FISHEEY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1929 753 



salmon eggs at 7 plants; crabs at 5 plants; and other shellfish at 6 

 plants. 



Compared with the pack of a year ago, the pack of shad and shad 

 roe, which amounted to 28,885 cases, valued at $213,496, increased 5 

 per cent in quantity and decreased 9 per cent in value; the pack of 

 other fish and fish products, excluding roe and caviar, amounted to 

 216,207 cases, vakied at $1,800,247 — an increase of 3 per cent in 

 quantity and 4 per cent in value. Other roe and caviar amounted to 

 10,622 cases, valued at $113,319 — a decrease of 16 per cent in quantity 

 and 22 per cent in value. Salmon eggs (for bait) amoimted to 4,328 

 cases, valued at $108,968, a decrease of 18 per cent in quantity and 12 

 per cent in value. Crabs amounted to 1,151 cases, valued at $30,530 — 

 a decrease of 29 per cent in quantity and 31 per cent in value. Other 

 shellfish amounted to 13,761 cases, valued at $183,771— an increase 

 of 53 per cent in quantity and 42 per cent in value. 



Pack of miscellaneous canned fishery products in the United States and Alaska, 1929, 



standard cases 



1 Includes the pack of canned fillets, fish chowder, cat and dog food, bait herring, eels, and miscellaneous 

 fish products. 



2 Includes the pack of roe and caviar from whitefish, sturgeon, salmon, and ground fish. 



3 Includes the pack of turtle products, terrapin products, mussels, abalone, squid, and clam cakes. 



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

 1-pound cans to the case. 



Pack of canned shad and shad roe, 1921 to 1929 



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



Value of canned crabs 1921 to 1929 



