FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933^ 



Bv R. H. FiEULEK. Chief, Division of Fi.shery Indut>iries, John Ruel Manning, 

 'Chitf Technologist, and F. F. Johnson, in charge, Statistical Investigations^ 

 I'nited States Bureau of Fisheries 



CONTENTS 



Foreword 



Cooperation with the States. 



Pape 

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Cooperation with the emergency agencies of 

 the Federal Government 



Part 1. Operations of the DiTision 



Statistical investigations 



Collection of statistics -.. 



Technological investigations -. 



Research associate -- 



Laboratories-.--- - 



Preservation of fishery products for food... 

 Improved methods for handling fresh and 



frozen fish .-. - 



Improvements in the smoking of fish 



Methods for canning fish in the home- - . 

 Studies in the bacteriology of fish preser- 

 vation and spoilage -- 



Preservation of fishery byproducts .- 



Improved methods for manufacturing 



fish meal from nonoily fish waste 



Development offish flour - 



Haddock-liver oil 



Salmon oil investigation -. 



Swordtish-liver oil 



Controlling the oxidation of fish oils 



Nutritive value of fishery products 



Swordfish-liver oil.. - - 



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Technological investigations— Continued. 

 Nutritive value of fishery products— Con. 

 Oils from salmon cannery trimmings, sal- 

 mon eggs, and salmon livers 



Mineral constituents of fishery products. 

 Developments ^rid improvements of fish- 

 ing gear 



Measurements of mesh size of fishing nets. 



Net preservation -_ - 



Educational and consulting services 



Marketing investigations-. - 



The shrimp industry.- 



The red snapper industry -.. 



Marketing grades or standards for fish and 



fishery products 



Interchangeability of the uses of oils and 



fats— fish oils 



Publications of the Division 



Documents, reports, and circulars 



Special articles. _. 



Statistical bulletins... 



Part 2. Fishery Statistics, 1932 



General review.. 



Canned fishery products and byproducts 



trade 



Packaged fish trade... .- 



Frozen fish trade 



Fish frozen 



Uoldings 



Cold-storage holdings of cured fish 



Foreign fishery trade 



Fisheries of the New England States 



Maine 



New Hampshire 



Massachusetts 



Rhode Island. 



Connecticut 



Vessel fisheries at principal New England 



ports .- 



Economic aspect 



Biological aspect 



Mackerel fishery of the Atlantic coast 



Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States 



New York.. 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania 



Delaware 



Vessel fisheries at New York City and 

 Groton, Conn 



Shad fishery of the Hudson River 



Fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay States 



Maryland.. 



Virginia 



Shad and alewife fisheries of the Potomac 

 River 



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Fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay States — Con. 



Trade in fishery products in Washington, 



D.C .-.: 



Fisheries of the South Atlantic and Gulf 

 States : - 



North Carolina 



South Carolina -- 



Georgia - 



Florida-.. 



-Mabama 



Mississippi 



Louisiana. 



Te.\as 



Fisheries of the Pacific Coast States 



Washington 



Oregon.. 



California 



Halibut fishery of the Pacific coast 



Vessel fisheries at Seattle, Wash 



Lake fisheries 



Fisheries of the Mississippi River and tribu- 

 taries... 



Lake Pepin 



Lake Keokuk 



Mississippi River between Lake Pepin and 



Lake Keokuk.. 



Fisheries of Alaska 



Common and scientific names of fishery 



products 



Statistical survey procedure 



Methods of collection 



Compilation practices and terms 



Conversion factors 



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1 Appendix I to the Report of the U.S. Conmiissioner of Fisheries, 1934. Approved for publication. 

 Mar. 19. 1934. 



