158 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Value of canned clams and clam products, 1921 to 1930 



MISCELLANEOUS CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS 



In addition to those products discussed individually above, there 

 were 384,489 standard cases of forty-eight 1 -pound cans of miscel- 

 laneous canned fishery products, valued at $3,775,360. Among these 

 products shad were canned at 14 plants, shad roe at 10 plants, 

 mackerel at 15 plants, fish flakes at 6 plants, fish cakes, balls, etc., at 

 9 plants, miscellaneous fish at 16 plants, salmon eggs (for bait) at 

 7 plants, sturgeon caviar at 7 plants, whitefish roe and caviar at 5 

 plants, miscellaneous roe and caviar at 6 plants, crabs at 4 plants, 

 and miscellaneous shellfish at 8 plants. 



Compared with the pack of a year ago, the pack of shad and shad 

 roe, which amounted to 15,584 cases, valued at $111,769, decreased 

 46 per cent in quantity and 48 per cent in value. The pack of 

 mackerel, which amounted to 109,322 standard cases, valued at 

 $396,027, decreased 82 per cent in quantity and 84 per cent in value. 

 The pack of fish flakes, which amounted to 62,322 cases, valued at 

 $617,203, increased 11 per cent in quantity and 8 per cent in value. 

 The pack of fish cakes, balls, etc., amounted to 122,281 cases, valued 

 at $1,003,501, which is a decrease of 7 per cent in quantity and 8 

 per cent in value. The pack of miscellaneous canned fish amounted 

 to 23,369 cases, valued at $117,900, which is a decrease of 16 per 

 cent in quantity and 17 per cent in value. The pack of salmon eggs 

 (for bait) amounted to 3,613 cases, valued at $96,381, which is a 

 decrease of 17 per cent in quantity and 12 per cent in value. The 

 pack of sturgeon caviar amounted to 7,993 cases, valued at $1,007,345 ; 

 that of whitefish roe and caviar 866 cases, valued at $25,599; and 

 that of miscellaneous roe and caviar 16,300 cases, valued at $117,161. 

 Comparable statistics covering this group for the previous year are 

 not available, since data on roe and caviar imported and canned 

 in the United States were not included during the previous years. 

 The pack of crabs amounted to 1,545 cases, valued at $56,370 — an 

 increase of 34 per cent in quantity and 85 per cent in value. The 

 pack of miscellaneous shellfish amounted to 21,294 cases, valued at 

 $226,104, which is an increase of 55 per cent in quantity and 23 per 

 cent in value. 



