FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1929 



741 



CANNED PRODUCTS 



The value of fishery products canned in 1929 was 5 per cent greater 

 than in the previous year. Salmon was the most important item 

 and contril)uted 55 per cent to the total value. Sardines were next 

 with 19 per cent and tuna followed with 10 per cent. The remainder 

 of the total value was made up mainly hy shrimp, oysters, clam 

 products, and mackerel. 



Pack of canned fishery -products, standard cases, 1921 to 1929 



Year 



1921 

 1922 

 1923 

 1924 

 1925 

 1926 

 1927 

 1928 

 1929 



Sardines: California 



398, 668 

 715, 364 

 1, 100, 162 

 1,367,139 

 1,714,913 

 2, 093, 278 

 2, 563, 146 



2, 771, 527 



3, 831, 215 



Value 

 $2, 346, 446 

 3, 361, 480 

 4, 607, 931 

 5, 445, 573 

 6, 380, 617 

 7, 807, 404 

 9, 268, 784 

 9, 658, 822 

 11,996,997 



Tuna and tunalike 

 fishes 



Cases 



549, 150 



672, 321 



817,836 



652, 416 



1, 102, 471 



851, 199 



1, 25.5, 818 



1,216,222 



1, 504, 306 



Value 

 $3, 074, 626 

 4,511,873 

 6, 914, 760 

 5, 756, 586 

 8, 499, 080 

 5, 282, 283 

 8, 368, 227 

 8, 374, 030 

 9, 873, 453 



Oysters 



Cases 

 442, 086 

 505, 973 

 524, 544 

 447, 481 

 654, 755 

 413, 834 

 447, 297 

 503, 952 

 519, 145 



Value 

 $2, 179, 271 

 2,423,616 



2, 720, 073 

 2, 478, 044 



3, 721, 159 

 2, 026, 569 

 2, 367, 949 

 2, 760, 576 

 2, 732, 478 



Year 



1921 

 1922 

 1923 

 1924 

 1925 

 1926 

 1927 

 1928 

 1929 



Shrimp 



Cases 

 655. 364 

 579, 797 

 700, 429 

 718, 517 

 735, 714 

 732, 365 

 852, 764 

 851,831 



Value 

 $3, 804, 781 

 3, 064, 087 

 4, 381, 534 



4, 608, 950 

 3, 782, 819 

 4, 122, 092 



5, 321, 652 

 ,5, 181, 547 

 5, 528, 792 



Clam products 



Cases 



(•) 



(') 



(') 



(') 



(') 



(1) 



525, 286 

 531,640 

 554, 639 



Value 

 $1, 166, 507 

 1,716.365 

 1,710,616 

 2, 161, 389 

 1,850,378 

 2, 004, 650 

 2, 744, 954 

 2, 623, 598 

 2, 548, 472 



Miscellaneous fishery 

 products: Fish roe, 

 caviar, and eggs 



Coses 

 (') 

 (') 



(') 

 (') 

 (') 

 (') 



57, 586 

 78, 394 

 46, 501 



Value 



(') 



(1) 



(>) 



(') 



(') 



(') 

 $477,415 



681, 150 



502, 040 



Year 



Miscellaneous fishery products 



Other fish 



Other shellfish 



Total 



Grand 

 total 



1921 

 1922 

 1923 

 1924 

 1925 

 1926 

 1927 

 1928 

 1929 



236 

 683, 

 913, 



Value 



$1, 765, 888 

 3, 703, 918 

 4, 684, 879 



Cases 



(') 



(1) 



(') 



(') 



(') 



(') 



4,479 

 10, 590 

 14, 912 



Value 



(') 



(') 



(') 



(■) 



(') 



(') 

 $91, 473 

 173, 525 

 214, 301 



Cases 



(') 



(■) 



(') 



(') 



(') 



(•) 

 298, 644 

 772, 239 

 974, 501 



Value 



. 234, 990 

 216, 700 



, 287, 853 



,121,419 

 256, 877 

 003, 548 

 334, 776 

 558, 593 

 401, 220 



Value 



$46, 634, 706 

 60, 464, 947 

 72, 445, 205 

 72, 164, 589 

 80,571,138 

 86, 193, 240 

 81, 384, 133 

 95, 871, 855 



101, 065, 055 



' Not enumerated separately prior to 1927. 



