146 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
ANALYSIS OF SALTED SALMON. 
Falkenburg & Co., of Seattle, have recently made an analysis of the 
food value of salted salmon, as follows: 
Regarding the salmon recently inspected and analyzed for you by ourselves with 
the following results: 
Proteime sosece =< fc) tee acre oie elapse lciaisie el oetern = > eee 21. 97 per cent. 
LB te noes uddenemeeacoounasdodosdeecuseoub: ssdomsseoc 4. 34 per cent. 
Salt? eset dis tiae 2 0IY 3 Oe Ae See he ee eee 19. 08 per cent. 
Asbeeq she -ceeclsg-fe ee a Sera bie aa fits dees oe deer . 84 per cent. 
NIGER: pen DAA BOeee BEE BR atBe ees ror bee doroadsruce a6 54. 35 per cent. 
Calories per POU M sas. ae store wlaata so alpoto ners aipiersiaione 592 
If this salmon were freshened, as is the custom in preparing it for the table, removing 
all but about 2 per cent of the salt, the fish would then have the following analysis: 
12g foi eV): eae Oe re ery PS Ge We STN eens ao ge neec 27.13 per cent. 
Na Geeta ste ctoste wisps cies se ee eee Seeger Seana soe egeearstcte 5. 36 per cent. 
SE Katee aperee tat a EM Se aon done nn ee em arse 2. 47 per cent. 
MOISUHTE?. § oc cee ere See atone eee Seite Se ne cevettne erie 65. 11 per cent. 
1 | eae eRe cso LE gS S 9 Scryer irs CIES COC IIIS 1. 03 per cent. 
Calories per Pounds eto teste ce 2 cee mela ciel cre 734 
Bulletin No. 28 of the United States Department of Agriculture, ‘‘Chemical Compo- 
sition of American Food Products” gives on page 51 the food value of the average 
canned salmon as purchased as follows: 
Rehuses-¢-c6e-tt- 2 2 Sioa Oe Ade otys 9 ceiae nile ia sis aleries 14. 2 per cent. 
Protein. 2 Si28). 5-3 Shs. oe Ok Bec haeeiens ors Aeris ae ines 19. 5 per cent. 
Bt it Boectne'=!a'S etm apere Fah nae Ravan ee otal elovae telco ieee ete 7.5 per cent. 
YA sine oe. She oh Se ete ot OMe eyo Seem eran peices 2.0, perconts 
Moisture. 229320)... Sade oct. be stpientsmie es sieitecrstommiaie 56. 8 per cent. 
Caloriesiper pounds >i -e 2 taeoeea se ue leet = eee eee 680 
STATISTICS OF THE SALMON OUTPUT. 
SALMON CATCH IN 1918. 
The following tables show the total catch, by species, of salmon and 
steelhead trout on the Pacific coast of North America in 1918, and the 
catch, by apparatus and species, for each geographic section of Alaska 
and Washington in 1918: 
SumMMARY, BY SECTION AND SPECIES, OF Pacrric Coast SALMON CatcH IN 1918. 
Section. Pounds. Section. Pounds. 
Alaska: : Washington—Continued. 
Coho, or medium red........--- 17, 470, 086 Steelhead: ioe er ees secs 1, 446, 733 
hum yor ketaee sec eeeesceseaeo = 113, 286, 544 Sockeye, ‘or red’... 2.5. 4,127, 280 
Humpback, or pink. .-.-..-.-.-- 193, 265, 448 —$—$__——__ 
UGH Ae Go wi a oopeacosce secs: 16, 910, 764 Lotalscececseeetcmess sate secre 49, 609, 847 
Red, or sockeye. ...-.----------- 176, 690,325 ee 
——_—_—_——— || Oregon: Salmon ° ¢...............-. 34, 551, 253 
GEA EL sR cacoogchicccasedescces 516, 723, 167 SS 
ll OR TORI IG oes ea OTN Oe alee te tate 13, 026, 076 
Washington: rs 
Coho, or medium red. ....-..--- 12,621, 704 || British Columbia: Salmon °......... 152, 992, 500 
Chum, or Kketasc sence ocseesene 10, 153, 240 rn 
Humpback, or pink............- 353, 568 Grand total. ... <0. 205 -seene-- 766, 902, 843 
Kang siOr Sprimgc vam ccce eee a= 20, 907,322 
a Pacific Fisherman, Seattle, Wash., Vol. XVI, No. 4, April, 1919, p. 76, 
b Species not given separately. 
¢ Estimated, 
