144 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Products of Alaska clam industry in 1938 










Item Cases Pounds Value 
RAZOR CLAMS 
Minced: 
Tos pounG)Cans!(48it0)| Case) nase se) = ae ee 134, 592 830, 208 | $204, 830 
10-ounce. cans) (48 toicase)\ijots PAI ys Dee ae eee 4, 457 133, 710 32, 491 
I-pound cans; (48ito case) eae Sea ee a ee eee 119 5, 712 1,189 
Whole: 
10-ounce\cans (48ito case)ia8S sos8i4sie olf iste Vi eee 1, 126 33, 780 9, 765 
T=pownd) cans(48,(0.Case) = ane eee ae ae eae ee eens 234 11, 232 2, 556 
20-o0mnce cansi(24.to' case) SS). Beef) i) eee ee eee 23 690 161 
Motal,raZOriClalis <= ere eee es en MN Re es 2 eee 40, 551 1, 015, 3382 250, 992 
BUTTER CLAMS 
Minced. 
Ye-NOUn Gd CANish 48iLOlCASC) mete ee a ee ee ee 12 288 72 
Whole: 
16-ponndseans)(48i to) ease) -22e2h* 2 fa5 cet. eee ee er ee 32 768 110 
l=potndicansi(@SatO'case)i--- = = Ce ee ee eee 250 12, 000 1, 500 
Juice: 
1=poundyeans| (48 tocsse)=-_-— 2 — £2 oe ee ae eee ee 25 1, 200 100 
Motalybuttericlams =a ats scfeett oe aeete ise eet. Sep 319 14, 256 1, 782 
Grandhtotallhs. 4 siscegs lit dd i) bE EA eh 2 ED 40, 870 1, 029, 588 252, 774 

1 Of this number, 9,615 cases, valued at $57,690, were packed from clams obtained from Massett, B. C. 
SHRIMP 
Two plants in southeast Alaska were erigaged primarily in the 
shrimp business: Alaskan Glacier Sea Food Co., at Petersburg, and 
Reliance Shrimp Co., at Wrangell. Cold-packed shrimp were also 
produced at the crab cannery of Dean C. Kayler, at Petersburg. 
which cannery was erected during the winter to replace that of 
Kayler-Otness, Inc., destroyed by fire in November 1937. <A small 
production of shrimp was reported also by the Alaskan Glacier Sea 
Food Co., at Cordova, in conjunction with its crab-canning operations. 
There were 141 persons engaged in the industry, of whom 27 were 
whites, 84 natives, 16 Japanese, 9 Filipinos, and 5 Mexicans. Prod- 
ucts consisted of 431,900 pounds of cold-packed shrimp meat, valued 
at $167,086; 3,211 pounds of frozen shrimp meat, valued at $1,284; 
and 690 pounds of fresh shrimp in shell, valued at $104—a total of 
435,801 pounds, valued at $168,474. Comparable figures for 1937 
show a production of 463,385 pounds, valued at $164,933. 
CRABS 
During the year 1938, four plants in southeast Alaska and seven in 
the central district were engaged in the crab fishery. The A R B 
Packing Co. continued to operate as a separate unit its crab plant at 
Wrangell, which had formerly belonged to the Boardway Canning Co. 
Other plants in southeast Alaska were those of Dean C. Kayler, at 
Petersburg, and the Salt Sea Fisheries, at Tenakee, each of which was 
built to replace one destroyed by fire in the fall of 1937, and the plant 
of Oscar H. Wood, at Hoonah. 
In addition to the operations carried on at its Cordova plant, the 
Alaskan Glacier Sea Food Co. packed crab meat at a newly equipped 
branch plant on Bering River. Engaged in the crab industry in the 
Cordova region also were the Gulf Packing Co., which packed both 
clams and salmon; the S. E. Smith Packing Co., primarily a clam 
cannery; and the Sheep Bay Packing Co. g 
