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GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF THE FISHERIES. 



E. 



ALASKA AND ITS FISHERY INTERESTS. 



BY DR. TARLETON H. BEAN. 



225. STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION. 



Summary statement of persons employed. 



Persons e 



Number. 



Fishermen 0,000 



Shoremen 130 



Total 6,130 



Detail id statement of capital invested and apparatus employed. 



Apparatus specified. ; Number. Value. 



Boats 3,000 $60,000 



Other apparatus, including outfits i j 7,000 



Cash capital and shore property I 380,000 



Total capital 447,000 



Detailed statement of the quantities and rallies of the products. 



Products specified. Quantity. Value. 



Salmon (fresh) pounds. 2,654,000 o$39,640 



Other fish (fresh) do ' 105.000,000 525,000 



Sea otter skins number..! 6,000 600,000 



Sealskins do i 147,450 1.474,500 



Sealflesh pounds.. 1,000,000 10,000 



Seal and fish oil gallons.. 120,000 12,000 



Whale oil do.... 5,000 500 



Total... 2,601,640 



a Including enhancement in the. value of salmon in process of canning, $J6,640. 



22P. THE FISHERIES OF ALASKA. 



The sbore fisheries of Alaska are fully discussed iu Section III of this report. The cod fishery 

 carried on at the Shumagiu Islands, the fur-seal industry of the Pribylov Islands, and also the 

 whale and walrus fisheries, are discussed iu Section V. 



