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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



FROZEN-FISH TRADE 



FISH FROZEN 



During 1936 the freezing plants which reported their activities to 

 the Government froze 179,273,698 pounds of fishery products. These 

 products at the time they were held in cold storage plants, were esti- 

 mated to be valued at about $15,000,000. Compared with the out- 

 put in 1935 this was an increase of 20 percent in volume. Five species 

 or groups of species accounted for 64 percent of the total amount 

 frozen. In the order of their importance they were cod, haddock, 

 hake, and pollock (including cod, haddock, and pollock fillets), which 

 accounted for 27 percent of the total; whiting, 16 percent; halibut, 9 

 percent; salmon, 7 percent; and mackerel, 5 percent. Other products 

 frozen in considerable quantities during the year were sea herring and 

 shellfish. 



Production of frozen fishery products, 1936 



BY SPECIES AND MONTHS 



Species 



Month ended the 15th of— 



Janu- 

 ary 



Febru- 

 ary 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



Bluefish (all trade sizes).. 



Butterfish (all trade sizes) 



Catfish 



Cisco (Lake Erie) 



Cisco (lake herring), including blue- 

 fin, blackfin, and chub 



Cisco (tuUibees, Canadian lakes) 



Cod, haddock, hake, and pollock 

 (except fillets of cod, haddock, 



and pollock) .._ 



Cod fillets 



Croaker 



Flounders. 



Haddock fillets 



Halibut (all trade sizes) _. 



Herring, sea including alewives 



and bluebacks) 



Lake trout 



Mackerel (except Spanish) 



Perch, yellow 



Pike, blue and sauger 



Pike, yellow or wall-eyed 



Pike (including pickerel, jacks, and 



yellow jack)... .. 



Pollock fillets . 



Sablefish (black cod) 



Salmon, chinook or king 



Salmon, silver or coho 



Salmon, fall and pink 



Salmon, steelhead trout 



Scup (porgies) ,. 



Shad and shad roe 



Shellfish 



Smelts, eulachon, etc _ . . _ 



Squid- 



Sturgeon and spoonbill cat 



Suckers 



Swordfish 



Weakfish (including southern "sea 



trout") . 



Whitefish 



Whiting. 



Miscellaneous fish.. 



Pounds 



115,794 



4,851 



61, 593 



392, 143 

 1,865 



1, 065, 906 

 (') 



5, 231 



54, 491 



893, 198 



429, 744 



34, 934 



12, 229 

 40, 492 



595 

 49, 800 



429 



2,439 



0) 



46, 807 

 5,470 



24, 147 

 39, 843 



7.345 

 1,826 

 2,778 

 415, 993 

 22, 879 

 7,850 

 1,013 

 1,150 



25, 563 



Pounds 

 4,239 

 14, 524 

 12, 397 



17, 

 6,036 



263, 309 



(') 

 291 



53, 665 

 914, 400 



Pounds 



7,419 



2, 645 



21, 698 



172 



6, 065 

 10, 567 



603, 056 



(') 



83, 682 



44, 787 



2, 278, 505 



Pounds 



7,742 

 27, 279 

 126, 147 



6,011 

 1,300 



Pounds 



102, 555 



23, 885 



98, 647 



570 



19, 928 



55, 885 

 4, 559 

 73, 952 



7,542 

 84, 409 

 978, 277 



39, 704 

 20, 184 



2,651 



0) 



91, 



17,953 



101, 144 



13, 731 



21, 487 



322 



3,190 



362, 408 



146, 660 



24, 980 



2,624 



2,432 



20, 348 



3,343 

 94, 

 57, 142 

 679,416 



78, 175 

 18, 297 

 21,983 

 1.492 

 38, 926 

 91,713 



15,550 



(') 

 20, 732 



9,282 

 22, 548 

 14, 628 

 54, 341 



7, 555 



227, 425 



173, 537 



400 



248 



2, 



1,193 



711 



175,790 



76, 888 



1, 025, 927 



Pounds 



84, 247 



166, 840 



76, 877 



14, 698 



85, 363 

 8,607 



1, 426, 592 



(') 



251,873 



116. 163 



2. 183. 681 



2, 713, 330 



725, 426 



65, 097 



2,287,015 



6,908 



301,912 



22, 875 



12, 224 



0) 



57, 942 

 446, 791 



24, 172 

 1,484 



10,512 

 372, 505 



63, 490 

 966, 971 



21, .324 

 756, 521 



39, 696 



24, 083 

 644 



213,813 



6,950 



5,527,179 



2, 599, 509 



Pounds 

 34, 048 

 64, 648 

 22, 297 

 23, 312 



188, 674 

 1,950 



292, 687 



80, 935 



59, 031 



21, 079 



2, 167, 172 



2, 919, 198 



169, 239 



66, 714 



3, 159, 172 



9,055 



52, 536 



5,039 



14, 847 



4. 9.30 



110,095 



795, 501 



278, 421 



21,964 

 186, 704 

 201, 671 

 185, 856 

 728, 479 



32,940 

 203, 357 



12, 134 



17, 747 

 9,399 



56,883 



103, 063 



8. 061, 735 



2, 281, 766 



Total. 



4, 839, 515 



3, 127, 298 



5, 138, 326 



9, 573, 194 



17, 136, 685 21, 683, 314 22, 644, 278 



' Prior to July 15, 1936, this item was included with "Cod, haddock, hake, and pollock." 



' The statistics in this section have been furnished by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



