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Pollack is ‘‘a food fish found mainly off the New England coast. 
It sometimes occurs as far south as Virginia. The average weight 
is about 10 pounds.”’ 
The haddock is “a food fish found in the Atlantic north of the 
Delaware capes and is called ‘dickie’ in some localities. It averages 
in weight from 4 to 6 pounds. It is extensively caught for a fresh 
food fish and is also salted, pickled, and dried. When slack-salted 
and smoked, it is sold under the name of ‘haddie.’ ”’ 
The reports received for January 15 showed stocks of. 2,488,872 
pounds. The holdings increased until November 15, when the reports’ 
showed holdings of 7,509,512 pounds. This was 77.3 per cent more 
than was held on the same date in 1917. The quantity of these 
varieties of fish that was frozen during 1918 amounted to more than 
15 per cent of the total fish frozen during the year. | 
TABLE 28.—Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen cod, hake, pollack, and haddock 
during 1918, and increase or decrease during each month. 
Holdings Relative 
Month. on fifteenth | percent- Increase or decrease 
arenonthe age. during month. 
Pounds. Per cent. Pounds. Per cent. 
AU EAN UT YY ee eet ag ee RT aR 2,488,872 33.1 — 935,052 — 37.6 
eb ru ary ee ee ee eR NS a ne kf 1,553,820 20.7 — 269,216 —17.3 
itech Bettie ema ae he is Pe 1,284,604 17.1 + 306,085 23.8 
JeNy OY 4 Vals om I 0G ieee > Se 1,590,689 PAL + 859,900 54.1 
IN Alea sy a a ear eet ae pi ye Nl ee 2,450,589 32.6 + 954,365 + 38.9 
ara eer as een NE hp Tk Ee 3,404,954 45.3 + 502,747 +14.8 
STU Be Sos eh Sah ea AND a 3,907,701 52.0 + 785,297 +20.1 
ATT ULS Geena ir age a Se ce LR 2 A 4,692,998 62.5 + 321,458 + 6.8 
Syn Gee aa ee ree est gms eS a ea hes ae ae 5,014,456 66.8 + § 279,705 + 5.6 
October seers een CW Gt AA SL na 5,294,161 70.5 + 2,215,351 +41.8 
INovem bere yep ie eins a UR er Ee 7,509,512 100.0 — 504,768 — 6.7 
MeCem bers eee ee ee ee A i (OP A 7,004,744 93.3 — 385,737 — 5.5 
Tasie 29.—Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen cod, hake, pollack, and haddock 
during 1918 compared with those of 1917. 
Reported for 1918. Comparison with 1917. 
Month. Holdings | Storages Increase 
Storages reported reproting 1917 1918 i 
reporting.| on fifteenth | for both ‘ R ecnense 
of month. dates. : 
Number Pounds. Number. Pounds. Pounds. Per cent. 
VaAnUaGy= eee ae 89 2,488,872 dit 1,189,234 1,815,041 + 52.6 
Hebrivaryee eee se 101 1,553,820 80 556,647 639,757 + 14.9 
Milan hess ace oe ee 105 1,284,604 85 482,010 780,898 + 62.0 
feN oy er Ye Se A ee ee me 107 1,590,689 88 666,334 1,279,577 + 92.0 
UN Wea sy uae cesarean aegis secs 85 2,450,589 71 1,104,220 2,074,973 + 87.9 
aJunrne eee eats ee icra 84 3,404,954 70 1,993,803 2,553,971 + 28.1 
un yee ae es ey 91 3,907,701 75 2,292,478 3,286,513 + 43.4 
NUYS S| Hint a ee ear een’ 94 4,692,998 78 1,373,992 3,978,977 +189.6 
September ye 226 90 5,014,456 72 1,826,221 4,253,596 +132.9 
Octohbentenn = nee ee 91 5,294,161 83 2,972,331 4,958,035 + 66.8 
INovemberie eS ee 99 7,509,512 94 3,778,260 6,700,370 + 77.3 
December -_______-___-__-- 105 7,004,744 102 4,503,718 6,666,832 + 48.0 
