426 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Production of fish and marine-animal oils, 1921 to 1927 



Year 



Other fish oils 



Whale and sperm 



Total 



1921 

 1922 

 1923 

 1924 

 1925 

 1926 

 1927 



Gallons 

 378, 887 

 306, 430 

 443, 935 

 381, 832 

 480, 195 

 439, 252 

 579, 396 



Value 

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$145, 401 

 187, 877 

 184, 534 

 211,250 

 234, 832 

 355, 607 



Gallons 

 523, 101 

 2, 247, 145 

 1, 556. 830 

 1, 242, 836 

 1. 221, 198 

 1, 276, 009 

 1, 531, 400 



Value 



$884, 714. 

 791, 884 

 661, 271 

 685,011 

 748, 075 

 755, 965 



Gallons 

 7, 446, 281 

 10, 535, 473 

 11,373,801 

 9,211,285 

 13, 287, 076 

 10, 888, 046 

 10,874,113 



Value 

 $2, 078, 670 

 4, 230, 760 

 5, 104, 194 

 4,311,733 

 6, 500, 191 

 5, 027, 491 

 4, 905, 021 



I Data not available. 

 Production of fish, shellfish, anil marine-animal meal and scrap, 1921 to 1927 



Year 



Dried scrap and 

 meal 



Acidulated scrap ! ^™'^s«eraV'° 



Shrimp bran Total 



1921 

 1922 

 1923 

 1924 

 1925 

 1926 

 1927 



Tons 

 60, 031 

 89, 459 

 66, 088 

 51,855 

 69, 733 

 61, 929 

 68, 495 



Value 



$2, 613. 361 



3, 755, 787 



3, 286, 504 



2, 370, 237 



3, 500, 496 

 3, 056, 406 

 3, 700, 834 



Tons 

 44. 454 

 25, 712 

 44, 935 

 24, 963 

 41. 773 

 23. 852 

 19. 984 



Value 



5,55, 973 

 1. 064. 870 



504. 639 

 1, 109, 067 



551, 405 



566, 590 



Tons , Value 



$895,140 2,160 $31,827 



4.33 9. 519 



1,593 

 3,543 

 5,477 

 6,157 

 1,960 



13, 721 

 6,262 

 9,414 

 9,491 

 8,942 



Tons 



628 

 562 

 1,269 

 936 

 1.079 

 1.036 

 1,427 



Value Value 



$16, 814 $3, 557. 142 



15,398 ' 4,336,677 



48, 290 

 31, 580 

 31, 658 

 33, 775 

 44,716 



4. 413, 385 

 2,912,718 

 4, 650, 635 

 3.651,077 

 4, 321, 082 



Glue. — In 1927, fish glue was manufactured at four plants in 

 Massachusetts. The production amounted to 512,136 gallons, val- 

 ued at $860,396, which is a decrease of 2 per cent in c{uantity and an 

 increase of 18 per cent in value compared with the previous year. 



Production of fish glue, 1921 to 1921 



Shell products. — Shell products were manufactured at 47 plants 

 in 1927. The production amounted to 310,519 tons of oyster-shell 

 products, valued at $2,601,050. This is an increase in ciuantity and 

 value as compared with the previous year. This does not include 

 crushed shell produced as a by-product of the fresh-water pearl- 

 button industry, statistics of which are not available. Of the total 

 production, 80 per cent consisted of crushed oyster shell for poultry 



