REPORTS OP STORAGE HOLDINGS. 



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Table 39. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen mackerel during 1918 compared 



with those of 1917. 



Month. 



Reported for 1918. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Holdings 



reported 



on fifteenth 



of month. 



Comparison with 1917. 



Storages 



reporting 



for both 



dates. 



1917. 



Increase 

 or 



decrease. 



January 



February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November. 

 December. 



Number. 

 84 

 97 

 97 

 96 

 73 

 74 

 79 

 82 

 83 

 89 

 95 



Pounds. 



2,414,186 

 1,778,495 

 1,230,450 

 1,001,737 

 696,654 

 1,532,222 

 2,558,655 

 3,342,893 

 3,883,201 

 4,114,564 

 3.784,696 

 3,569,376 



Number. 

 69 

 76 

 78 

 80 

 58 

 61 

 66 

 68 

 67 

 79 

 88 

 85 



Pounds. 



1,653,800 



937,092 



817,218 



714,253 



708,192 



1,066,870 



1,583,291 



2,110,405 



2,340,776 



3,657,805 



4,036,607 



3,102,732 



Pounds. 



1,825,314 

 1,171,208 

 1,022,538 

 982,230 

 598,132 

 1,285,367 

 2,090,355 

 2,652,354 

 2,986,302 

 3,595,812 

 3,631,292 

 3,568,216 



Per cent. 

 + 10.4 

 +25.0 

 +25.1 

 + 37.5 

 - 15.5 

 +20.5 

 + 32.0 

 +2.5.7 

 + 27.6 

 - 1.7 

 -10.0 

 + 15.0 



ROCK FISHES. 



"These fish are caught in enormous quantities on the Pacific Coast, 

 especially from Santa Barbara to San Francisco. There are a large 

 number of species, known to the fishermen as 'priest fish,' 'rock cod,' 

 and 'rockfish' with many qualifying prefixes, as 'black,' 'black-banded,' 

 'brown,' 'grass,' 'green,' 'orange,' 'red,' 'yellow,' 'yellow-backed,' 

 'yellow-tail,' etc.; also called 'garrupa,' 'grouper,' 'scorpene,' 'sculpin,' 

 'scorpion,' 'treefish,' 'flyfish,' 'corsair,' 'Spanish flag,' 'reina,' 'black- 

 bass,' 'jack,' 'tomcod,' 'boccaccio,' etc. They average 15 inches in 

 length and 2 to 3 pounds in weight, but some reach a length of 3 feet 

 and a weight of 12 pounds. They are caught in seines and with hook 

 and line." 



On January 15, 1918, there were only 51,480 pounds of rock fishes 

 in cold storage. The stocks increased each month until September 

 15, when the reports showed holdings of 510,477 pounds. This 

 stock was 105.5 per cent greater than the stock on hand Septem- 

 ber 15, 1917. 



Table 40. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen rock fishes during 1918, and 

 increase or decrease during each month. 



Month. 



Holdings 



Relative 



on fifteenth 



percent- 



of month. 



age. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



51,480 



10.1 



107,550 



21.1 



117,287 



23.0 



123,754 



24.2 



182,652 



35.8 



333,048 



65.2 



371,259 



72.7 



455,561 



89.2 



510,477 



100.0 



468,447 



91.8 



420,587 



82.4 



473,200 



92.7 



Increase or decrease 

 during month. 



January 



February-. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December. 



Pounds. 



+ 56,070 

 + 9,737 

 + 6,467 

 + 58,898 

 + 150,396 

 + 38,211 

 + 84,302 

 + 54,916 

 - 42,030 

 •- 47,860 

 + 52,613 

 -161,212 



Per cent. 

 + 108.9 



+ 9.1 



+ 5.5 



+ 47.6 



+ 82.3 



+ 11.5 



+ 22.7 



+ 12.1 



- 8.2 



- 10.2 

 + 12.5 



- 34.1 



