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MARINE PRODUCTS OF COMMERCE 



Table 43. Quarterly Catch and Utilization of Fish and Shellfish, 



United States and Alaska, 1945. 



(Round Weight Basis) 



Quarter 



1st 

 2nd 

 3rd 

 4th 



Total 



Source: U. S. 

 Power, 1946). 



Fresh and 



frozen 

 Per Cent 



15.6 

 30.9 

 31.8 

 21.7 



Canned 

 Per Cent 



9.1 



9.7 



47.7 



33.5 



Cured 

 Per Cent 



6.4 

 34.5 

 32.7 

 26.4 



Byproducts 



Per Cent 



5.3 

 16.8 

 54.3 

 23.6 



Total 



Per Cent 



10.5 

 21.0 

 42.9 

 25.6 



100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 



Fish and Wildlife Service (Anderson and Power, 1949; Anon., 1949e; 



Table 44. Monthly Catch and Utilization of Fish and Shellfish in the 



United States and Alaska, 1945. 



(Round Weight Basis) 



Total 



1,846,000 1,230,000 110,000 1,389,000 4,575,000 100.0 



^ An additional 600 million pounds of waste from canning, dressing, and filleting opera- 

 tions was also used in the manufacture of by-products. 



Note: Data partly estimated. 



Source: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Anderson and Power, 1949; Anon., 1949e; 

 Power, 1946). 



houses usually reach a peak in November, December, or January and a low point 

 in April or May. The largest freezings occur in June, July, or August. 



Twenty varieties of fish usually account for 90 per cent of the catch and over 

 80 per cent of its value (Table 45). From year to year the individual rankings 

 shift.* In 1948 menhaden, salmon, pilchards, and tuna were the most productive 



* Anderson and Power, 1949; Anon., 1949e; Power, 1946; Sandberg, 1945. 



