548 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Whaling, 1938-39 Seasons—Continued 
CATCH: BY SPECIES AND AREAS 


Hump- 
Area Blue Back Sperm | Finback | Total 


E Number | Number | Number | Number | Number 
ING oo Se ee Re eS ee eae = 33 12 63 65 173 

AWieSteAUIStralia© omnes SRE Se) ee ee eee Gt Ee seers ee ee 917 
‘Amitar cia Cee ee eee eee ee 55d; lester! hs 4 548 1, 106 
Total___--.-------------------------- 2235 Sees = 587 929 67 613 2,196 


Note.—In addition to the above catch, 8 whales were harpooned but not recovered. 
PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED: BY AREAS 








Oil Meal 
Area SS Se 
Body Sperm Meat Bone 
— es — — == = A re | | 
Gallons rallons Tons Tons 
(Alas Kat isd. AS See R eee 2 See ee eee ee ero as 304, 800 181, 900 | 396, 216 
Wiest Australias 25.58 = i Se eee ae 2;\096; 5798). == Sees PE SS Yay oe See 
FAUTIGAT Cll C cee es ee re ee ae en eee Se qr OR ae 2 = == = ead ae eae ee oe ee eee 
ANS i (ge ees en te pt ee ee eee 6, 975, 520 181, 900 | 396 216 



STATISTICAL SURVEY PROCEDURE 
It is customary to include in the annual report of the Division, in- 
formation in considerable detail on the procedure used in the collec- 
tion of the fishery statistics published in this report. Due to the 
necessity for curtailing the cost of the report for 1939, it has been 
necessary to eliminate most of this type of material. Consequently, 
for information on procedure the reader is referred to Administrative 
Report No. 37, entitled ‘Fishery Industries of the United States, 
1938,” by R. H. Fiedler, published as Appendix IIT to the report of 
the Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year 1939. It has been 
deemed necessary, however, to include in this report data on conversion 
factors used for computing the yield of certain commodities. These 
factors follow: 
Measures and yields of oysters 






Market oysters 
State Capacity of Variation from U.S. 
hire State bushel standard bushel oe e Yield per 
Yield per standard 
State bushel Rashel 
Pounds of Pounds of 
Cubic inches | Cubic inches | Percent meats meats 
Miassmohipetts=! =. 63-2525 -2-2S== DSH () GA | eee eee. sl | ea ee 6. 57 6. 57 
nod eyslandie= es se ee soc ere Py UEC Ns |e, Se ee Seema (ee See a 7. 00 7. 00 
Connecticuimess=== a= ees eee DeSOv ae Bice Us ee A Sane eee 7.63 | 7. 63 
INIG WAN OTK Seen es SS eee, PEAS Ue: al eee ae) sees lopbetes seth 7. 50 7. 50 
ING WRUICLSC Vinee oa ee Se eat ee So 220040 +106.9 | +5.0 6.05 5. 76 
Welawanc eee ate ek Ss tater! by 2, 257.3 +108. 9 +5.0 7.00 6. 67 
Mianyilan Gea sae ae = = ee ee 2,801.5 +651. 1 +30. 3 6. 09 4. 67 
Wargimiae 2: 3 Seas Store - 2 ae Bn gt 3, 003. 4 +853. 0 +39. 7 5. 92 4. 24 
INOTEn Caroling ee ae soe 2, 801. 9 | +651. 5 +30. 3 5. 56 4.27 
Southi@arolinnss ee eee 4,071.5 +1, 921.1 +89. 3 5. 98 3.16 
Georeinaee meee ee | re! 5, 343. 9 4+3,193.5 | +148.5 6.83 2.75 
IG RNO ook ao | 3, 214. 1 +1, 063. 7 +49. 4 | 4.74 Beli 
Alabamae-eesemaneenea a. 52 Sees et 2, 826. 2 +675. +31. 4 5. 01 3. 81 
Mississippi_-_------ eae Say oe ee BS 2, 826. 2 +675. 8 +31. 4 5. 30 4.03 
WOUISISN ASE esa SSseh ye we SS 2, 148. 4 —2.0 | —0.1 4. 63 4. 63 
ER OXaS eee ee eee eae ee eee st 2, 700. 0 +549. 6 +25. 6 4. 38 3. 49 





