FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 19 3 7 227 



HOLDINGS 



During 1936 monthly holdings of frozen fish and shellfish averaged 

 61,990,000 pounds, which is an increase of 19 percent as compared 

 with the average monthly holdings in 1935. The largest supplies were 

 in storage in December when 94,695,000 pounds were on hand and the 

 smallest quantity was in storage in April when 26,102,000 pounds were 

 held. The holdings during each of the months from September to 

 December exceeded 84,000,000 pounds. 



Holdings of frozen fishery products, 1936 

 BY SPECIES AND MONTHS 



Species 



Month ended the 15th of— 



January February March April May June 



Blueflsh (all trade sizes) 



ButterSsh (all trade sizes) 



Catfish 



Cisco (Lake Erie) 



Cisco (lake herring), including bluefln, 



blackfln, and chub 



Cisco (tullibees, Canadian lakes) 



Cod, haddock, hake, and pullock (except 



fillets of cod, haddock, and pollock) 



Cod fillets 



Croaker 



Flounders 



Haddock fillets 



Halibut (all trade sizes) 



Herring, sea (including alewives and blue- 

 backs) . 



Lake trout 



Mackerel (except Spanish) 



Porch, yellow _ _. 



Pike, blue and sauger 



Pike, yellow or wall-eyed 



Pike (including pickerel, jacks, and yellow 



jack) .._ 



Pollock fillets 



Sablefish (black cod) 



Salrnon, chinook or king 



Salmon, filver 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 



S wordfish 



Weakfish (including southern "sea trout") 



Whitefish- 



M'hiting 



Miscellaneous fish .- 



Pounds 



459, 595 



365, 229 



468, 847 



37, 550 



1,411,301 

 387, 085 



4, 675, 75, 



0) 



299, 536 



290, 875 



5, 226, 716 



6, 186, 132 



2, 634, 743 

 516, 259 



6,014,158 



97, 941 



605, 956 



173, 346 



195, 144 

 (') 



1, 823, 080 



3, 365, 799 



5, 588, 934 



3, 192, 605 



201,472 



62, 730 



291, 120 



3, 582, 708 

 668, 650 



1, 459, 774 

 75, 947 

 155, 864 

 951, 266 

 299, 518 

 774, 747 



4, 427, 088 

 7, 063, 542 



Pounds 

 292, 023 

 244, 806 

 419, 513 

 34, 569 



746, 369 

 413,611 



2,421,050 

 0) 



112,220 



166,041 



3, 340, 546 



3, 856, 080 



1, 905, 490 

 283, 568 



4, 032, 790 

 48, 186 

 600, 553 

 283, 165 



226, 763 



(') 



1, 297, 705 



2, S32, 548 



3, 899, 030 

 2, 207, 470 



179, 527 

 29, 735 



227, 200 

 3, 064, 360 



921, 323 



1, 177, 396 



59, 479 



144, 757 



773, 644 



154. 994 



907,041 



2, 883, 065 



4, 942, 343 



Total -.- 64,031,018 45,128,966 31,270,397 26,101,609 34,255,793 46,229,974 



Pounds 



158, 241 



170, 371 



201, 391 



14, 693 



265, 359 

 349, 116 



829, 335 



0) 



71, 958 



211,343 



2, 706, 052 



1, 936, 747 



1, 408, 415 

 144,145 



1, 916, 326 



23, 169 



601, 569 



392, 210 



260, 241 

 (') 

 964, 974 



2, 240, 485 

 2, 629, 272 

 1, 418, 093 



198,491 



14, 487 



195, 834 



2, 167, 458 



1, 583, 690 



839, 069 



360, 429 



113,811 



427, 274 



51, 590 



892, 220 



1,408,328 



4,104,211 



Pounds 



75, 203 



118,959 



137, 582 



298 



78, 673 

 198, 272 



1, 269, 739 



(') 

 553, 539 

 200, 250 



3, 434, 875 



2. 193, 366 



1, 303, 996 



53, 164 



633, 102 



14, 562 



253, 074 



371, 636 



233, 471 



(') 



695, 747 



1, 702, 15 



1, 755, 506 



1, 047, 878 



126,225 



23, 007 



143, 174 



1. 194, 427 

 1,741,944 



399, 420 

 388, 860 



64, 095 

 188, 800 



27, 678 

 594, 977 

 533, 314 



4, 350, 639 



Pounds 



145, 08 

 114.305 



206, 547 

 1,425 



61,877 

 91, 895 



2, 341, 272 



0) 



1, 520, 896 



260, 300 



4, 213, 612 



4, 318, 163 



1, 600, 908 



80, 426 



1,915,980 



18, 045 



413,617 



430, 794 



207, 785 

 (') 



523, 534 



1, 489, 050 



1, 198, 142 



866, 839 



101,516 



145, 755 



321, 895 



879, 038 



2,151,044 



587, 177 



332, 153 



121, 079 



147, 206 



226, 697 



_ 317, 524 



767, 686 



6, 136, 525 



Pounds 



129, 901 



244, 343 



243, 394 



12, 495 



148, 959 

 39, 529 



2, 709, 534 



« 



1, 582, 253 



354, 529 



4, 540, 207 



6, 573, 973 



1, 906, 102 

 133, 337 



3, 719, 478 



23, 764 



600, 116 



363, 981 



190, 974 



(') 



432, 496 



1, 683, 521 



972, 532 



718, 714 



69, 804 



514,909 



358, 691 



1, 277, 801 



2, 087, 295 



1, 317, 566 



318,881 



121, 839 



35, 906 



394, 062 



212,448 



5, 055, 878 



7, 140, 762 



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



