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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



STATISTICAL SUMMARY 



Eight hundred and eighty-five persons engaged in the herring 

 industry in 1934, as compared with 988 in 1933. The number of 

 plants decreased from 31 to 26. Products of the fishery were valued 

 at $1,603,024, an increase of $200,830, or 14 percent over 1933, when 

 the total value was $1,402,194. Scotch-cured herring decreased from 

 12,651,328 pounds, valued at $586,331, to 7,409,200 pounds, valued 

 at $445,476, or 41 percent in quantity and 24 percent in value. 

 Herring for bait increased from 4,471,890 pounds, valued at $38,509, 

 to 6,391,950 pounds, valued at $52,259, or 43 percent in quantity and 

 36 percent in value. Meal increased about 27 percent both in quan- 

 tity and in value, and oil increased about 20 percent in quantity and 

 61 percent in value. 



