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U. S. BUREAU or FISHEKIES. 



Fishery Products, by Months, Taken in Puget Sound and Landed at Seattle, 

 Wash., by Collecting Vessels, 1921 — Continued. 



1 22,880 dozen. 



SMOKED-FISH INDUSTRY OF MAINE, 1921. 



Exclusive of a few individuals smoking small quantities of ale- 

 wives, there were 28 firms engaged in smoking fishery products in 

 Maine in 1921, as compared with 50 firms in 1919. 



The quantity of smoked products prepared amounted to 2,624,744 

 pounds, valued at $259,683, divided as follows: Herring, 2,111,206 

 pounds, valued at $189,653; finnan haddie, 471,205 pounds, valued 

 at $67,105; and alewives 42,333 pounds, valued at $2,925. As 

 compared with 1919 there has been a decrease of 41 per cent in 

 quantity and 50 per cent in value of smoked fish prepared in the 

 State. 



Smoked Fishery Products op Maine, 1921. 



1 Includes small quantity of fiiman cod. 



FISHERY PRODUCTS RECEIVED AT MUNICIPAL FISH WHARF AND 

 MARKET, WASHINGTON, D. C.^ 



The receipts of fishery products at the Municipal Fish Wharf and 

 Market, Washington, D. C., in 1921 amounted to 9,066,744 pounds, 

 an increase of 492,760 pounds, or 5.43 per cent, as compared with 

 1920. The five most important products in terms of quantity 

 follow: Squeteagues or "sea trout," 1,956,483 pounds; oysters, 

 1,926,379 pounds, or 263,805 bushels; river herring, 1,447,192 

 pounds; shad, 592,337 pounds; and croaker, 581,734 pounds; a 

 total of 6,504,125 poimds, or 71.73 per cent of the entire receipts 



» Daily reports of the quantity of fishery products received at this market are received by the bureau 

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



