FISHERY INDUSTEIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1921. 



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Pack of Canned Salmon in Pacific Coast States in 1921, by Fishing Dis- 

 tricts — Continued. 



CANNED SARDINES. 



The pack of sardines in Maine in 1921 amounted to 1,350,631 cases, 

 valued at $3,960,916, as compared with 2,450,268 cases, valued at 

 $11,933,986, in 1919 and with 1,877,757 cases, valued at $7,435,056, in 

 1920. The pack of quarter-oils in 1919 was 1,902,430 cases, valued 

 at $9,327,665, or an average of $4.90 per case; in 1920, 1,458,670 

 cases, valued at $5,669,352, or $3.88 per case, and in 1921, 1,127,578 

 cases, valued at $3,265,574, or $2.89 per case. The quantity of 

 herring utilized was 73,706,536 pounds, valued at $441,353. 



The pack of sardines in California in 1921 was 415,587 cases, valued 

 at $2,346,446, of which 379,928 cases, with a value of $2,056,367, 

 were 1-pound ovals, or an average price of $5.41 per case. It is re- 

 ported that the pack in 1920 amounted to 1,062,996 cases and in 1919 

 to 1,150,616 cases. The quantity of pilchards utilized was 33,274,853 



Eounds, valued at $175,165. It will be noted that there has been a 

 eavy curtailment in production in both fisheries as compared with 

 previous years. 



Pack op Sardines in Maine and California, 1921. 



CANNED SHAD AND ALEWIVES. 



The canning of shad and shad roe is confined to the States of 

 Oregon and Washington. In 1921 the pack of shad amounted to 

 841 cases, valued at $2,455, and of shad roe to 53 cases, valued at 

 $142. These products are packed in half-pound fiat and oval and 

 1-pound tall cans. 



Most of the alewives are canned in the Chesapeake Bay district. 

 The pack of fish amounted to 312 cases, valued at $813, and of roe 

 to 40,530 cases, valued at $157,841. Reducing cases to number of 

 cans, there were packed in 1921, 8,976 cans of fish and 1,197,288 cans 



