FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1925 



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QUANTITIES OF FISH FROZEN IN 1925 



During the year ended December 15, 1925, 91,165,068 pounds of 

 fish were frozen, as compared with 97,324,144 pounds in 1924, a de- 

 crease of 6.3 per cent. The principal species frozen during the year 

 were salmon (including steelhead trout), 12,153,515 pounds; halibut, 

 12,041,155 pounds; whiting, 10,152,799 pounds; mackerel, 8,948,297 

 pounds; ciscoes (including tullibees), 5,581,273 pounds; herring, 

 5,264,269 pounds ; and pike perch, pike, or pickerel, 5,233,655 pounds. 

 The smallest amount frozen during any one month was 2,193,421 

 pounds, or 2.41 per cent of the total, in February; the largest amount 

 frozen during any one month was 11,717,710 pounds, or 12.85 per 

 cent of the total, in November. The following tables give the 

 statistics of the quantities of fish frozen during the year 1925 : 



Fish frozen monthly in 1925, by species, and in 1920—1924, by totals 1 



Species 



Month ended- 



Jan. 15 Feb. 15 Mar. 15 Apr. 15 May 15 June 15 July 15 



Bluefish (all trade sizes) 



Butterfish (all trade sizes) 



Catfish 



Ciscoes (including bluefin, 

 blackfin, chub, lake herring, 



etc.) 



Ciscoes (tullibees) 



Cod, haddock, hake, pollock 



C roakers 



Flounders.. 



Halibut (all trade sizes) 



Herring, sea (including ale- 

 wives and bluebacks) 



Lake trout 



Mackerel (except Spanish) 



Pike perches and pike or pickerel 



Sablefish (black cod) 



Salmon, silver and fall 



Salmon, steelhead trout... 



Salmon, 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 



Pounds 

 94, 746 

 7,320 

 6,454 



1, 026, 651 



185, 599 



134, 607 



2,100 



57, 168 



453, 098 



150, 625 

 217, 945 



90, 220 

 321,847 



72, 992 

 154, 958 



Pounds Pounds 

 600 14, 493 



1,577 



90, 562 

 91,457 

 113,170 



42, 896 



21, 492 

 121, 227 



421,342 

 50, 653 

 26, 640 

 76, 174 

 19, 359 

 16, 651 

 23, 160 

 10, 314 



620 



236, 627 



83, 747 



2,601 



7,734 



42, 969 

 110,312 

 175, 122 

 414 

 37, 633 

 1,533,414 



224, 231 

 29,884 

 48, 167 



126,076 

 54, 399 

 68, 967 

 7,600 

 74, 452 



Pounds 

 3*810 

 1,781 

 11, 127 



149, 517 



55, 955 



326, 679 



1,500 



85, 394 



1, 339, 498 



9,096 



12, 862 

 72, 251 

 65, 421 

 8,718 

 45, 636 

 16, 675 

 1, 288, 787 



1, 724 3, 540 

 117, 497 101, 149 

 34, 296 42, 493 



21, 506 

 82, 051 

 39, 366 



Total frozen fish, 1925. 



19, 865 



7,635 



79, 583 



12, 119 



470, 530 



3, 932, 553 



287 



6,579 



2,335 



103, 834 



410, 386 



432, 105 



2, 193, 421 



Total frozen fish, 1924. 

 Total frozen fish, 1923. 

 Total frozen fish, 1922. 

 Total frozen fish, 1921. 

 Total frozen fish, 1920. 



3, 179, 098 

 2,741,538 

 2, 441, 892 

 4, 005, 000 

 2,291,082 



2,440,163 

 1, 662, 135 

 1, 452, 801 

 2, 843, 000 

 2, 273, 744 



49, 120 

 14, 624 

 26, 850 

 295, 701 

 178, 199 

 220, 280 



540 



14, 553 



973 



186, 489 



74, 460 



400, 236 



Pounds 

 11,082 

 8,327 



76, 309 

 36, 000 

 315, 094 

 411,470 

 211,581 

 869, 324 



375, 773 



63, 460 



101, 734 



574, 547 



85, 920 



141,587 



2,933 



87,811 



78, 885 



91, 494 



191,345 



8,918 



142, 615 



499, 790 



71,215 



464 



88, 131 



299, 991 



913, 059 



Pounds 

 12, 512 

 146, 666 

 38,594 



94, 422 



2*6 



122, 485 



69, 399 



206, 834 



1, 923, 334 



244, 624 



107, 333 



1,916,341 



477, 060 



39, 786 



332, 156 



19, 670 



588, 269 



338, 838 



204, 954 



143, 401 



22, 602 



131,430 



1, 277, 225 



62, 226 



3,178 



65, 338 



1, 410, 344 



800, 653 



Pounds 

 41,705 

 141, 856 

 50, 563 



63, 018 



2,618 



105, 106 



395, 532 



117,072 



1,344,419 



492, 886 



142, 065 



648, 501 



59, 218 



387, 501 



446, 572 



237,511 



1, 040, 399 



353, 375 



17, 865 



174, 639 



505 



38, 001 



375, 289 



107, .540 



223 



139, 987 



3, 657, 351 



640, 058 



3,487,823, 4,314,881; 5,857,557 10,799,920 11,221,375 



2,417,473 2,729,366 6,040,261 8,281,51611,996,011 



1,412,490 1,400,078 5,026,888 7,671,127,11,871,645 



1,363,942 1,496,538' l,980,435j 5,849, 537 1 7,376,237 



1, 770, 000 2, 413, 0001 2, 698, 000; 9, 624, 0CO 10, 151, 000 



2, 630, 482 2, 465, 375 3, 687, 538;10, 094, 367, 12, 761, 791 



1 These figures have been revised in accordance with further reports received since original publication 

 of data for the month. 



