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V. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fishery products received at municipal fish wharf and market, Washington, D. C, 

 1930, in pounds — Continued 



Species 



Perch 



Pigflsh 



Pike or piclcereL-- 



Pollock __. 



Pompano 



Redflsh or red drum 



Red snapper 



Salmon 



Soup or porgy 



Shad - - 



Sheepshead 



Smelt 



Spot 



Squeteagues or "sea trout". .. 



Squeteague roe 



Squid 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Swordflsh 



Tileflsh 



Whiteflsh 



Whiting 



Clams, hard (meat) 



Oysters: 



In the shell (meat) 



Opened (meat) 



Scallops (meat) -- 



Crabs 



Crab meat 



Crawfish or spiny lobster 



Crawfish or spiny lobster meat- 

 Lobster 



Shrimp 



Turtles 



Total. 



August 



4,600 



1,600 



200 

 1,800 



18, 700 

 263, 700 



10, 900 



575 

 200 



5,024 

 42 



560 

 80, 025 

 21, 185 



300 



5,600 



4 



30 



September 



4,500 

 300 

 800 



1,500 



75 



200 



2,400 



16, 700 

 348, 200 



4,500 

 100 

 320 



700 



5,088 



2,877 

 6,006 

 320 

 67, 995 

 14, 900 



700 

 12,400 



778, 595 791, 396 



October 



3,800 



600 

 2,100 



800 



600 



4,600 



1,600 



61, 800 

 378, 800 



300 



20, 100 



190 



200 

 100 



4,960 



21, 826 



58, 245 



320 



8,145 



6,720 



900 



6,000 



800 



818, 706 



November 



5,200 



400 

 700 



200 



500 



4,100 



300 



100 



4,600 



112,300 



16, 400 



600 



200 



1,300 



2,784 



21,287 



68,822 



400 



25 



400 



4,600 



419, 398 



December 



8,900 



1,700 

 1,200 



200 

 1,300 



500 

 2,200 



200 



200 

 6,035 



105, 800 



500 

 6,500 



50 

 1,300 



3,520 



32, 592 



92, 631 



480 



75 



1,935 



350 



4,100 



120 



503, 428 



Total 



122, 500 



300 



8,750 



15, 800 



300 



2,895 



8,015 



23, 600 



16, 100 



402, 975 



500 



11,160 



160,000 



2, 278, 700 



50 



1,900 



180, 200 



627 



2,945 



7,300 



1,000 



1,300 



» 59, 401 



' 130, 585 



3 360, 897 



5,800 



414, 840 



126, 370 



50 



175 



8,250 



76,200 



4,244 



602 



8, 926, 026 



1 7,425 bushels. 2 18,655 bushels. 3 43,745 gallons. 



Note.— The clams have been reduced to pounds on the basis of 8 pounds of meat to a bushel, and the 

 oysters on the basis of 7 pounds of meat to a bushel and 8}^ pounds to a gallon. 



Fishery products received at municipal fish wharf and market, Washington, D. C, 



1921 to 1930 



Year 



1921 

 1922 

 1923 

 1924 

 1925 



Pounds 



9, 066, 744 

 6, 442, 663 

 5, 678, 157 

 8, 007, 704 

 7, 041, 058 



Year 



1926 

 1927 

 1928 

 1929 

 1930 



Pounds 



7, 511, 427 

 7, 997, 673 

 8, 198, 957 

 9, 208, 465 

 8, 926, 026 



FISHERIES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GUIF STATES 



In the years for which there are records, the vahie of the catch of 

 fishery products in the Sotith Atlantic and Gulf States (North Caro- 

 lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Lou- 

 isiana, and Texas) during 1929 was exceeded only in 1927 and 1928. 

 These fisheries gave employment to 26,643 fishermen or 7 per cent 

 less than in 1928. Of the total number of fishermen employed during 

 1929, 3,298 regular fishermen w^ere engaged on vessels, and 17,235 

 regular and 6,110 casual fishermen were employed in the shore and 

 boat fisheries. Their catch amounted to 535,395,859 pounds, valued 

 at $14,903,945. This is an increase of 18 per cent in the catch and a 

 decrease of 7 per cent in the value of the catch as compared with the 



