nSHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1924 



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Oysters were canned at 9 plants in Maryland, 6 in North Carolina, 

 13 in South Carolina, 6 in Georgia, 6 in Florida, 5 in Alabama, 21 in 

 Mississippi, 6 in Louisiana, and 1 in Texas. The total pack amounted 

 to 460,427 cases of various sizes, which were equivalent in quantity 

 to 447,481 standard cases of forty-eight 5-ounce tins, valued at 

 S2,478,044. This is a decrease of 14.7 per cent in quantity and 8.9 

 per cent in value, as compared with the previous year. The average 

 price per standard case of oysters has increased constantly since 1922, 

 the figures being $4.79, $5.19, and $5.54 in 1922, 1923, and 1924, 

 respectively. 



Pack of oysters, 1924 



Sizes 



4-ounce (4 dozen). 

 5-ounce (4 dozen) . 

 6-ounce (4 dozen). 

 8-ounce (2 dozen) . 

 10-ounce (2 dozen) 

 12-ounce (2 dozen) 



Total 



Maryland 



Cases 

 7,343 



40, 715 



7,684 



3,138 



9, 0921 



723 



Value 



$42, 441 



260, 370 



82, 446 



17,618 



57, 255 



7,925 



68,695 468,055 



North Carolina 



Cases 



66S 

 32, 221 



36, 857 



Value 

 $3, 337 

 167, 958 



19, 318 



190, 613 



South Carolina 



Cases 



1 12, 855 



72, 387 



104 



2,195 



16, 267 



Value 



$61, 101 



365, 300 



1,040 



10, 293 



73, 095 



Georgia 



Cases 



12, 120 

 """i06 



103,808; 510,829, 12,226 



Value 



$65, 046 



575 



65, 621 



' Includes pack of 3-ounee cans converted to the equivalent of 4-ounce cans, 4 dozen to the case. 



MISCELLANEOUS CANNED PRODUCTS 



During 1924 there were produced miscellaneous canned fishery 

 products, not mentioned above, as follows: In Maine, Massa- 

 chusetts, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Caro- 

 lina, Georgia, Florida, and Oregon, 5,836,164 pounds of canned 

 fish, turtles, and terrapin, valued at $1,083,941, and 956,428 pounds 

 of fish roe, valued at $251,695; and in California 33,294 cases of 

 tuna flakes, abalone, barracuda, mackerel, squid, and "tuniento," 

 valued at $193,909. 



Comparative statistics of canned fishery products from 1921 to 1924 



