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3. A continuation of the fishery might seriously deplete the white 

 perch and striped bass of the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay 

 or of any waters where similar conditions obtain. 



It was therefore recommended that the Conservation Department 

 of Maryland prohibit this fishery, and subsequent advices received 

 from the department indicate that it has been entirely stopped. 



CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS OF THE UNITED 

 STATES AND ALASKA, 1924 



The fish-canning and by-products industries of the United States 

 and Alaska attained a production in 1924 valued at $82,473,579, of 

 which canned goods amounted to $72,164,589 and by-products to 

 $10,308,990. This is a decrease of 0.4 per cent in the value of 

 canned products and of 18.4 per cent in the value of by-products as 

 compared with 1923. Named in order of value, the most important 

 canned products in 1924 were salmon, sardines, tuna, shrimp, and 

 oysters. Of the by-products, fish oils, fish scrap and meal, and 

 crushed oyster shells were most important. 



CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS 



In 1924 there were 186 plants engaged in canning salmon in the 

 Pacific Coast States and Alaska as compared with 188 in the previous 

 year. Of the total in 1924, 130 were operated in Alaska, 32 in 

 Washington, 22 in Oregon, and 2 in California. The pack of canned 

 salmon, on the basis of forty-eight 1-pound cans to the case, amounted 

 to 6,253,577 cases, valued at $42,401,602, as compared with 6,402,906 

 cases, valued at $45,533,573, in 1923, a decrease of 2.3 per cent in 

 quantity and 6.9 per cent in value. 



In the Pacific Coast States the pack amounted to 958,662 cases, 

 valued at $9,394,467, as follows: Chinook, 349,014 cases, valued at 

 $4,599,759; sockeye, 85,800 cases, valued at $1,478,698; coho or 

 silver, 231,139 cases, valued at $1,774,078; humpback or pink, 

 12,778 cases, valued at $79,436; chum, 247,858 cases, valued at 

 $1,192,156; steelhead, 32,073 cases, valued at $270,340; and other 

 salmon products valued at $122,228. Of the total canned salmon in 

 the Pacific Coast States Washington produced 541,962 cases, valued 

 at $5,062,082, and Oregon and California together 416,700 cases, 

 valued at $4,332,385. 



In Alaska the pack amounted to 5,294,915 cases, valued at $33,- 

 007,135, divided as follows: Chinook, 33,648 cases, valued at $299,009; 

 red or sockeye, 1,447,895 cases, valued at $13,803,932; coho or silver, 

 183,601 cases, valued at $1,254,551; humpback or pink, 2,601,283 

 cases, valued at $12,837,346; and chum or keta, 1,028,488 cases, 

 valued at $4,812,297. Of the total 2,787,789 cases, valued at $14,- 

 711,842, were packed in the southeastern district; 1,605,107 cases, 

 valued at $10,067,602, in the central district; and 902,019 cases, 

 valued at $8,227,691, in the western district. 



Compared with 1923, there was a decrease of three plants in Wash- 

 ington and an increase of one each in Oregon, Alaska, and California. 

 The pack in the Pacific Coast States decreased 29.9 per cent in quan- 

 tity and 25.8 per cent in value. Most of the decrease was due to the 

 very small pack of humpbacks, although the packs of chinooks, 



