FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1934 



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Canned fishery products and byproducts of the United States and Alaska, 1933 — Con. 

 PRODUCTION OF MISCELLANEOUS BYPRODUCTS— Con. 



'• Includes shark, shark-liver, and miscellaneous oil. 



" A (luantity of shark-liver oil produced by one firm in California is included with the production of 

 miscellaneous oil of the Atlantic and Qulf States. 



" A. quantity of liquid elue produced by one firm in California is included with the production of liquid 

 glue of tlie -Atlantic and Gulf States. 



2» Includes pearl essence, fish scale novelties, shark skins and fins, isinglass, agar, and kelp products. 



Note.— The oils produced on the Pacific coast are reported in trade gallons (7H pounds) and those pro- 

 duced on the .\tlantic and Oulf coasts are reported in United States gallons (about 7.74 pounds). 



FROZEN FISH TRADE ^ 

 FISH FROZEN 



During 1933 the output of freezing plants which reported their 

 activities to the Government, amounted to 95,873,507 pounds of 

 frozen fishery products. These products at the time they were held 

 in cold storage plants were estimated to be valued at about $8,000,000. 

 Compared with the pack in 1932 this was an increase of 4 percent. 

 Six species or groups of fishery products comprised 68 percent of 

 the pack. First in importance was the cod, haddock, haddock 

 fillet, hake, and pollock group with 19 percent of the total, haddock 

 fillets accounting for the bulk of the volume of this group. Next in 

 importance was halibut, accounting for 14 percent of the total. 

 Following w-as salmon with 12 percent of the total; mackerel, 11 

 percent; whiting, 8 percent; and shellfish, 4 percent. Other prod- 

 ucts frozen in considerable quantities during the year included sea 

 herring, butterfish, cisco or lake herring, sablefish, smelts, weakfish 

 or sea trout, and whitefish. 



3 The statistics in this section have been furnished by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



