150 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 

 Pack of sardines, 1933 



Sardines (herring) 



Maine and Massa- 

 chusetts 



In olive oil: Quarters(100 cans) 

 In other oils: Quarters (100 



cans)— 



In mustard: 



Quarters (100 cans) 



Three-quarters (48 cans) _ . 



In other sauces: Quarters (100 



cans) 1 



Total. 1, 219, 675 



Cases 

 38, 704 



964, 261 



87, 463 

 119,549 



9,698 



Value 

 $243, 783 



4, 143, 461 



378, 578 

 479, 329 



43, 714 



5, 288, 865 



Sardines (pilchard) 



J^-pound oval (48 cans) ' 



1-pound oval (48 cans) : 



In tomato sauce 



In mustard 



Soused 



In other sauces 



}^-pound square (100 cans) 2. 

 34-pound square (100 cans) 2. 



Total 1,115,422 I 4,607,931 



California 



Cases 

 6,431 



888,541 

 136, 828 

 38, 751 

 17,294 

 25, 342 

 3 2,235 



Value 

 $21, 788 



3, 553, 080 



547, 278 

 154, 977 



74, 248 

 227, 347 



29,213 



' Largely in tomato sauce. 



2 Largely in oil. 



3 Includes a few cases of 48 cans each which have been converted to a basis of 100 caus to the case. 



SHAD AND ALEWIVES 



The canning of shad and shad roe is carried on solely in the Pacific 

 Coast States. In 1923 there were 6 plants in Washington and 8 

 plants in Oregon engaged in canning these products. The total 

 production amounted to 3,409 cases, valued at S53,483 in 1923, and 

 IS a substantial increase over the 1922 production, both in amount 

 and value. 



The pack of alewives and alewife roe was prepared in Maryland, 

 Virginia, and North Carolina, where there were 9, 21, and 2 plants, 

 respectively, making a total of 32 plants engaged in this business. 

 The production in 1923 was 43,920 cases, valued at .S171,350, con- 

 sisting mostly of alewife roe. This is an increase both in amount and 

 value, as compared with the previous year. 



Pack of shad and alewives, 1923 



Shad 



>^-pound flat (48 cans) 



1-pound flat (48 cans) 



1-pound tall (48 cans),. 



Roe; 



J^-pound flat (48 cans)... 

 }-^-pound oval (48 cans).. 



Total 



Washington and 

 Oregon 



Cases I Value 



350 t $2,800 



1 706 I 16, 944 



1,281 I 17,421 



376 



3,760 

 12, 528 



3,409 



53,483 



Alewives 



No. 2 (24 cans) 



Roe: 



No. }4 and No. 1 (48 cans) 

 No. 2 (24 cans) 



Total. 



Maryland, Virginia, 

 and North Caro- 

 lina 



Cases 

 1,145 



2 2, 266 

 40, 509 



43, 920 171, 350 



Value 

 $1, 915 



10,499 

 158, 936 



' Includes a few cases of 1-pound oval. 



2 The No. }--i cans have been converted to a basis of No. 1 cans, 48 to a case. 



TUNA AND TUNALIKE I'lSHKS 



The canning of these fishes is confined to the State of California, 

 where, in 1923, there were 19 plants operating in this business. The 

 total pack, including "tonno," bonito, and yellowtail, amounted to 

 788,611 cases, valued at $6,914,760, as compared with 654,183 cases, 

 valued at $4,511,873, packed the previous year. 



Most of the tunas are packed in half-pound cans, 48 to the case. 

 In the following comparisons the entire pack is converted to this 

 sta'ndard. The total amount packed in 1923 was 817,836 cases, as 



