REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 
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TaBLE 39.—Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen mackerel during 1918 compared 
with those of 1917. 
Reported for 1918. 
Holdings 
reported 
on fifteenth 
of month. 
Storages 
reporting 
for both 
dates. 
Comparison with 1917. 
Increase 
or 
decrease. 
Month. 
Storages 
reporting. 
Number 
Janu arnyeeeye es aan a Lee 4 
February 22. 2. 222222 97 
UVa ree Fata ig or 97 
SiN 0) 1 (SPA 0 darn a 96 
Vea sR rE ba 73 
PLFA Ye) Ra oe ay ae a a 74 
LITE Bist ae I iS at Ae 79 
MU CUSt Me el eat i Pe 82 
September_______________ 8&3 
October: seis eae hyp 89 
November______________- 95 
December _______________ 88 
3,569,376 
ROCK FISHES. 
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 
2,652,354 
2,986,302 
3,595,812 
3,631,292 
3,568,216 
‘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. 
Holdings Relative 
Month. on fifteenth | percent- Increase or decrease 
een onthe age. during month. 
Pounds. Per cent. Pounds. Per cent 
ATAU AT ype ee ES Mbiareiny AML RD LO 51,480 10.1 + 56,070 + 108.9 
Ble Forgur ea yyy ree wicca AN Mee 5 ae 107,550 21.1 + 9,737 + 9.1 
AV tear, © bye coe een aga nih ie UM IE Fe ms 117,287 23.0 + 6,467 +. 5.5 
PATO SAU Lee TO ate SSS I a AAD a tl a 123,754 2Ar2 + 58,898 + 47.6 
IVE easy eerie nin ges ah Nahai iter HOE UE YM 182,652 35.8 +150,396 + 82.3 
OTTO es es Se Ee Det Ga a 333,048 65.2 + 38,211 + 11.5 
AFCO an es Gem igl y ah  o  C 371,259 CPt + 84,302 + 22.7 
JeNTEF TNS 5 sa es I i A a a 455,561 89.2 + 54,916 + 12.1 
September see ear rciutaoie UAB eo a 510,477 100.0 — 42,030 — 8.2 
OEtOber =e aa VM Tse en a ake) Ys eal eihag 468,447 91.8 — 47,860 — 10.2 
INowemlberse ees ine Riana inary NB ne TY eh il 420,587 82.4 + 52,613 + 12.5 
ID ayeres ea) oer Py Aye A A EYE ARC Ie et one ee ee ein 473,200 92.7 — 161,212 — 34.1 
