FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1935 129 



FROZEN FISH TRADE* 

 FISH FROZEN 



During 1934 the freezing plants which reported their activities to 

 the Government, froze 133,493,952 pounds of fishery products. 

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

 were estimated to be valued at about $12,000,000. Compared with 

 the output in 1933 this was an increase of 39 percent. Five species 

 or groups of species accounted for 62 percent of the total amount 

 frozen. In order of their importance they were: Cod, haddock (in- 

 cluding haddock fillets), hake, and pollock, wliich accounted for 19 

 percent of the total; halibut, 12 percent; salmon and mackerel, each, 

 11 percent; and whiting, 9 percent. Of the products frozen in con- 

 siderable quantities during the year were included sea herring, shell- 

 fish, butterfish, and croaker. 



Production of frozen fishery products, 1934 



BY SPECIES AND MONTHS 



Species 



Blueflsh (all trade sizes).- 



Butterfish (all trade sizes) 



Cattish 



Cisco (Lalie Erie) 



Cisco (lalce herring), including 



bluefin, blaclcfin, and chub 



Cisco (tullibees, Canadian lalies)_- 

 Cod, haddock, hake, and pollock. _ 



Croaker _ 



Flounders 



Haddock fillets 



Halibut (all trade sizes) 



Herring, sea (including alewives 



and bluebacks) 



Lake trout 



Mackerel (except Spanish) 



Pike, blue and sauger 



Pike, yellow or wall-eyed 



Pike (including pickerel, jacks, and 



yellow jack) . 



Sableflsh (black cod) 



Salmon, Chinook or king 



Salmon, silver or coho.- 



Salmon, fall and pink 



Salmon, steelhead trout 



Salmon, red or sockeye 



Scap (porsries) 



Shad and shad roe ._ 



Shellfish 



Smelts, eulachon, etc 



Squid 



Sturseon and spoonbill cat 



Suckers 



Swordflsh 



Weakfish (including southern "sea 



trout"). ..; 



Whitefish 



Whiting 



Miscellaneous fish... 



Total 2,408, 1 



Month ended the 15th of— 



Janu- 

 ary 



Pounds 

 27, 161 

 5,711 

 2iJ, 609 



23, 281 

 33, 023 



160, 286 

 4.672 

 16,931 



618,591 



17, 38S 



17, 638 

 60,916 

 18,412 

 12, 904 



4, 2S8 

 12. 641 



18, 342 

 25, 270 



103, 207 



20, 245 



71,087 



2, .391 



22, 568 



157, 234 



1 le, 061 



5,015 



2, 705 



0. 595 



0) 



34, 637 



28, 754 

 37, 839 

 6G5, 741 



Febru- 

 ary 



Pounds 

 4,480 

 4,572 

 13,313 



38,319 



2,262 



128, 590 



6. 429 



44, 742 



606, 120 



14, 878 

 11,591 

 85,951 

 1,632 

 22, 392 



3,640 

 4, 288 

 0) 



2.901 

 99, 163 

 222, 989 

 511,711 



739, 633 



March 



Pounds 

 3, 136 

 6, 259 

 8,272 



4,804 



2,961 



107, 283 



3,752 



15, 000 



704, 580 



165, 798 



223, 584 



3,690 



64, 433 



SO 



8,874 



April 



Pounds 



1,083 



36 



37, 082 



983 



4,612 



797, 340 



5,429 



17, 490 



1, 82S, 521 



2, 401, 449 



270, 178 



327 



21, 122 



22 



9,042 

 14, 3B6 



1,070 



2, 105 

 900 



5, 825 

 17,292 



087 



150, 508 



418,595 



fi, 410 



314 



(') 



31,562 



72, 885 



795, 077 



2, 677, 686 6, 912, 332 



May 



Pounds 



20, 679 



13, 882 



110,750 



403 



3,394 



628, 482 



561, 872 



155, 407 



2, 037, 425 



2, 448, 821 



235, 462 



57, 206 



711,637 



159, 671 



72, 053 



21, 807 



46, 609 



17, 183 



11,401 



7,529 



3,469 



17, 119 



1.3, 722 



51,21 



613,800 



87, 456 



113,001 



68, 752 



7,372 



(') 



45. 074 



55, 576 



202, 942 



1,832,794 



June 



Pounds 



58, 706 



671, 421 



114,022 



6,322 



25, 236 



6,000 



504, 516 



39, 661 



238, 109 



2,634,211 



3, 081, 236 



1, 657, 740 

 189. 459 



1, 957, 503 

 382, 907 



48,914 



23, 772 



31. 197 

 500, 502 



67, 176 



2,417 



9,015 



19,539 



60. 521 



79, 956 



889, 348 



26,714 



748, 713 



33, 904 



12,231 



140,517 



32, 338 



2, 428, 310 

 1, 519, 059 



10, 433, 967 18, 241, 492 20, 082, 629 



July 



Pounds 



61, 605 

 1,098,917 



63, 058 

 7,529 



111, 266 



31, 767 



850, 251 



284, 473 



194, 356 



1, 981. 256 



2, 963, 820 



1, 218, 797 



156, 544 



1,950,639 



64, 997 

 7,620 



11, 294 



51.583 



402, 485 



391, 459 



1.244 



202, 903 



41, 448 

 158,312 

 300, 283 

 292, 744 



33,910 

 188, 820 



17, 365 

 1, 436 



20, 627 



221,711 



81,637 



5, 195, 602 



1,420,871 



' Prior to July 15, 1934, swordfish were included with "Miscellaneous fish." 



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

 ment of Agriculture. 



