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PARTICIPATION IN THE BRAZILIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTENNIAL 



EXPOSITION. ' 



In accordance with that part of the act of Congress authorizing 

 participation of the United States in the Brazilian exposition that 

 provided for a fisheries exhibit, the bureau assembled collections of 

 fishery products, apparatus, vessel models, transparencies, photo- 

 graphs, motion pictures, etc. Among the more important exhibits 

 were those of the salmon industry, the New England banks fisheries, 

 the oyster industry, the menhaden industry, canning and by-products 

 of the fisheries, fishing gear, preservation of nets, and organization 

 and functions of the Bureau of Fisheries. A brief description of 

 the fishery industries of the United States was prepared and printed 

 in English, Spanish, and Portuguese for distribution at the expo- 

 sition. 



CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS. 



The bureau made a canvass of the canned fishery products and 

 fishery by-products industries of the United States and Alaska for 

 the year 1922. The total value of the canned fishery products for the 

 year was $60,464,947, and the value of the fishery by-products pre- 

 pared, such as fish oil, fertilizer, fish meal, liquid glue, poultry grit, 

 and lime from shells, was $11,390,693. The results of the canvass 

 were published and distributed to the trade as Statistical Bulletin 

 No. 570. 



The pack of canned salmon, reduced to the equivalent of 48 pounds 

 of fish to the case, amounted to 5,234,898 cases, valued at $38,420,717, 

 of which 4,501,652 cases, valued at $29,787,193, were packed in 

 Alaska, and 733,246 cases, valued at $8,633,524, in the Pacific Coast 

 States. Other canned-salmon products, valued at $71,248, were also 

 prepared. 



The pack of sardines in Maine in 1922 amounted to 1,775,878 

 cases, valued at $5,750,109, compared with 1,350,631 cases, valued at 

 $3,960,916, in 1921. The pack of sardines in California in 1922 was 

 728,979 cases, valued at $3,361,480, compared with 415,587 cases, 

 valued at $2,346,446, in 1921. 



The canning of shad is confined to Washington, Oregon, and Cali- 

 fornia. The pack of shad in 1922 amounted to 2,257 cases, valued at 

 $9,961, and of shad roe to 433 cases, valued at $8,517. The shad 

 are packed in half-pound flat, half-pound oval, and 1-pound tall 

 cans ; the shad roe in half-pound flat and 1-pound oval cans ; all with 

 48 cans to a case. 



The pack of canned alewives and alewife roe in 1922 was prepared 

 in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. The pack of alewives 

 amounted to 1,043 cases, valued at $1,994, and of alewife roe 

 to 38,298 cases, valued at $137,514. 



The pack of canned albacore in California in 1922 amounted to 

 272,563 cases, valued at $2,304,935; canned tuna to 345,363 cases, 

 valued at $1,989,977; canned bonito to 10,591 cases, valued at $58,900; 

 canned yellowtail to 4,403 cases, valued at $18,994; and other canned 

 products to 31,548 cases, valued at $182,033. These products were 

 packed in cans of various sizes and mostly with 48 cans to a case. 



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