FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1925 



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valued at $3,721,159. This was the largest pack in recent years and 

 represents an increase of 207,274 cases, or 46 per cent, in quantity 

 and $1,243,115, or 50 per cent, in value as compared with 1924. 



Pack of oysters, 1925 



Sizes 



Maryland 



North Carolina 



South Carolina 



Georgia 



Florida 



I Cases 



4-ounce (4 dozen) |i 13, 167 



5-ounce (4 dozen) : 57,024 



6-ounce (4 dozen) 14,031 



8-ounce (2 dozen) 3, 902 



10-ounce (2 dozen) 15, 172 



12-ounce (2 dozen),.. . 1, 083 



Total. 



Total (stand- 

 ard cases) 2 .. 



104, 379 



103, 988 



Value 

 $74, 871 

 361,407 

 138, 815 

 22, 100 

 96, 622 

 9,874 



Cases 

 100 



22, 922 



195 



1,985 



703, 689 



25, 202 



25, 143 



Value 



$560 



124, 243 



702 

 11,910 



111,112 



70, 475 



32 



3,504 



15, 685 



137,415 



100,808 



97, 891 



Value 



$57, 798 



399, 925 



288 



17, 957 



90, 982 



Cases 



16, 257 

 63 



643 



566, 950 



16, 963 



16, 976 



Value 



$88, 406 

 510 



Cases 

 800 



12, 089 



3,828 



92, 744 



12,889 



12, 729 



Value 

 $3, 520 

 67, 037 



1 Includes the pack of 3-ounce cans, which have been coverted to the equivalent of 4-ounce cans. 



2 Standard case equals forty-eight 5-ounce cans. 



Comparative statistics of the pack of oysters, 1921 to 1925 



Note. — Cases are on the standard basis of forty-eight 5-ounce cans. 



Miscellaneous canned fish. — In addition to the products shown 

 above, miscellaneous canned goods were packed in 1925, as follows: 

 In Maine, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Oregon, and 

 Alaska, 6,906,991 pounds of canned fish and terrapin, valued at $1,- 

 221,820, and 608,611 pounds of canned fish roe and caviar, valued at 

 $185,218; and in California, 58,021 cases of fish cakes, abalone, and 

 squid, valued at $258,118; making a total of $1,665,159 worth of 

 miscellaneous canned goods not mentioned elsewhere. 



BY-PRODUCTS 



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

 menhaden and whaling industries, amounted to $14,600,198 in 1925, 

 made up of the following items : Fish and whale oils, 13,287,076 gal- 



