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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Monthly holdings of frozen fish in the United States in 1923, by species, and in 

 1917 to 1922, by totals — Continued 



Species 



Month ended 



July 15 Aug. 15 Sept. 15 Oct. 15 Nov. 15 Dec. 15 



Blueflsh (all trade sizes). 



Butterfish (all trade sizes) 



Catfish 



Ciscoes (including bluefln, 

 blackfin, chub, lake herring, 



etc.) - 



Ciscoes (tullibees) 



Cod, haddock, hake, pollock 



Croaker 



Flounders 



Halibut (all trade sizes) 



Herring, sea (including alewives 



and bluebacks) 



Lake trout 



Mackerel (except Spanish) 



Pike perches and pike or pick- 

 erel 



S^bleflsh (black cod) 



Salmon, silver and fall 



Salmon, steelhead trout 



Salmon, all other 



Scup (porgies) 



Shad and shad roe 



Shellfish- _ 



Smelts, eulachon, etc 



Squeteagues or "sea trout" 



Squid 



Sturgeon and spoonbill cat 



Suckers 



Whiteflsh.. 



Whiting 



Miscellaneous frozen fish 



Total, 1923 



Total, 1922 



Total, 1921 



Total, 1920 



Total, 1919.. 



Total, 1918 



Total, 1917 



Pounds 

 260, 079 

 235, 730 

 114,715 



440, 389 

 193, 353 

 537, 661 

 363, 266 

 640, 948 

 4, 500, 103 



2, 818, 420 



281, 412 



2, 698, 169 



1, 368, 776 



864, 023 



713, 120 



290, 023 



2, 138, 638 



1, 124, 537 



306, 481 



249, 381 



68. 606 



578, 527 



1, 343, 477 



277, 193 



24, 918 



257, 771 



1, 343, 637 



3,288,013 



Pounds 

 281. 548 

 383. 557 

 176, 516 



4,011,074 

 215,417 

 875, 276 

 351, 850 

 690, 650 



5, 788, 723 



3, 435, 332 



370, 868 



2, 934, 802 



1, 193, 426 

 1, 438, 279 



981, 622 



571, 714 

 3, 345, 629 

 1, 154, 520 



419, 169 



345, 290 

 75, 560 



643, 656 

 1, 403, 842 



318,391 

 19, 077 



568, 127 

 3, 187, 652 

 3, 855, 408 



Pounds 

 330, 373 

 409, 358 

 164, 553 



8, 347, 401 

 309, 435 



1,019,013 

 339, 445 

 593, 838 



7, 574, 946 



3,484,113 



383, 122 



5, 322, 185 



1, 126, 067 

 1,912,926 

 1, 828, 089 



845, 094 

 4, 725, 535 

 1, 222, 977 



439, 940 



376, 845 

 78, 703 



726, 573 

 1, 284, 967 



336, 828 

 18, 054 



677, 003 

 4, 697, 684 

 4, 622, 371 



27, 321, 366 

 25, 620, 042 

 40, 160, 000 

 36, 617. 706 

 59, 674, 301 

 64, 864, 532 

 38, 431, 221 



39, 036, 975 

 32, 226, 170 

 47, 431, 000 

 47, 140, 132 

 65, 145, 234 

 82, 554, 798 

 44, 024, 666 



53, 197, 438 

 41, 141, 144 

 54, 469, 000 

 56, 295, 975 

 69, 580, 555 

 89, 203, 946 

 47, 197, 660 



Pounds 

 503, 004 

 496, 165 

 315,077 



10,317,394 

 444, 941 



1, 243, 287 

 392, 356 

 735, 933 



7, 191, 619 



3, 830, 883 



576, 372 



6, 755, 510 



1,477,014 

 2, 126, 880 



3, 505, 965 

 889, 762 



4, 908, 772 

 1, 155, 134 



470, 886 



625, 364 



109, 638 



1, 698, 677 



1, 159, 907 



333, 916 



17, 353 



833, 469 



5, 058, 395 



5, 570, 808 



Pounds 

 465, 986 

 605, 085 

 381, 606 



9, 590, 272 

 545, 396 



1, 450, 754 

 348, 064 

 702, 963 



6, 870, 307 



4, 118, 240 

 1, 191, 235 

 6, 253, 804 



1, 955, 150 



2, 234, 092 



3, 832, 490 

 986, 485 



4, 684, 777 

 1, 036, 881 



466, 951 



666, 308 



145, 565 



1, 538, 208 



925, 792 



388, 052 



20, 744 



1, 124, 697 



5, 087, 778 



5, 840, 229 



Pounds 



474, 180 

 518, 635 

 340, 389 



12,110,876 



657, 852 



1,541,771 



327, 493 



653, 863 



6,287,017 



3. 385, 846 

 1,611,529 

 5, 505, 332 



3, 326, 939 



2, 123. 445 



3, 251, 575 



879, 119 



3, 787, 517 



836, 085 



565, 195 



932, 481 



244, 103 



1.211,522 



774, 103 



343, 985 



17,357 



1, 688, 948 



4, 507, 470 



6. 386, %2 



62, 744. 481 

 54, 756, 783 

 58, 899, 000 

 64, 730. 531 

 76, 763, 253 

 93,811,909 

 60, 676, 722 



63. 457, 884 

 54, 502, 283 

 61. 228, 000 

 67, 549, 377 

 78, 769, 101 

 99, 631. 789 

 70, 938, 957 



64,291,589 

 48, 689, 830 

 59, 125, 646 

 65, 841. 000 

 74. 202, 339 

 96, 600, 247 

 69,986,671 



QUANTITIES OF FISH FROZEN IN 1923 



The total quantity of fish frozen during the year ended December 

 15, 1923, was 91,548,643 pounds, an increase of 16,094,969 pounds, 

 or 21.3 per cent, over tne previous year. The principal species 

 frozen during the year were ciscoes, 16,101,224 pounds: salmon. 

 11,043,424 pounds; halibut, 10,211,251 pounds; whiting, 8,664,680 

 pounds; mackerel, 7,248,381 pounds; herring, 5,748,228 pounds: 

 and pike perches and pike or pickerel, 4,283,697 pounds. The 

 following table gives the quantity of fish frozen in the United States 

 in 1923, by months, with totals for 1920 to 1922, inclusive, for 

 comparison : 



