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RHEIN SOMM se 24 icis le RE eee BERS aera e eat Pea ee Seldovia. 
Hidalso.isiand. Packing 'Co20 ee ee eae Halibut Cove and Port 
Graham. 
BAe GISSDEL gs: S= =e nn Gene eae aT) ee Halibut Cove. 
Elanson* &. JaACOUSen ma 2 aes ee ae a ee Do. 
Hazel “Packing | CoOes-20 — 2ORhy SP ee ars nt een Floating plant. 
Herring: Bay Packing y C0222 = ene et eee Seldovia. 
Ottar (Hofstadssa 4) eae Se eer ay 2 eee Floating plant. 
HE: SAGCODSEN = tae es Sees Veena eee Oe. ee ene Halibut Cove. 
Jacobsen & Stemland______- eS Se A eS Do. 
ans JOHNSON (GOSS ssa se ees Pe) ae Ee See ee oe Do. 
hatouche, Packing (© 0! athe nip 4< we Uo ee Ie ee Do. 
Libby.- McNeil ip byee nee eee ee Floating plant. 
IN ASSa OLS Hi Os epee tio Va oe re oe ee Do. 
NOrsted thas (Co 28 Saker ae AEE Es ESR ee Eee eee ee Do. 
INOEthHZAMmerican Misheriess = St ae yi eee eee Do. 
BredvM.){O Neie rs See Bee ope bo RE Bs See Pa Portlock City. 
Reese & Buvick SA OE Be ae ee se 2 eee a ee Halibut Cove. 
L Dia SE PONG hii cl fees Be ts Wien ee tebe) Mies a Aigo ERAN GN ey oy we Do. 
sanwuan Hishine  ePackine (Come sia Tutka Bay. P 
ShinyalkesPacking) (Conor. Ete ta teed eet rey EE eee Halibut Cove. 
HP SLVGLUSONS io 2 Sere Ee ake ee ee ee Do. 
SES KIArOte ae IS ONSe. See see wee a LES Pe ie een Homer Spit. 
EAS UD CSP eee ke re SEES lit sie ES ee pee Halibut Cove. 
hom pPsonwey SUNG spy seo6s aes ees eee Do. 
IDiESintl SiG Gale se waa oe et ag Do. 
WiiepianJHISHERIGS! == Ss A eres SL ce Le Floating plant. 
Irie ZaWVilad ge Cams ens 20 Re eae lo ee AC eee Halibut Cove. 
The chief operators in the Kodiak-Afognak district were the 
following, all of whom prepared Scotch- cured herring: 
EGBA INSTEON G Bucs e oee ys a e AS s ee e Three Saints Bay. 
Cony SeaCkIin oO Oe se.) ee ee ee ee Raspberry Island. 
CrESCENE WHERGIN Or OO eee se ck ee ee eet Shuyak Strait. 
die hay dpe Je ye ovate Coke ee NE ESS Ge ee ee Floating plant. 
OitarPoOtsra ges os Pa ee as Se es ce, Do. 
WesJedlimiachybackine Coss. =. 2 se eee ee Uzinki. 
Jeqayih ee Wea S (SU ah t ean Clo pe aee ae ee eS AE SL SS ok oe ieee, Floating plant. 
INASSH THIS y OO! = see ee he a ey ele Se Do. 
North: sAimerican eHiSheries =.= 2a a ee we eS ae! Do. 
San. diane hushine 16. PackinesOo=222) saan bel alee Shuyak Island. 
Shuyalke Backing" Coes 268 tnvec 8 ae ad LEER S Ie Le ne Shuyak Strait. 
SACS kia rote sccuNOns- 24 rurmeisi eo bys yt Pees Maile ie th . Port Williams. 
Svendsonud& (Shaw) backine sos 2a et eee ee Shuyak Island. 
Wtoplanmhisheries=) see te Ae A hea hee Floating plant. 
George A. Rounsefell, scientific assistant of the bureau, continued 
throughout 1926 the biological investigation of the Alaska herring 
aaa he had begun in 1925. 
STATISTICAL SUMMARY 
The herring industry in Alaska employed 2,101 persons in 1926, 
as compared ‘with 1,839 in 1925. The number of plants increased 
from 54 in 1925 to 61 in 1926, and the investment from $6,108,494 
to $6,808.395, or 11 per cent. The products were valued at $3,554,489 
in 1926, as compared with $3,852,449 in 1925, a decrease of $297,960, 
or slightly less than 8 per cent. Scotch-cured herring declined from 
33, 925, 975 pounds in 1925 to 15,629,230, or less than half of the pro- 
duction in the preceding year. Herring for bait decreased from 
7,086,840 pounds in 1925 to 2,234,938 pounds in 1926. Meal or ferti- 
lizer increased 32 per cent in quantity and value, and oil 26 per cent 
in quantity and 32 per cent in value over the production in 1925. 
