292 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
FRESH SALMON 
In 1926 the fresh-salmon business of Alaska represented no inde- 
pendent investment, being incidental to other phases of the fishery 
industry. The total production was 2,274,123 pounds of all species, 
valued at $221,771, comparable with 2,620,017 pounds valued at 
$223,907 in 1925, a decrease of 13 per cent in quantity but less than 
1 per cent in value. Of this total all but 5,550 pounds, valued at 
$660, was produced in southeastern Alaska 
Products of the Alaska fresh-salmon industry in 1926 








Species Pounds Value 
@ pho; Or Siliverks sane 2 Be es oe 2) wey ade ea ge a a 672, 429 $39, 692 
TIM MOL KC Lats tan hee eRe ee Pas Saree © eee eae oe es 9 a a oe Oe 25, 383 1, 496 
Humpback, or pin! 2, 513 75 
King, or spring a ye 1, 570, 808 180, 226 
Redhor/sockeyess= = ee Sed Se 1 er ee ES Ee See eee 2, 990 282 
AE Gaal ees Be a NOUS RS Sees ee Seed ees Seis Se ee ee 2, 274, 123 221, 771 


FREEZING 
No independent investment was credited to the salmon-freezing 
business in Alaska in 1926, the operations being wholly incidental 
to other lines of the ay, industry. There was an increase in 
production of 1,197,022 2 pounds, or 47 per cent, over 1925, the total 
output in aye being 3,769,645 pounds, valued at $356, 060, as com- 
pared with 2,572,623 pounds, valued at $170,663, in 1925. 
Products of the Alaska frozen-salmon industry in 1926 





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Species | Pounds | Value 
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Coho} onsiliyers et Ss= S50 ees ah ae er Se ete tte ae met 2 ale | 1,457, 487 $124, 719 
Chuntviorketa pas) ee oot ae Se ee We a eG A ee ee eee | 572, 166 32, 232 
ERIM DACK On DUK ees: Hone nS Sv ees Bly aly See Rant an pee RP We ee 285 | 14 
(Rene VOnS Prin pe PR IS ae 20. a Ee ee ES a ek ee | 1,739, 707 199, 095 
11) \ a ee Oe a eo ed Meee ee eee Swans MA eiad Bay eS: | 3, 769, 645 356, 060 

DRY-SALTING, DRYING, AND SMOKING 
In southeastern Alaska one concern prepared dry-salted salmon, 
and in central Alaska a number of operators dried small. amounts 
of salmon for fox feed. All of these operations were incidental to 
other lines of business. ‘In the fishery of the Yukon, Tanana, and 
Kuskokwim Rivers, which is carried on principally by natives, 
1,778,164 pounds of salmon were dried, valued at $207,900; and 
in addition 600 pounds of kippered salmon, valued at $150, were 
prepared. In this western district 42 whites and 383 natives en- 
gaged in the fishery, and the apparatus used consisted of 210 wheels, 
valued at $21,000; 174 gill nets of 6,969 fathoms, valued at $6,969; 
with 25. skiffs, valued at $2.525, and 2 launches, valued at $2 000: 
a total investment of $32,494. 
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