REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES XXIX 



The pack of sardines in Maine (including one plant in Massachu- 

 setts), on the basis of one hundred 14-pound cans to the case, 

 amounted to 1,870,786 cases, valued at $6,716,701, a decrease of 1.5 

 per cent in quantity and 6.6 per cent in value as compared with 1924. 

 In California the production totaled 1,711,913 cases (forty-eight 

 1-pound cans to the case), valued at $6,380,617, an increase of 25.4 

 per cent in quantity and 17.2 per cent in value as compared with 1921. 



The production of canned tuna and tuna-like fishes in California, 

 on the basis of forty-eight i/o-pound cans to the case, amounted to 

 1,102.471 cases, valued at $8,499,080. This is an increase of 69 per 

 cent in quantity and 48 per cent in value as compared with 1924. 



Canned shrimp, totaling 735,714 cases (48 No. 1 cans to the case), 

 valued at $3,782,819, shows an increase in production of 2 per cent 

 and a decrease of 18 per cent in value as compared with 1924. The 

 total output of oysters was 654,755 cases (forty-eight 5-ounce cans to 

 the case), valued at $3,721,159, an increase of 46 per cent in quantity 

 and 50 per cent in value. The production of canned clam products 

 totaled 331,586 cases (forty-eight 10-ounce cans to the case), valued 

 at $1,850,378. The output of other canned fish, shellfish, fish roe, 

 caviar, etc., was valued at $2,256,877. 



The total value of by-products, including those of the menhaden 

 and whaling industries, amounted to $14,600,198, made up of the fol- 

 lowing items : Fish and whale oils, 13,287,076 gallons, valued at 

 $6,500,191 ; fish scrap and meal to the value of $4,650,635 ; shell by- 

 products, 295,149 tons, valued at $2,382,731 ; fish glue, 510,816 gallons, 

 valued at $589,064; and miscellaneous by-products to the value of 

 $477,577. This is an increase of 51 per cent in the value of oil pro- 

 duction, 60 per cent in fish scrap and meal, 1 per cent in shell by- 

 products, and 7 per cent in the value of glue production as compared, 

 with 1924. 



The menhaden industry recovered to some extent from the slump 

 experienced in 1924, although the 1925 production was still below 

 normal. The items were dried scrap and meal, 30,167 tons, valued 

 at $1,519,458; acidulated scrap, 41,463 tons, valued at $1,102,051; 

 and oil, 6,023,108 gallons, valued at $3,001,106; making a total of 

 $5,622,615 worth of products. 



FROZEN-FJSH TRADE 



As in previous years, statistics of the cold-storage holdings of 

 frozen fish and the quantities frozen in the United States and Alaska 

 were collected by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, and published by the Bureau of Fisheries in 

 the form of a monthly statistical bulletin. The reports for 1925 

 show that the average holdings were 44,084,251 pounds, a decrease of 

 2.1 per cent when compared with 1924, but above the 5-year average 

 by 6.5 per cent. The quantity of fish frozen during 1925 was 91,- 

 165,068 pounds, as compared with 97,324,144 pounds in 1924, a de- 

 crease of 6.3 per cent. The principal species frozen were salmon 

 (including steelhead), 12,153,615 pounds; halibut, 12,041,155 pounds; 

 whiting, 10,152,799 pounds; mackerel, 8,948,297 pounds; ciscoes (in- 

 cluding tullibees), 5,581,273 pounds; sea herring, 5,264,269 pounds; 

 pike perches and pike or pickerel, 5,233,655 pounds. 



