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The extent of the fish canning and by-products industries of the 

 New England States in 1924 is given in detail in the following table : 



Fish canning and by-products industries of the New England States in 192ff 



1 Includes a few cases of %-pound cans, 50 cans to the case, converted to a basis of J^-pound cans, 100 

 to the case. 



2 Includes a few cases of 50 cans each, converted to a basis of 48 cans to the case. 



3 Includes a few cases of 4-ounce cans converted to a basis of 5-ounce cans. 



1 Includes the pack of 8 and 8J-2 ounce cans, 2 dozen to the case, converted to a basis of 8-ounce cans, 4 

 dozen to the case. 



5 Includes a few cases of No. 10 cans converted to a basis of 10-ounce cans; also a few cases of 14-ounce 

 cans, 4 dozen to the case, converted to a basis of 10-ounce cans, 2 dozen to the case. 



6 Includes canned fish flakes, finnan haddie, codfish, boneless herring, haddock chowder, mackerel, 

 deep-sea roe, fiskeboller, and caviarelle. 



SALT AND SMOKED FISH INDUSTRIES 



The salt and smoked fish industries of the New England States 

 are carried on chiefly in Maine and Massachusetts. In the salted- 

 fish industry in 1924, there were 64 plants, valued at $2,222,313, 

 and the cash or working capital amounted to $279,700. There were 

 985 persons engaged, who received $874,713 in wages. The total 

 quantity of salted fish prepared was 31,481,569 pounds, valued at 

 $2,979,542. The output in Maine amounted to 13,002,679 pounds, 

 valued at $825,403, and in Massachusetts to 18,478,890 pounds, valued 

 at $2,154,139. The species salted in largest quantities included cod, 

 16,881,320 pounds, valued at $2,120,046; haddock, 4,132,956 pounds, 

 valued at $283,587; hake, 4,747,176 pounds, valued at $192,054; 

 mackerel, 2,129,393 pounds, valued at $192,045; pollock, 1,442,168 

 pounds, valued at $93,581; and herring, 770,610 pounds, valued at 

 $37,581. The salted fishery products also included considerable 

 quantities of alewives, cusk, shad, and cod cheeks, tongues, and sounds. 



In the smoked-fish industry there were 64 plants, valued at $513,- 

 235, with cash or working capital amounting to $164,950. There 

 were 613 persons engaged, and the wages paid during the year 

 amounted to $326,404. The smoked-fish products aggregated 10,356,- 

 567 pounds, valued at $1,014,189. The output in Maine was 3,742,862 



