FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1921. 



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There was a decrease in the catch of pilchards in 1921 of 59,185,424 

 pounds, or 49.93 per cent, as compared with 1920. For the same 

 period the decrease in the catch of albacore and tuna amounted to 

 16,312,660 pounds, or 45.13 per cent; bonito or skipjack, 7,237,869 

 pounds, or 84 per cent. There was an increase in the catch of 

 anchovies of 1,376,195 pounds, or 241.15 per cent, and of sablefish 

 of 241,524 pounds, or 30.92 per cent, as compared with 1920. 



The imports of fresh fish from Mexico in 1921 amounted to 6,699,817 

 poimds, as compared with 8,121,225 pounds in 1920. The principal 

 species imported were: Barracuda, 3,036,262 pounds; flounders, 

 1,314,918 pounds; sea crawfish or spiny lobster, 943,547 pounds; 

 and white sea bass or squeteague, 500,075 pounds. 



Products, in Pounds, of the Fisheries of California. 1921. 



Species. 



Albacore and tuna 



Anchovies 



Barracuda 



Bluefish, California, or sque- 

 teague 



Bonito or skipjack 



Carp 



Catfish 



Croakers 



Flounders 



"Hake" 



Hardhead 



Herring 



Kingfish 



" Lingcod " 



Mackerel 



Mullet 



"Perches," surf 



Pike, Sacramento , 



Pilchard 



Pompano, California 



RocMshes 



Sablefish 



Salmon 



Sculpin 



Sea bass, black 



Sea basses or "rock bass" . . , 

 Sea bass, white or squeteague. 



Shad 



Sharks 



Sheepshead 



Skates 



"Smelt" 



Split-tail 



Striped bass 



Stingarees or stingrays 



Suckers 



Swordflsh 



Tomcod 



Whitebait 



Whitefish 



Yellowtail 



Other fish 



Crabs 



Shrimps 



Sea crawfish or spiny lobster. 



Abalones 



Clams 



Cockles 



Mussels 



Oysters: 



Eastern 



Native 



Scallops 



Octopus 



Squid 



Turtles 



January. 



2,493 

 50, 870 

 67,680 



5,259 



12,137 



9,864 



7,511 



335 



577,948 



3,637 



17,617 



190, 038 



44, 744 



22, 246 



223, 401 



February. 



332 



22, 234 



1,726 



2,302,314 



354 



743, 743 



28, 082 



14,868 



3,862 



14, 504 



5,677 



4,219 



97 



63,904 



2,095 



11,164 



26,936 



7,296 



73,397 



1,555 



410 



4,151 



31 



2,757 



6,781 



4,786 



74,514 



23, 284 



34,233 



88,237 



40,456 



3,956 



597 



7,024 



4,471 

 22 

 61 



135, 161 



6,006 

 23,177 

 27,259 

 18,906 

 30, 535 



732,012 

 3,061 

 38, 399 



233,978 

 58,389 

 21,478 



205,858 



23,634 



1,888 



,706,484 



2,652 



586, 409 



52, 290 



78,913 



4,780 



7,110 



8,842 



32,520 



339 



101, 735 



4,167 



11, 003 



42,446 



4,550 



41,115 



203 



1,566 



March. 



6,766 

 4 



2,006 

 92, 635 



8, 218 

 95,326 

 36,186 

 32, 261 



43,054 



1,883 



100 



5,218 



Total 4,859,578 



300 



7,236 



251 



590 



7,755 



514,378 



7,030 



6,598 



28, 746 



40, 734 



26,457 



717,557 



4 



5,941 



45, 564 



46, 707 



28,610 



361,874 



433 



50, 773 



1,151 



,945,896 



863 



479, 778 



73, 623 



384,909 



5,126 



1,566 



18,997 



50,106 



42, 772 



88,392 



4,049 



3,428 



93, 158 



647 



50, 430 



April. 



85 



4,181 

 884 

 10, 332 

 95,292 

 13, 001 

 65,142 

 91,384 



163, 769 



48,784 



1,497 



590 



6,743 



336 

 10,372 

 85,538 



339 



238, 152 

 797,412 



3,265 



104 



11,364 



21,913 



4,663 



622, 260 



3,250 



32 



5,074 



57, 104 



25, 302 



81,422 



6,146 



47, 534 



846 



6,014,034 



3,431 



359, 367 



163, 038 



522,681 



10, 392 



3,919 



35, 604 



251, 295 



355, 026 



89, 635 



7,107 



4,565 



71,508 



46 



95,611 



May. 



Jime. 



972 



394,240 



1,154,100 



1,813 

 580 

 3,330 

 13,217 

 4,420 

 772,656 

 6,837 



1,681 

 654 



1,229 

 80, 130 



6,687 

 43,516 

 62,930 



120, 216 



47, 563 



1,520 



60 



3,951 



210 



4,959 



70, 838 



5 



11,578,641 13,732,572 10,359,590 



120 



52, .533 



16, 895 



309, 283 



1,796 



5,821 



721 



250, 793 



376 



201, 826 



189, 126 



1,063,289 



9,840 



6,425 



33,317 



302,910 



423, 134 



51,003 



1,960 



935 



33, 191 



140 



104, 083 



6,795 



219,224 

 149, 052 

 781,672 



6,094 

 12,429 

 3,693 



1,140 

 739, 561 

 13, 239 



260 



180 



901 



154, 303 



8,795 



77,660 



90, 648 



165, 367 



49, 687 



1,058 



3,451 



2,926 



252 



5,050 



105, 955 



25, 538 



12,355 



221,338 



933 



4,039 



226 



935, 870 



1,167 



144,502 



93, 786 



1,441,-335 



3,239 



11,656 



54, 189 



552, 640 



47,209 



216 



3,883 



42,202 



July. 



5,356,858 



1,016,987 



436,230 



8,394 



38,611 



2,925 



2,0,84 



630, 231 



13, 325 



332 



4,549 



182 



590 



91,003 



88,548 



28,292 



61,685 



135, 774 



51, 228 



479 



3,482 



3,614 



273 



3,349 



52,846 



6,084,970 6,048,653 



7,217 



35, 760 



189, 732 



2,353 



7,820 



990, 638 



56 



253, 305 



94, 781 



1,500,780 



77 



6,204 



62,317 



252, 674 



272 



18, 122 



85 



2,710 



59,271 



94 



818 



2,405 



116 



437 



19, 827 



998, 466 



21,912 



82, 561 



220, 515 



43,185 



269 



1,923 

 220 



2,147 

 1,426 



12,386,140 



