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Yield of the shore fisheries of California in 1922, by counties, species, and 

 apparatus — Continued 



BY TONGS, FORKS, RAKES, HOES, AND BY HAND— Continued 



BY MISCELLANEOUS APPARATUS 



CANNING INDUSTKY 



In 1922 there were 36 canning establishments in California. These 

 employed 3,370 persons, paid wages amounting to $1,562,469, had an 

 investment of $5,562,594, and produced a quantity of canned fishery 

 products equal to 1,068,727 cases of forty-eight 1-pound cans each, 

 valued at $8,119,109. The sardine was the most important species 

 canned, having a production in this year equal to 715,359 cases, each 

 containing forty-eight 1-pound cans, and valued at $3,361,480. The 

 group of tuna and tunalike fishes, consisting of albacore, yello\vfin 

 tuna, bluefin tuna, striped tuna or skipjack, bonito, and yellowtail, 

 produced a total pack exceeding that of sardines in value though not 

 in quantity. It amounted to a quantity equal to 336,141 cases of 

 forty-eight 1-pound cans each, valued at $4,511,873. The pack of 

 canned salmon amounted to 11,831 cases of forty-eight 1-pound cans, 

 valued at $196,310, and the pack of miscellaneous fishery products 

 amounted to 5,396 cases of forty-eight 1-pound cans, valued at 

 $49,446. 



