54 FISHERY AND FUR INDUSTRIES OF ALASKA IN 1912. 



Persons Engaged in the Salmon-Pickling Industry in 1912. 



Barrels" of Salmon Pickled in 1912, by Species. 



Coho, or silver 



Dog, or chum 



Humpback, or pink 

 Humpback bellies.. 



King, or spring 



Red, orsockeye 



Total 



Southeast 

 Alaska. 



No. 

 274 

 25 

 3,081 

 31 

 52 

 252 



4,315 



Value. 



$2,406 

 157 



24,419 



534 



208 



2,582 



Central Alaska. 



No. 

 622 



524 



6 



16 



6,539 



7,708 



Value. 



$5,007 



7 



3,668 



72 



152 



54,195 



63,101 



Western Alaska. 



No. 

 269 

 67 

 31 



157 

 22,092 



22,616 



Value. 

 $2, 152 



No. 

 1,165 



4,236 



37 



225 



28,883 



34,639 



Value. 



$9, 565 



652 



28,304 



606 



2,442 



264,965 



a Barrels holding 200 pounds of fish. 

 FRESH FISH. 



Shipped from Alaska. — The fresh-salmon industry of southeast 

 Alaska has assumed quite extensive proportions since 1905, when it 

 first developed on a scale of any importance. Shipments are made 

 by way of the regular steamship lines from Juneau, Petersburg, 

 Wrangell, and Ketchikan. The fish are eviscerated and are packed 

 in crushed ice in boxes holding on the average about 450 pounds. 

 Shipments are made at all seasons of the year, and all species of 

 salmon are handled. The greatly increased demand for kings for 

 mild-cure purposes has very materially diminished shipments in a 

 fresh state. A greatly increased number of dog salmon w^ere shipped 

 fresh during 1912. There was also a disthict gain in shipments of 

 humpback salmon. 



Shipments of fresh salmon from Alaska in 1912 totaled 1,188,923 

 pounds, valued at $87,403. This was a falling off of 736,649 pounds, 

 valued at $21,459, from 1911. 



Marketed locally in Alaska. — The local consumption of fresh fish 

 has assumed quite extensive proportions in Alaska. The chief dis- 

 tributing pcnnt in tliis trade is at Juneau. So far as figures are 



