28 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Fish frozen in 1922, by geographical sections.^ 

 BY MONTHS. 



Month ending the 15th of- 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Total 



Per cent of total 



New 

 England. 



Pounds. 



267, 709 



307,300 



361,124 



402, 727 



3, 085, 487 



3,884,579 



3, 419, 877 



1,439.081 



3,705,641 



1,303,363 



212,941 



227, 819 



18,617,648 



24.67 



Middle 

 Atlantic. 



Pounds. 



400,050 



237, 530 



287, 765 



414,591 



787, 601 



929,973 



2,491,997 



3,606,289 



3,825,968 



3,062,085 



3,301,666 



1,123,376 



20, 468, 891 



27.12 



South 

 Atlantic. 



Pounds. 



4,242 

 13,214 

 22, 956 

 29, 445 

 22,245 

 15,691 

 13,115 



2,300 

 46,850 

 83,250 



6,740 

 215 



North Cen- 

 tral, East. 



260, 263 



0.344 



Pounds. 



5:}, 251 



131,968 



188,171 



297, 643 



918,406 



393,032 



500,319 



777, 609 



768, 849 



1,955,076 



1,742,806 



482,679 



8, 209, 809 



10.88 



North Cen- 

 tral, West . 



Pounds. 

 158,068 

 440,979 

 321,180 

 222, 824 

 198,601 

 163,298 

 301,028 

 189, 581 

 352.664 

 486, 513 

 506, 431 

 513,979 



, 855, 146 



5.11 



Month ending the 15th of— 



January 



February 



March . .". 



April 



M ay 



Juno 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Total 



Per cent of total 



South 

 Central. 



Pounds. 

 28,094 

 16,262 

 95,000 

 35.026 

 22, 526 

 63.342 

 67,570 

 127,446 

 91,223 

 11,919 

 25, 871 

 82,319 



666, 598 



0.88 



"Western, 

 North. 



Pounds. 



335,375 



73, 817 



103,010 



282, 225 



.569,633 



1,722,917 



2, 175, 550 



4,665,569 



7, 883, 660 



2.337,223 



957,311 



76, 236 



21,082,556 



27.94 



Western, 

 South. 



Pounds. 

 206,012 

 142, 872 

 117,332 

 295,954 

 245, 038 

 203,405 

 151,704 

 119, GG7 

 155,225 

 105, 040 

 316, 199 

 234,915 



2, 292, 763 



3.04 



Total. 



452,801 

 363,942 

 496, 538 

 98'), 435 

 849, 537 

 376, 237 

 121, 160 

 820, 942 

 830,080 

 344,409 

 069, 995 

 741,538 



Per cent. 

 19.2 

 IS. 1 

 19.8 

 1.32 

 7.75 

 9.77 

 12. 09 

 14.35 

 , 22.30 

 12.38 

 9.37 

 3. 63 



100 



BY SPECIES. 



Species. 



Bluefish (all trade sizes) 



Butterflsh (all trade sizes) 



Catfish 2 



Ciscoes (including bluefln, blackfin, chub, 

 lalie herring, etc.) 



Ciscoes (tullibees) 



Cod, haddock, hake, pollock 



Croaker 



Flounders ^ 



Halibut (all trade sizes) 



Herring, sea (including alewives and blue- 

 backs) 



Lake trout 



Mackerel (excepting Spanish) 



Pike perches and pike or pickerel " 



Sablefish (black cod) 



Salmon, silver and fall 



Salmon, steelhead trout 



Salmon, all other 



Scup (porgies)2 



Shad and shad roe 



Shellfish 2 



Smelts, eidachon, etc 



Squeteagues or "sea trout" 



New 

 England. 



Pounds. 



4,851 



191,681 



113, 586 

 '342,'i27' 



71, 435 

 603, 923 



3,293,073 

 1,238 



4,291,906 

 5,467 



301, 759 



182,282 



2, 023, 704 



33,295 



71,012 



273, 490 



476 



Middle 

 Atlantic. 



Pounds, 

 lib, 849 

 674, 544 

 7,590 



7, 962, 830 

 438, 799 

 443, 409 

 136,672 

 212, 381 

 241, 244 



924, 166 



528, 455 



1,324,435 



1, 504, 202 



138 



216, 443 



37, 407 



140,331 



39,627 



88, 777 



525, 069 



36, 717 



598, 111 



South 

 Atlantic. 



Pounds. 



2,600 



4,965 



150 

 2,900 



21,200 

 "'2i5' 



1,583 

 81, 740 



North 



Central, 



East. 



Pounds. 



14, 151 



426 



33, 514 



1,995,430 

 152, 733 

 56.714 



299,060 



70, 234 



1, 405, 133 



42, 968 



629, 746 



9,049 



62, 574 



10, 101 



411,091 



45,689 

 28, 572 

 20,228 



North 



Central, 



West. 



Pounds. 

 1,4! 



507,648 



169, 506 

 148, 787 

 26, 594 



74 

 112,513 



75, 355 

 243, 394 

 35, 57i 

 15, 26L 

 8,876 

 73, 133 



19, 752 



10,698 

 76, 710 

 4,673 



' New England includes the six States of that section: MidtUo Atlantic— New York, New Jersey, and 

 Pennsylvania- South Atlantic— J^^laware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia. We«:t Virginia,'North 

 Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida; North CMitral, East— Ohio, Indiana, HUnois, Michigan, 

 and Wisconsin; North Central, West— Minnesota. Iowa. Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, 

 and Kansas; South Central — Kentucky, Tennosseo, Alabama, Mississippi, lyouisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, 

 and Arkansas; Western, North— Afontana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washmgton, Oregon, and Alaska; Western, 

 South— Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Vta\\, Nevada, and California. 



2 Figures show amount frozen after June 15, 1921. Prior to that date, this species was included in 

 "Miscellaneous frozen fish." 



