284 



FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1908. 



i Not including 120,000 pounds of "Russian sardines," valued at $2,100. 



a None reported. 



Cod. — The cod product treated in 1908 amounted to 

 66,382,000 pounds, valued at $4,692,000. The follow- 

 ing table shows the quantity and value of this product 



according to the method of treatment, for the United 

 States, including Alaska, and by states : 



The value reported for 1908 represents an increase 

 of $1,678,000, or more than 50 per cent, over the 

 value reported for 1905, which was $3,013,000. In 

 1900 the product was valued at $3,109,000. The 

 next table shows, by geographic divisions and by 

 states, the quantity and value of cod reported by can- 

 ning and packing establishments in the United States, 

 including Alaska, for 1900, 1905, and 1908. 



No figures are shown for Alaska for 1905, but a com- 

 parison of the figures for 1900 and 1908 reveals 

 an increase of 685 per cent in the quantity and of 

 382 per cent in the value of the cod prepared by the 

 canneries and salteries of this territory. 



The product of Massachusetts represented 62 per 

 cent of the total quantity and 79 per cent of the total 

 value of cod treated in canneries and packing houses. 

 Maine reported a value of $365,000; Washington, 

 $229,000; California, $227,000; Alaska, $135,000; and 

 Pennsylvania, $10,000. There seems to be a rapidly 

 growing demand for boned cod. While but 49 per 

 cent of the total amount in 1908 was boned, the value 

 of the product thus treated formed 69 per cent of the 

 total value. In Washington nearly all of the cod was 

 salted, and in California about two-thirds was pickled 

 and the rest salted. 



