FISHEEY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1924 



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standard cases, valued at $4,607,931 in 1923, an increase of 24.3 per 

 cent in quantity and 18.2 per cent in value. The average price per 

 standard case has declined continuously since 1921, the averages 

 being as follows: $5.89 in 1921, $4.70 in 1922, $4.19 in 1923, and 

 $3.98 in 1924. 



Pack of canned sardines, 1924 



1 Largely in tomato sauce. 



2 Includes a few cases of 5i-pound cans, 50 to the case, which have been converted to the basis of }i-pound 

 cans, 100 to the ease. 



3 Includes a few cases of 50 cans each which have been converted to a basis of 48 cans to the case. 

 * Largely in oil. 



' Includes a few cases packed round, 24 cans each, which have been converted to a basis of 100 cans to 

 the case. 

 6 Includes a few cases of 48 cans each, which have been converted to a basis of 100 cans to the case. 



SHAD AND ALEWIVES 



Shad and shad roe were canned at 7 plants in Washington, 11 in 

 Oregon, and 1 in California. The total pack amounted to 9,686 

 cases of various sizes, valued at $93,393, as compared to 3,409 cases, 

 valued at $52,483, in 1923. Alewives and alcwife roe were packed at 

 8 plants in Maryland, 22 in Virginia, and 3 in North Carolina. The 

 total pack amounted to 92,142 cases, valued at $337,363, as compared 

 with 43,920 cases, valued at $171,350, in 1923. 



Pack of shad and alewives, 1924 



' The pack of alewives and alewife roe has been reduced to the equivalent of No. 2, 15-ounce cans, 24 to 

 the case. 



TUNA AND TUNALIKE FISHES 



In 1924, 19 plants were canning tuna and tunalike fishes. All of 

 them were in California, just as in 1923. The total production 

 amounted to 708,752 cases of various sizes, which were equivalent 

 to 652,416 standard cases of 48 half-pound tins, valued at $5,756,586. 

 This is a decrease of 20.2 per cent in quantity and 16.8 per cent in 

 value, as compared to the pack of the previous year. 



