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The New England section led in the volume of fish frozen during 

 1930, having 52,624,000 pounds put up there, which was over one- 

 third of the total pack. Haddock fillets was the most important 

 product frozen in the New England section, accounting for about 

 one-third of the total amount of fish frozen there. This product, 

 including the volume of other ground fish, sea herring, mackerel, 

 squid, and whiting accounted for nearly 90 per cent of the fish frozen 

 in this section. In the Pacific section, including Alaska, 38,192,000 

 pounds were frozen, which is a little more than one-fourth of the total 

 pack. Salmon and halibut were by far the most important species 

 frozen in this section, these accounting for nearly 70 per cent of the 

 production of this section. In the Middle Atlantic section 22,847,000 

 pounds were frozen, or a little less than one-sixth of the total. A 

 large variety of diversified species were frozen here, although those 

 most prominent were weakfish, mackerel, various species of shellfish, 

 whiting, butterfish, blue and sauger pike, and squid. The freezers 



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Figure 12.— Production of frozen fishery products in the 

 various geographical sections, 1930 



in this section preserve large quantities of fish produced by traps along 

 the New Jersey coast. In the North Central East section about 8 

 per cent of the total were frozen. Here the predominant species were 

 cisco, including blackfin, bluefin, and chub, lake trout, various species 

 of shellfish, whitefish, and blue and sauger pike. The other sections 

 during 1930 were relatively unimportant in the trade, and froze small 

 quantities of fish common to each section. 



The freezing plants in the New England sections were busiest from 

 May to October, inclusive: those in the Pacific section during the 

 months from June to November, inclusive: those in the Middle 

 Atlantic section from May to November, inclusive. In the South 

 Atlantic States the busiest season was during the months of May to 

 August, inclusive, and in the North Central East section, during the 

 months of May, November, and December. The amount of fish 

 frozen monthly in the North Central section was fairly uniform, as 

 were the amounts frozen monthly in the South Central section. 



