FBESH AND FROZEN FISHERY PRODUCTS, SEATTLE, WASH, 5 



CONTAINERS. 



Boxes are used as containers where arrivals are not in bulk in the 

 holds of vessels or in gunny sacks. For outgoing shipments boxes 

 are used exclusively. 



Size arid capacity of containers in which fishery products are received and reshipped, 



Seattle, Wash. 



PRINCIPAL TYPES OF BOXES i AND SACKS IN WHICH FISH ARE RECEIVED. 



Varieties. 



Inside measurements. 



Length. Width. Depth 



Average net contents. 



Sahnon, sablefish, halibut, rock 

 fishes and cod: 



Fresh boxes.. 



Frozen do 



Crabs: 



Puget Sound do — 



AVilappa Harbor do 



Shrimp meat do 



Oysters: 



Eastern "transplants" . . .do 



Olympia or native 

 gunny sacks. . 



Clams, hard do 



Scallops do 



Inches. 

 54.5 

 48.5 



40 

 40 

 54.5 



Inches. 

 30 

 23.75 



24 

 24 

 30 



Inches. 

 15.5 

 17 



22 

 13 

 15.5 



11.5 



500 pounds. 



330 to 340 pounds. 



20 dozen. 

 8 dozen. 

 320 pounds. 



250 shells. 



105 to 115 pounds. 

 100 pounds. 

 65 pounds. 



PRINCIPAL TYPES OF BOXES USED FOR OUTGOING SHIPMENTS. 



Fresh fish: 



Various species 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do2 



Frozen fish: 



Salmon, single 



Salmon ' 



Halibuts 



Shellfish: 



Hard clams, oysters, and 

 shrimp. 



Hard clams, oysters, and crabs 



Hard clams, oysters, and 

 shrimp. 



Hard clams, oysters, and crabs 



Crabs and shrimp 



Do 



Do 



400 pounds. 

 200 pounds. 

 150 pounds. 

 125 pounds. 

 100 pounds. 

 75 pounds. 

 50 pounds. 

 40 pounds. 

 25 pounds. 



8 to 10 pounds. 

 340 pounds. 

 330 pounds. 



25 pounds of clams, 10 pounds of shrimp 



meat in cans, or from 1 to 2 gallons of 



oysters in cans. 

 50 pounds of clams, 1 dozen crabs, or 3 



gallons of oysters in cans. 

 75 pounds of clams, 25 to 30 pounds of 



shrimp meat iu cans, or from 4 to 5 



gallons of oysters in cans. 

 100 pounds of clams, 2 dozen crabs, or from 



5 to 7 gallons of oysters in cans. 

 50 pounds of shrimp meat or 3 dozen crabs. 

 75 pounds of shrimp meat in cans or 4 dozen 



crabs . 

 100 pounds of shrimp meat in cans or from 



5 to 6 dozen crabs. 



• Numerous other tj^pes of boxes approaching no standard size are also used. 



« This and above boxes have a J-inch hole bored in each end as a receiver for hooks to facilitate handling. 



• These boxes are paper lined. 



SOURCES OF SUPPLY AND FISHERY PRODUCTS RECEIVED. 



The local designation and delineation of the four general supply 

 areas referred to in the statistical tables contained in triis report may 

 be defined as follows: (1) "Outside fishing areas," restricted almost 

 entirely to ocean banks extending from the southern boundary of 



