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C0I1KERCIAL FISHERIES REVEW 



Vol. 13, No. 7 



U. S. Pack of Canned Mackerel, 1950 



Canned mackerel (including jack mackerel) packed in the United States during 

 1950 amounted to 1,457,048 standard cases, valued at *7, 491, 816 to the canners 

 (table 1). Compared with the previous year, this was an increase of 39 percent 

 in quantity and 9 percent in value. California packed 52 percent more than in 1949, 

 but the Atlantic Coast States canned 52 percent less. 



Pack of Ganned Maokereli/by States in Standard CaseaS/and by Size of Can and Case In Actual Cases, 1950 

 (Quantity and Value to Canners) 



Sr,ate 



flassachusetts 



ne and Maryland 

 Total 



California 



Grand total , . . 



I/JNCLUOES PACK O^ JACK MACKEREL 

 2/ STANDARD CASES REPRESENT CAS 

 OUNCES OF FISH. 



Total 

 Value 



Avg.Prlce 

 Par Std.Case 



15 o2. net, tall (48 cans) 

 15 oz. net, oval (48 cans) 

 14 oz. net (24 cans) 

 Other sizes (converted to 

 standard cases) 



Total 



Quantity 



Actual Cases 



1,406,267 

 27,267 

 39,633 



7,062,777 

 220,762 

 141,428 



5.02 

 8.10 

 3.57 



lOUS SIZES CONVERTED TO 



THE CASE EACH 



Mackerel were canned in 42 plants in Californie 

 l-Iaine, and 1 in Maryland. 



4 in I-kssachusetts , 10 in 



The over-all price per standard case to the canner dropped from $6.52 in 

 1949 to $5.14 in 1950, mainly due to the larger pack and lower price for the 

 California pack. 



The average price of $4.99 per standard case in 1950 for the California 

 pack vras considerably below the 1949 average price of $5.29. The 1950 average 

 for the California pack was the lov/est since 1942 when the average price reported 

 was $4.87 (table 2). On the other hand, because of a drop in production the 

 Atlantic Coast States pack in 1950 averaged $8.37 per standard case, compared to 

 $8.13 in 1949. 



