FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1927 495 

 Catch of aleivives in the Potomac River, 1909 to 1927 



Maryland 



Virginia 



Total 



1927 

 1926 

 1925 

 1924 

 1923 

 1922 

 1921 

 1920 

 1919 

 1915 

 1909 



Number 

 1.272,000 

 1, 295, 020 



415,000 

 1,834,000 

 2, 119, 787 

 1, 292, 500 

 1, 395. 000 

 1. 077. 775 

 1, 488, 583 



335. 000 

 4, 883, 000 



Pounds 

 508, 699 

 518, 600 

 166. 000 

 733, 600 

 847, 916 

 517, 000 

 558, 000 

 538, 888 

 772, 867 



Value 



$5, 741 



6,518 



2,070 



6,855 



8,764 



3,700 



9,010 



13, 940 



15, 508 



1,420 



10, 369 



Value 

 $44, 847 

 48, 848 

 35, 271 

 49, 667 

 40, 657 

 34, 642 

 35, 031 

 41,197 

 45, 508 

 30, 741 

 42, 854 



Value 

 $50, 588 



55, 366 



37. 341 



56, 552 

 49, 421 



38. 342 

 44, 041 

 55, 137 

 61, 016 

 32, 161 

 53, 223 



PRODUCTS RECEIVED AT MUNICIPAL FISH WHARF AND MARKET, 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Receipts of fresh and frozen fishery products at the municipal fish 

 wharf and market, Washington, D. C, in 1927 amounted to 7,997,673 

 pounds, which is an increase of 6 per cent over the previous year and 

 15 per cent above the 5-year average. These products are taken 

 chiefly in Chesapeake Bay, but quantities are taken at other points 

 along the Atlantic Ocean, also, with lesser quantities originating in 

 the Great Lakes and Pacific coast regions. 



The great bulk of the Chesapeake Bay products is conveyed by 

 boat and unloaded at the wharf of the market. Products originating 

 at other points are transported by rail and are unloaded at the freight 

 and express terminals in the city. Some products originating at 

 points along the Chesapeake Bay not on a railroad and in close prox- 

 imity to Washington are conveyed to the market by motor truck. 



According to the amount of fishery products handled at this wharf 

 and market, nine salt-water products are of commercial importance 

 and constitute 75 per cent of the trade. Named in order of impor- 

 tance, these are squeteagues or "sea trout," croaker, river herring, 

 oysters, haddock, shad, striped bass, butterfish, and mackerel (includ- 

 ing Spanish mackerel). Except for the haddock and mackerels, the 

 majority of the fish in this group are taken in local waters. Thirteen 

 fishery products (10 salt-water and 3 fresh-water) are of moderate 

 importance, constitute 20 per cent of the trade, and are taken chiefly 

 in local or near-by waters. 



In the group of slight importance are 32 products that constitute 

 only 5 per cent of the trade. Some of these originate in distant sec- 

 tions of the country, and most of them are salt-water products. 



It is estimated that 2,000,000 pounds of fresh and frozen fishery 

 products are received by retail dealers, hotels, and restaurants direct 

 from producers, which with the amount received at the municipal 

 wharf would make a total of about 10,000,000 pounds of fresh and 

 frozen fishery products that were handled in the District of Columbia 

 during 1927. Virtually the entire amount was consumed in the 

 District. According to the Bureau of the Census, the estimated 

 population of the District of Columbia was 540,000 on July 1, 1927, 

 making the per capita consumption of fresh and frozen fishery products 

 during 1927 about 19 pounds. 



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