July 1951 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



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U. S. Pack of Canned Shad, 1950 



Canned shad packed in 1950 in the United States amDunted to 14,049 standard 

 cases, valued at $89,851 to the canners (table 1). This was an increase of 2 per- 

 cent in volume, but a decrease of 15 percent in value as compared with the pre- 

 vious year. The entire pack was canned on the Pacific coast, principally in the 

 Columbia River district of Oregon. The Pacific coast pack was slightly larger 

 than in the previous year. Shad were canned in 4 plants in Oregon and 2 plants 

 in California. Atlantic coast canners failed to pack shad for the first time 

 since 1940. 



For the Pacific Coast pack, the canners' average price per standard case in 

 1950 was sf6.40, compared with $7.41 in 1949 and :;f9.25 in 1948 (table 2). 



U. S. and Alaska Pack of Canned Salmon, 1950 



Canned salmon packed in the Pacific Coast states and Alaska in 1950 amounted 

 to 4,274,462 standard cases, valued at $108,590,071 to the canners. Comparedwith 

 1949, this was a decrease of 23 percent in quality, but an increase of 5 percent 

 in value. The Alaskan production accoimted for 77 percent of the total 1950 pack. 

 Canned pink salmon was only 34 percent of the 1949 production due to a combination 

 of poor runs in Southwestern Alaska and the fact that practically no pink sa lTn on 

 are caught in Puget Sound during the even-numbered years. 



