FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1924 ' 



By Oscar E. Sette 

 Assistant in Charge, Division of Fishery Industries 



CONTENTS 



Page 

 Introduction 220 



Summary of operations 220 



Publications of the division 221 



Documents 221 



Statistical bulletins 221 



Technological investigations 221 



Canning sardines 222 



Utilization of by-products 223 



Preservation of nets 223 



Iodine content of preserved sea foods 224 



Crab fishery of Chesapeake Bay 224 



Trawl-net fishery of Chesapeake Bay and tribu- 

 taries 225 



Canned fishery products and by-products of 



the United States and Alaska, 1924 226 



Canned fishery products 226 



Salmon.^ 226 



Sardines 228 



Shad and alewives 229 



Tuna and tunalLke fishes 229 



Shrimp and crabs 230 



Clams 231 



Oysters 233 



M iscellaneous canned products 233 



Exports of canned fishery products in 1924.. 234 

 Comparative statistics of exports of canned 



fish 235 



By-products of the fisheries 236 



Fish scrap and meal 237 



Fish oils 237 



Liquid fish glue 237 



Shell by-products 238 



Menhaden industry 238 



Cold-storage holdings of frozen fish 239 



Quantities of fish frozen 242 



New England vessel fisheries 244 



General statistics... 244 



Species 261 



Cod 261 



Haddock. 262 



Hake 262 



Pollock... 262 



Cusk 262 



Halibut 262 



Mackerel 262 



Swordflsh 264 



Flounders 264 



Herring 264 



Otter-trawl fishery 264 



Days absence 266 



Vessel fisheries at Seattle, Wash... 268 



Pag e 

 Fishery products received at municipal fish 



wharf and market, Washington, D. C _. 270 



Shad and alewife fishery of the Potomac River. 273 



Florida sponge fishery 274 



Fisheries of the Pacific Coast States in 1922 274 



Common and scientific names of fishes 275 



General statistics 276 



C omparison with previous statistics 279 



Catch of introduced species 279 



Salmon canning 280 



Fishery products exclusive of fresh, frozen, 



and canned fish 281 



Fisheries of Washington 283 



Vessel fisheries 291 



Shore and boat fisheries 295 



Canning industry 301 



Wholesale fish trade 303 



Fisheries of Oregon 303 



Vessel fisheries 308 



Shore and boat fisheries 308 



Canning industry 311 



Wholesale fish trade 312 



Fisheries of California 313 



Vessel fisheries 322 



Shore and boat fisheries 325 



Canning industry 333 



Wholesale fish trade 334 



Fisheries of the Pacific Coast States in 1923 335 



Washington 337 



Oregon 345 



California. 347 



Fisheries of the South Atlantic States, 1923 353 



Earlier publications 353 



Common and scientific names of fishes 353 



General statistics 355 



Comparison of yield of certain species in 



various years 360 



Menhaden industry 363 



Fisheries of North Carohna 364 



By apparatus 373 



Industries 384 



Fisheries of South Carolina 385 



By apparatus 387 



Industries 390 



Fisheries of Georgia 391 



By apparatus 393 



Industries 395 



Fisheries of east coast of Florida 396 



By apparatus.. 401 



Industries 407 



> Appendix VII to the Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for 1925. B. F. Doc. 997. 



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