ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1931 



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DRY-SALTED, DRIED, SMOKED, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS SALMON 



PRODUCTS 



Small quantities of dry-salted salmon were prepared in southeastern 

 and western Alaska at two plants engaged primarily in the herring 

 fishery. Two salmon salteries in central Alaska prepared kippered 

 saUnon in connection with their other operations, while in south- 

 eastern Alaska a plant that employed six white shoresmen was engaged 

 in canning Idppered salmon, of which product 111 cases, or 5,328 

 pounds, were packed. 



In the fishery of the Yukon, Tanana, and Kuskokwim Rivers, which 

 is carried on principally by natives, 1,240,000 pounds of chum salmon 

 were dried, valued at $74,600; and in addition 576 pounds of beleke 

 from kings, valued at $115, and 700 pounds of kippered kings, valued 

 at $100, were prepared. In this western district 12 whites and 610 

 natives engaged in the fishery, and the apparatus used consisted of 

 256 wheels, 789 gill nets of 10,592 fathoms, 50 rowboats and skiffs, 

 and 4 gill-net boats. 



The production of miscellaneous salmon products incidental to 

 the canning of salmon consisted of 70 cases (forty-eight 1-pound cans, 

 to the case) of fish pudding from coho salmon and 78 cases (forty-eight 

 )2-pound cans to the case) from chums, with a total value of $950, in 

 central Alaska, and 20K barrels, or 4,100 pounds, of salmon eggs for 

 caviar, valued at $500, in western Alaska. 



Production of dry-salted, dried, smoked, and other miscellaneous salmon products in 



Alaska in 1931 



BY-PRODUCTS 



The preparation of salmon by-products was carried on at two plants 

 in southeastern Alaska which were engaged solely in that business,, 

 giving employment to 22 white shoresmen and 6 white transporters. 

 In central Alaska four salmon canneries manufactured salmon oil and 



