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CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS TRADE 



The output of canned fishery products and by-products in the 

 United States and Alaska in 1930 was valued at $106,579,039. Of 

 the total, canned products comprised $82,858,261 and by-products 

 $23,720,778, a decrease of 18 per cent in the value of canned products 

 and a decrease of less than one-half of 1 per cent in the value of 

 by-products when compared with the respective values of the same 

 groups for the previous year. (The value of by-products for 1930 

 is not comparable directly with that for 1929, since statistics on the 

 output of marine pearl-shell products were not obtained in 1929.) 



Fishery products were canned at 464 establishments in the United 

 States and Alaska in 1930. The combined output of these canneries 

 amounted to 14,767,186 standard cases. The net weight of the prod- 

 ucts canned amounted to 576,685,454 pounds. 



Canned fishery products or by-products were prepared in 27 States 

 and Alaska during 1930. Alaska ranked first in the value of these 

 products, accounting for 30 per cent of the total. Canned salmon 

 was the leading product manufactured there. California, with her 

 important sardine and tuna canning industries, ranked second with 

 25 per cent of the total value; and Washington, with an important 

 salmon industry, ranked third with 9 per cent of the total value. 

 Maine, where canned sardines were the most important commodity, 

 ranked fourth with 6 per cent of the total value. Considering the 

 output by geographical sections, the Pacific coast and Alaska ac- 

 counted for 68 per cent of the total value of canned products and 

 by-products. 



Canned fisherij products and by-products of the United States and Alaska, 1930 

 SUMMARY OF PRODUCTION: By commodities 



Products 



Canned products: 

 Salmon — 



United States 



Alaska 



Sardines — 



Maine 



California 



Tuna and tunalike fishes 



Alewives 



Alewiferoe 



Shad 



Shad roe 



Mackerel-.- 



Fish flakes 



Fish cakes, balls, etc 



Miscellaneous fish 



Salmon eggs (for bait) 



Sturgeon caviar 



Whitefish roe and caviar 



Miscellaneous roe and caviar 



Oysters -- 



Shrimp 



Clam products 



Crabs 



Miscellaneous sheUflsh 



Total -- 



Number 

 of plants 



45 

 149 



33 



29 



15 



18 



34 



14 



10 



15 



6 



9 



16 



7 



7 



5 



6 



48 



69 



62 



4 



Standard 

 cases 



1, 054, 001 

 5, 032, 478 



1,399,212 



2, 979. 333 



2, 010, 640 



73, 117 



60, 367 



12,245 



3,339 



109, 322 



62, 322 



122, 281 



23, 369 



3,613 



7,993 



866 



16, 300 



396, 174 



818, 491 



558, 884 



1,545 



21,294 



14, 767, 186 



Pounds 



50, 592, 048 

 241, 558, 944 



34, 980, 300 



143, 007, 984 



48, 255, 360 



3, 509, 616 



2, 897, 616 



587, 760 



160, 272 



5, 247, 456 



2, 991, 456 



5, 869, 488 



1,121,712 



173, 424 



383,664 



41, 568 



782, 400 



5, 942, 610 



13, 482, 492 



» 14, 003, 012 



74, 160 



1, 022, 112 



576, 685, 454 



Value 



$13, 140, 081 

 29, 695, 872 



4, 459, 071 



8, 741, 928 



13, 055, 876 



223, 065 



303, 559 



42, 190 



69, 579 



396, 027 



617, 203 



1, 003, 501 



117,900 



96, 381 



1, 007, 345 



25, 599 



117, 161 



1, 836, 862 



4, 960, 542 



2, 666, 045 



56, 370 



226, 104 



82, 858, 261 



■ " Cutout" or "Drained" weights of can contents are included for whole and minced clams, and gross 

 can contents for chowder, soup, bouillon, broth, juice, and cocktail. 

 » Exclusive of duplication. 



