FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1929 



749 



valued at $188,374 — a total of 97,264 standard rases of forty-oi«rlit 

 1-poiind cans valued at S435,147. Considering the total pioduciion 

 there was a decrease of 9 per cent in (piantity and 1 per cenl in vahie, 

 as compared with that of the previous yeai-. Witli the ("xception of 

 the pack in 1928, that for 1929 was hirgei- than the production duiing 

 any 3^ear during the period from 1921 to 192S. 



Pack oj canned alcwives and alewijc roe, 1929 

 STANDARD CASES 



ACTUAL CASES 



Note.— "Standard cases" represent the various sized cases converted to the equivalent of forty-eight 

 1-pound cans to the case. 



Pack oj canned alewives and alewije roe, 1921 to 1929 



Year 



Alewives 



Alewife roe 



Total 



1921. 

 1922 

 1923 

 1924 

 1925 

 1926 

 1927 

 1928 

 1929 



156 



489 



537 



1,550 



4,449 



19, 920 



21, 327 



50, 674 



68, 445 



Value 



$813 



1,994 



1,915 



5, 118 



15, 045 



65, 405 



64,577 



150, 878 



246, 773 



Cases 

 20,304 

 18, 099 

 20,404 

 41,642 

 35, 183 

 33, 886 

 45, 168 

 56, 392 

 28, 819 



Value 

 $157, 841 

 137, 514 

 169, 435 

 332, 245 

 240, 461 

 201, 278 

 252, 120 

 288, 592 

 188, 374 



Cases 

 20, 460 

 18, 588 

 20, 941 

 43, 192 

 39, 632 

 53, 806 

 66, 495 



107, 066 

 97, 264 



Value 



$158, 654 

 139, 508 

 171, 350 

 337, 363 

 255, 506 

 266, 683 

 316, 697 

 439, 470 

 435, 147 



Note.— Shown in standard cases of forty-eight 1-pound cans. 



SHRIMP 



In 1929 shrimp were canned at 1 plant in North Carolina, 4 in 

 South Carolina, 7 in Georgia, 10 in Florida, 4 in Alabama, 18 in 

 Mississippi, 26 in Louisiana, and 6 in Texas, making a total of 76 

 plants, or 5 more than a year ago. The total pack amounted to 

 909,949 standard cases of 48 No. 1 cans (5-ounce cans, dry pack, and 

 5%-ounce, wet pack), valued at $5,528,792. This is an increase of 7 

 per cent both in quantity and in value as compared with that for the 



