REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 



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Pollack is "a food fish found mainly off the New England coast. 

 It sometimes occm^s as far south as Virginia. The average weight 

 is about 10 pounds." 



The haddock is "a food fish found in the Atlantic north of the 

 Delaware capes and is called 'dickie' in some localities. It averages 

 in weight from 4 to 6 pounds. It is extensively caught for a fresh 

 food fish and is also salted, pickled, and dried. When slack-salted 

 and smoked, it is sold under the name of 'haddie.' " 



The reports received for January 15 showed stocks of 2,488,872 

 pounds. The holdings increased until November 15, when the reports 

 showed holdings of 7,509,512 pounds. This was 77.3 per cent more 

 than was held on the same date in 1917. The quantity of these 

 varieties of fish that was frozen during 1918 amounted to more than 

 15 per cent of the total fish frozen during the year. 



Table 28. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen cod, hake, pollack, and haddock 

 during 1918, and increase or decrease during each month. 



Month. 



Holdings 



Relative 



on fifteenth 



percent- 



of month. 



age. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



2,488,872 



33.1 



1,553,820 



20.7 



1,284,604 



17.1 



1,590,689 



21.2 



2,450,589 



32.6 



3,404,954 



45.3 



3,907,701 



52.0 



4,692,998 



62.5 



5,014,456 



66.8 



5,294,161 



70.5 



7,509,512 



100.0 



7,004,744 



93.3 



Increase or decrease 

 during month. 



January. -. 

 February.. 



March 



April- 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November. 

 December. 



Pounds. 



- 935,052 

 269,216 

 306,085 

 859,900 

 954,365 

 502,747 

 785,297 

 321,458 

 279,705 

 + 2,215,351 



- 504,768 



- 385,737 



Per cent. 

 -37.6 

 -17.3 

 +23.8 

 + 54.1 

 + 38.9 

 + 14.8 

 + 20.1 

 + 6.8 

 + 5.6 

 +41.8 



- 6.7 



- :-.5 



Table 29. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen cod, hake, pollack, and haddock 

 during 1918 compared with those of 1917. 



Month. 



Reported for 1918. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Holdings 



reported 



on fifteenth 



of month. 



Comparison with 1917. 



Storages 



reproting 



for both 



dates. 



1917. 



1918. 



Increase 



or 

 decrease. 



January. _. 

 February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December. 



Number. 



89 



101 



105 



107 



85 



84 



91 



94 



90 



91 



99 



105 



Pounds. 



2,488,872 

 1,553,820 

 1,284,604 

 1,590,689 

 2,450,589 

 3,404,954 

 3,907,701 

 4,692,998 

 5,014,456 

 5,294,161 

 7.509,512 

 7,004,744 



Number. 

 71 

 80 

 85 

 88 

 71 

 70 

 75 

 78 

 72 

 83 

 94 

 102 



Pounds. 



1,189,234 



556,647 



482,010 



666,334 



1,104,220 



1,993,803 



2,292,478 



1,373,992 



1,826,221 



2,972,331 



3,778,260 



4,503,718 



Pounds. 



1,815,041 

 639,757 

 780,898 

 1,279,577 

 2,074,973 

 2,553,971 

 3,286,513 

 3,978,977 

 4,253,596 

 4,958,035 

 6,700,370 

 6,666,832 



Per cent. 

 + 52.6 

 + 14.9 

 + 62.0 

 + 92.0 

 + 87.9 

 + 28.1 

 + 43.4 

 + 189.6 

 + 132.9 

 + 66.8 

 + 77.3 

 + 48.0 



