FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1926 347 
CANNED PRODUCTS 
The value of canned products in 1926 was 7 per cent greater than 
the previous year. Salmon, as usual, was the most important item, 
contributing 65 per cent of the total value; sardines were next with 
17 per cent, tuna followed with 6 per cent, while oysters, shrimp, 
clams, and miscellaneous products made up the remaining 12 per cent. 
Comparative statistics of the value of canned fishery products, 1921 to 1926, 









inclusive 
Year | Salmon Sardine | Tuna Oyster Shrimp Clam Other Total 
1091s 25-2 1$28, 867, 169 | $6,307,362 $3, 074,626 |$2, 179, 271 |$3, 804, 781 |$1, 166, 507 |$1, 234, 990 $46, 634, 706 
1928 Fe 38, 420, 717 9,111,589 4,511,873 | 2,423,616 | 3,064,087 | 1,716,365 | 1,216,700 | 60, 464, 947 
1928 she | 45, 533,573 | 9, 896, 796 | 6,914, 760 | 2,720,073 | 4,381,534 | 1,710,616 | 1,287,853 | 72, 445, 205 
pA ee 42, 401, 602 | 12, 636, 599 | 5,756,586 | 2,478, 044 | 4,608,950 | 2,161,389 | 2,121,419 | 72, 164, 589 
125 ee | 47, 369, 507 | 13, 097,318 | 8,499,080 | 3,721,159 | 3, 782,819 | 1,850,378 | 2,256,877 | 80, 577, 138 
117 eae ee | 56, 219, 306 | 14, 534, 792 | 5,282,283 | 2,026, 569 | 4,122,092 | 2,004, 650 | 2, 003, 548 | 86, 193, 240 
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Salmon.—In 1926 salmon were packed at 132 plants in Alaska, 31 
in Washington, 18 in Oregon, and 2 in California. Compared with 
the previous year, there was an increase of 3 canneries in Alaska and 
2 in Oregon and a decrease of 10 in Washington. ‘The combined 
output of the 183 plants amounted to 7,488,620 cases, valued at 
$56,219,306. Of this total, 835,738 cases, valued at $10,139,302, 
were produced in the Pacific Coast States, and 6,652,882 cases, 
valued at $46,080,004, were packed in Alaska. The pack in Alaska 
was approximately 2,200,000 cases larger than the previous year, 
due principally to increased packs of red and pink salmon. The 
pack in the Pacific Coast States was only slightly over half that of 
the previous year, due almost entirely to a decreased pack of hump- 
back or pink salmon, which is subject to alternate good and poor 
years, 1926 being the ‘‘off’”’ year. The decrease in the Pacific 
Coast States was much more than compensated by the increase in 
Alaska, making the total pack 24 per cent greater in quantity and 
19 per cent in value. 
