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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Production of frozen fishery products, 1933 — Continued 



BY GEOGRAPHICAL SECTIONS AND MONTHS 

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



Month ended the 15th of- 



January 



February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September- 

 October 



November. 

 December. 



Total 



New 

 Eng- 

 land 



475 

 411 

 768 

 1,809 

 2,367 

 5,606 

 6,294 

 7,640 

 5,920 

 3,733 

 2.736 

 1,845 



Middle 

 Atlan- 

 tic 



878 



1,007 



674 



246 



734 



1,499 



842 



1,205 



1,491 



2,455 



1,631 



1,596 



39, 604 14, 258 3, 056 



South 

 Atlan- 

 tic 



294 

 373 

 90 

 211 

 345 

 178 

 266 

 261 

 55 

 81 

 193 

 709 



North 

 Cen- 

 tral, 

 East 



519 



426 



252 



214 



685 



1,080 



592 



522 



528 



530 



1,309 



1,450 



8,107 



North 

 Cen- 

 tral, 

 West 

 95 

 70 

 126 

 149 

 130 

 135 

 173 

 187 

 166 

 262 

 336 

 319 



2,148 



South 

 Cen- 

 tral 



139 

 165 

 132 

 96 

 223 

 112 

 122 

 167 

 203 

 148 

 138 

 156 



1,801 



Pacific 



285 



299 

 1,065 



880 

 1,180 

 1,900 

 2,944 

 5,568 

 4,266 

 3,780 

 4,081 



652 



26, 900 



Total 



2,685 

 2,751 

 3,107 

 3,605 

 5,664 

 10, 510 

 11,233 

 15, 550 

 12, 629 

 10, 989 

 10, 424 

 6,727 



95,874 



HOLDINGS 



During 1933 monthly holdings of frozen fish and shellfish averaged 

 39,386,000 pounds, which is a decrease of 17 percent as compared 

 with the average montlily holdings in 1932. The holdings during 

 November were largest, amounting to 58,338,000 pounds; however, 

 the holdings during each of the months from September to December 

 inclusive exceeded 50,000,000 pounds. The holdings during April 

 were smallest when only 19,335,000 pounds of frozen fishery products 

 were in storage. 



Holdings of frozen fishery products, 1933 

 BY SPECIES AND MONTHS 



Species 



Month ended the 15th of— 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Bluefish (all trade sizes) 



Butterfish (all trade sizes) 



Catfish 



Cisco (Lake Erie) 



Cisco (lake herring), including bluefin, 



black.fln, and chub 



Cisco (tullibees, Canadian lakes) 



Cod. haddock, hake, and pollock 



Croaker 



Flounders 



Haddock fillets 



Halibut (all trade sizes) 



Herring, sea (including alewives and 



bluebacks) 



Lake trout 



Mackerel (except Spanish) 



Pike, blue and sauger 



Pike, yellow or wall-eyed 



Pike (including pickerel, jacks, and yel- 

 low jack) 



Sablefish (black cod)._ 



Salmon, chinook or king 



Salmon, silver or coho 



Salmon, fall and pink 



Salmon, steelhead trout 



Salmon, red or sockeye. 



Scup (porgy) 



Shad and shad roe 



Shellfish 



Smelts, eulachon, etc 



Squid... 



Sturgeon and spoonbill cat... 



Suckers 



Weakfish (including southern "sea trout") 



Whitcfish 



Whiting. 



Miscellaneous fish 



Pounds 

 559, 958 

 338, 783 

 298, 454 

 185, 365 



642, 936 

 519, 842 

 711, 656 

 677, 052 

 213, 749 

 2,119,621 

 2, 817, 401 



1, 573, 849 



591, 939 



10, 328, 815 



326, 299 



283, 738 



241, 928 



698, 155 



1, 634, 798 



3, 639, 900 



913,521 



402, 223 



650, 882 



176, 846 



224, 448 



1,911,491 



344, 100 



1, 568, 225 



1,015,871 



13,000 



378, 693 



1,312,443 



2, 919, 007 



5, 241, 234 



Pounds 

 435, 422 

 212,110 

 310,491 

 226, 019 



383, 448 

 574, 534 

 572, 020 

 465, 963 

 167, 560 

 1, 440, 810 

 1, 785, 179 



1,216,964 



440, 842 



7, 914, 864 



186, 901 

 510, 054 



223, 587 

 564, 961 

 1,392,399 

 2, 350, 043 

 601, 835 

 352, 581 

 580, 203 

 125, 328 



187, 738 

 1, 347, 992 



797, 367 

 1, 358, 679 



944, 398 

 12, 305 



351, 884 

 1,119,443 

 1, 987, 544 

 4, 327, 068 



Pounds 

 347, 239 

 104, 304 

 184,515 

 169, 994 



120, 022 

 399, 555 

 307, 200 

 200, 309 

 91, 124 

 868, 494 

 1,531,530 



1, 009, 421 

 194, 651 



5, 617, 720 



90, 121 



412,613 



233, 229 



454, 893 



951,432 



1, 151, 225 



467, 685 



176, 530 



551,203 



63, 661 



139, 641 



1, 387, 739 



1,001,143 



949, 980 



844, 254 



8,902 



208, 129 



1, 151, 730 



1, 285, 482 



3, 179, 268 



Pounds 



269, 480 



52, 327 



115,312 



109, 912 



50, 850 

 369, 894 

 378, 341 

 99, 023 

 92, 739 

 1,492,497 

 1, 458, 041 



963, 286 



67,641 



4,131,263 



24, 889 



173, 974 



149, 677 



337, 914 



517, 196 



564, 037 



405,231 



149, 293 



250, 383 



14,318 



89, 706 



939, 533 



637, 436 



555, 421 



687, 991 



3,748 



82, 760 



623, 737 



583. 907 



2,893,112 



Pounds 



248, 983 



114,287 



116,312 



70, 406 



97, 241 

 365, 597 

 640, 836 

 193, 385 

 184, 057 



2, 549, 574 

 1, 877, 057 



1, 049, 428 

 89, 183 



3,326,512 

 149, 893 

 169, 628 



142, 447 

 298, 243 

 263, 207 

 261, 091 

 398, 9S8 

 119,810 

 174, 003 



15, 195 

 107, 706 

 832,412 

 570, 138 

 481, 787 

 604,613 



12, 404 

 213,998 

 457, 872 

 325, 040 



3, 123, 304 



Pounds 



242, 194 



238, 344 



205, 495 



35, 578 



405, 164 

 293, 063 

 701, 109 



295. 893 

 191,793 



2, 892, 345 

 3,534,446 



955, 260 



194, 227 



4, 522, 169 



246, 037 



95, 776 



157, 669 

 245, 779 

 190, 445 

 217, 684 



256. 894 

 112,491 

 123, 236 

 168, 943 

 126, 789 



1, 043, 363 



514, 727 



732, 305 



550, 370 



27, 410 



285, 282 



312, 506 



2, 123, 489 



3, 473, 048 



Total 45,476,122 35,468,516 25,854,938 19,334 



19, 644. 637 25. 711, 323 



