184 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
UNITED STATUS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
DIVISION OF FISHERY INDUSTRIES, MARKET NEWS SERVICE 
33A Fulton St., New York, N.Y. 
Telephones, Beekman 3-4382 and Beelman 3-4393 
May 5, 1939. 
FISHERY PRODUCTS REPORTS 
Market News reports cover fresh and frozen fishery products only, unless data concerning 
salted, smoked, canned, or otherwise preserved fishery products are deemed of sufficient in- 
terest to be included. All items are to be understood as fresh when no specification is made. 
Frozen products are specifically indicated. Mimeographed revorts will be-issued daily except 
Sundays and holidays. They are distributed free, by mail, to those requesting them at the 
above address. Information in the reports also is available to interested parties by tele- 
phone or telegraph, collect, as soon as it is compiled. 
For the purposes of these reports, New York City, unless otherwise stated, includes the 
area supervised by the Port of New York Authority. In general, this includes the five boroughs 
of New York City and an area along the New Jersey shore of the Hudson River opposite Manhattan. 
The weather report is a record of conditions at the Weather Burean, 17 Battery Place, in 
New York City at 7:30 A. M. Eastern Standard Tim. 
RAIL ARRIVALS 
This section is prepared from reports received from the terminal agents of the various 
railroad and exnress companies bringing fishery products into New York City. These reports 
are received by telephone daily and cover the activities of the carriers for the twenty-four 
hour period ending at 8 A. M each morning, or in the case of intervening Sumilays and holi- 
days, the period since the last report. Carloads are listed according to the number of cars 
arriving, and less than carload (L.C.L.) lots by the mumber and, where possible, the type of 
packages. All shipments received are classified by the State or Province from which they 
were billed. ‘This, however, does not necessarily imply that the fish were produced in the 
State or Province from which they were shipped. 
COASTWISE VESSEL RECEIPTS 
This section is prepared by mich the same procedure as "Rail Arrivals", the information 
being obtained from the freight agents of coastwise steamship companies bringing fishery 
products into New York. z 
LANDINGS BY FISHING CRAFT 
This section shows the "hailing fare" of fishing craft landing at Fulton Market. ‘The 
“hailing fare" is an estimate of the weisht of the catch by the captain before the fare is 
weighed out. The "landings" used in "Receipts on Salt-water Market" are the "weighed out" 
or actual fares reported by dealers, 
WEIGH-OUTS BY FISHING CRAFT 
This section is compiled from the "weighed out” or actual fares as reported by the 
dealers purchasing the catch of fishing craft landing at Fulton Market. 
IMPORTS ENTERED 
This section includes imports of fishery commodities, except canned and preserved, from 
foreign countries, and is obtained in the Custom House at New York City from the ship's 
menifestse If these manifests show fishery commodities listed for discharge at nearby 
Atlantic ports, these items are included with a supplementary statement such as "Due Boston", 
etce : 
OTHER PORTS OR MARKETS 
This section is prepared from summarized information received each day by telegram from 
Bureau of Fisheries agents or Market News offices in the cities mentioned. Quotations gen= 
erally are only for varieties of interest to this region, 
SALT-WATER MARKET 
RECEIPTS are compiled daily from the records of direct receipts of fresh and frozen 
fishery products as furnished by the original receivers in New York City. ‘he "landings" 
by fishing craft shovm in this section are "weighed out fares" and not the “hailing fares" 
shown on the previous dayts report. ‘This section does not include local cold storage with 
drawals and imports entered at New York City. 
; SUPPLY, DEMAND, MARKET AND PRICES are obtained by consulting dealers each morning. 
Price quotations are actual sales by original receivers in the usual wholesale quantities. 
Unless otherwise noted, prices are for stocks of good merchantable quality. 
FRESH-WATER MARKET 
RECEIPTS are determined from rail freight, express and truck reports and conferences 
with dealers. 
SUPPLY, DEMAND, MARKET AND PRICES are obtained in a manner similar to that described 
under "Salt-Water Market" above. 
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