FISHERY INDUSTEIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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FISHERY PRODUCTS RECEIVED AT MUNICIPAL FISH WHARF AND 

 MARKET, WASHINGTON, D. C.^ 



The total receipts of fishery products at the Municipal Fish Wharf 

 and Market, Washington, D. C., in 1920, were 8,573,984 pounds, a 

 decrease of 2,159.102 pounds, or 20.11 per cent, as compared \\dth 

 1919. The five most important products in terms of quantity were: 

 Squeteagues or ''sea trout," 1,925,334 pounds; oysters, 1,284,707 

 pounds, or 183,529 bushels; river herring, 1,068,660 pounds; shad, 

 1,035,822 pounds; and croaker, 743,415 pounds. These represent 

 a total of 6,057.938 pounds, or 70.65 per cent of the entire receipts 

 at this market for the year. Although differing in the order of their 

 importance, these were the five principal species in 1919, representing 

 69.49 per cent of the entire receipts of the market for that year. 

 The decrease in the total receipts of fish in 1920 as compared with. 

 the previous year is sio;nificant in view of the reported general de- 

 crease in the consumption of fishery products. 



To supply local housewives with information as to species which 

 are abundant in the Washington markets and seasons oi abundance, 

 the Bureau issued a post-card size fish calendar. 



Fishery Products, in Pounds, Received at Municipal Fish Wharf and Market, 

 Washington, D. C, 1920. 



Species. 



Bass, black and sea 



Bluefish 



ButterQsh 



Carp 



Catfish 



Cod 



Croaker 



Eels 



Flounders 



Gizzard shad 



Haddock 



Hake 



Halibut 



Herring: 



River 



Sea 



Hickory shad or "jacks". . 



Kineflsh 



Mackerel 



Mullet 



Perch 



Pigflsh 



Pike or pickerel 



Pollock 



Redflsh or red drum 



Salmon 



Scup or porgy 



Shad 



Sheepshead 



Smelt 



Snappers 



Spot 



Squeteagues or "sea trout". .. 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Tilefish 



TulUbee 



Whitefish 



Whiting 



Clams, hard 



January. 



25,657 



35 



500 



4,270 



1,499 



4,400 



480 



4,802 



29,963 



6,867 



2,500 



28,427 



72,400 



30,000 



736 



200 



50,000 



1,519 



2,490 



200 



1,875 



2,700 



Febru- 

 ary. 



14,181 



13,471 



8,989 



6,400 



800 



11,105 

 2,864 

 43,450 



10,700 

 80,200 



4.395 



6,558 



1,400 



400 



3,175 



300 



27,785 



4,100 



48,550 

 5,6.32 



1,400 



312 



11,602 



3,864 



1,800 



200 



21,842 

 "i,'965 



8,000 

 3,349 



1.000 



23,000 

 8,768 



March. 



April. 



May. 



34,904 



2,200 



14,533 



47,676 



5,700 



101,100 



355 



15,872 



1,000 



26,200 



3,9.50 

 276,256 



9,349 



2,012 



.593 



71,167 



3,362 



4,100 



400 



8.50 



184,625 

 400 

 300 



2, .500 

 1.5,460 

 12,712 



2.000 



50,780 

 6,656 



1,300 

 10,295 

 26,727 



2,900 

 218,919 



2,1.55 

 11,807 



3,420 

 200 



539,671 



7,347 



400 



8,400 



'25,'459 



250 



2,000 



400 



685.268 



2,400 

 44,687 

 28,478 



1,600 

 400 



100 

 '6,'376 



2,400 

 800 

 15,700 

 17,909 

 16,083 

 7,100 

 89,397 

 998 

 14,514 



2,750 

 "2," 700 

 99,221 



45 



17,200 



1.50 



10,363 



100 

 600 



118,602 



8,465 



443,997 



1 13,505 



1,331 



1,4.50 



14,520 



June. 



3,495 

 10,950 

 40,300 

 9,654 

 24,022 

 9,050 

 120,712 

 673 

 10,040 



3,100 



6,596 

 112 



37,635 

 "4,994 



15 

 1,000 



2(K) 

 1,000 

 1,100 



7,. 534 

 199,800 

 19.249 



400 



July. 



7,228 



550 



59,850 



4,954 



8,806 



1,900 



96,263 



338 



2,700 



1,300 

 ■i,'966 



2,470 

 '3,976 



900 



1,200 

 1,500 



6 



18, 5.50 



210,207 



12,841 



17,387 



■ Includes 100 pounds white bass. 



« Daily reports of the 'luantity of fishery products received at this market are received by the Bureau 

 lor tabulation through the courtesy of the Health Department of the District of Columbia. 



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