TABLE 52 
Output of Canned Shellfish, 1937 
(Cases) 
Hotate (scallop) 
Hokki 
Asari (baby clam) 
Hamaguri (clam) 
32,000 
9,500 
19,595 
4, 609 
25,000 
3,326 
43,000 
45,000 
15,000 
Asari and Hamaguri (seasoned)• 
Kaki (oyster) 
Awabi (abalone) 
Sazae (Turbo species) 
Akagai (Anadara inflata) 
1^7,030 
rish Meal Produetion 
Fish meal for fertilizer and feed 74 J were manufactured in con¬ 
siderable quantities. Official statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture 
and Forestry show annual production of fertilizer as varying from 375,000 
to 450,000 tons (Table 53). Other sources place the production for fer¬ 
tilizer and feed at 600,000 tons (Table 54). Sardines, herring and cod¬ 
fish supply the largest part of the production; in 1937 sardines accounted 
for more than two-thirds of the total. Normally a sizeable part of the 
herring and sardine catches entered directly into this production although 
some of the fertilizer was made from fish scrap. During the war period 
production has dropped with the diversion of these products to food uses; 
1942-43 production of fertilizer has been estimated at 200,000 metric tons. 
W~ Small amounts are used for human food. 
■140- 
16-031 Pi65 bu 
