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which have been incorporated in the table shown herewith. 

 Great conservatism has been used in collecting and handling the 

 data, with the result that it undoubtedly understates rather than 

 overstates the actual production. 



No account has been taken of the enormous quantity, in the 

 aggregate, of fishery products caught and consumed annually by 

 sportsmen and semi-professional fishermen. In Alaska, it is 

 estimated, on very reliable information, that the natives alone 

 catch and consume some 30,000,000 pounds of fish, none of which 

 appears in the above table, and the same is true to a much less 

 extent in a number of other states. 



The table below shows the production by states under three 

 headings. "Fishes proper" include all those used for food. 

 "Other edible products" include the meats of mollusks, crusta- 

 ceans, etc., while "Non-edible products" comprise fishes (such 

 as menhaden) used solely for fertilizer and oil, shells, skins of 

 aquatic animals, kelp, seaweed, etc., The products are shown just 

 as landed by the fishermen, and the value is that received by him 

 for the same. Large quantities of products landed are either 

 canned, salted, mild-cured, smoked, or otherwise prepared, which 

 work gives employment to many thousands of persons, and con- 

 sumes millions of dollars' worth of tinplate, box shooks, barrels, 

 salt, oil, and the thousand and one things needed in the prepara- 

 tion of secondary products, all these vastly increasing the value of 

 the goods. In 1917 the canned salmon produced in Alaska alone 

 sold for about $45,000,000, but in the table only the value of the 

 raw fish has been shown. 



