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Table 101. Production of Marine-Animal Scrap and Meal, 1939-1948. 



^ A small production of acidulated menhaden scrap has been included with dry scrap 

 and meal. 



Source: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 



Table 102. Production of Menhaden Products, 1948. 



Receipts of menhaden by manufacturers of menhaden products in 1948 amounted to 1,007,888,840 

 pounds (1,504,311,700 fish). This was the largest recorded landings in the history of the fishery, and it is 

 believed that it was the first time that the yield of these fish had exceeded 1 billion pounds. The pro- 

 duction of menhaden dry scrap and meal, amounting to 104,058 tons, valued at $11,560,914, exceeded the 

 previous record established in 1947. However, because of a lower oil content of the fish, the yield of oil, 

 which amounted to 8,763,939 gallons, valued at $10,132,179, was less than in 1946. Menhaden dry scrap and 

 meal is used in animal feeds and a portion of the oil is likewise used in feeds, however, the major portion 

 of the oil is used in the production of soap, paint, linoleum, and in many other manufacturing industrial 

 processes. 



' A small production of acidulated scrap has been included with dry scrap and meal production. 



M, 504,31 1,700 fish. 



Note: Menhaden products were manufactured in 3 plants in New Jersey, 6 in Virginia, 8 in North 

 Carolina, 5 in Florida, 3 in Mississippi, 2 in Delaware, and in 1 plant each in New York, South Carolina, 

 Louisiana, and Texas. 



by means of weirs and traps and some pilchard on the Pacific Coast are caught 

 with a lampara net. There are sectional differences in the operation of purse 

 seines. Discussions of the different types of gear may be found in Chapter 13. 



Since the wet process for the manufacture of fish meal and oil is very similar, 

 regardless of the species of fish being processed, this discussion will be confined to 

 the process in general and not to the handling of a particular species of fish. 



