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Holdings of frozen fish for 1927 and 1926, and the 5-year average 

 [Expressed in thousands of pounds; that is, 000 omitted] 



INIonth 



1927 



5-year 

 average 



Increase (+) or 

 decrease (— ) 



Com- 

 pared 

 with 

 1926 



Com- 

 pared 

 with 

 5-year 

 average 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July _._. 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Average for year 



58, 655 

 48,684 

 34, 889 

 24,732 

 29, 781 

 36,694 

 42, 116 

 54.063 

 60, 328 

 65, 958 

 66, 791 

 64, 788 



48, 181 

 37, 378 

 24,894 

 16,154 

 21, 540 

 31, 345 

 33, 902 

 57, 627 

 64,657 

 70, 310 

 75,034 

 69,854 



48, 894 

 37, 332 

 25,304 

 17, 631 

 19,304 

 25, 808 

 34, 988 

 45, 092 

 54,216 

 62, 611 

 65, 052 

 61, 839 



Per cent 



-f22 



-t-30 



-1-40 



+53 



4-38 



+17 



+24 



-6 



-7 



-6 



-11 



-7 



Per cent 

 +20 

 +30 



•+38 



+40 



+54 



+42 



+20 



+20 



+11 



+5 



+3 



+5 



48, 957 



45, 906 



41, 506 



+7 



+18 



Holdings of frozen fish in the United States in 1927, and a 5-year average, 1922 to 1926 

 [Expressed in thousands of pounds; that is, 000 omitted] 



Species 



Bluefish (all trade sizes).. 



Butterflsh (all trade sizes) 



Catfish _ 



Cisco (Lake Erie) 



Cisco (lake herring), including bluefln, 



blackfin, and chub 



Cisco (tullibees, Canadian Lakes) 



Cod, haddock, hake, pollock 



Croaker '_ 



Flounders 



Halibut (all trade sizes) 



Herring, sea (including alewives and blue- 

 backs) 



Lake trout 



Mackerel (except Spanish) 



Pike: 



Blue and sauger 



Yellow or wall-eyed 



Pike (including pickerel, jacks, and yellow 



jack) 



Sablefish (black cod) 



Salmon: 



Chinook 



Silver 



Fall and pink 



Steelhead trout 



Another. 



Scu p ( porgies ) 



Shad and shad roe 



Shellfish 



Smelts, eulachon, etc 



Squid 



Sturgeon and spoonbill cat 



Suckers. 



Weakflsh (including southern "sea trout"). 



Whitefish 



Whiting 



Miscellaneous frozen fish... 



Total frozen fish _ 



5-year average, 1922-1926 



Month ended- 



Jan. 15 i Feb. 15 



561 



1,153 



227 



514 



2,850 

 1,723 

 2,196 

 1,252 

 726 

 6,265 



2,154 

 1,564 

 7,047 



647 

 313 



1,542 

 1,359 



899 

 2,712 

 1,084 



377 

 2,450 



103 



331 

 1,561 



669 

 1,790 

 1,161 

 92 

 1,096 

 1,279 

 5,449 

 5,509 



58. 655 

 48, 894 



416 

 903 

 225 

 314 



1,998 

 2,170 

 1,854 

 981 

 623 

 4,221 



1,951 

 1,245 

 5,629 



512 

 452 



1,542 



1,902 



757 



315 



2,098 



62 



305 



1,558 



1,309 



1,502 



1,078 



66 



771 



1,493 



3,452 



5,326 



Mar. 15 



48, 684 

 37, 332 



276 

 581 

 223 

 202 



1,116 

 1,965 

 1,379 

 225 

 424 

 2,905 



2,020 



896 

 3,817 



257 

 382 



1,404 

 572 



397 

 1,489 



442 



141 



1, 657 



27 



133 

 1,166 

 1,383 

 1,303 



858 

 58 



269 

 1,228 

 1,890 

 3,801 



34. 889 

 25, 304 



Apr. 15 



196 

 428 

 152 

 116 



655 

 1,499 



743 

 55 



330 

 3,096 



1,593 



556 



1,748 



121 

 274 



1,121 

 398 



113 



1,187 



208 



124 



1,2.39 



6 



108 



792 



745 



825 



1,009 



36 



837 

 1,429 

 2,916 



24, 732 

 17, 631 



May 15 



198 

 386 

 151 



75 



551 



1,340 



1,024 



824 



398 



5,109 



2,166 



641 



3,010 



657 

 218 



1,031 

 356 



81 



1,048 



176 



36 



920 



1 



377 



681 



653 



672 



1,015 



43 



314 



607 



1,417 



3,605 



29,781 

 19, 304 



June 15 



284 

 311 

 169 



58 



477 

 1,204 

 1,100 

 1.251 



670 

 7,567 



2,718 

 554 



512 

 196 



1,036 



501 



998 



141 



66 



1,054 



223 



5'J5 



690 



509 



1.010 



1,095 



50 



653 



555 



2.221 



4,060 



36, 694 



25. 808 



