FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1»21. 

 QUANTITIES FROZEN IN 1921. 



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The quantity of fish frozen between December 15, 1920, and 

 December 15, 1921, was 79,173,892 pounds, as compared with 

 93,973,589 pounds for the preceding year. The principal varieties 

 frozen were as follows: Halibut, 10,773,803 pounds; salmon, 

 10,033,619 pounds; herring, 9,827,671 pounds; cicoes, 8,649,315 



MILLIONS OF POUNDS 



3 4 S 6 7 



SPECIES 



MISCELLANEOUS 



HALIBUT 



SALMON 



HERRING 



CI5C0ES 



WHITING 



SQUID 



MACKEREL 



LAKE TROUT 



WH1TEFI5H 



SaUETEAGUES 



COD HADDOCK 

 HAKES' POLLOCK, 



SAbLEFISH 



fcUTTERFISH 



bLUEFISH 



SMELT,EULACHON, 

 ETC. 



SHAD 

 CROAKER 



Fig. 6.— Quantities of fish frozen during 1921, by species. 



pounds; and whiting, 5,527,047 pounds. The item of miscellaneous 

 fishes amounted to 14,436,657 pounds and includes a large variety 

 of fishery products — true fishes, both mollusks and crustaceans, etc. 

 In Figure 6, which shows the relative amounts of each species, frozen 

 shad roe has been added to the item of shad, and rockfishes, amount- 

 ing to 77,255 pounds, and sea bass, amounting to 132,249 pounds, 

 have been included in the item of miscellaneous fishes. 



