FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1929 1007 

 Industries related to the fisheries of California, 1928 — Coiitiiiucfl 



PREPARED FISHERY PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUC/PS 



lA standard case contains forty-eight 1-pound cans of sardines and mackerel, or forty-eight H-pound 

 cans of tuna and tunalike fishes. 



2 Includes canned squid, abalone, shad, shad roe, salmon, barracuda, barracuda fish cakes, and fish 

 for cat and dog food. 



3 Includes liquid glue, pilchard scales, agar, and kelp products. 



HISTORICAL REVIEW 



Fourteen general surveys have been made for statistics of the 

 fisheries of the Pacific Coast States during the 41 years from 1888 

 to 1928. Tlie catch for 1888 amounted to 91,244,000 pounds. Since 

 that time the catch has continued to increase, with the largest catch 

 on record shown for 1928, when 693,484,000 pounds w^ere taken. 

 Comparative statistics for each of the more important species taken 

 are shown in the following tables. 



Fisheries of the Pacific Coast States, 1888 to 1928 



[E.xpressed in thousands of pounds and thousands of dollars; that is, 000 omitted. Salt fish, except cod, 

 has been converted to the equivalent of fresh fish] 



Year 



1888 

 1892 

 1895 

 1899 

 1904, 

 1908 

 1915 

 1922 

 1923 

 1924 

 1925 

 1926 

 1927 

 1928 



6881—31- 



W^ashington 



Quantity 

 23, 721 

 36, 706 

 59, 158 



122, 085 

 88, 964 



100, 352 



158, 546 

 67, 564 



111,261 

 89, 223 



130, 687 

 89, 637 



125, 655 

 82, 874 



-20 



Value 

 811 

 932 

 1,402 

 2,871 

 2,973 

 3,513 

 5,321 

 4,954 

 7,801 

 7,123 

 9,477 

 7,943 

 9,146 

 7,501 



Oregon 



Quantity 



26, 268 

 28, 826 

 38, 197 

 22, 802 



27, 634 



28, 216 

 34, 693 

 22, 134 

 32, 883 

 39, 578 

 40, 008 

 32, 998 

 34, 196 

 27, 474 



Value 



734 



872 



1,284 



856 



1,185 



1,356 



1,479 



1,266 



3,604 



3,204 



3,442 



3, 068 



3,103 



2, 686 



California 



Quantity 



41, 265 



58, 396 



50, 524 



77, 985 



57, 024 



46, 486 



88, 981 



191, 439 



260, 804 



344, 894 



440, 301 



398, 651 



491,347 



583, 136 



Value 



2,465 



3,023 



1,787 



2,562 



2,523 



1,970 



2, 506 



6,774 



7, 737 



9,725 



11,662 



7,904 



10, 058 



10, 326 



Total 



Quantity 

 91,244 

 123, 928 

 147, 879 

 222, 872 

 17.3, 512 

 176, 064 

 282, 220 

 281, 137 

 404, 948 

 473, 695 

 610, 996 

 521. 286 

 651, 197 

 693, 484 



Value 

 4,010 

 4,827 

 4,473 

 0,279 

 6,681 

 6,839 

 9,306 

 12,984 

 19, 012 

 20, 052 

 24. 581 

 18, 915 

 22, 307 

 20, 613 



