FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1925 1 



By Oscar E. Sette 

 Assistant in Charge, Division of Fishery Industries 



CONTENTS 



Page 

 Review of conditions in the fishery industries, 



1925... 201 



Summary of operations 203 



Statistics 203 



Technological investigations 206 



Publications of the division 207 



Documents 207 



Statistical bulletins 207 



Canned fishery products and by-products 208 



Canned products 208 



By-products 217 



Foreign fishery trade 221 



Cold-storage holdings of frozen fish in 1925 225 



Quantities of fish frozen in 1925 227 



Quantities of fish frozen in 1924 and 1925, com- 

 pared 230 



New England vessel fisheries 231 



General statistics 231 



Species 249 



Otter-trawl fishery 252 



Days' absence 253 



Vessel fisheries at Seattle, Wash 255 



Fishery products received at municipal fish 



wharf and market, Washington, D. C 257 



Shad and alewife fishery of the Potomac River.. 260 



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Shad fishery of the Hudson River 261 



Florida sponge fishery.. _ 262 



Fisheries of the Gulf States, 1923 263 



Earlier publications 263 



Common and scientific names of fishes 264 



General statistics - 265 



Comparative yield of various species in 1923 



and previous years 271 



West coast of Florida 275 



Alabama 281 



Mississippi 283 



Louisiana 286 



Texas 289 



Fisheries of the New England States in 1924 291 



Earlier publications 292 



Common and scientific names... 293 



General statistics 294 



Wholesale fishery trade 302 



Fish-canning and by-products industries... 302 



Salt and smoked fish industries 303 



Maine --- 3C5 



New Hampshire — . 309 



Massachusetts 310 



Rhode Island 314 



Connecticut 318 



REVIEW OF CONDITIONS IN THE FISHERY INDUSTRIES, 1925 



While the year 1925 marked no spectacular changes in the fishing 

 industry, it compared very favorably with the immediately previous 

 years. Vessel landings at the New England ports were above normal 

 in quantity due to unusually large landings of mackerel and haddock. 

 Although the average price declined slightly, the total value of prod- 

 ucts was substantially greater than in 1924. Seattle landings were 

 somewhat below those of 1924 in quantity and value. The canning 

 industry produced greater quantities of nearly all varieties of canned 

 fishery products, the total value being considerably above that of 

 recent years. By-products also were produced in larger quantities; 

 and were of higher value. There was a 6 per cent reduction in the 

 amount of fish frozen, accounted for largely by the exceptionally 

 poor catch of ciscoes on the Great Lakes. The average holdings also 

 were lower than in 1924, though considerably above the 5-year aver- 

 age. Exports of domestic edible fishery products showed an upward 

 trend, while imports for consumption were lower, the increase or 

 decrease in each case being slight. 



According to the most recent statistics available for the various 

 geographical sections of the United States and Alaska, the fisheries 

 and fishery industries employ over 191,000 persons and represent an 

 investment of nearly $201,638,000. The annual sales of fishery 

 products by fishermen amount to about 2,878,000,000 pounds, valued 



1 Appendix V to the Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for 1!><>G 

 B. F. Doc. 1010. 



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