FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1924 



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Comparative statistics, by States, of the number of cases of salmon canned in the 

 Pacific Coast States in certain years, from 1892 to 1922 



FISHERY PRODUCTS EXCLUSIVE OF FRESH, FROZEN, AND CANNED FISH 



The production of dried, salted, smoked, and miscellaneous 

 products, other than fresh, frozen, and canned fish, in the Pacific 

 Coast States in 1922 amounted to 63,716,144 pounds, valued at 

 $3,979,043. Most important of these products was the mild-cured 

 fish, of which 6,798,470 pounds, valued at $1,515,266, were produced. 

 This is a small increase in quantity and a large increase in value as 

 compared wdth 1915, when 6,032,727 pounds, valued at $713,527, 

 w^ere produced. The various species of salmon constituted 97 per 

 cent of the fish cured in this manner, the remainder being shad. 



The production of smoked fish, of which kippered salmon was by 

 far the most, important item, amounted to 2,730,858 pounds, valued 

 at $422,073. The dried and salted fish products were of minor 

 importance. 



Fish scrap and meal, including that from whales, totaled 37,550,000 

 pounds, valued at $1,109,812, making it the most important by- 

 product of the fisheries. The production of fish oil amounted to 

 1,925,085 gallons, valued at $712,837. The pronounced growth of 



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