FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1927 



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and 20 per cent was lime. The production in 1927 of crushed shell 

 was slightly less and lime slightly more, compared with the production 

 of these commodities in the previous year. 



Louisiana ranks as the most important State in the production of 

 oyster-shell products and accounted for 40 per cent of the total 

 quantity produced and 42 per cent of the total value. Many of the 

 shells used there were dead shells taken from marine-shell deposits. 



Production of oyster-shell products, 1927 



States 



Crushed oyster shell 

 for poultry feed 



Oyster-shell lime 



Total 



Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Penn 



sy 1 vania 



New Jersey. 



Maryland 



Virginia 



North Carolina and South Carolina 



f'lorida and Alabama 



Mississippi and Texas 



Louisiana 



Total 



Tons 



8,274 



3,904 



50, 734 



12, ,515 



16, 199 



8,438 



26, 712 



123, 183 



^'alue 

 $88, 090 

 43, 450 

 501, 216 

 130, 846 

 180, 139 

 70, 730 

 235, 469 

 . 082, 125 



Tons 

 1,970 

 1,265 

 25, 662 

 22, 976 

 2,375 

 2,150 

 2,095 

 2,067 



Value 



$7. 563 

 4,210 



68, 544 

 161,423 



16, 588 

 2,088 

 3,394 

 5,175 



Tons 

 10, 244 

 5,169 

 76, 396 

 35,491 

 18, 574 

 10, 588 

 28, 807 

 125, 250 



249,959 2.332.065 60,560 268,985 



310, 519 



Value 

 $95, 653 

 47, 660 

 569, 760 

 292, 269 

 196, 727 

 72, 818 

 238, 863 

 1, 087, 300 



2, 601, 050 



Production of oyster-shell products, 1921 to 192'i 



Menhaden industry. — In 1927, 1 menhaden plant operated in Con- 

 necticut, 1 in New York, 2 in New Jersey, 3 in Delaware, 14 in Vir- 

 ginia, 15 in North Carohna, 1 in Georgia, and 2 in Florida. These 39 

 plants utilized 586,214,000 fish for the manufacture of 26,417 tons of 

 scrap and meal, valued at -11,406,915; 19,984 tons of acidulated scrap, 

 valued at $566,590; and 3,957,068 gallons of oil, valued at $1,716,474, 

 making a total value of products of $3,689,979. This is an increase 

 in value over that for the previous vear of 7 per cent, indicating that 

 this industry has recovered slightly from the poor season of 1926. 

 However, the value is considerably less than in the years 1922 and 

 1923. Virginia ranks first in importance in the menhaden industry 

 and in 1927 accounted for 42 per cent of the total value of all men- 

 haden products. 



