136 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Products of Alaska fresh-salmon industry in 1938 


Species Pounds Value 
@ohowor'silver: [22k 2B ce a ti eee ee ee 1, 322, 327 $95, 427 
Chumor ketarsss arena na nae eae eee ee aoe 635, 719 12, 366 
Pink or humpback soe a en ee ee ee ee se 12, 925 355 
Kangvorspring 322-28 2022s See ae Se eee ee 1, 648, 326 166, 412 
Red, OrsOCKey es acon ed ee oe ee a ee 197, 745 16, 775 
Total see seo oe a Oe re oe ee a ee See 3, 817, 042 291, 335 
FREEZING 
The production of frozen salmon in Alaska, most of which was 
incidental to mild curing and other branches of the fisheries, was 
substantially larger in 1938 than in the preceding year. Ninety-nine 
white shoresmen, not elsewhere recorded, were identified with this 
industry, receiving wages amounting to $49,926. Except for a small 
output incidental to trout operations at Seward, in the central district, 
the entire production was from southeast Alaska. The total output 
was 7,185,046 pounds valued at $530,951, as compared with 5,344,666 
pounds valued at $431,614 in 1937—an increase of 34 percent in 
quantity and 23 percent in value. 
Frozen salmon used as bait in the halibut fishery or as animal feed 
on fur farms are not included in the above figures but are shown under 
miscellaneous salmon products. 
Products of Alaska frozen-salmon industry in 1988 




Species Pounds Value 
COROHOE'SILVOR Se = ee a 2 a an ee ae ee 4,910. 565 $357, 875 
Chumpor ketatces 2 PA Sen > eh AO Se NSE RS rey) Pe 636, 444 20, 553 
Binksor, Nymph aie kee a 2 et oe 61, 020 2, 441 
Kang Or spring. . 2: 2) sae see ee 2 es Ae ee ae nee ee ee 1, 573, 089 149, 621 
Red; or{sockeyei. 22: 7t ets en tes | aba eRe then E een Seo . 3, 928 461 
NY 0) 3 (a Re SS Oe oe Se ey ae ey 9 SE hae Ses 7, 185, 046 530, 951 

DRY-SALTED, DRIED, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS SALMON PRODUCTS 
An outfit in southeast Alaska and one in the central district re- 
ported the dry-salting of salmon. Employment was given to 2 whites 
and 4 natives, respectively, and the output of dry-salted salmon 
amounted to 10,500 pounds, valued at $1,132, in southeast Alaska, and 
18,000 pounds, valued at $500, in central Alaska. Other miscellaneous 
products in southeast Alaska consisted of 720,652 pounds of frozen 
salmon for bait, valued at $7,241; 61,420 pounds of frozen salmon for 
use as animal feed on fur farms, valued at $2,500; and 7,300 pounds of 
salmon eggs, valued at $365, which were shipped in brine to Seattle for 
use in specially prepared fish food. An output of 4,025 pounds of 
dried salmon, valued at $140, was reported for central Alaska. 
Miscellaneous fishery products of the Yukon, Tanana, and Kusko- 
kwim Rivers were 17,300 pounds of dry-salted salmon, valued at 
$1,730, and 998,000 pounds of dried salmon, valued at $71,200. Nine 
whites and 710 natives engaged in the fishery, and the apparatus used 
consisted of 238 wheels, 587 gill nets of 14,546 fathoms, 2 dories, and 
50 rowboats and skiffs. 
