720 V. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



869,000 pounds; and in the North Central, East, section, 484,000 

 pounds. Each of the other sections is equipped to freeze between 

 100,000 and 200,000 pounds per working day. 



WAREHOUSE FACILITIES 



Every freezing plant operates a cold-storage warehouse in connec- 

 tion with it, and, in addition, there are numerous cold-storage ware- 

 houses located at strategic consumption or distribution centers. In 

 all, there are 168 such warehouses in the United States and Alaska. 

 From 24 to 40 are located in each of the following sections: New Eng- 

 land; Middle Atlantic; North Central, East; and Pacific. The other 

 sections have 4 to 16 each. The location of these warehouses is 

 shown in Figure 1. Practically every section of the country except 

 the Rocky Mountain region and the extreme southeast has a cold- 

 storage warehouse for holding fishery products at distances not more 

 than 200 to 300 miles apart. 



Facilities for the cold storage of frozen fish at consumption centers 

 enables economy in marketing of these products. Carload lots can 

 be delivered by rail at low rates to these warehouses, stored there, and 

 later distributed to the surrounding territoiy by motor truck or express 

 in less than carload lots. 



The cold-storage warehouses in the United States and Alaska during 

 1929 were capable of holding a maximum of 209,660,000 pounds of 

 fishery products at one time. On the basis of 1 ton occupying 40 

 cubic feet of space, this would be the equivalent of 4,193,000 cubic feet. 

 This is a mere fraction of the total refrigerated space available in the 

 United States for all food commodities, for, according to the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture reports, the total refrigerated space in this 

 country amounts to about 668,000,000 cubic feet. 



The New England section has the most space available for holding 

 frozen fish and can warehouse 58,755,000 pounds; 40,122,000 pounds 

 can be stored in the Middle Atlantic section; 35,746,000 pounds in the 

 North Central, East, section; 26,565,000 pounds in the Pacific section; 

 20,820,000 pounds in the North Central, West, section; 18,000,000 

 pounds in Alaska; 6,950,000 pounds in the South Atlantic section; 

 and 2,702,000 pounds in the South Central section. The space avail- 

 able in the various sections indicates that on the basis of maximum 

 holdings in 1929 two to four times as much frozen fish can be stored 

 in the various sections as are now stored, and over the country as a 

 whole about three times as much can be stored. However, while 

 certain sections appear to have additional space available, that section 

 between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountain region appears 

 to be undersupplied with space. 



WATER AND RAIL FACILITIES AT PLANTS AND WAREHOUSES 



Of the warehouses freezing and storing frozen fish, 77 are located 

 directly along the water front, and 103 have railroad spur tracks 

 connecting with one or more railroads entering the city in which they 

 are located. These can accommodate 620 freight cars at one time. 



