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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



FRESH SALMON 



Operations in the fresh-salmon business in 1931 were carried on only 

 in southeastern Alaska and were for the most part incidental to the 

 mild curing of salmon. Three dealers whose chief product was fresh 

 salmon gave employment to five white shoresmen. The total produc- 

 tion was 768,619 pounds, valued at $55,918, against 1,295,216 pounds 

 valued at $117,620 in 1930 — a decrease of approximately 41 per cent 

 in quantity and 52 per cent in value. 



FREEZING 



The production of frozen salmon, although somewhat less than the 

 record output of 1930, was well above the average for recent years. 

 As usual, the bulk of the product was handled at the six cold-storage 

 plants in southeastern Alaska. Two of these plants, whose chief prod- 

 uct was frozen salmon, gave employment to 22 white shoresmen. 

 The total output in 1931 was 6,182,917 pounds, valued at $411,815— 

 a decrease of about 7 per cent in quantity and 27 per cent in value 

 from the production in 1930, when 6,614,206 pounds, valued at 

 $561,848, were prepared. 



FILLETING 



Included in the frozen-salmon product are 190,818 pounds of fillets, 

 consisting of 3,674 pounds of cohos, valued at $441; 262 pounds of 

 chums, valued at $24 ; and 186,882 pounds of pinks, valued at $18,688, 

 prepared at Ketchikan for shipment to the Atlantic Coast Fisheries 

 Co. This is not^ the first season for the handling of this product in 

 Alaska, as a fair quantity had been prepared at Ketchikan in 1928, 

 which was said to have had a ready sale in the eastern market. 



Products of the frozen-salmon industry in 1931 



1 Includes 3,674 poinds of fillets, valued at $441. 



2 Includes 262 pounds of fillets, valued at $24. 



3 Includes 186,882 pounds of fillets, valued at $18,688. 



