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reports on cold-storage holdings of frozen fish. The documents may- 

 be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government 

 Printing Office, Washington, D. C, at the prices shown. The sta- 

 tistical bulletins are distributed free of charge upon request. Persons 

 interested in securing the statistical bulletins as released may have 

 their names placed on the bureau's mailing list upon request. 



DOCUMENTS 



Fisherv industries of the United States, 1927. Bv Oscar E. Sette and R. H. 

 Fiedler. ' 8°, 147 pp. Document No. 1050. 25 cents. 



Fishing grounds of the Gulf of Maine. By Walter H. Rich. 8°, 67 pp., 

 5 figs. Document No. 1059. 25 cents. 



Bibliography on cod-liver oil in animal feeding, with noncritical comments 

 and abstracts. By John Ruel Manning. 8°, 33* pp. Document No. 1065. 

 10 cents. 



Fishery industries of the United States, 1928. By R. H. Fiedler. 8°, 224 pp. 

 Document No. 1067. 35 cents. 



ECONOMIC CIRCULARS 



Goldfish industry. By Thomas Quast. 8°, 14 pp., 5 figs. No. 68. 5 cents. 



STATISTICAL BULLETINS 



Fisheries of the Gulf States, 1927. Statistical Bulletin No. 815. 



Fisheries of the South Atlantic States, 1927. Statistical Bulletin No. 819. 



Fisheries of the Pacific coast, 1926. Statistical Bulletin No. 820. 



Canned fishery products and by-products of the United States and Alaska, 

 1928. Statistical Bulletin No. 821. 



Fishery products landed by American fishing vessels at Seattle, Wash., 1928 — 

 by banks — by months. Statistical Bulletin No. 825. 



Landings by fishing vessels at principal New England ports, 1928 (by months). 

 Statistical BuUetin No. 829. 



Landings by fishing vessels at the three principal New England ports, 1928 (by 

 gear and fishing grounds) . Statistical Bulletin No. 830. 



Fisheries of Alaska, 1928. Statistical Bulletin No. 831. 



Fisheries of United States and Alaska. Statistical Bulletin No. 832. 



Fisheries of the Pacific Coast States, 1927. Statistical Bulletin No. 839. 



Part 2. FISHERIES STATISTICS 



REVIEW 



The fisheries of the United States and Alaska continue to be in a 

 sound economic position, according to the most recent statistics 

 available. They now employ over 128,000 commercial fishermen 

 and over 4,000 persons are employed in transporting fishery products 

 from the fishing grounds to market, or from port to port. The annual 

 catch amounts to 3,090,000,000 pounds, valued at about $116,000,000. 

 Of this total annual yield, 2,662,000,000 pounds consist of edible fish- 

 ery products and 428,000,000 pounds consist of nonedible fishery 

 products which are manufactured into commodities used in the arts 

 and industries. 



In 1929, the production of canned fishery products amounted to 

 689,447,000 pounds, valued at $101,065,000, and the output of by- 

 products was valued at $23,768,000. Cold-storage holdings of fish 

 averaged about 56,000,000 pounds monthly, while 121,543,000 pounds 

 of fishery products were frozen. The production of fresh and frozen 

 package fish amounted to 84,397,000 pounds, valued at $14,813,000. 



