FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1935 



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CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS AND BYPRODUCTS TRADE 



The output of canned fishery products and byproducts in the 

 United States and Alaska in 1934 was vakied at $102,619,379. Of 

 this total, canned products comprised $80,021,342, and byproducts, 

 $22,598,037 — an increase of 34 percent in the value of canned products 

 and 29 percent in the value of byproducts when compared with the 

 respective values of the same groups of commodities for the previous 

 year. 



Fishery products were canned at 387 establishments in the United 

 States and Alaska during 1934. The combined output of these 

 canneries amounted to 17,378,902 standard cases. The net weight 

 of the products canned amounted to 700,157,272 pounds. 



Canned fishery products or byproducts were prepared in 27 States 

 and in Alaska during 1934. Alaska ranked first in the value of the 

 products, accounting for 38 percent of the total, and California ranked 

 second with 27 percent. 



Canned fishery -products and byproducts of the United States a?id Alaska, 1934 

 SUMMAEY OF PRODUCTION: By commodities 



Product 



Canned products: 

 Salmon: 



United States 



Alaska 



Sardines: 



Maine 



Ca lifornia 



Tuna and tunalike fishes 



Alewives- _ 



Alewife roe 



Shad 



Shad roe 



Mackerel 



Fish flakes.-- 



Fish cakes, balls, etc 



Cat and dog food 



Miscellaneous fish 



Sturgeon caviar 



Whitefish roe and caviar- 



Salmon eggs (for bait) 



Miscellaneous roe and caviar- 

 Oysters 



Shrimp 



Clam products 



Crabs 



Terrapin products 



Turtle products 



Miscellaneous shellfish 



Total. 



Number 

 of plants 



42 



no 



22 



20 



13 



8 



24 



10 



10 



22 



3 



5 



7 



12 

 6 

 4 

 9 

 4 



46 

 51 

 (i2 

 14 

 3 

 3 

 6 



Standard 

 cases 



901, 206 

 7, 48i, 830 



1, 142, 730 



1, 970, 047 



1, 966, 943 



18, 499 



19, 132 



8,233 



2,118 



1, 275, 419 



36, 540 



77, 595 



301, 508 



4,366 



3,128 



912 



5,044 



16,518 



438, 542 



1, 021, 822 



1 633, 055 



11,614 



52 



3,152 



38, 897 



17, 378, 902 



Byproducts: 



Oyster-shell products tons.. 



Fresh-water mussel-shell products 



Marine peari-shell products 



Scrap, meal, etC-- tons.. 



Marine-animal oils gallons. - 



Miscellaneous byproducts 



Total 



Grand total. 



Pounds 



43. 257, 888 

 359,127,840 



28. 568, 250 



94,562,256 



47, 206, 632 



887, 952 



918, 336 



395, 184 



101, 664 



61,220,112 



1, 753, 920 



3, 724, 560 



14, 472, 384 



209, 568 



150, 144 



43, 776 



242, 112 



792, 864 



6, 578, 130 



16, 973, 860 



16. 391, 520 



557, 472 



2,496 



151, 296 



1. 867. 056 



700, 157, 272 



Quantity 

 306, 621 



197, 424 

 29, 965, 452 



Value 



$8,205,947 

 37,611,950 



3, 315, 190 



5,481,391 



10, 009, 542 



54.044 



83, 331 



24, 458 



58, 857 



3, 244, 944 



326, 372 



609, 889 



823, 440 



31. 945 



397, 036 



37, 678 



128, 453 



116, 173 



1, 871, 060 

 4, 403, 077 



2, 713, 228 

 191, 532 



4,606 



53. 626 



223, 573 



80, 021, 342 



Value 

 $1, 468, 936 

 3, 973, 153 

 3, 416, 360 

 6, 087, 211 

 6. 385, 309 

 1, 267, 068 



22, 598, 037 



102, 619, 379 



1 "Cut-out" or "drained" weights of can contents are included for whole and minced clams, and gross 

 can contents for other clam products. 



2 Exclusive of duplication. 



