July 1951 



COMHSECIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



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The general decline in the prices of these canned products is attributed to 

 the considerable increase in pack that took place in 1950, 



U. S. Pack of Canned Groundfish Flakes, 1950 



The 1950 pack of canned ground- 

 fish flakes amounted to 18,490 stan- 

 dard cases, valued at $289,630 to the 

 packers. This was a decrease of 42,9 

 percent in volume and 42.8 percent in 

 value, compared with 1949. Groundfish 

 flakes were canned in 5 plants in 

 Maine and 1 in Massachusetts. The 

 canner's average price per standard 

 case was $15.66, an increase of only 

 2 cents as compared with the previous 

 year, and the highest price on record 

 was paid in 1947~$16,37 per standard 

 case. 



Production of canned groundfish 

 flakes in 1950 was the lowest during 

 the past eleven years. The next low- 

 est production during this period was 

 in 1949 when 18,560 standard cases 

 were packed (see table). 



