FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1939 Aik 
Production of frozen fishery products, 1938—Continued 
BY GEOGRAPHICAL SECTIONS AND MONTHS 1 
{Expressed in thousands of pounds; that is, 000 omitted] 

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: North North 
Month ended the New Middle South South ; 
15th of— Engiand | Atlantic |} Atlantic Central, Central, Central Pacific Total 
East West 
Vanuary 2... eS 2 se 5, 096 2, 328 314 357 178 235 699 9, 207 
injebruary. 2 22-22 _=_ 2, 794 1, 248 388 135 137 363 704 5, 769 
Wierchie: Vases sh25 2 1,995 1, 078 59 169 380 464 1, 074 5, 219 
igi. a 4, 737 863 1, 280 566 113 570 953 9, 082 
RVEnyaeee = SNS oe a 8, 446 3, 417 1,310 853 147 588 3, 487 18, 248 
Vi 2 ee 10, 855 1, 582 1, 139 750 119 776 4, 156 19, 377 
i wiky.3 See 13, 495 1, 272 676 591 371 638 5, 387 22, 430 
PANIES Gao nae ne eee 10, 280 15125 666 67 222 401 7, 528 20, 896 
September_____-...-- 10, 514 1, 858 271 604 215 523 6, 639 20, 624 
Wctoberse Ste 282 4,912 | 2, 559 279 1, 309 195 83 6, 909 17, 002 
INovember_--._... =. EME 2, 909 679 PL BH 638 1, 162 7, 044 22, 536 
December _-_-__-__-__- 6, 246 2, 713 696 2, 140 1,121 851 1, 939 15, 706 
= Ss |S SS |e 
otal aes 87, 097 22, 952 ton 10, 525 3, 836 7, 410 46, 519 186, 096 
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1 New England includes the 6 States of that section; Middle Atlantic—New York, New Jersey, and 
Pennsylvania; South Atlantic—Delaware, Marvland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North 
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida; North Central, East—Ohio, Indiana, J]linois, Michigan, 
and Wisconsin; North Centra!, West—Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska 
and Kansas; South Central—Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, 
and Arkansas: and Pacific—Washington, Oregon, California, and Alaska. 
HOLDINGS 
During 1938, monthly hoidings of frozen fish and shellfish averaged 
67,994, 000 pounds, which is an increase of 7 percent as compared 
with 1937. The holdings during January, amounting to 93,024,000 
pounds, were the largest for any month during the year; while those 
for April, amounting to 37,367,000 pounds were the smallest. During 
the last 4 months of the year an average of 88,484,000 pounds of 
fishery products were in storage, as compared with an average of 
74,916,000 pounds for the same period in 1937. 
