BEPOBT OF THE COMMISSIONER OP FISHERIES Ix: 



catch in advance of the fishing season. A preliminary survey of the^ 

 means and methods to be used in carrying out this program is now 

 being made. 



MARKET SURVEY OF NEW YORK CITY 



As a continuation of the program of surveying the fish business 

 of various important cities in the United States, a survey of New 

 York City was made during 1925. Cities already surveyed are- 

 Seattle, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Chicago, Louisville, Pittsburgh, and 

 Boston. New York City presents the most complex conditions in its 

 fish markets and at the same time it is the greatest of our fish mar- 

 kets. The report on the survey will be an interesting and valuable 

 addition to the series. 



CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS AND BY-PKODUCTS 



In 1924 the fish-canning and by-products industries of the United 

 States and Alaska attained a production valued in excess of $82,- 

 000,000, of which canned goods amounted to about $72,000,000 and 

 by-products to about $10,000,000. Canned salmon ranked by far the 

 highest, Avith a value of $42,401,602, constituting over half of the 

 entire production of canned fish. Other canned fishery products 

 were valued as follows: Sardines, $12,636,599; tuna and tunalike 

 fishes, $5,756,586; shrimp, $4,608,950; oysters, $2,478,044; clams, 

 $2,161,389, and miscellaneous fish and shellfish,' $2,121,419. Of the 

 by-products, fish oils ranked the most important, with a value of 

 $4,311,733, followed by fish scrap and meal, $2,912,698, crushed ovster 

 shells, $2,019,254, and other by-products, $1,065,305. 



The salmon pack, on the basis of 48 one-pound cans to the case, 

 amounted to 6,253,577 cases, valued at $42,401,602. Of this total, 

 5,294,915 cases, valued at $33,007,135, were packed in Alaska, and 

 958,662 cases, valued at $9,394,467, were packed in the Pacific Coast 

 States. This is a slight increase over the previous year in the case 

 of the Alaska pack, but a distinct decrease in the Pacific Coast 

 States as compared with 1923. The average price per case has de- 

 clined in Alaska and increased in the Pacific Coast States. 



The pack of sardines in Maine (including one plant in Massa- 

 chusetts), on the basis of 100 quarter-pound cans to the case, amounted 

 to 1,899,925 cases, valued at $7,191,026, an increase of 49 per cent 

 in quantity and 36 per cent in value over the production in 1923. 

 The average price per case was somewhat lower than in 1923, but 

 higher than the average in 1921 and 1922. The California sardine 

 pack, on the basis of 48 one-pound cans to the case, amounted to 

 1,367,139 cases, valued at $5,445,573. This is a substantial increase 

 over the production in 1923, and is more than three times as large 

 as the production of 1921. Coincident with the increase in amount, 

 there has been a constant decline in the average price per case dur- 

 ing the last four years, the figures for 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1924 

 being $5.89, $4.70, $4.19, and $3.98, respectively. 



The production of canned tuna and tunalike fishes in California, on 

 the basis of 48 half-pound cans to the case, amounted to 652,416 cases, 

 valued at $5,756,586. This is a decrease of 20 per cent in amount and 

 17 per cent in value, and is due, in part at least, to the occurrence of 

 a fishermen's strike at the height of the albacore run, which was 



