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XJ. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



SALMON 



In 1930 salmon was canned at 149 plants in Alaska, 31 in Washing- 

 ton, 12 in Oregon, and 2 in California. Compared with the previous 

 year, this was a decrease of 7 plants in Alaska, 5 in Washington, and 

 3 in Oregon, and an increase of 1 in California. The combined out- 

 put of the 194 plants amounted to 6,086,479 standard cases of forty- 

 eight 1-pound cans valued at $42,835,953. Of the total, 1,054,001 

 cases, valued at $13,140,081, were packed in the Pacific Coast States, 

 and 5,032,478 cases, valued at $29,695,872, in Alaska. The pack in 

 the Pacific Coast States was 35 per cent less than in the year previous 

 due mainly to the smaller pack in the Puget Sound district of hump- 

 back or pink salmon, as 1930 was an "off year." Compared with 

 1928, the previous "off year," there was an increase of 25 per cent in 

 the pack. The pack in Alaska was 6 per cent less than the previous 

 year. 



Figure 9.- 



- Value of canned fishery products in the United 

 States and Alaska, 1930 



The world pack of canned salmon in 1930 amounted to 10,438,646 

 cases, which was an increase of 4 per cent as compared with that of 

 the previous year. Of the total, 6,086,479 cases, or 58 per cent of the 

 total, were packed in the United States and Alaska; 2,221,819 cases, 

 or 21 per cent, in British Columbia; 1,751,944 cases, or 17 per cent, 

 in Siberia; and 378,404 cases, or 4 per cent, in Japan. 



Compared with the pack in 1929 there was a decrease of 13 per 

 cent in the pack in the United States and Alaska, an increase of 59 

 per cent in the pack in British Columbia, an increase of 70 per cent 

 in Siberia, and a decrease of 40 per cent in Japan. Statistics on the 

 pack in British Columbia were obtained from the 1931 annual statis- 

 tical number of the "Pacific Fisherman" and those for Siberia and 

 Japan were obtained from the Mitsubishi Co., Seattle, Wash. 



