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U. S. BUEEAU OF FISHERIES 

 Pack of canned salmon, 1924 — Continued 



Note. — The pack of salmon has been reduced to the equivalent of forty -eight 1-pound cans to the case. 

 There were other salmon products, valued at $125,174, not shown in the above table. 



SARDINES 



In 1924 there were 28 plants canning sardines in Maine, 1 in Massa- 

 chusetts, and 24 in Cahfornia. This is a decrease of one plant in Maine 

 and an increase of two plants in California, as compared with 1923. 

 The total pack in Maine, Massachusetts, and California was valued 

 at $12,636,599, as compared to $9,896,796 in 1923, an increase of 

 28 per cent. 



In Maine and Massachusetts there were produced 1,819,868 cases 

 of various sizes, which are equivalent to 1,899,925 standard cases of 

 100 quarter-pound tins, valued at $7,191,026, as compared with 

 1,272,277 standard cases, valued at $5,288,865, in the previous year, 

 an increase of 49.3 per cent in quantity and 36.0 per cent in value. 

 The average price per standard case was $3.78 in 1924, as compared 

 to $4.16 in 1923. 



In California there were produced 1,407,731 cases of various sizes, 

 which are equivalent to 1,367,139 standard cases of forty-eight 

 1-pound tins, valued at $5,445,573, as compared with 1,100,162 



