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U. S. BUREAU OP FISHERIES 



WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE 



The wholesale fishery trade in the New England States in 1924 

 was conducted in 200 establishments, valued at $4,778,356, carrying 

 cash capital of $1,310,050 and employing 1,922 persons, to whom 

 $2,157,537 were paid in salaries and wages. The State of Massa- 

 chusetts was most important in the wholesale fish trade, having 103 

 firms. Maine was next in importance with 54 N firms, including two 

 engaged in making pearl essence. Rhode Island was third with 25 

 firms. Connecticut was fourth with 17 firms, and New Hampshire 

 was last with only one firm. 



Wholesale fishery trade of the New England States, 1924 



1 Includes one fresh-fish establishment in New Hampshire and two firms in Maine engaged in making 

 pearl essence. 



FISH-CANNING AND BY-PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES 



The fish-canning industry of the New England States is located 

 chiefly in Maine and consists mostly in canning sardines. Sardines 

 are canned to a limited extent in Massachusetts also, and there is consid- 

 erable canning of other products in Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode 

 Island. Fishery by-products are prepared in all of the States except 

 New Hampshire. The number of plants engaged in these industries 

 in 1924 was 82, having a value of $4,379,662. There were 5,539 per- 

 sons engaged in these plants, who received wages during the year 

 amounting to $2,316,881, and the cash or working capital employed 

 amounted to $489,500. Of these establishments. 62 were engaged in 

 canning fishery products and 20 in the preparation of fishery by-prod- 

 ucts, such as fish scrap, fish meal, oil, glue, poultry grit, isinglass, and 

 lime. Sardines were canned at 28 plants in Maine and 1 in Massachu- 

 setts. Soft clams were canned at 19 plants in Maine and 2 in Massa- 

 chusetts, and hard clams at 1 in Rhode Island. There was one men- 

 haden factory in Connecticut. The remaining plants were engaged in 

 canning various products and in the preparation of by-products. 



The output included 2,442,284 cases of canned products, valued at 

 $9,255,939, and by-products of various kinds to the value of $1,041,- 

 446. The total value of the output amounted to $10,297,385. The 

 canned products included sardines, 1,840,421 cases, valued at $7,269,- 

 462; canned clams, 90,609 cases, valued at $478,129; clam chowder, 

 118,056 cases, valued at $410,165 ; clam juice and bouillon, 5,747 cases, 

 valued at $9,399; and miscellaneous canned products, 387,452 cases, 

 valued at $1,088,784. 



The by-products included fish scrap, 2,930,000 pounds, valued at $64,- 

 304 ; fish meal, 6,345,500 pounds, valued at $146,307 ; fish oil, 282,044 gal- 

 lons, valued at $137,031; fish glue, 600,200 gallons, valued at $573,922 ; 

 poultry grit, 4,924,000 pounds, valued at $33,480; and other products, 

 including isinglass, green fish scrap, and lime, to the value of $86,402. 



