries, and as a 
port of landing for large quantities of fresh fish. With a Market 
News office in Boston, and agents in nearby ports, it has been possible 
to include in the report data on species, quantity, price, and gear 
used, covering about 75 percent of the fish landed in New England 
each day. The catch, usually running well over 600,000,000 pounds 
annually, is a vital factor in the fresh and frozen fish trade of this 
country. The value of current detailed data to all who handle this 
tremendous volume of fish from fishing grounds to markets over the 
Eastern half of the Nation is obvious. 
Chicago was selected for the third field office as the most important 
inland market for fishery products. Much of the harvest of fresh- 
water fish from the Great Lakes and other interior waters is shipped 
to this city’s wholesale market for distribution. In addition to domes- 
tic fish, Chicago receives large quantities of Canadian fresh-water 
varieties. It also is a marketing area and meeting ground for Eastern 
haddock and rosefish, Western halibut and salmon, and Gulf Coast 
shrimp and red snapper, thus demonstrating the distant markets 
penetrated by our coastal varieties and indicating the possibilities of 
our inland States as fish-consuming territories. 
The Seattle, Wash., office was the fourth to be established. It is at 
that port that the greatest quantities of halibut from the valuable 
Pacific Coast halibut fishery are landed. Landings of salmon for the 
fresh and frozen trade likewise areimportant. In addition the receipts 
and transshipments, chiefly from Alaska but also from British Colum- 
bia, of both of these species are considerable. Besides covering the 
local production and prices, the location of the Seattle office makes it 
possible to obtain similar daily information from important ports in 
Alaska and British Columbia. A summary of this information, 
together with the daily carload shipments out of Seattle and Prince 
Rupert, B. C., is wired to our Eastern offices, providing their local 
markets with the advance information of probable Western arrivals, 
which is so essential a factor in stabilizing market prices. 
