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CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS OF THE UNITED 

 STATES AND ALASKA, 1923 



The bureau has made a canvass of the canned fishery products and 

 by-products of the United States and Alaska for 1923, and statistics 

 were published and distributed to the trade as Statistical Bulletin 

 No. 608. The total value of canned products in 1923 amounted to 

 $72,445,205 and of by-products S12,702,861. As compared mth 1922 

 there was an increase in the value of canned products of $11,980,258, 

 or 19.81 per cent, and in the value of by-products of $1,312,168, or 

 11.52 per cent. The canned products consisted principally of canned 

 salmon, sardines, shad, alewives, albacore, tima, shrimp, crabs, 

 clams, and oysters, and the by-products of fish scrap, meal, and oil, 

 and the crushed shells of oysters, mussels, and clams for poultry food, 

 lime, and stucco. The fish scrap, meal, and oil prepared in the men- 

 haden industry are also included under by-products of the fisheries. 



CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTS 



In 1923 there were 188 plants engaged in canning salmon in the 

 Pacific Coast States and Alaska, as compared with 179 in the pre- 

 vious year. Of this number 130 were operated in Alaska, 35 in 

 Washington, 21 in Oregon, and 2 in California. The pack of canned 

 salmon in 1923, on the basis of 48 one-pound cans to the case, 

 amounted to 6,402,960 cases, valued at $45,533,578. 



In the Pacific Coast States the pack amounted to 1,367,263 cases, 

 valued at $12,660,566, as follows: Cliinook, 384,705 cases, valued at 

 $5,790,419; sockeye, 105,336 cases, valued at $1,955,549; coho or 

 silver, 245,548 cases, valued at $1,608,627; humpback or pink, 

 445,175 cases, valued at $2,211,742; chum, 154,342 cases, valued at 

 $769,839; steelhead, 32,157 cases, valued at $324,390; and other 

 salmon products to the value of $122,228. 



In Alaska the pack amounted to 5,035,697 cases, valued at $32,- 

 873,007, divided as follows: Chinook, 38,343 cases, valued at $328- 

 270; sockeye, 1,859,496 cases, valued at $17,253,792; coho or silver, 

 164,107 cases, valued at $943,318 ; humpback or pink, 2,448,129 cases, 

 valued at $11,899,956; and chum, 525,622 cases, valued at $2,447,671. 



Compared with previous years there was an increase of 7 canneries 

 in Alaska, 1 in Washington, and 1 in Oregon. There was an increase 

 in the pack of canned salmon of 1,168,062 cases, or 22 per cent in 

 quantity, and of $7,112,856, or 19 per cent, in value. The Alaska 

 pack increased 534,045 cases, or 12 per cent, in quantity and $3,085,- 

 814, or 10 per cent, in value. Tliis was due to a moderate increase in 

 the pack oi king or cliinook salmon, and a decided increase in hump- 

 backs. The sockeyes, cohoes, and chums were packed in lesser 

 (quantities than in 1922. In the Pacific Coast States there was an 

 increase of 634,017 cases, or 86 per cent, in quantity and $4,027,042, 

 or 47 per cent, in value. An increase occurred in all the species, but 

 was particularly noticeable in the humpbacks and chums. 



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