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fish and amount of fish frozen, which are furnished by the Bureau of 
Agricultural Economics (published monthly); the production, con- 
sumption, and holdings of marine-animal oils of the United States and 
Alaska (published quarterly by the Bureau of the Census); the produc- 
tion of canned fishery products and byproducts of the United States 
and Alaska; the transactions on the sponge exchange at Tarpon 
Springs, Fla.; the volume of fishery products handled at the Municipal 
Fish Wharf and Market, Washington, D. C.; and the volume of the 
United States foreign trade in fishery products, furnished by the 
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 
The following statistical and marketing agents assisted in the collec- 
tion and compilation of the statistical data: D. Y. Aska, R. L. 
Busby, C. H. Chilton, L. 5. Christey, E. V. Ebner, M. J. Fraser, R. L. 
Greer, R. L. Hacker, V. E. Heffelfinger, C. H. Lyles, C. E. Peterson, 
C. J. Robbins, C. B. Tendick, and F. M. Wood. 
For detailed information on the methods employed in the collection. 
of fishery statistics the reader is referred to Administrative Report 
No. 37, ‘Fishery Industries of the United States, 1938’, by R. H. 
Fiedler. This Report was published as Appendix III to the Report 
of the Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year 1939. 
FISHERY MARKET NEWS SERVICE 
Activities in connection with the organization and development of 
the Bureau’s Fishery Market News Service were continued by the 
Division during 1939. Several features were added to the service 
during the year, and a field office was established at Jacksonville, 
Fla., early in the year. An office also was opened at New Orleans, 
La., early in January 1940. The Division now has in operation 
a totai of six market news reporting offices in the field. The new 
features of the service and the activities of each of the field offices are 
discussed in appropriate sections of this report. 
The offices of the Fishery Market News Service, due to their well- 
chosen locations, release current data covering the production and 
marketing of about 1% billion of the nearly 3 billion pounds of fish and 
shellfish taken annually for food in the United States and Alaska. 
Landings of fresh fish for food listed daily in the various reports 
amount to one-quarter of the total annual catch, or over 750 million 
pounds. Daily reports of receipts at terminal markets add an addi- 
tional 150 million pounds not duplicated in the landings. Periodic 
coverage of important canned fishery products, particularly salmon 
and shrimp, accounts for over 500 million pounds not otherwise 
included. In addition, about one-half of the fishery products in cold 
storage in the country are reported upon. Movements in and out of 
cold storage are released daily and holdings weekly. 
The importance of this service to the fishery industry and allied 
interests is evidenced by the widespread localities and diverse classes 
of recipients from which requests for this service have been received. 
Addresses on the mailing lists include every producing and marketing 
area of importance in the country. Every branch of the fishing indus- 
try and numerous groups from allied fields are represented. Among 
the various classifications on the mailing lists are fishermen and pro- 
ducers; wholesale dealers; brokers; importers and exporters; buyers; 
retailers; chain stores; cold-storage plants; canners; salters; smokers; 
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