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U. S. BUEEAU OF FISHERIES 



Quantities of fish, frozen during 1924, by geographical sections and by species- 

 Continued 



Species 



Bluefish (all trade sizes) 



Butterflsh (all trade sizes) 



Catfish - 



Ciscoes (including bluefin, blackfln, chub, lake herring, 

 etc. 



North Cen- 

 tral, West 



Pounds 

 683 



C iscoes (tullibees) - 



Cod, haddock, hake, pollock 



Croakers 



Flounders 



Halibut (all trade sizes) _ 



Herring, sea (including alewives and bluobacks). 



Lake trout 



Mackerel (except Spanish) 



Pike perches and pike or pickerel 



Sableflsh (black cod) 



Salmon: 



Silver and fall -- 



S teelhead 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. 



291, 579 



749, 050 

 142, 386 

 40, 195 



69 

 444, 528 

 266, 770 

 275, 180 



23, 267 

 220, 309 



62, 931 



167, 849 



79, 612 



1,644 



9,494 



152, 437 



40,388 



9,608 

 941 



81, 693 



3, 201, 569 



904, 527 



7, 166, 709 



South 

 Central 



Pounds 

 400 



700 



930 



4,400 



3,830 

 7, 500 

 1,000 

 540 

 1,250 



100 

 is," 063" 



15 

 4,031 



53, 877 

 ""i,'99i' 



1, 127, 470 



1, 264, 095 



Pacific 



Pounds 

 5,"ioo" 



20, 000 



53, 672 



386, 149 



81, 469 



11,873,067 



118,053 



475, 487 



3,070 



2, 102, 068 



5,699,317 

 1, 245, 246 

 5, 386, 999 



241, 451 

 409, 758 

 245, 147 



5,249 

 130, 442 



5,035 

 i, 246, 790 



29, 733, 629 



Total 



Pounds 

 412, 337 



1,131,622 

 415, 025 



13, 195, 023 

 850, 785 



1, 862, 163 

 804, 570 

 808, 756 



14, 650, 787 

 8, 695. 698 



2, 313, 784 

 5, 457, 696 



3, 200, 624 

 2, 291, 306 



6, 536, 688 

 1,311,921 



6, 461, 057 

 332, 103 

 839, 974 



2, 269, 045 

 483, 960 

 648, 069 



3, 352, 552 

 787, 722 

 79, 168 



1, 776, 045 



7, 528, 339 



8, 827, 325 



97, 324, 144 



Fish frozen in 1924, by geographical sections and by months 



Month ending 

 the 15th of— 



January 



February. _ 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July.. 



August 



September. 



October 



November. 

 December.. 



Total - 



New 

 England 



Pounds 



no. 065 



144, 971 



170, 876 



29. 294 



1, 886, 814 



2, 893. 482 



3, 613, 056 



5, 421, 320 



2, 279, 202 



2, 069, 698 



2, 025, 623 



1, 041, 969 



Middle 

 Atlantic 



Pounds 

 582. 997 

 283, 039 

 148, 291 

 168, 930 

 1,317.007 



1, 636, 262 

 2, 126, 272 



2, 939, 285 

 3, 993, 360 

 5, 230, 149 

 3, 158. 908 

 2, 676, 257 



South 



At- 

 lantic 



Pounds 

 10, 025 



17, 295 

 10, 900 

 82, 715 



107, 840 

 58, 475 

 28. 108 



103. 308 

 99, 729 



210, 457 

 84, 769 

 19, 235 



21,686,370 24.260,757 I 832,856 12,379,729 



North 



Central, 



East 



Pounds 

 1.227.714 



1, 090. 300 

 867, 218 

 282. 333 

 702, 187 

 700. 573 

 616. 924 

 304, 840 

 664. 210 

 819, 246 



2, 330, 291 

 2, 773, 893 



North 



Central, 



West 



Pounds 



517. 798 

 624. 607 

 786, 670 

 824, 026 

 461. 240 

 205. 148 

 250. 409 

 254, 989 

 370. 349 

 760. 660 

 1, 048. 406 

 1, 062, 407 



South 

 Central 



Pounds 



87, 029 

 50, 493 

 96, 729 

 63, 652 

 169. 582 

 62. 814 

 65. 109 

 160. 287 

 181, 486 

 121,983 

 9», 061 

 106, 869 



7,166.709 11,264,094 



Pacific 



Pounds 



643, 470 



229. 458 



336, 789 



1,278,416 



1, 395, 591 



2, 724, 762 



5, 296, 133 



6, 357, 612 



2, 996, 936 



5, 665, 741 



2, 108, 815 



699, 906 



29, 733, 629 



Total 



Pounds 

 3. 179. 098 

 2, 440, 163 

 2.417,473 

 2, 729. 366 

 6. 040. 261 

 8. 281. 516 

 11,996.011 

 15,541,641 

 10, 585. 272 

 14, 877. 934 

 10, 854. 873 

 8. 380, 536 



97, 324, 144 



NEW ENGLAND VESSEL FISHERIES 

 GENERAL STATISTICS 



The vessel fisheries centering at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., 

 and Portland, Me., were more productive in 1924 than in the previous 

 year, but there was a slight decrease in the value of the products. 

 There was an increase of 14.38 per cent in the number of trips and of 

 4.58 per cent in the quantity of products, with a decrease of 0.83 per 

 cent in their value, as compared with 1923. The increase in the 

 number of trips was all at Boston and Gloucester. There was an 



