FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1935 



By R. H. Fiedler, Chief, Division of Fishery Industries 



CONTENTS 



Foreword. 



Part 1. — Operations of the Division 



Cooperation with other Federal agencies 



Cooperation with State agencies 



Exhibit at San Diego 



Economic and marketing investigations 



Manual for economic fisher;^ surveys 



Survey of fish hatchery foods and feeding 



practices 



Horse mackerel fishery of Afaine 



The oyster and oyster industry.. 



C ooperati ve m arketing 



Statistical investigations 



Biological aspect 



Economic aspect 



Surveys conducted 



Technological investigations 



Laboratories 



Preservation of fishery products for food.-. 

 Studies dealing with the spoilage of flsh-. 

 Electrometric tests for freshness of cod 



and pollock 



Studies on smoking fish 



Studies of rancidity in fish 



Chemistry of fish proteins 



Canning aquatic foods 



Bacteriological studies 



Bacterial decomposition in fresh fish 



Disinfectants for sponces _ 



Ph armacological studies 



Preservation of fishery byproducts 



Utilization of salmon cannery waste 



Manufacture and nutritive value of non- 

 oily fish meals 



Preparation of authentic halibut-liver oil 



samples 



Extraction of oil from halibut livers 



Variation in the fat content of halibut 



Fish food factory. 



Rancidity studies of halibut livers, liver 



oils, and other fishery byproducts 



Chemical preservation of fish waste 



Nutritive value of aquatic products 



Fish-liver oils 



Menhaden oil for poultry feeding 



Menhaden fish meal in cattle feeding 



Studies of the chemistry and nutritive 



value of fish proteins 



Nutritive value of mackerel. 



Mineral constituents in fishery products 



and byproducts 



Fish cookery studies 



Research associates and student assist- 

 ants.. __ 



Educational and consulting services 



Fishery schools of instruction.. 



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Publications of the division 99' 



Documents, reports, and circulars 99 



Special articles and addresses lOO 



Statistical bulletins . 101 



Part 2.— Fishery Statistics, 1934 



General review lOI 



Manufactured fishery products 116. 



Canned fishery products and byproducts 



trade 121 



Frozen fish trade 129 



Fish frozen 129' 



Holdings. . 131 



Cold storage holdings of cured fish 133 



Foreign fishery trade 134 



Fisheries of the New England States 137 



Vessels fisheries at principal New England 



ports 145 



Economic aspect. 146 



Biological aspect 153 



Mackerel fishery of the Atlantic coast 165 



Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States 16T 



Shad fishery of the Hudson River. 173'. 



Fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay States 174 



Maryland 179 



Virginia 185. 



Shad and alewife fisheries of the Potomac 



River 193 



Trade in fishery products in Washington, 



D. C 198 



Fisheries of the South Atlantic and Gulf 



States 202 



North Carolina 210 



South Carolina 219' 



Georgia 221 



Florida.. _ 224 



.Alabama 241 



M ississippi 244 



Louisiana 24& 



Texas 251 



Fisheries of the Pacific Coa,st States 254 



Washington 262 



Oregon 267 



C alifornia 270- 



Halibut fishery of the Pacific coast 285 



Vessel fisheries at Seattle, Wash 287 



Lake fisheries 290 



Fisheries of the Mississippi River and tribu- 

 taries 313 



Lake Pepin. 319' 



Lake Keokuk 320 



Mississippi River between Lake Pepin and 



Lake Keokuk 322 



Fisheries of Alaska 323 



Statistical survey procedure 330 



Sectional surveys 330 



Local and special surveys.. 335 



Practices and terms 339 



Conversion factors 339 



Common and scientific names of fishery 



products 342 



' Administrative Report No. 24, Appendix II to the Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries 1936 

 Approved for publication, June 3, 1936. 



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