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Comparative statistics of the pack of alewives and alewife roe, 1921 to 1926 
Year 

Alewives 
Cases Value 
eee 333 $813 
rth a 1, 043 1, 994 
Reever 1, 145 1, 915 
Ren 3, 306 5, 118 
ees Tt 9, 491 15, 045 
aes =f 42,497 65, 405 



Alewife roe Total 
| 
Cases Value Cases | Value 
43,316 | $157,841 43,649 | $158, 654 
38, 612 137, 514 39,665 | 139,508 
43, 530 169, 435 44,675 | 171,450 
88, 836.| 332, 245 92,142 | 337, 363 
75, 057 240, 461 84, 548 | 255, 506 
72, 290 201, 278 114, es) 266, 683 


NotE.—Cases have been converted to the equivalent of twenty-four 15-ounce cans. 
Tuna and tunalike fishes—Nineteen plants in California reported 
packs of tuna and tunalike fishes in 1926. 
851,199 standard cases of forty-eight }4-pound cans, valued at 
$5, 282, 283. 
The total production was 
This is a decrease of 23 per cent in quantity and 38 per 
cent in value as compared with the previous year. The decrease is 
due solely to the extremely poor pack of albacore, which was only 
12 per cent as large as the pack of the previous year. 
of tuna showed substantial increases. 
Pack of tuna Gnd tunalike fishes in California, 1926 


Sizes 
Albacore 
Yellowfin 
| 
Bluefin 
| Tuna, blue- 
fin, and 
yellowfin 
All other kinds 

Tuna, striped 

Cases 
6, 691 
43, 765 
6, 506 
Ota atest 56, 962 
14-pound round (18 cans)! 
16-pound round (48 cans) _ 
1-pound round (48 cans) _ 
Value 
$34, 363, 
336, 849. 
94, 800) 
466, 012 
Cases . 
29, 864 
122, 014 
17, 509 


Total (standard 
CSSGS) 2ie ae as 


60, 122)__-- 
““Tonno”’ 
171, 964|_ 

Bonito 
| 
Value | Cases | 
$123, 173) 3, 837| 
762, 068155, 346| 
195, 296, 7, 913| 
169, 387/1, 080, 537/67, 096) 416, 110): 
barat '73, 091 
| 
! 
Value 


| 
Yellowtail | 


Value 

Tuna flakes 
$9, 022 
113, 148 
38, 256 
160, 426 


Cases | Value 
25, 088} $91, 928 
224, 568/1, 186, 712 
23,034) 218, 195 
272, 690)1, 496, 835 
283, 180)2-==-==25 

Total 

Cases 
44-pound round (48 cans)!) 238, 054/$1, 061, 634 
138, 480/41, 134| 217, 517 
1, 069) 
1, 209, 041/49, 334, 253, 417, 
144-pound round (48 cans)| 17, 255 
1-pound round (48 cans)- | 719 
Motele ep eae | 256, 028 
Total (standard 
Cases) 2a et oes 
| 


137, 720|-- 
Value 
8, 927 
Cas’ 3 | 
7, 131, 

$26, 314 
9, 586, 


paeeat ae 463938 |h 2 oe 125, 958|-22 2. = 

| 

Value | Cases 







Value Cases 
374\$1, 582) 
13, 509 
6, 131 



Value 
83 $228) 
49, 239 16, 899 
47,005. 4, 206 
20, 014/97, 776 2 
| 
70, 151 
31, 750 
102, 129 

312, 963 
553, 175 
936, 909 
851, 199 

Value 
$1, 362, 129 
3, 195, 180 
724, 974 
5, 282, 283 
Cases 

70, 771 

1 Includes the pack of <-pound round, 96 cans to the case, and 14-pound square, 100 cans to the case 
which have been converted to the basis of 14-pound cans, 48 to the case. 
2 Standard case equals forty-eight 
16-pound cans. 
Comparative statistics of the pack of tuna and tunalike fishes, 1921 to 1926 






Year Albacore Binet. ane y ellow- | Striped tuna “Tonno” 
Cases Value Cases Value Cases Value Cases Value 
nS) Ce er eae de 456, 152 | $2, 657, 266 64, 816 $306, 486 27, 972 $109,920) wuss 225-75 eee ee 
1A Pp ah 296, 210 2, 304, 935 168, 874 1, 047, 621 177, 995 942, 356 13, 714 $139, 067 
TODR MSs Se SEE 310, 037 3, 106, 329 261, 773 1,959,812 | 96,452 578, 254 124, 416 1, 136, 814 
1924 5-20 5 416, 820 | 4,024, 509 65, 941 455, 048 43, 159 239, 198 97, 304 861, 861 
ied ek he SE, 1 518, 079 4, 412, 655 261, 482 1, 745, 338 168, 177 997, 697 131, 159 1, 212, 024 
1B26(25 See 61, 197 471, 502 287, 699 1, 718, 744 | 290, 278 1, 525, 146 137, 720 1, 209, 041 

1 Includes 27,489 cases of tuna flakes, valued at $120,637. 
2 Includes 25,353 cases of tuna flakes, valued at $102,129, which have been credited to the various species 
as packed. 
Note.—Cases are on the standard basis of forty-eight 14-pound cans. 
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