70 BULLETIN 792, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
WHITING. 
“This fish is otherwise known as the ‘kingfish’ and ‘sea-mink’; 
is abundant from Cape Ann to Pensacola. The sand-whiting, i 
known as ‘deep-water whiting,’ is abundant from Chesapeake Bay © 
to Texas. The surf-whiting, also called the ‘silver-whiting,’ is common 
from the Carolinas to Texas. The California whiting is also known 
as the ‘sand-sucker.’ On the coast of Florida they are variously 
known as ‘kingfish,’ ‘barb,’ ‘bullhead whiting,’ and ‘ground mullet.’ 
They attain a length of 10 inches and a weight of one and one-half 
pounds. They are caught with hook and line and in seines, and are 
a food fish of considerable importance. The name is also applied to 
the harvest-fish at Norfolk, Virginia, and to the silver hake on the 
New England Coast.”’ 
The holdings of frozen whiting on November 15, 1918, amounted 
to 15,012,968 pounds, an increase of 17.5 per cent over the stocks 
on November 15, 1917. With the exception of herring stocks there 
were more frozen whiting in cold storage at this date than of any 
other variety. They amounted to approximately 14 per cent of all 
fish frozen during the year. The lowest stock reported was on May 
15, when the reports showed 867,531 pounds. The holdings decreased 
aoe January 15 to May 15 and increased from May 15 to Novem- 
etallas 
TABLE 64.—Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen whiting during 1918, and increase 
or decrease during each month. 
Holdings Relative 
on fifteenth | percent- Increase or decrease 
Month. during month. 
of month. age. 
Pounds. Per cent. Pounds. Per cent. 
JANUALY, 2 Sa sen ome! 2 eben Pomel aie 7,457,961 49.7 — 3,150,071 — 42.2 
February: 2) 272 == See eee ae eee 4,307,8¢°0 28.7 — 2,111,536 — 49.0 
Wearch’:,2 : Sage Ree ee eS ee eee 2,196,354 14.6 — 1,046,124 — 47.6 
IA pride = > eee 2 DE 2 SR A eh ee eee 1,150,230 leif — 282,699 — 24.6 
BY. 2 oS 2S eee) See: Gees ee ee er ee 867,531 5.8 +2,262,608 + 260.8 
Junet 2 2 Seen ee ee ee et ee 3,130,139 20.8 +4,981,654 + 159.2 
July S23 Se Re a ee ee ee 8,111,793 54.0 +3,234,999 + 39.9 
August sass = Sieses: Saber. Geren Sees. ee 11,346,792 75.6 +1,565,862 + 13.8 
September!- aci¢: 2 2 Oa ee ee 12,912,654 86.0 + 496,770 + 3.8 
October.) 223 ee ee ee een ee 13,409,424 89.3 +1,603,544 + 12.0 
Wovember: -2255~ = Se. ee ee ee eee 15,012,968 100.0 — 1,997,102 — 13.3 
December: 2 220%) - Ge CE ae eee ee 13,015,866 86.7 — 2,790,660 — 21.4 
TaBLe 65.—Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen whiting during 1918 compared 
with those of 1917. 
Reported for 1918. 
Comparison with 1917. 
Month. Holdings | Storages Increase 
Storages reported reporting 1917. 1918. or 
reporting.| on fifteenth | for both decrease 
of month dates. 
Number Pounds Number. Pounds Pounds Per cent. 
January. 2) 8205. eae 94 7,457,961 77 2,572,581 5,462,105 +112.3 
February 228.2 oe 101 4,307,890 79 935,435 2,458,416 +162.8 
March 3 3.2. ieee 109 2,196,354 87 393,300 958,091 + 143.6 
A pride. b_- Si. eRe. 102 1,150,230 85 140,089 598,778 +328.1 
May oa 3. oo ae Soe ee 73 867,531 59 128,364 517,662 + 303.3 
PUNE Se Seen eats ba eee 69 3,130,139 54 4,564,823 2,522,827 — 44.7 
AL se OS RINE i NED yh 74 8,111,793 60 9,046,728 7,413,594 — 18.1 
IAT BUSE 28285) ea 75 11,346,792 61 10,905,627 10,592,141 — 2.9 
September=. 5.2. Saas 70 12,910,654 55 9,931,049 11,848,235 + 19.2 
October! : 2 42322 he ee 72 13,409,424 67 11,424,723 12.764.202 + 11.7 
November: 202.28 02 es 77 15,012,968 76 12,339,486 14,495,768 + 17.5 
December 32.) ah eae 86 13,015,866 85 11,498,434 12,997,666 + 13.0 
