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BULLETIN 792, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 49. — Monthly cold storage holdings of miscellaneous frozen salmon during 1918 

 compared with those of 1917. 



Month. 



Reported for 1918. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Holdings 



reported 



on tif teenth 



of month. 



Comparison with 1917. 



Storages 



reporting 



,for both 



dates. 



1918. 



Increase 



or 

 decrease. 



January 



February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December. 



Number. 

 6.5 

 67 

 66 

 66 

 55 

 44 

 53 

 55 

 54 

 52 

 55 

 60 



Pounds. 



952,045 



787,665 



693,792 



436,528 



390,935 



948,275 



1,782,744 



2,970,067 



4,983,197 



4,627,003 



4,157,010 



4,449,289 



Number. 

 53 

 56 

 55 

 56 

 46 

 36 

 44 

 46 

 42 

 46 

 54 

 59 



Pounds. 



2,553,580 



976,664 



525,457 



388,597 



362,817 



461,160 



1,194,129 



1,320,706 



1,608,215 



1,687,833 



1,730,685 



1,265,322 



Pounds. 



2,137,615 



740,951 



638,478 



421,704 



279,447 



893,342 



1,602,545 



2,688,985 



3,289,317 



3,897.882 



4,777,810 



4,449,289 



Per cent. 



- 16.3 



- 24.1 

 + 21.5 

 + 8.5 



- 23.0 

 + 93.7 

 + 34.2 

 + 103.6 

 + 104.5 

 + 130.9 

 + 176.1 

 +251.6 



SEA BASS. 



The sea bass is "a food fish found from Vineyard Sound to the 

 eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico. It is known south of Cape 

 Hatteras as the 'blackfish'; in the Middle States as 'black Will,' 

 'black Harry,' and 'hannahills' ; about New Bedford and Newport 

 as 'bluefish,' and at New Bedford also as 'rock bass.' The average 

 length in New England is about 15 inches, average weight one and 

 one-half pounds. In the South they are much smaller, averaging 

 about three-fourths of a pound in weight. They are caught with 

 hand lines and in pounds and traps. The white sea bass is found 

 on the Pacific Coast from Cape Mendocino to San Diego. It is an 

 important food fish, and averages 15 pounds in weight. The redfish 

 is called 'sea bass' in the Carolinas, Florida, and the Gulf." 



The largest stocks of sea bass reported during the year were held 

 on August 15 and amounted to 532,725 pounds. This was 20 per 

 cent less than was held on August 15, 1917. The smallest quantity, 

 35,845 pounds, was reported on May 15. The greatest increase 

 occurred from May 15 to July 15, approximately 500,000 pounds of 

 the stocks of the season being frozen at that time. The holdings 

 decreased during the remainder of the year and on December 15 

 amounted to 293,248 pounds. 



Table 50.^ — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen sea bass during 1918, and increase 

 or decrease during each month. 



Month. 



Holdings 



Relative 



on fifteenth 



percent- 



of month. 



age. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



196,627 



36.9 



143,241 



26.9 



76,949 



14.4 



40,476 



7.6 



35,845 



6.7 



257,447 



48.3 



5.30,459 



99.6 



532,725 



100.0 



501,977 



94.2 



454,286 



85.3 



360,876 



67.7 



293,248 



55.0 



Increase or decrease 

 during month. 



January 



February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December . 



Pounds. 



- 53,386 



- 66,292 



- 36,473 



- 4,631 

 + 221,602 

 +273,012 

 + 2,266 



- 30,748 



- 47,691 



- 93,410 



- 67,628 



- 52,877 



Per cent. 



- 27.2 



- 46.3 



- 47.4 



- 11.4 

 + 618.2 

 + 106.0 

 + 0.4 



- 5.8 



- 9.5 



- 20.6 



- 18.7 



- 18.0 



