420 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Pack of cajined sardines, 1921 to 1927 



Year 



[Maine and Massachusetts 



California 



1921. 

 1922. 

 1923. 

 1924- 

 1925. 

 1926. 

 1927. 



Value 



$3, 960, 916 



5, 750, 109 



5, 288, 865 

 7, 191, 026 



6, 716, 701 

 6, 727, 388 

 5, 249, 030 



Cases 2 



398, 668 



715, 364 



1, 100, 162 



1, 367, 139 



1, 714, 913 

 2, 093, 278 



2, 663, 146 



Value 

 $2, 346, 446 

 3, 361, 480 

 4, 607, 931 

 5, 445, 573 

 6, 380, 617 

 7, 807, 404 

 9, 268, 784 



1 Standard cases of one hundred J^-pound cans. 2 standard cases of forty-eight 1-pound cans. 



Tuna and tunalike fishes. — These fishes were reported caiined at 19 

 plants in California. The total production was 1,255,818 standard 

 cases of forly-eight 3^-poimd cans, valued at S8, 368, 227. This is an 

 increase of 48 per cent in quantity and 58 per cent in value as com- 

 pared with the previous year, and the pack was larger than for any 

 year during the period 1921 to 1926. Increases are noted mainly in 

 bluefin, yellowfin, and striped tuna. While the pack of albacore also 

 increased over that in 1926, it is still far below the average for 

 previous years. 



Pack of canned tuna and tunalike fishes in California, 1927 



Sizes 



.\lbacore 



Yellowfin 



Bluefln 



Cases 



M-pound round (48 cans) ' 8, 705 



i^-pound round (48 cans) 2 111, 688 



1-pound round (48 cans) ^ 5,839 



Flalies* ....| 3,439 



Total.. 129,671 



Total (standard cases) . . i 131, 157 



Value 



$47, 984 



957, 318 



94,942 



18, 741 



56, 783 



299, 017 



45, 160 



22, 372 



1, 118, 985 



423, 332 



440, 101 



Value 



$282, 134 



2, 041, 695 



570, 185 



91, 132 



2, 985, 146 



Cases 



16, 634 



27, 639 



4,692 



923 



49, 888 



46, 263 



Value 



$84, 739 



184, 323 



56, 468 



3,421 



328, 951 



' Includes the pack of '.^-pound round and square, 96 cans to the case, and M-pound round and square, 

 100 cans to the ease, which have been converted to the equivalent of }^-pound round, 48 cans to the case. 



2 Includes the pack of J^-pound square. 48 cans to the case and 50 cans to the case, which have been con- 

 verted to the equivalent of }-2-pound round, 48 cans to the case. 



3 Includes the pack of 4-pound round, 12 cans to the ease, which have been converted to the equivalent 

 of 1-pound round, 48 cans to the case. 



* Flakes have been converted to standard cases. 



Note. — "Standard cases" represent the various sized cases converted to the uniform basis of 48 half- 

 pound cans to the case. Tuna and tunalike fishes were canned at 19 plants. 



