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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Kalgin Packing Co. (floating plant) Akutan. 



C. P. Madsen & Soren Karlsen Dutch Harbor. 



James W. Manson Do. 



Olaf Olson Do. 



Polar Packing Co Unalaska. 



Utopian Fisheries (Inc.) (floating plant) Akutan. 



Property losses reported in the herring fishery consisted of the 

 destruction by fire of the schooner Alice Cooke, valued at $10,000; and 

 the loss of 300 barrels of herring, valued at $4,500, and miscellaneous 

 items of fishing gear and small boats having a total value of $6,955. 

 One fisherman lost his life by drowning. 



Dr. George A. Rounsefell, aquatic biologist of the bureau, aided by 

 two assistants, continued the stvidy and investigations of the Alaska 

 herring along the lines followed during the last several years. A small 

 power vessel was purchased by the bureau in 1931 for Doctor Rounse- 

 fell's use during the fishing season, thus facilitating the field work. 



STATISTICAL SUMMARY 



Seven hundred and thirty persons were engaged in the Alaska 

 herring industry in 1931, as compared with 1,413 in 1930, and the 

 number of plants decreased from 39 to 29. Products of the fishery 

 w^ere valued at $1,227,896, a decrease of $905,781, or approximately 

 42 per cent from 1930, when the total value was $2,133,677. Scotch- 

 cured herring decreased from 8,081,245 pounds in 1930 to 8,011,050 

 pounds in 1931, or about 1 per cent; herring for bait decreased from 

 9,298,140 to 7,607,797 pounds, or about 18 per cent; meal decreased 

 approximately 32 per cent in quantity and 58 per cent in value; and 

 oil decreased 39 per cent in quantity and 57 per cent in value, com- 

 pared with the production for 1930. 



Persons engaged, wages paid, and operating units, Alaska herring industry, 1931 



