unit cost per pound of the viscera and eggs. 



Costs of Collection of Waste 



Table 1 lists the costs of collecting the salmon viscera. Only 

 the costs of the actual materials and services necessary for the viscera 

 collection are given. 



Cost of ail man hours 

 involved in the actual 

 collection are figured 

 at the rate of $2.00 per 

 man hour strai^t time 

 and $3.00 per man hour 

 overtime. 



Table 2 gives inform- 

 ation on the cost break- 

 down for the collection 

 of frozen salmon eggs; 

 table 3, irvfonnation on 

 shipping costs from Peters- 

 burg, Alaska, to Seattle; 

 and table 4, costs in cents 

 per pound for collection 

 of salmon viscera and 

 eggs, calculated f.o.b. 



Figure V-?. The men are pulling the poly^ 

 ethylene bag over the sack stand; a burlap 

 bag (upper center) is then pulled over on 

 the outside of the polyethylene bag. The 

 completed containers are piled on the stand 

 behind the man on the left. 



Petersburg and f.o.b. 

 Seattle. The cost f.o.b. 

 Seattle of the viscera is 

 5.21 cents, and of the 

 eggs is 7.75 cents per povind (not including capital investments or depre- 

 ciation). In comparison, the Fish and Wildlife Service hatcheries in 

 1951 paid 9 cents per pound for eggs obtained in the Pacific Northwest. 

 The price paid for salmon waste has varied with the degree of separation 

 of the heads, tails, and fins from the soft visceral parts. The amount 

 paid for the viscera, equal in quality to that obtained in this collection, 

 has been greater than 5 cents per pound. 



Observations on the adequacy of packaging, using the polyethylene 

 bags within burlap, were made by Service personnel during handling at 

 Petersburg and on arrival at destination. Examination by representatives 

 of a commercial steamship company was made at destination. 



The container employed for this purpose was a 0.002-inch thick poly- 

 ethylene transparent bag, (19 inches wide and 42 inches long) placed inside 

 a burlap bag (18 inches wide by 36 inches long). The burlap bag, being 

 smaller than the plastic liner, takes up most of the strain during packing, 

 freezing, and handling operations. This size of bag would hold, if filled 

 completely, about 100 pounds of material. However, by placing only 65 



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