360 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Comparative statistics of the products of the menhaden industry, 1921 to 1926 









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Year Dried scrap and meal | Acidulated scrap Oil Total 
Tons Value Tons | Value Gallons Value Value 
1S 71 a a | 37,858 | $1, 380, 455 44, 804 $905, 640 6, 260, 478 | $1, 719, 892 $4, 005, 987 
AE eps at Es Be 67, 821 | 2,665,441 | 25, 755 | 556, 317 7, 102, 677 2, 904, 833 6, 126, 591 
LEDS eee eee ye 8 33 43, 452 2, 029, 406 44, 935 1, 064, 870 7, 461, 365 3, 316, 277 6, 410, 553 
1h 72 RP ea Se 21, 008 996,866 | 24, 409 | 495, 684 3, 923, 904 1, 817, 626 3, 310, 176 
i i ee Re es De 30, 167 1, 519, 458 | 41, 463 1, 102, 051 6, 023, 108 3, 001, 106 5, 622, 615 
192625... Soe eee 24, 226 | 1, 164,396 | 23, 553 | 548, 204 3, 942, 821 1, 729, 160 3, 441, 760 

FOREIGN FISHERY TRADE 
The foreign trade in fishery products of the United States durmg 
1926 amounted to $70,423,793, of which $50,094,786 were the value 
of fishery products imported for consumption and $20,329,007 the 
value of exports of domestic fishery products. Compared with 1925, 
this is an increase of 0.2 per cent in the total trade, an increase of 
2.2 per cent in the value of fishery products imported for consumption, 
and a decrease of 4.4 per cent in the exports of domestic fishery 
products. 
The imports consisted of 308,677,267 pounds of edible products 
(including fresh, frozen, cured, and canned fish), valued at 
$32,517,979, and nonedible products (comprised mainly of fish and 
marine-animal oils, pearls and imitation pearls, and shells), valued 
at $17,576,807. Compared with 1925, this is an increase of 17.2 per 
cent in the quantity and 11.9 per cent in the value of the edible prod- 
ucts imported and a decrease of 12 per cent in the value of nonedible 
products imported. 
The increase in the quantity and value of the edible papain 
imported was due largely to larger imports of fresh and frozen fish 
(originating chiefly in Canada and Mexico), which amounted to 
138,849,434 pounds, valued at $9,770,816, an increase of 38.8 per 
cent in the amount and 25.9 per cent in the value, as compared with 
1925; and to the imports of canned products, amounting to 34,644,050 
pounds, valued at $6,142,286, an increase in this class of 26.1 per 
cent in the amount and 23.9 per cent in the value. The imports of 
other edible fishery products differed very little from the preceding 
year. 
The decrease in the value of nonedible products imported may be 
attributed almost entirely to the decrease of $2,489,656, or 27.3 per 
cent, in the value of pearls and imitation pearls imported. Possibly 
the domestic factories, which began the manufacture of imitation 
pearls a few years ago, are now supplying the United States market 
with this product to. a ‘oreater extent. 
The exports consisted mainly of edible products, amounting to 
163,507,052 pounds, valued at $19,903,837, and nonedible products, 
valued at $425,170, registering an increase of 1.6 per cent in the quan- 
tity and a decrease of 4 per cent in the value of the edible products 
exported and a decrease of 19.5 per cent in the value of nonedible 
products exported. 
The largest individual export item in 1926, which consisted of canned- 
fish products, amounted to 126,789,557 pounds, valued at $15,013,052. 
This is an increase over 1925 of 7.2 per cent in amount and 2.4 per 
cent in value. The amount of canned salmon exported showed an 
increase of 0.4 per cent in amount, with a decrease of 5.3 per cent in 
