64 



GENERAL REVIEW 



NUMBER OF PLANTS PRODUCING INDUSTRIAL 

 FISHERY PRODUCTS, BY TYPE PRODUCT, 1975 



Product 



Atlantic and 

 Gulf Coasts (1) 



Pacific Coast (2) 



Total 



— — — — — — - Number — — - 



Scrap and meal, dried: 



Alewife 3 — 



Anchovy — 6 



Carp 1 - 



Crab 14 4 



Herring: 



Sea 2 2 



Thread 3 - 



Menhaden 22 - 



Shrimp 10 1 



Tuna and mackerel — 12 



Unclassified 16 4 



Oil: 



Alewife 3 - 



Anchovy — 6 



Carp 1 



Herring: 



Sea 2 1 



Thread 3 



Tuna and mackerel — 8 



Unclassified: 



Liver 1 — 



Body 6 3 



Shell products: 



Clam shells processed for food serving 3 — 



Crabs shells processed for food serving 3 — 



Marine pearl shell buttons 2 — 



Oyster shell: 



Crushed shell for poultry feed 4 1 



Lime (burned and unburned) 2 1 



Seaweed products: 



Agar-agar — 1 



Irish moss extracts 3 — 



Kelp products — 1 



Miscellaneous: 



Animal feeds 6 10 



Chitosan — 1 



Fish solubles 20 6 



Shark leather 1 - 



Liquid fertilizer — 1 



Pearl essence 3 — 



Total, exclusive of duplication 77 38 



(1 ) Includes firms in the Great Lakes and Mississippi River areas. (2) Includes Puerto Rico and American Samoa. 



3 



6 



1 



18 



4 

 3 

 22 

 11 

 12 

 20 



3 

 6 

 1 



3 

 3 

 8 



1 

 9 



3 

 3 

 2 



5 

 3 



1 

 3 

 1 



16 

 1 



26 

 1 

 1 

 3 



115 



