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Table 114. Annual Production of Vitamin-bearing Fish Liver Oils in the 

 United States, 1934-1948. (Continued) 



Year 



1947 



Species 



Cod 



Shark 



Tuna 



Miscellaneous ^o 



Total 



Cod 



Shark 



Tuna 



Miscellaneous '' 



Total 



Atlantic and 

 Gulf Coasts 1 



Gallons Value 



260,377 556,546 



60,927 348,549 



2,165 



78,065 



216,122 694,712 



524,015 11,812,940 



740,137 12,507,652 



' Includes the production of burbot^liver oil in Minnesota and Wisconsin. 



2 Includes halibut- and burbot-liver oils from the Atlantic Coast and miscellaneous liver oils from the Pacific 

 Coast (from original data not segregated in the annual summary). 



3 Partly estimated. 



^ Includes burbot-, halibut-, sablefish-, swordfish-, tuna-, "lingcod-," and totuava-liver oils. 



5 Includes burbot-, halibut-, sablefish-, Swordfish-, tuna-, shark-, and miscellaneous liver oils. 



* Production from Massachusetts and Florida included in Pacific Coast data. 



' Includes burbot-, halibut-, sablefish-, swordfish-, tuna-, and miscellaneous liver oils. A small quantity of 

 halibut viscera oil has been included with the Pacific Coast production of miscellaneous liver oils. 



8 Shark-liver oil production in Florida included under Pacific Coast. 



' Includes burbot-, flounder-, halibut-, "lingcod-," mackerel-, sablefish-, swordfish-, tuna-, and miscellaneous 

 liver oils. 



'" Includes burbot-, halibut-, mackerel-, sablefish-, swordfish-, and miscellaneous liver oils on the Atlantic 

 Coast, and flounder-, halibut-, sablefish-, and miscellaneous liver oils on the Pacific Coast. 



» A small quantity of cod-liver oil produced in Washington has been included with the production of cod-liver 

 oil on the Atlantic Coast. 



12 Includes burbot-, halibut-, sablefish-, mackerel-, swordfish-, and miscellaneous liver oils on the Atlantic 

 Coast, and flounder-, halibut-, sablefish-, mackerel-, and miscellaneous liver oils on the Pacific Coast. 



" Includes the production of burbot-, swordfish-, and mixed-liver oils on the Atlantic Coast and mixed-liver 

 oils on the Pacific Coast. 



1'' The production of tuna-liver oil in Massachusetts has been included with the production of that item on 

 the Pacific Coast. 



■5 Includes burbot-, swordfish-, mixed-liver, and industrial cod-liver oils on the Atlantic Coast, and flounder-, 

 halibuts, sablefish-, and mixed-liver oils from the Pacific Coast. 



■^ Includes burbot-, swordfish-, halibut-, and mixed-liver oils on the Atlantic Coast, and flounder-, halibut-, 

 "lingcod-," rock cod-, rockfish-, sablefish-, and mixed-liver oils on the Pacific Coast. 



" A small quantity of tuna-liver oil produced on the Atlantic Coast has been included with the production 

 on the Pacific Coast. 



18 Includes the production of burbot-, swordfish-, halibut-, and mixed-liver oil on the Atlantic Coast, and 

 flounder-, halibut-, "lingcod-," rockfish-, sablefish-, and mixed-liver and viscera oils on the Pacific Coast. 



1' Includes the production of burbot-, halibut-, sea bass-, swordfish-, and mixed-liver oils on the East Coast, 

 and "lingcod-," halibut-, rockfish-, sablefish-, and mixed-liver and viscera oils on the West Coast. 



2" Includes the production of burbot-, halibut-, swordfish-, and mixed-liver oils on the East Coast, and hali- 

 but-, "lingcod-," rockfish-, sablefish-, skate-, sole-, and mixed-liver and viscera oils on the West Coast. 



21 Includes the production of burbot-, halibut-, rockfish-, and swordfish-liver oils on the East Coast, and 

 halibut-, "lingcod-," sablefish-, mixed-liver oils and viscera oils on the West Coast. 



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Wildlife Service, Fishery Leaflet, 135, 33 (1945). 

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