ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1931 



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and it was stated that the beds were in a generally satisfactory condi- 

 tion, with an abundance of young clams. It was also pointed out that 

 of the clams taken in the commercial fishery in 1931, 80 per cent were 

 mature. In the Kodiak area the beaches from Swikshak Lagoon to 

 Cape Douglas did not yield as many razor clams as usual, due to the 

 difliculty of obtaining them rather than to a decrease in the abundance. 

 This locality produced about half of the pack of the Kodiak area, the 

 remainder being secured in Kashvik Bay on the mainland and in 

 Halibut Bay on Kodiak Island, about 25 miles south of Cape Karluk. 



Employment was given to 340 persons, of whom 322 were whites^ 

 5 natives, 7 Japanese, and 6 Filipinos. The output consisted of 

 42,292 cases, containing 1,107,762 pounds, and 100 dozen clams in the 

 shell, with a total value of $312,457 — an increase of approximately 

 30 per cent in quantity and 29 per cent in value over the production 

 in 1930, when 852,924 pounds, valued at $241,890, were prepared. 



Property losses were reported in the amount of $300, consisting of 

 the loss of a skiff and damage to a cannery building. 



Products of Alaska clam industry in 1931 



Item 



Minced: 



J/^-poimd cans (48 to case).- 



10-ounce cans (48 to case).. 



l-pound cans (48 to case)— 

 Whole: 



1-pound cans (48 to case)... 



5-pound cans (6 to case) 



Juice: 5-pound cans (6 to case). 



Total 



Fresh, in shell: 100 dozen. 



Grand total 1, 108,002 



Cases 



30, 031 



10, 597 



100 



966 



585 



13 



42, 292 



Pounds 



720, 744 



317,910 



4,800 



46, 368 



17, 550 



390 



1, 107, 762 

 240 



Value 



$215, 105 



86, 541 



1,000 



6,949 



2,779 



33 



312, 407 

 50 



312, 457 



SHRIMP 



Two plants in southeastern Alaska — that of the Alaskan Glacier 

 Sea Food Co. at Petersburg and the Reliance Shrimp Co.'s plant at 

 Wrangell — again engaged in the shrimp industry, while in central 

 Alaska a small quantity of shrimp was handled as an experiment by 

 the Northern Seafood Co. at Cordova. Although operations were on 

 about the same scale as in the preceding year, with a slightly larger 

 number of persons employed, there was a considerable decline in the 

 amount of the product, which was the smallest since 1922. 



The number of persons engaged in the shrimp industr}'^ was 117, of 

 whom 15 were whites, 65 natives, 21 Japanese, 10 Filipinos, 5 Mexi- 

 cans, and 1 Chinese. Products consisted of 457,405 pounds of shrimp 

 meat, valued at $184,050, and 2,645 pounds of fresh shrimp in the 

 shell, valued at $397, a total of 460,050 pounds, valued at $184,447. 

 Comparable figures for 1930 show a production of 513,826 pounds, 

 valued at $210,503. 



CBA6S 



The Northern Seafood Co. at Petersburg was again the chief pro- 

 ducer of crab meat in southeastern Alaska, while a small quantity of 

 the product was prepared by a plant at Wrangell in connection with 

 other shellfish operations. Three operators were engaged in the in- 



