FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1938 249 
FROZEN-FISH TRADE * 
FISH, FROZEN 
During 1937 the output of freezing plants which reported their 
activities to the Government amounted to 168,223,653 pounds of 
fishery products. At the time these products were held in cold- 
storage plants they were estimated to be valued at about $13,500,000. 
Compared with the output in 1936, this is a decrease of 6 percent in 
volume. Five species or groups of species accounted for 60 percent 
of the total amount frozen. In the order of their importance, they 
were: Cod, haddock, hake, and pollock (including cod, haddock, and 
pollock fillets), which accounted for 22 percent of the total; whiting, 
11 percent; salmon, 10 percent; halibut, 9 percent; and rosefish, 8 
percent. Other products frozen in considerable quantity during the 
year were mackerel, sablefish, and shellfish. 
Production of frozen fishery products, 1937 
BY SPECIES AND MONTHS 















Month ended the 15th of— 
Species 
January Hea March | April May June July 
Pounds | Pounds | Pounds | Pounds | Pounds | Pounds | Pounds 
Bluefish (all trade sizes)___________- 129,710} 10,691) 25, 843 8, 367 38, 227 5, 829 2, 387 
Butterfish (all trade sizes) __________ 4, 591 2, 888: 9,645) 17, 903 19,917) 130,650} 127, 817 
CaTTISH ee eee ees | ee 41,261; 12,406; 15,894) 53, 284 95, 122 47,791 38, 510 
@iscor(akebrie). 22 177220 enn LOSGO7| eee” 3, 237 2, 966 831 18, 751 
Cisco (lake herring) including blue- 
fin, blackfin, and chub___________ 424,485) 44,682} 30,818} 48, 242 24, 149 20, 598 90, 424 
Cisco (tullibees, Canadian lakes) _- 15, 610 886 8, 175 S020) ese | ae eee 3, 767 
Cod, haddock, hake, and pollock 
(except fillets of cod, haddock, 
ANG WpOMOGK) a 5-—-. 2 eee 242,404) 131,176/ 153,559! 57,963} 229,059) 302,382) 184, 142 
Codlfillctss See 423,122) 90,848) 125,495) 210,355} 490,351) 781, 764) 1, 357, 228 
Grogkeres te. 57a ee son ges 8, 308 7,106} 20,310) 17,059} 128,994) 706,774) 732,860 
Kigunderse. eee. > Co eee 123, 227} 30, 631 9, 496 8,919} 156,332) 350,295) 102,748 
Haddocksfilletss 4... i.» sss 1, 415, 549) 964, 187|1, 399, 388)2, 177, 233) 1, 286, 613) 1,825, 201} 1, 969, 445 
alia tl (allstradeisizes) |acss- een | e en  y Ne 1, 670, 981) 2, 037, 228] 3, 461, 509} 2, 933, 571 
Herring, sea (including alewives 
ANGLE HACKS) bss o- se eee 74,820) 21,375) 114,770) 225,967) 240,633] 165, 350 71, 746 
Wakerroutet | eee 37, 582) 12,508} 18,061} 17, 204 35, 002 58, 808 73, 594 
Mackerel (except Spanish) -________ 82,056) 48, 023 18,602} 82,567) 173,358) 1,312,787} 472,976 
Perch svelloweees--. eee 3,912} 21, 254 2, 169 4, 050 4, 618 3, 322 15, 699 
Pike,blue-andisauger...--. 22-5222 69, 759 1, 746 654} 33,606} 280,522) 234, 547 37, 909 
Pike, yellow or wall-eyed___________ 17, 471 8,296] 32,966) 100,879 13, 653 66, 065 2, 184 
Pike (including pickerel, jacks, and 
VeLIOWAIACK) pees... 58, 354 466 2, 873] 11,910 19, 457 5, 959 5, 579 
Pollockstillets: =... aaa 1, 258, 586) 246,798) 86,667] 177,052) 341,024) 869,505) 713, 480 
Rosetishte arr oe! Jae 1, 058, 047} 328,155) 61,255) 60,364) 273, 190) 2, 063, 708} 1, 562, 081 
Sablefish (black cod) ___._.________- 40, 336 1,792) 15,840 7, 065 15, 493 30, 377 93, 613 
Salmon, chinook or king___________ 30,911) 21,918) 28, 937 7, 841 43,356) 524,138) 650, 944 
Salmon, silver or coho_____________- 75,128) 30,094) 48,505) 51, 695 8,959} 159,526] 258, 993 
Salmon, fall and pink. _____________ 21, 536) 26,419) 46,746 8, 232 3, 324 2, 500 4,805 
Salmon, steelhead trout___________-_ 52, 181 2,030} 22, 164 9, 707 17, 331 8, 438 49, 363 
Scups(porgies)-<- — =. J eat 3, 823 3, 023 50 1, 471 13, 088 99,062} 147, 269 
Shad and ‘shad roe. __ 62-2 33, 826 5, 979 1,277| 36,802) 201,954] 175, 860 19, 582 
Shellfish =aeessaenst  -. _  EaPRENeaey 352,823) 436,509) 278,442) 191,068) 1, 352, 625) 1, 448, 401) 1, 693, 962 
Smelts, eulachon, etc______________-_ 305, 624) 181,843) 210,916) 52,056) 148, 601 9, 557 10, 596 
Sides ee a 61, 530} 11,970 2, 529 547) 622,949) 2, 687,378) 187, 064 
Sturgeon and spoonbill cat_________ 2, 218 2,283] 17, 547 7, 217 23, 232 20, 279 16, 319 
SHCKErsipe. Osa... Mee S183 lesen aa Ee 2 E 4,479 20, 306 30, 801 12, 296 
SW OFC fishies tela 5 9 EER Ld 12, 536] 29,045) 18,099} 335, 820 97, 079 32, 065 65, 409 
Weakfish (including southern ‘‘sea 
trout!) ps2 D Sidhe d= A 11, 896 147 1, 103 1, 605 11,118) 144,127) 215, 861 
Wihifetisht 22 aaa * See 119, 493} 171,590) 142,137) 224, 577 51, 534 17, 604 127, 377 
Wititing oe: 2. Mi eee 74,905} 65,354] 68,439) 34,137) 259,042) 4,113, 707] 5, 253, 170 
Miscellaneous fish_________________- 1, 373, 267| 967, 907/1, 159, 787/1, 547, 260) 1, 614, 064| 2, 258, 681) 1, 645, 702 
ADOBE cole 221) sobs gO UR ais | 8, 081, 299/3, 952, 682/4, 194, 158|7, 517, 250/10, 344, 470) 24, 176, 176/20, 969, 223 




3 The statistics in this section have been furnished by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Department 
of Agriculture. 
