FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1927 421 



Pack of canned tuna and tunalike fishes, 1921 to 1927 



Albacore 



Cases 



1921 456,152 



1922 296,210 



1923. 310,037 



1924 416,820 



1925 518,079 



1926 61,197 



1927 131,157 



Value 

 $2, 657, 266 

 2, 304, 935 

 3, 106, 329 

 4, 024, 509 

 4, 412, 655 

 471, 502 

 1,118,985 



Bluefln and yellow- 

 fin tuna 



Striped tuna 



Coses 

 64, 816 

 168, 874 

 261, 773 

 65, 941 

 261,482 

 287,699 

 533,691 \ 



Value 



$109, 929 



942, 356 



578, 254 



239, 198 



997, 697 



1, 525, 146 



2, 362, 587 



"Tonno' 



Cases 



13, 714 

 124,416 



97, 304 

 131, 159 

 137, 720 

 116,335 



Value 



$139, 067 

 1, 136, 814 



861, 861 

 1, 212, 024 

 1, 209, 041 



979, 860 



Note. — Cases are on the standard basis of forty-eight J^-pound cans. 



Shrimp. — In 1926, shrimp were canned in 1 plant in North Caro- 

 lina, 2 in South Carolina, 10 in Georgia, 7 in Florida, 4 in Alabama, 

 19 in Mississippi, 26 in Louisiana, and 5 in Texas, a total of 74 plants, 

 or 3 more than a year ago. The total pack amounted to 852,764 

 standard cases of 48 No. 1 cans (5-ounce cans dry pack and 5^-ounce 

 cans wet pack) valued at S5, 321, 652. This is an increase of 16 per 

 cent in quantity and 29 per cent in value as compared with the previ- 

 ous vear and is the largest pack of any year during the period 1921 

 to 1927. 



Pack of canned shrimp, 1927 



STANDARD CASES i 



States 



North Carolina and South 



Carolina 



Georgia _ 



Florida 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Louisiana 



Texas 



Georgia, Louisiana, and 

 Texas 



Dry pack 

 (in tins) 



30, 871 

 4,508 

 81,040 

 55, 117 

 147, 355 

 12, 257 



Total ' 335,235 



Value 

 $25, 705 

 196, 201 



26, 983 

 489, 822 

 336, 782 

 916, 280 



72, 742 



Wet pack 



(in tins) 



2, 064, 515 



Cases 

 11,504 

 78, 191 

 34,447 

 28,411 

 83, 071 

 192, 012 

 41, 758 



469, 394 



Value 

 $68, 824 

 471, 356 

 203, 657 

 167, 294 

 473, 659 

 ,118,084 

 241,266 



Wet pack 



(in glass) 



Cases 



31, 327 



""4,"i76" 



2, 744, 140 



12, 632 



48, 135 



Value 



$337, 152 

 " 15," 488' 



135, 357 



512, 997 



Total 



15, 591 

 109, 062 



70, 282 

 109, 451 

 142, 364 

 339, 367 



54,015 



12, 632 



852, 764 



Value 

 $94, 529 

 667, 557 

 567, 792 

 657, 116 

 850,929 

 2, 034, 364 

 314, 008 



135, 357 



5, 321, 652 



ACTUAL CASES 



1 A "standard case" contains 4 dozen 5-ounce cans in the dry pack and 4 dozen 5?4-ounce cans in the 

 wet pack. 



Note. — Shrimp were canned at 1 plant in North Carolina, 2 in South Carolina, 10 in Georgia, 7 in Florida, 

 4 in .\lahama, 19 m Mississippi, 26 in Louisiana, and 5 in Texas. 



