FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1930 185 



The respective monthly holdings in 1930 compared with the respective 

 monthly holdings in 1929 show decreases of from 8 to 41 per cent. 

 Compared with the respective normal monthly holdings there were 

 decreases of from 10 to 30 per cent. 



Holdings of cured fish, 19S0, by species and months 



Month ended the 15th of — 



January... 

 February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September, 

 October... 

 November. 

 December. 



Cured her- 

 ring 



Pounds 

 17, 520, 431 

 15, 257, 876 

 14, 267, 785 

 12,115,319 

 14,691,268 

 15, 007, 626 

 15, 102, 353 

 14, 980, 533 

 17, 333, 931 

 19, 066, 537 

 17,391,127 

 15, 464, 661 



Mild-cured 

 salmon 



Pounds 

 4, 286, 020 

 3,331,628 

 2, 837, 659 



2, 716, 761 

 2, 463, 914 



3, 427, 597 

 4, 968, 906 

 7, 177, 513 

 7, 452, 536 

 7, 516, 202 

 6, 688, 520 

 5,723,011 



Total 



Pounds 

 21, 806, 451 

 18, 589, 504 

 17,105,444 

 14,832,080 

 17, 155, 182 

 18, 435, 223 

 20, 071, 259 

 22,158,046 

 24, 78b, 467 

 26, 582, 739 

 24, 079, 647 

 21, 187, 672 



Monthly holdings of cured fish for 1930 and 1929, and the 5-year average, compared 

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



Month ended the 15th of- 



1930 



1929 



S-year 

 average 



Increase (-)-) or 

 decrease (— ) 



Com- 

 pared 

 with 1929 



Com- 

 pared 

 with 

 5-year 

 average 



January 



February... 



March 



j\.pril 



May , 



June 



July , 



August 



September. 



October 



November. 

 December.. 



21, 806 

 18, 590 

 17, 105 

 14, 832 

 17, 155 

 18, 435 

 20, 071 

 22, 158 

 24, 786 

 26, 583 

 24,080 

 21, 188 



23, 659 

 22, 138 

 21, 405 

 25, 181 

 25, 359 

 26, 678 

 28, 342 

 28,628 

 31, 761 

 30, 748 

 28,048 

 24,977 



24, 534 

 22, 492 

 20, 317 

 21,211 

 20, 241 

 21, 495 

 22, 433 

 24,555 

 28, 183 

 29, 973 

 28, 961 

 27, 583 



Per cent 

 -8 

 -16 

 -20 

 -41 

 -32 

 -31 

 -29 

 -23 

 -22 

 -14 

 -14 

 -15 



Per cent 

 -11 

 -17 

 -16 

 -30 

 -15 

 -14 

 -11 

 -10 

 -12 

 -11 

 -17 

 -23 



Average 20,666 



26, 410 



24, 332 



-22 



-15 



