FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1938 215 
EDUCATIONAL AND CONSULTING SERVICE 
In addition to the research activities described in this report, our 
economic and technological staffs conduct, along with their regular 
duties, an educational and consulting service for those interested in 
the fisheries. During the past year the demand for this type of service 
has increased. Many requests have been received from groups and 
individuals to demonstrate improved methods developed in our 
laboratories for the handling and processing of fishery products, for 
instruction in fish cookery, and for aid in improving various market- 
ing practices. Insofar as our facilities have permitted, we have com- 
plied with these requests, endeavoring to offer assistance especially 
where the request has come from a large group or industry. However, 
we have not been able to comply with all of the requests received 
because of insufficient personnel and because of inadequate funds to 
provide for the travel expenses of the demonstrators. 
Some of the educational services rendered are discussed or referred 
to in previous paragraphs of this report. In brief, this work has cov- 
ered the fields of commercial preserving of fishery products, fish cook- 
ery in the home, and the marketing of aquatic products. 
Another phase of this service has consisted of answering thousands 
of letters directed to the Bureau on fishery subjects and of supplying 
information to persons who have called at the Bureau personally. 
Many of the latter came from foreign lands to seek fishery information 
which might be useful in the conduct of the industry in their native 
country. 
PUBLICATIONS OF THE DIVISION 
During the calendar year 1938 the following publications were 
prepared and addresses delivered by members of the Division’s staff. 
These do not include the monthly statistical bulletins of the landings 
of fishery products at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., Portland, Maine, 
and Seattle, Wash., nor the monthly reports on cold-storage holdings 
of frozen fish and quantities of fish frozen. The fishery reports and 
circulars may be purchased, at the prices shown, from the Superintend- 
ent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 
The statistical bulletins and special or S-memoranda are distributed 
free of charge upon request to the Bureau. The special articles may 
be obtained from the sources of publication. 
Those wishing to receive copies of this report and statistical bulle- 
tins as issued should request that their names be placed on the Bureau’s 
mailing lists, Nos. 128 for the annual statistical report; 128a for gen- 
eral statistical bulletins; 128b for monthly cold-storage reports; 
and 128d for periodic fishery market news reports. Those desiring 
daily fishery market news reports from any one of the Division’s 
Fishery Market News offices which have been established should apply 
direct to the Bureau of Fisheries, Division of Fishery Industries, 
Fishery Market News Service at the nearest of the following five 
addresses: 33A Fulton Street, New York, N. Y.; 253% Northern Ave- 
nue, Boston, Mass.; 200 North Jefferson Street, Chicago, IIl.; 309 
Duval Building, Jacksonville, Fla.; or 421 Bell Street Terminal, 
Seattle, Wash. For historical statistical data on the domestic fish- 
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