FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 167 
in 1915 consisted of 1,761,300 pounds of chinook salmon, valued at 
$187,220, and 105,000 pounds of shad, valued at $5,250. Chinook 
salmon, amounting to 245,000 pounds, were pickled and sold for 
$26,950. The salt-fish products amounted to 5,023,982 pounds, 
with a value of $83,138, the greater part of which was shad. The 
smoking of fish was comparatively unimportant, the output bein 
only 34,600 pounds, with a value of $4,203. These consisted o 
halibut, chinook salmon, albacore, herring, and sablefish in the 
order of their importance. Among other products prepared from 
fish and fish offal were 599 tons of poultry feed, valued at $29,360; 
65,567 gallons of oil, valued at $19,548; and 396 tons of fertilizer, 
valued at $14,145. 
For statistics of products prepared, exclusive of canning, in Cali- 
fornia in 1915, see table, page 54. 
CANNING INDUSTRY. 
In 1915 there were 21 establishments, valued at $1,443,613, 
engaged in the canning of various fishery products. The number 
of persons engaged was 2,676, and the wages paid amounted to 
$394,181. Among the more important species canned were albacore, 
or tuna, sardines, chinook and silver salmon, shad, shad roe, bonito, 
and yellowtail. The value of the tuna pack, however, far exceeds 
that of all the other products combined. The canning of tuna, 
bonito, and yellowtail is confined to Los Angeles and San Diego 
Counties. Sardines, shad, and shad roe were canned in Contra 
Costa County only by one firm. Salmon were packed in Contra 
Costa, Solano, and Monterey Counties. Considerable quantities of 
abalone were canned in San Diego and Monterey Counties. A few 
_cases of rockfishes were canned in San Diego and Los Angeles Coun- 
ties, and a small pack of mussels was put up in Del Norte County. 
EXTENT OF THE CANNING INDUSTRY OF CALIFORNIA IN 1915. 




| 
Items. | Number. | Value. | Items. Number.) Value. 
Establishments... -.--........- 21 |$1, 443,613 || Salmon—Continued. | 
Cash capital-........ 253, 727 Silver— 
Rersonsienpared = oe ~sescccs wl es OIG! lee eens 1 pound tall..... cases. - 290 $1, 044 
WHPeS Paid les oe sc Janos ceseeeloecesiccetic 394, 181 1 pound flat.....- dos. 2,500 11, 250 
4 pound flat...... dole. 788 4,097 
PRODUCTS.@ Albacore (tuna): 
. 1 pound flat........ do....| 131,764 647, 003 
Bonito: pound Mates... - <5 do....| 110,602 751,741 
1 pound flat ....... cases. . 145 725 pound flat........ Gosce= 6,045 45, 340 
4 pound flat........ Gores. 2,403 15, 861 + pound flat........ do....| 10,016 73, 774 
on: Yellowtail: 
Chinook— 1 pound flat........ Go:=s 465 2,748 
1 pound tall....do.... 1,048 4,192 4 pound flat........ domse: 1,177 8, 661 
1 pound flat....do.... 15, 994 85, 201 || Oysters (not cooked) ...galls. . 29,429 75, 804 
4 pound flat....do.... 2, 466 19,998 || Miscellaneous. ......-.. cases..| 60,718 357, 129 


a All cases are on a basis of 48 pounds each. 
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