192 



U. S, BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Table 2. — Stalemeiit, by months, of fishery producla landed at Fulton market by 

 fishing vessels during the calendar year 1924 — Continued 



• Miscellaneous fish are butterflsh, croakers, and pollock. 



Unregistered vessels of less than 5 tons landed probably in excess of 15,000,000 pounds of fish and lobsters 

 during the year, but no record was kept of the landings of these boats. It is estimated that more than 

 50,000,000 pounds of fish were landed by vessels and boats during 1924. 



SHIPMENTS BY MOTOR TRUCK 



About 22,000,000 pounds of fishery products caught in the waters 

 of Connecticut, Long Island, and New Jersey are dehvered to Fulton 

 Market by motor trucks unloading their goods directly at the whole- 

 sale establishment. This mode of transporting fishery products, 

 especially from near-by points, is rapidly increasing. The service is 

 efficient in that it does away with rehandling at the local terminals, 

 and it is quick because the motor trucks travel mainly at night. 

 Fishery products caught in the afternoon are delivered at the market 

 early the following mornin^. For short hauls there is every reason 

 to believe that this method of transportation will become more and 

 more popular with the fish wholesalers. Arrivals by motor truck 

 constitute about 5 per cent of the total tonnage of fresh and frozen 

 fishery products received in New York City. 



RESHIPMENT OF FISHERY PRODUCTS 



Although New York City is centrally located on the Atlantic sea- 

 board and has direct rail communication with most of the important 

 inland centers, only about 19 per cent, or 67,000,000 pounds, of the 

 edible fresh and frozen fishery products received are reshipped to 

 these centers. The States of New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, 

 Rhode Island, and New Jerse}?" receive most of these shipments, the 

 vast majority being sent by less-than-carload express and auto 

 express. Very little is sent farther than 200 miles, although a few 

 carloads were reshipped during 1924 to points as far west as Chicago 

 and St. Louis. 



Cod, haddock, flounder, and mackerel predominate among the 

 varieties reshipped. It will be noted that these varieties constitute 

 a large majority of the first landings at the Fulton Market pier. 



Steamships and railroad dining cars departing from New York 

 carry large quantities aboard for the use of the passengers and crews, 

 totaling about 4,000,000 pounds, or 1 per cent oi the amount received 

 in New York City during 1924, 



