FTSTTEltlKS OK (!ALI FOTiNIA 355 



Pack of canned tuna, tanalikc fixhei^, and mackerel in California, 1912-1928 



1 Included under other heads. 



2 Totals are on the basis of forty-eight 1-pound cans to the case; the individual items include cans of all 

 sizes. 



3 Detailed figures not available. 

 * Data not available. 



s Includes fish flakes, abalone, mackerel, squid, and "tonno." 



8 Forty-eight J-i-pound cans to the case. 



Source: 1912 to 1920, except 1915, Pacific Fisherman; 1915 and 1921 to 1928, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 



MACKEREL 



The catch of mackerel (Scomber japonicus) in California rarely 

 exceeded 4,000,000 pounds until 1928, when it is estimated that the 

 catch amounted to about 35,000,000 pounds. This large production 

 was brought about by the demand from the canning industry. It 

 now seems likely that mackerel will become one of the stable cannery 

 fishes of the State, and the production is expected to reach large 

 proportions. 



