FI.SJIKKIKS OF C.\LlF()ltNl.\ 359 



['roduclion of rcrlain jiaherij hy-produciti in CtUifornia, 1015 and 1021-1028 



I Includes some whale scrap. 

 Source: U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 



MERCHANDISING FISH TO CANNERIES 



Fishing for cannery fish is conducted under three plans, namely, 

 (a) by independent fishermen owning their own vessels; (6) by vessel 

 owners employing fishermen for the operation of the vessel; and (c) 

 by vessels owned by canneries. As a general rule, the vessels in the 

 sardine fishery are owned by independent fishermen or vessel owners 

 and in the tuna fishery the vessels are owned by the canneries. 



The price to be paid fishermen and vessel owners for fish by the 

 canners is determined at the beginning of each season by agreement 

 between these parties. Canners owning their ow^n vessels usually 

 figure the cost of their fish at the price set by the above agreement. 

 While the price of cannery fish at the cannery is set by mutual agree- 

 ment before the opening of the fishing season, it sometimes happens 

 that this price is changed during the course of the season if there 

 occurs an unusual dearth or abundance of fish. 



