The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-30
United States and Canada
Produce One-fourth Of
Total Annual Supply
VALUE OF SALMON
ABOUT S25,OOO,000
United States Exceeds All Other Coun-
tries in the Production Of Canned Sar-
dines-Alaska a Great Source of Sup
ply in Fish.
ply in Fish.

NEW YORK, March 30.-The announce
ment OF the settlement OF the long-stand
ing fisheries dispute between Canada and
the United States calls attention to the
fact that these two countries produce
about one-fourth of the recorded fish crop
OF the world Statistics made public by
the National City bank show that the
United States now leads the world in its
fish output and that the waters Of Canada
and the United States in combination sup
ply over $l5o000,O00 worth of fish per an
nun out Of a world-recorded total Of
slightly less than $500 900. The ''re
corded total" the bank points out, in
Guides comparatively small proportion
Of the globe or its population.
The total value OF the American fish
crop, including Alaska and the insular
| possessions is probably Sl50010 600 at
the present time, though the latest Of
! fetal figures put the total at $l25, 600, 900,
| The fact, however, that a portion Of these
| figures represents the output prior to the
| advance in prices resulting from the war
seems to Justify an estimate OF approx
mately $3.50 000.00o as the value OF our
| own output at the present time This
total % $3.50 100000 compares with $4,000,
| 600 as the value 81 the fish crop OF Canada
Great Britain, So ,o00, 0A0; France, Si3 900
eco; Russia. IN l9ll,) S50,0u0,o0; Germany
SO GOO $50; scandinavian States, SO 900,
0J0 and Japan $jo000,N4.
In Europe as whole, the recorded
fish crop in the latest available year i
S225 ,o00 600. for North America Unite
States, Canada and Newfoundland $l75,
000,g0o, and Japan 80 000, 900. making tn,
total for the countries supplying otficia
figures $45o0o0.ooo, For the remainder
Of the world, Asia, Africa, South ant
Central America Australia, and the Is
} lands OF the Pacific. there are only est
! mates, but these estimates bring the tota
of the worlds fish crop at the place wher
taken from he sea? At above 500, GQQ, o1o
suggesting that the sums paid by con
, sumeTs probably exceed a billion dollar
per annum
The worlds oyster crop, it was est
mated, amounts To approximately S25
: 100000 a year in value, o. which foui
+ hfths are grown in the waters of tn
h United States. most OF them along tn
Atlantic frontage. the remainder chief
i IN the waters OF france, Belgium, tn
e Netherlands, and Great Britain.
o Fish forms factor d considerable in
n portancc in the foreign trade of tn
Z. United States, the total exported in l9l
5 amounting to S2500o,ooo, and the import
about SD 900 $50 If we include tn
! amount sent from continental Unite
q States to It's non-contiguous terrtorie
t fish products passing through the port
n Of the United States in the calendar yea
e i0l7 would amount to approximately so
I 100000. This trade in fish and fish pro,
II ucts Is steadily increasing, the mpor
u having grown from $4,000. 900 in 1907 /
so oo0,o00 in 1917, and the exports frol
e S6.0C0.oo1 in 1907 to approximately So, G0f
Il 600 for the calendar year 1917 The yah
n OF the fish imported into and exportt
1t from the United States since 1900 excee,
5, 500 600, 900
The capital invested in the fisheries