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MARINE PRODUCTS OF COMMERCE 



Table 48. Production of Miscellaneous Byproducts, United States 

 AND Alaska, 1948. 



Product Unit Quantity Value Location and Number of Plants 



Glue Gallons 215,400 $502,041 Maine 1, Massachusetts 3, Cali- 



fornia 1 



Fish Solubles Pounds 32,117,494 1,471,723 Massachusetts 3, Mississippi 1, Ore- 



gon 1, California 7 



Miscellaneous ^ — — 7,311,694 Maine 6, Massachusetts 3, North 



Carolina 2, South Carolina 1, 

 California 5 



Total 



— — $9,285,458 



^ Includes the production of agar-agar, kelp products, pearl essence, isinglass, Irish 

 moss, fish chum (bait), homogenized condensed fish, and crab shells. 



Source: Anon., U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (1949e). 



Table 49. Production of Oyster and Marine Clam-Shell Products, 



State 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania and Maryland 



Virginia, Florida, Louisiana, 



and Texas 

 Washington, Oregon, and 



California 



Total 



Unitt:d States and Alaska 



Crushed Shell for 

 Poultry Feed 



Tons Value Tons 



5,344 $77,546 1,319 

 26,766 263,141 17,308 



, 1948.1 



Unburned 

 Shell Lime 



Value 



$6,424 

 73,518 



Total 



Tons Value 



6,663 $83,970 

 44,074 336,659 



242,874 1,592,047 -25,472 224,064 268,346 1,816,111 



21,586 207,971 4,406 29,781 25,992 237,752 

 296,570 2,140,705 48,505 333,787 345,075 2,474,492 



^ Marine clam-shell products were produced in 1 plant in Washington. 

 - Includes a small quantity of burned lime produced in Virginia. 



Note: Crushed shell products were prepared in 5 plants in New Jersey, 4 plants each 

 in Pennsylvania and Washington, 3 plants in Virginia, 2 plants each in Maryland, Texas, 

 and CaliJfomia, and 1 plant each in Florida, Louisiana, and Oregon. 



Source: Anon., U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service ( 1939e). 



Table 50. Production of Fresh-Water Mussel-Shell Products, 



and Alaska, 1948. 



United States 



Total — — 4,311,805 — 1,135,316 — 5,447,121 



* A small production in New York has been included with that in Iowa and Missouri. 



Note: Mussel shells purchased during the year amounted to 9,657 tons, valued at $452,343. Shells were 

 taken in 13 states in the Mississippi River and Great Lakes Region. The producing states in the order 

 of their importance were: Tennessee, which contributed 40 per cent of the total quantity; Kentucky, 

 23 per cent; Alabama, 19 per cent; Indiana, 8 per cent; Arkansas, 5 per cent; Illinois, 4 per cent; and 

 Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, South Dakota, and Texas, 1 per cent. 



Source: Anon., U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (1949e). 



