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Persons engaged, wages paid, and operating units, Alaska salmon mild-curing 
industry, 1938—Continued 











Southeast Central Western 
Ttem Alaska Alaska Alaska Total 
Vessels: 
Power; Over 5'tomst - 2425-2. Sfe2 oe We Ser 259 1 3 263 
Notitonnatedé Spttess. ee ee ee ee 2, 241 14 43 2, 298 
aunches = = 288 = eee en ese ee een eee G51 |e eS ae 1 652 
Power Gory. 22 5254 fe ee EEE Ce ee Se ee ees eteer ee 1 ly 
Gill-net boats =< 2. +- 2-2 222 ee es ei sas |b ee ee eee 9 9 
Rowboats andiskilis te seeeeetiiee 2020 Lk. ae 2 Ua) Seen eS EE 3 153 
Wighters and: SCOWSis eee ee ee J} |S ees See 1 3 
TELOUSED OB Ga ee eee on Sennen te esoeen= fo os|ae oon cee 1 
Apparatus: 
Gillimetsys 34 Seeks See Se oes 222 5 ot ee ee ee ee 1 21 22 
(athioms Stet seed Ph SV iSite ee ey eae 100 1, 053 1, 153 
Wings! . Se a eb ae pe ee eee 3, 718 Ye ees Se 3, 722 
SWiHGe] Sue ee ee ee oes eee eee ee eee eee al eee 3 3 
Products of Alaska salmon mild-curing industry in 1938 
Southeast Alaska Central Alaska Western Alaska Total 
Products EEE Sa | ee en 
Pounds Value Pounds} Value | Pounds | Value Pounds Value 
Coho, or silver_--_--- 1°793,600 | $103,218 | 216,800 | $1,600 |___---___-|---_-_--- 3810,400 | $104, 818 
King, or spring_----_- £5,550; 400 }| 1,054,020 e/ 22452525 (pea eee 5 158, 400 | $20,084 |§ 5,708, 800 | 1,174, 113 
"Total sas eee 6, 344, 000 | 1, 257, 247 16, 800 1, 600 158, 400 20, 084 | 6, 519, 200 | 1, 278, 931 




1992 tierces. 2 21 tierces. 31,013 tierces. 46,938 tierces, 5198 tierces. 6 7,136 tierces. 
PICKLING 
The output of pickled salmon in Alaska showed a marked increase 
over that for 1937, reaching the highest level for any year since 1926. 
This increase may be attributed primarily to the excellent runs of red 
salmon in the Bristol Bay district and to the fact that certain plants 
there did not engage in canning operations, owing to the undue delay in, 
preparation for the season’s activities by reason of unsettled labor 
conditions. Canneries that were used solely for pickling salmon were 
the Alaska Salmon Co.’s plant at Wood River, and the Nushagak 
‘and Ugashik plants of the Alaska Packers Association. A number of 
small outfits also engaged in the industry, and some pickled salmon 
was packed in connection with salmon canning and other branches of 
the fisheries. 
Of the total output, 72 percent was prepared in western Alaska, 
about 27 percent in the central district, and somewhat less than 1 per- 
cent in the southeastern district. 
There were 217 persons employed, an increase of 96 over the number 
reported for 1937. The total output was 1,177,685 pounds, valued at 
$122,421, as compared with 765,396 pounds, valued at $100,550, 
in the previous year. 
