FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1929 



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CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS TRADE 



The output of canned fishery products and by-products in the 

 United States and Alaska in 1929 was vakied at $124,832,711, which 

 was greater than that for any year for whicli there are records. 

 Larger packs were reported for ahnost every commodity. Of the 

 total, canned products comprised SlOl, 005,055 and by-products 

 $23,767,656, an increase of 5 per cent in the value of canned products 

 and 60 per cent in the value of by-products when compared with the 

 respective values of the same groups for the previous year. (The 

 value of by-products for 1929 is not comparable directly with that 

 for 1928, since statistics of the output of fresh-water mussel-shell 

 products were not obtained in the former year.) 



Fishery products were canned at 497 establishments in the United 

 States and Alaska in 1929. The combined output of these canneries 

 amounted to 17,310,238 standard cases. The net weight of the pro- 

 ducts canned amounted to 689,446,781 pounds. 



PRODUCT 

 SALMON 



MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 



20 30 40 50 



Figure 5.— Value of canned fishery products in the United States and 

 Alaska, 1929 



Canned fishery products or by-products were prepared in 28 States 

 and Alaska in 1929. Alaska ranked first in value of these products, 

 accounting for 35 per cent of the total. Salmon was the leading 

 product canned there. California with her important sardine can- 

 ning industries ranked second with 24 per cent of the total value; 

 and Washington, with a valuable salmon canning industry, ranked 

 third with 9 per cent of the total value. Maine, where canned 

 sardines are the most important commodity, ranked fourth with 7 

 per cent of the total value. Considering the output by geographical 

 sections, the Pacific coast and Alaska accounted for 72 per cent of 

 the total value of canned products and by-products. 



Canned fishenj products and hy-products of the United States and Alaska, 1929 

 SUMMARY OF PRODUCTION: By commodities 



