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Comparative statistics of the pack of alewives and alewife roe, 1921 to 1925 



Note. — Cases have been converted to the equivalent of twenty-four 15-ounce cans. 



Tuna and tunalike -fishes. — Tuna and tunalike fishes were canned at 

 22 plants in California, the total output of which amounted to 1,102,- 

 471 standard cases of forty-eight y 2 -pound cans, valued at $8,499,080. 

 Of this, 490,590 cases, valued at $4^,292,018, contained albacore; 261,- 

 482 cases, valued at $1,745,338, yellowfin and bluefin tuna; 168,177 

 cases, valued at $997,697, striped tuna or skipjack; 131,159 cases, 

 valued at $1,212,024, " tonno "; 10,090 cases, valued at $61,207, bonito; 

 13,484 cases, valued at $70,159, yellowtail; and 27,489 cases, valued 

 at $120,637, tuna flakes. All items except bonito and yellowtail show 

 substantial increases when compared with those of 1924, the aggre- 

 gate increase amounting to 450,055 cases, or 69 per cent, in quantity 

 and $2,742,494, or 48 per cent, in value. 



Pack of tuna and tunalike fishes in California, 1925 



Sizes 



Albacore 



Yellowfin 



Bluefin 



Tuna, bluefin, 

 and yellowfin 



Tuna, striped 



J4-pound round (48 cans) ' 

 34-pound round (48 cans).. 

 1-pound round (48 cans)... 



Total 



Total 

 cases) 1 



(standard 



45, 445 



356, 237 



55, 815 



457, 497 



490, ."'90 



Value 

 $258, 325 

 3, 109, 764 

 923, 929 



Cases 

 19, 761 

 57, 526 

 4,343 



4, 292. 018 



81, 630 



76, 092 



Value 

 $81, 886 

 371,314 



Cases 

 3, 904 

 39, 407 

 50, 898j 2, 698 



504, 098 



41',, 00'. I 



46, 755 



Value 

 $17, 455 

 265, 440 



33, 466 



Cases 

 32, 678 

 94, 162 

 14, 067 



316.301 



140.907 



138.035 



Value 



$145. 026 



610, 583 



169,270 



Cases 

 20, 340 



129, 151 

 14, 428 



924. S79 



163, 919 



168, 177 



Value 

 $82, 308 

 764, 550 

 150,839 



997, 697 



Sizes 



34-pound round (48 

 cans) ' 



34-pound round (48 

 cans) 



1-pound round (48 

 cans) 



Total. 



Total (standard 

 cases) 4 



"Tonno' 



Cases 



228, 736 



15, 905 

 443 



245, 084 



131, 159 



Value 

 $1, 079, 338 



123, 619 

 9,067 



1, 212, 024 



Bonito 



Cases 

 4,574 



10, 090 



Value 

 $18, 658 



42, 549 



61, 20" 



Yellowtail 



Cases 



10, 286 

 1,599 



1 1 . SS5 



13, 484 



Value 



$56, 579 

 13, 580 



70, 159 



Tuna flakes 



Total 



Cases 



3 20, 221 

 3,634 



23, 855 



27, 489 



Value 



586, 274 

 34, 363 



Cases 



355, 438 



730. 698 

 97, 027 



120, 637 1. 183, 163 



1, 102, 471 



Value 

 $1, 682, 996 



5, 430, 672 

 1, 385, 412 



S, 199. (ISO 



1 Includes the pack of J-g-pound round. 96 cans to the case, and 34-pound round, 72 and 96 cans to the 

 case, and 34-pound square, 100 cans to the case, which have been converted to the basis of 'i-pound cans, 

 48 to the case. 



2 Includes a few cases of 1-pound round, which have been converted to a basis of ' 2-pound round. 



3 Includes a few cases of 34-pound round, which have been converted to a basis of J •»-pound round. 

 * Standard case equals forty-eight • o-pound cans. 



