ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES 141 
fleet were 13,281,681 pounds, valued at $931,629, and landings in 
Alaska amounted to 8,705,204 pounds, valued at $557,911. Fares of 
the Alaska fleet in 1938, therefore, increased 2 percent in quantity but 
decreased 4 percent in value from 1937. The landings in Alaska ports 
in 1938 decreased about 5 percent in quantity and 10 percent in value 
from the preceding year. 
The amount of halibut livers landed by the Alaska fleet was not 
reported, but it was stated that there were altogether about 866,000 
pounds of halibut, sablefish, “lingcod,’’ and rockfish livers, valued at 
about $405,000, landed at Alaska and Pacific coast ports during 1938 
by American vessels, as compared with 953,000 pounds, valued at 
$449,000, landed by American vessels in 1937. The estimated amount 
of halibut livers Janded in Alaska was 133,000 pounds, valued at 
$66,500. 
Halibut and sablefish viscera landed by the American fleet amounted 
to about 983,000 pounds, valued at $98,000. The estimated amount 
landed in Alaska was 240,787 pounds, valued at $24,079. No segrega- 
tion was made according to species, but as the bulk of the product was 
halibut viscera, the entire amount is being included in the halibut 
statistics. 
These statistics were compiled from data collected by the Interna- 
tional Fisheries Commission and by agents of the Bureau. 
Persons engaged, wages paid, and operating units, Alaska halibut industry, 1938 
















Item Total Ttem Total 
PERSONS ENGAGED OPERATING UNITS 
Vessels: 
hishermenswhitess- 22.2) 5. ee Te Vie IROWEE OVER DiLONS. eens ee ee 110 
Net tonnages se? aie ie ae 1, 570 
Shoresmen: Manchese = 22.2 85 oe 2 a ee 28 
RHIC es eee ter eee ee en 137',||, Skatesiof lines... 2-22 MVIA Te Aree 8, 422 
Watives.tle) fii e To ket 11 
Povaless ssi tah yeti Sa 148 
STATIC LOLH = ee ee ee Ae 725 
iWeacesmaid shoresmen- === 2.2.24. $22, 046 
Products of the Alaska halibut fishery in 1938 
Products Pounds Value 
irestenenidinicilocal) seseee Perel £4 bt oe is eae Uiee neg bs eee  e 6, 794,439 | $429, 448 
Veeae a i Ee ) ne cee 2 eh ee eh ee aoe eee 6, 761, 916 460, 853 
Winersdiee SE STE Sey Seren svi it oy Oh iss ie ee eee ee 133, 000 66, 500 
WRT OL Be ETS EN A Pe ee ere eee ee eee 240, 787 24, 079 
ERisllat yee pees oe a ieee bine (ST fs een) bes ee esis seaside 13, 930, 142 980, 880 

1 The amount of livers landed by the Alaska fleet was not segregated; the quantity shown herein is the 
estimated amount landed in Alaska. ge : s 
2 The total includes some sablefish viscera, the amount and value of which it was impossible to segregate. 
coD 
Operations in the cod industry were on about the same scale as in 
other recent years in the Shumagin Islands region and in the vicinity 
of Unalaska. Twenty-six whites and two natives were reported en- 
gaged in the fishery from shore stations, including men aboard the 
