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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Production of shell products, 1925 



Products 



Connecticut, 



Rhode Island 



and New 



York 



Crushed oyster shell: 



Poultry grit 



Lime 



Tons Value 



1,697 $21,712 



466 2, 073 



New Jersey 

 and Pennsyl- 

 vania 



Tons 

 9,667 

 3,242 



Total. 



Maryland 



Value Tons 



$114,541! 63,709 



15,388 27,488 



Value 

 $643, 889 

 76, 747 



2,163 23,785' 12,909 129,929 91,197 720,636 52,006 453,180 8,872 90,071 



I 



Virginia 



North Caro- 

 lina, South 

 Carolina, 

 and Georgia 



Tons 

 24, 872 

 27, 134 



Value Tons 



$264,705 7,307 



188,475 1,565 



Value 

 $79, 763 

 10,308 



Note.— In addition to the above, there were produced elsewhere 360 tons of crushed marine clam shells, 

 valued at $4,413. 



Comparative statistics of oyster shell by-products, 1921 to 192') 



Menhaden industry. — The menhaden industry recovered to some 

 extent from the slump it experienced in 1924, its production in 1925 

 being as follows : Dried scrap and meal, 30,167 tons, valued at 

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

 6,023,108 gallons, valued at $3,001,106; a total of $5,622,615 worth 

 of products. 



Products of the menhaden industry, 1925 



i 476,524,000 pounds. 



2 Of this quantity, 4,280 tons, valued at $256,910, were reported as fish meal. 



