56 BULLETIN 792, U. 5. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Tas LE 49.— Monthly cold storage holdings of miscellaneous frozen salmon during 1918 
compared with those of 1917. 
Reported for 1918. Comparison with 1917. 
Month. Holdings | Storages Increase 
Storages reported reporting 1917 1918 a 
reporting.| on fifteenth | for both ‘ : eosease 
of month. dates. 
Number. Pounds. Number. Pounds. Pounds. Per cent. 
Jangany eer wees eee 65 952,045 53 2,553,580 2,137,615 — 16.3 
Rebritany = ee aa 67 787,665 56 976,664 740,951 — 24.1 
Via. Chee ex eee ere EE NE 66 693,792 55 525,457 638,478 + 21.5 
yaN) Ord LS ea Sees ce eg hye oe 66 436,528 56 388,597 421,704 + 8.5 
Miyano Peer ee Se ne 55 390,935 46 362,817 279,447 — 23.0 
une es eeu ee ais ie 44 948,275 36 461,160 893,342 + 93.7 
4 Url Bis. SSS eee cree 53 1,782,744 44 1,194,129 1,602,545 + 34.2 
PATE UES [ee ae kee et neni 55 2,970,067 46 1,320,706 2,688,985 +103.6 
Seplembersee sete. a a 54 4,983,197 42 1,608,215 3,289,317 +104.5 
October! ners ee yD, 4,627,003 46 1,687,833 3,897.882 +130.9 
November eee enoece 55 4,157,010 54 1,730,685 4,777,810 +176.1 
Decembhers oe aus ee ee 60 4,449 289 59 1,265,322 4,449 289 +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. 
Holdings Relative 
Month. on fifteenth | percent- Increase or decrease 
of month. age. during month. 
Pounds. Per cent. Pounds. Per cent. 
January. oO BOA Ss Ba es ee ee eee es 196,627 36.9 — 53,386 — 27.2 
Kebritary 2254 2 2 eo Foe ee ee Poe ee 143,241 26.9 — 66,292 — 46.3 
March... bobia hs € 25 Ree Ue ite Ree eee eee 76,949 14.4 — 36,473 — 47.4 
April: Sb: Ssee it te ee ee ee eee ee 40,476 7.6 — 4,631 — 11.4 
Mayo cB SS EO a oe Bete 2 eae 35,845 6.7 +221,602 +618.2 
Jume sie Bo So 2 Se ak Age eh reg ae ag 257,447 48.3 + 273,012 +106.0 
July. 2.) ie See es | ee. ee eee 530,459 99.6 + 2,266 + 0.4 
PATIO VISE Fen ee ce cape ag ee, eR eee ee 532,725 100.0 — 30,748 — 5.8 
September. See aS Se eee eee ee 501,977 94.2 — 47,691 — 9.5 
Octobetnsat 2 2 a ee ee 454,286 85.3 — 93,410 — 20.6 
November: 9222200 SS a ee eee 360,876 67.7 — 67,628 — 18.7 
December 22405. = tS Se Soe A a ee eee 293,248 55.0 — 52,877 — 18.0 
