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Holdings of frozen fishery products, 1938—Continued 
BY GEOGRAPHICAL SECTIONS AND MONTHS! 
[Expressed in thousands of pounds; that is, 600 omitted] 












New : North North 
Month ended the ‘ Middle | South : South yan 
15th of— Bae Atlantic | Atlantic eee Cera | Central Pacific Total 
Januanyee Ke 22, 402 15, 329 2, 734 9, 239 5, 350 753 17, 321 73, 128 
Hebriiaryesesssas aoe 19, 573 14, 204 2, 357 8, 606 4,445 742 12, 257 62, 184 
March______- sfeae 18, 334 10, 799 1 654 7, 089 3, 623 578 8, 617 45, 694 
J ACV Meee caine 12, 185 8, 068 2, 333 5, 698 3, 122 602 5, 359 37, 367 
IN ay eee ae eee 16,015 10, 298 8, 394 5, 596 2, 737 §28 7, 413 45, 981 
June ee = = see? 20, 783 10, 447 4, 228 5, 924 2, §55 1, 026 10, 076 55, 039 
Jilyaee eee 27, 754 10, 513 4, 831 5, 960 2, 728 1,175 13, 755 66, 716 
AISUISt eee ee eee 29, 958 10, 393 5, 500 6, 129 3, 269 744 19, 889 75, 882 
September_____ = seek 31, 791 10, 999 5, 110 Moo 35275 862 24, 767 84, 537 
Octoberssuss-Streres 26, 593 11, 759 4, 569 9, 398 3, 388 1, 437 28, 521 85, 665 
November_____--____ 26, 144 13, 880 4, 787 11, 916 4, 182 2,016 | 30,099 93, 024 
December sso. ee 25, 600 14, 545 4, 275 12, 692 4, 964 2, 458 26, 177 90, 711 
Average.______ 22, 678 11,779 3, 814 7, 998 3, 636 1,077 17, 021 67, 994 




1 New England includes the 6 States of that section; Middle Atlantic—New York, New Jersey, and 
Pennsylvania: South Atlantic—Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, 
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida; North Central, EKast—Chio, indiana, Tllinois, 
Michigan, and Wisconsin: North Central, 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. 
2 Includes a small amount of fish held in Colorado in the mountain section. 
COLD-STORAGE HOLDINGS OF CURED FISH 
During 1938 monthly cold-storage holdings of cured herring aver- 
aged 15,216, 977 pounds, while those of mild-cured salmon averaged 
4,426,537 pounds. This is a decrease of 12 percent in the holdings of 
cured herring and 22 percent in the holdings of mild-cured salmon, as 
compared with the previous year. Stocks of cured herring were the 
largest durmg May, when the holdings amounted to 19,876, 405 
pounds; while the largest holdings of mild-cured salmon occurred in 
November, when 7 423 ,880 pounds were in storage. 
Holdings of cured fish, 1938, by species and months 






Cured Mild-cured 
Month ended the 15th of— herring salmon Total 
Pounds Pounds Pounds 
ADEE LUL TAY pa a on ph RS ay a 11, 525, 064 4, 801, 472 16, 326, 536 
Hebruary, Gitte ites 2p tite o68° 4 eS owe 0 ee eee eee eee 13, 254, 354 4, 165, 890 17, 420, 244 
A EHR) 3 cee = Ou Ae eee eee Mme nes HEM AL CURE Tope 13, 184, 469 3, 520, 588 16, 705, 057 
ori ee BAC ee Sein ete SE ee elds me Tor TN i 15, 082, 197 2, 719, 225 17, 801, 422 
INT yee are er at ee See Rte cmt Te ky So 19, 876, 405 1, 868, 542 21, 744, 947 
Jit Cee ie Pets Neiatis Sin A ee ae Oe ee ene 19, 443, 598 1, 718, 462 21, 162, 060 . 
ADU yan eee es eS ee ed SE 18, 231, 065 3, 362, 173 21, 593, 238 
IATL OUIS (eee era cae. alt. pon ap ea Re NE 18, 163, 544 4, 526, 797 22, 690, 341 
September 16, 264, 456 5, 558, 828 21, 823, 284 
October 13, 785, 060 6, 892, 659 20, 677, 719 
November 12, 003, 249 7, 423, 880 19, 427, 129 
December_ 11, 790, 258 6, 559, 927 18, 350, 185 



