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U. S. BUREAU OP FISHERIES 



QUANTITIES OF FISH FROZEN 



The total quantity of fish frozen during the year ended December 

 .15, 1924, was 97,324,144 pounds, as compared with 91,548,643 

 pounds in 1923, an increase of 6 per cent. The principal species 

 frozen during the year were halibut, 14,650,787 pounds; salmon, 

 including steelhead trout, 14,309,666 pounds; ciscoes, 13,195,023 

 pounds; herring, 8,695,698 pounds; whiting, 7,528,339 pounds; 

 mackerel, 5,457,676 pounds; and pike perch, pike, or pickerel, 

 3,200,624 pounds. The following tables give the statistics of the 

 quantities of fish frozen during 1924. 



Fish frozen monthly in 1924, by species, and in 1920 to 192S, by totals 



Species 



Blueflsh (all trade sizes) . 



Butterlish (all trade 

 sizes) 



Catfish 



Ciscoes (including blue- 

 fin, blackfin chub, lake 

 herring, etc.) 



Ciscoes (tullibees) 



Cod, haddock, hake, 

 pollock 



Croaker 



Flounders 



Halibut (all trade sizes). 



Herring, sea (including 

 alewives and blue- 

 backs) - 



Lake trout 



Mackerel (except Span- 

 ish) 



Pike perches and pike 

 or pickerel 



Sablefish (black cod) 



Salmon: 



Silver and fall 



Steelhead trout 



All other. 



Scup (porgies) 



Shad and shad roe 



Shellfish.. 



Smelts, eulachon, etc 



Squeteagues or "sea 

 trout" 



Squid 



Sturgeon and spoonbill 

 cat 



Suckers 



Whitefish.... 



Whiting 



Miscellaneous frozen fish. 



Total, 1924. 



Total, 1923 



Total, 1922 



Total, 1921 



Total, 1920 



Month ended— 



Jan. 15 



Pounds 

 67, 022 



5,160 

 9,514 



717,719 

 38, 686 



54, 840 



925 



24, 719 



621, 709 



122, 947 

 73, 082 



122, 131 



118,903 

 96, 523 



102, 862 



32, 535 



5, 855 



118,307 



8,740 



35 

 32,104 



5,000 



21,495 



41, 006 



217. 385 



529, 894 



3, 179, 098 

 2, 741, 538 

 2, 441, 892 

 4, 005, 000 

 2, 291, 082 



Feb. 15 



Pounds 

 1,068 



6,129 

 14, 533 



2,621 

 52, 976 



61, 987 



21, 177 

 283, 522 



384, 078 

 64, 400 



91, 945 



232, 495 

 37, 364 



68, 096 



1,775 



43, 328 



1,518 

 51, 305 

 100, 381 



4,353 



1,621 



12, 103 



292, 884 



278, 410 



330, 094 



2, 440, 163 



1, 662, 135 

 1, 452, 801 

 2, 843, 000 



2, 273, 744 



Mar. 15 



Pounds 

 1,729 



3,769 



34, 938 

 55, 652 



62, 937 



12, 417 

 158, 687 



264, 944 

 38, 786 



59, 321 



149, 241 

 108, 252 



19, 617 



50 

 33, 224 

 102. 827 



1,426 



7,320 



3,496 



240, 950 



604, 673 



348, 408 



2,417,473 

 1,412,490 

 1, 363, 942 



1, 770, 000 



2, 630, 482 



Apr. 15 



Pounds 

 28, 795 



9,781 

 5,197 



11, 032 

 32, 996 



22, 674 



60, 000 



5,920 



1, 146, 596 



101, 374 

 4,341 



30, 144 



69, 915 

 38, 889 



18, 168 



18, 034 

 36, 150 

 11,853 



7,803 

 8,151 



96, 201 

 602, 928 

 284, 725 



2, 729, 366 

 1, 400, 078 

 1, 496, 538 

 2, 413, 000 

 2, 465, 375 



May 15 



Pounds 

 8,593 



23, 833 

 90, 641 



76, 512 

 101, 292 



203, 089 



229, 833 



61, 803 



1, 164, 138 



1,561,301 

 70, 663 



58,436 



412, 167 

 22, 977 



37, 273 

 1,310 



77, 382 



7,408 



155, 673 



160, 014 



5,748 



146, 390 

 149, 548 



132, 809 

 20, 465 

 49, 352 

 89, 506 



922, 105 



June 15 



Pounds 

 33, 210 



149, 087 

 26, 599 



149, 447 

 16, 257 



91,966 



8,887 



224, 727 



1, 736, 650 



1, 329, 671 

 154, 875 



269, 531 



209, 408 

 63, 353 



89, 613 

 26, 241 

 545, 276 

 64, 775 

 171, 197 

 147, 096 

 1,542 



53, 793 

 1, 527, 715 



143, 408 



8,515 



7,140 



210, 994 



820, 543 



6, 040, 261 

 5, 026, 888 

 1, 980, 435 

 2, 698, 000 

 3, 687, 538 



8,281,516 

 7, 671, 127 

 5, 849, 537 

 9, 624, 000 

 10, 094, 367 



July 15 



Pounds 

 20, 486 



172,998 

 81, 646 



329, 288 

 75, 577 



254,479 



77, 457 



116,404 



3, 092, 267 



595, 183 

 258, 541 



1, 422, 598 



251, 928 

 163, 468 



598, 366 

 292, 611 

 1, 452, 120 

 149, 413 

 287, 100 

 146, 875 

 45 



63, 640 

 510, 464 



125, 387 

 1,509 

 111,062 

 741, 106 

 604, 003 



11,990,011 

 11,871,645 

 7, 370, 237 

 10,151,000 

 12, 761, 791 



