FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1&21. 

 FROZEN FISH. 



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COLD-STORAGE HOLDINGS DURING 1921. 



Beginning vsath October, 1916, the Bureau of Markets of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture has been collecting and publishing data on the 

 cold-storage holdings of frozen fish. These reports give the holdings 

 on the 15th day of the current month. Arrangements were made m 

 December, 1921, through the courtesy of the Bureau of Markets and 

 Crop Estimates, for the Bureau of Fisheries to publish and dissemi- 

 nate this information beginning with the returns for Janaury 15, 1922, 



TtNS or 



MILLIONS 

 0FP0UND5 



JANUARY FEBRUARY 

 100 



MARCH APRIL 



MONTHS 

 JUNE JULY 



AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER 



Fig. 5.— Cold-storage holdings of frozen fish in tens of milUons of pounds, by months, 1917 to 1921, 



inclusive. 



in the form of a monthly statistical bulletin. This bulletin gives the 

 holdings by species, by sections; total holdings on hand for the 

 current month and for the same month in the preceding year; the 

 5-year average; holdings for preceding month; and quantities of each 

 species frozen durmg the month. These bulletms are being distributed 

 on a separate mailing list. 



The following table contains a summary of the holdings of frozen 

 fish by species and by months for 1921 and totals for the years 1917 

 to 1920, inclusive, based on the returns furnished by the Bureau of 

 Markets and Crop Estimates. The total holdings on the 15th of each 

 month for the years 1917 to 1921, inclusive, are shown in graphic 

 form in Figure 5. 



