12 TJ, S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



fish meal, and fish oil, and ground oyster shells for use as poultry 

 grit and lime. The fish scrap, fish meal, and fish oil prepared in the 

 menhaden industry are also included under by-products of the 

 fisheries. 



CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS. 



, CANNED SALMON. 



In 1922 there were 179 plants engaged in canning salmon in the 

 Pacific Coast States and Alaska. Of this number 123 were operated 

 in Alaska, 34 in Washington, 20 in Oregon, and 2 in California. 

 The pack of canned salmon in 1922, on the basis of 48 pounds to the 

 case, amounted to 5,234,898 cases, valued at $38,420,717. 



In the Pacific Coast States the pack amounted to 733,246 cases, 

 valued at $8,633,524, as follows: Chinook, 314,126 cases, valued at 

 $4,572,607; coho or silver, 204,262 cases, valued at $1,533,173; sock- 

 eye, 97,927 cases, valued at $1,816,901; chum, 87,583 cases, valued 

 at $365,303; humpback or pink, 3,551 cases, valued at $18,546; and 

 steelhead, 25,797 cases, valued at $326,994. The pack in Washing- 

 ton amounted to 441,667 cases, valued at $4,823,074: in Oregon, 

 279,748 cases, valued at $3,614,140; and in California, 11,831 cases, 

 valued at $196,310. The pack in California consisted entirely of 

 chinook salmon. 



In Alaska the pack amounted to 4,501,652 cases, valued at 

 $29,787,193, divided as follows: Red or sockeye, 2,070,658 cases, 

 valued at $19,135,696; humpback or pink, 1,658,423 cases, valued 

 at $7,189,494; chum or keta, 505,918 cases, valued at $2,251,540; 

 coho or silver, 175,993 cases, valued at $962,790; and king, chinook, 

 or spring, 30,660 cases, valued at $247,673. 



Compared with the previous year there was an increase of 42 

 salmon canneries in Alaska and a decrease of 1 cannery in the Pacific 

 Coast States, or a total increase of 41 canneries. There was an 

 increase in the pack of canned salmon of 1,635,124 cases, or 45.42 

 per cent, in quantity and of $9,553,548, or 33.09 per cent, in value. 

 There was an increase in the pack in Alaska of 1,904,826 cases, or 

 73.35 per cent, in quantity and of $10,154,449, or 51.72 per cent, in 

 value. In the Pacific Coast States there was a decrease of 269,702 

 cases, or 26.89 per cent, in quantity and of $600,901, or 6.51 per cent, 

 in value. This decrease was due to a falling off in the pack in Wash- 

 ington of 312,379 cases, or 41.43 per cent, in quantity and of 

 $1,201,515, or 19.94 per cent, in value. There was an increase in 

 the pack in Oregon of 40,142 cases, or 16.75 per cent, in quantity 

 and of $537,914, or 17.49 per cent, in value, and also in the pack of 

 California, of 2,535 cases, or 27.26 per cent, in quantity and of 

 $62,700, or 46.93 per cent, in value. 



