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FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 49 
FISHERY PRODUCTS RECEIVED AT MUNICIPAL FISH WHARF AND 
MARKET, WASHINGTON, D. C.° 
The total receipts of fishery products at the Municipal Fish Wharf 
and Market, Washington, D. C., in 1920, were 8,573,984 pounds, a 
decrease of 2,159,102 pounds, or 20.11 per cent, as compared with 
1919. The five most important products in terms of quantity were: 
Squeteagues or “sea trout,’ 1,925,334 pounds; oysters, 1,284,707 
pounds, or 183,529 bushels; river herring, 1,068,660 pounds; shad, 
1,035,822 pounds; and croaker, 743,415 pounds. These represent 
a total of 6,057,938 pounds, or 70.65 per cent of the entire receipts 
at this market for the year. Although differing in the order of their 
importance, these were the five principal species in 1919, representing 
69.49 per cent of the entire receipts of the market for that year. 
The decrease in the total receipts of fish in 1920 as compared with 
the previous year is significant in view of the reported general de- 
crease in the consumption of fishery products. 
To supply local housewives with information as to species which 
are abundant in the Washington markets and seasons of abundance, 
the Bureau issued a post-card size fish calendar. 
FisHEerY Propucts, In PounpDs, RecEervep at Municreau Fish WHARF AND MARKET, 
Wasuineton, D. C., 1920. 
Species. January. clas March. April. May. June. July. 
Bass, black and sea........... 25,657 | 14,181} 34,904]  2,200| 2,400] 3,495] 7,228 
BERETS es oc oe tak ocala awa resm.c:0 OB cote pa ee ne Setanta Phare shea ttverere 800 10,950 550 
7 ae BINT ee RA he i300} 15,700 | 40/300] 59,850 
emERe Se stoek 8 ag. ae 4,270 | 13,471 |""""14,533| 10295 | 177909 | 9/654 47954 
HA onto c. cen th se 1,499 | 8930] 47/676 | 26°727| 167083 | 247022 8’ 806 
_ ee 4?400 | 6,400 5,700 2900 | 77100 | 97050 1,900 
2 Ge ea aia ae 480 g00} 101/100 | 218919 | 897397} 120/712 | 96,263 
NTIS Log SE ee ee a eee ae ee ae gee ne ee 355 2,155 998 673 338 
Flounders.............s0csese 4,802 | 11,105] 15,872} 11,807 14,514| 10,040 2,700 
Gigvardishad.; 2... -5-. 526 29, 963 2,864 OOO es cain mal cisin sod eieie|anciaciaiacen| Ses 
imetiitie E205... cap es 6,867 | 43,450 | 26,200 3,420 |" °2;750 | "3; 100 1/300 
Squeteagues or ‘‘sea trout”... 
Striped bass. 
Sturgeon. ... 
1 Includes 100 pounds white bass. 
6 Daily reports of the quantity of fishery products received at this market are received by the Bureau 
for tabulation through the courtesy of the Health Department of the District of Columbia. 
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