FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1936 ral! 
COLD-STORAGE HOLDINGS OF CURED FISH 
During 1935 monthly cold storage holdings of cured herring and 
mild-cured salmon averaged 12,908,000 pounds, which is a decrease 
of 7 percent as compared with the average monthly holdings in 1934. 
The holdings during November were the largest, amounting to 18,013,- 
327 pounds, and the smallest were in April, amounting to 9,581,547 
ounds. 
: Holdings of cured fish, 1985, by species and months 

Cured her- | Mild-cured 
Montk ended the 15th of- ring Saimionl Total 
Pounds Pounds Pounds 
ANUS Vee a ohn eae cee ae ee aos sone oa eene Sere ee 7, 338, 569 5, 169, 306 12, 507, 875 
BDU ARV Ree ees en ee a kate en Le ae Uh ee ree 6, 758, 153 3, 622, 609 10, 380, 762 
TALE Te Oe, Se ae a a I il Dg cl shah ee he he ah 6, 491, 758 3, 348, 698 9, 840, 456 
ANON ee See at a lg oe sal tls 6, 494, 393 3, 087, 154 9, 581, 547 
AN ee OY mn eee So ae ah St ca eee a 7, 183, 795 2, 632, 528 9, 766, 323 
UT Oana men aren ase eee ao een one sae Soe eee ee 7, 225, 106 3, 185, 054 10, 410, 160 
ROUT Sy eer ee nn ea re ae ae Re eee 7, 605, 512 8, 751, 945 11, 357, 457 
ANIC USL Sees = 8, 748, 849 4, 784, 312 13, 533, 161 
September 10, 510, 962 5, 149, 166 15, 660, 128 
October 11, 773, 739 5, 538, 342 17, 312, 081 
November 12, 242, 185 5, 771, 142 18, 013, 327 
December 11, 729, 915 4, 800, 959 16, 530, 874 

FOREIGN FISHERY TRADE 
The foreign trade in fishery products of the United States in 1935 
amounted to $50,605,975, of which $36,231,959 represents the value 
of these products imported for consumption, and $14,374,016, the 
value of exports of domestic fishery products. Compared with the 
previous year, there was an increase of 13 percent in total trade, 18 
percent in the value of the imports, and 4 percent in the value of 
exports. 
Imports consisted of 324,731,532 pounds of edible products, valued 
at $27,535,119, and nonedible products, valued at $8,696,840. Fish- 
ery exports consisted of 119,687,266 pounds of edible products, 
valued at $12,875,503, and nonedible products, valued at $1,498,513. 
Exports of domestic fishery products, 1935 } 
Item Quantity Value 
EDIBLE FISHERY PRODUCTS 
Fish, fresh, frozen, or packed in ice: 
SST Orage ee Tak a ee a ee eee pounds__ 38, 125, 180 $381, 778 
Olt or ae a RA 8 ee eh ee ee eed ae dos4 2, 019, 733 173, 258 
FINO GS ete eed cee ER eR ee ee ee eal dos 5, 144, 913 555, 036 

Cod ee on 2 Seen aeencses seceoene sees dots 401, 203 43, 414 
Sei itn re aa ere ee eS do 22 890, 727 135, 536 
One rsees 2 ee ee ee a ee ee eee es a dos 842, 361 72, 073 
A OTS een te ee Se ee ee ee do_tz 2, 134, 291 251, 023 
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Fish, pickled: 
SET Sra Yo) c RO 2h eS ee ee ee ee dos 1, 449, 400 249, 438 
Others SS ee ee a ee eee don 1, 234, 200 67, 514 
SOY oh lee et La. ee Se eee ae ee dol 2, 683, 600 316. 952 
a These statistics have been furnished by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of 
Commerce. 
