142 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA 
Yakutat and Dry Bay.—Yakutat Bay to and including Dry Bay. 
Cape Fairweather-Dixzon Entrance.—All waters of southeastern Alaska south of 
Cape Fairweather. 
Pack of canned salmon in Alaska in 1939, by districts | 








Percent- 
age in- 
District Coho | Chum Pink King Red Total | crease or 
decrease 
from 1938 
Cases | Cases Cases Cases Cases Cases 
Bristol} Baybee 5 ae a a ees ee 88.272) [232 32 ens 5, 038 |1, 059, 181 |1, 152, 491 —37. 13 
Port Moller and Herendeen Bay_____|________ 6, 478 2 465 56, 310 63, 255 —20. 99 

Ikatan-Shumagin Islands---_-_------- 9,835 |120,901 | 292,203 | 4,483 | 149,046 | 576, 468 =12 
Chignik: 222. te s 728 | 6,874 13, 744 377 | 142,770 | 164, 493 +191, 59 
Kodiak-Afognak Islands---- 9, 442 | 62,185 | 603, 492 651 115, 604 | 791,374 +16. 89 







Cook-Inlete=-- == s+. ~ son Sse 13, 076 | 20,726 15,570 | 16,554 | - 183, 304 | 249, 230 —14. 26 
Prince William Sound_-_-_-__-_--- ..--| 3,858 | 28,756 | 129, 491 257 12,390 | 174,752 —65. 74 
‘Copper and Bering Rivers_---------- 947 4 165 2, 192 52, 285 55, 593 —18. 78 
Makutatand Dryjpaye ee 9, 301 47 2, 237 | 1,629 25, 463 38, 677 —38. 93 
Cape Fairweather- Digi Entrance___ 56, 935 | 296, 057 |1, 473, 121 812 169, 895 |1, 996, 820 —24. 67 
Totaled eee oe Be ee ee 104, 122 |630, 300 |2, 530,025 | 32,458 |1, 966, 248 |5, 263, 153 —22. 68 

1 Pack reduced to the basis of 48 1-pound cans per case. 
Canneries operated in Alaska in 1939, by districts 









Canneries Canneries 
Canneries} handling Canneries} handling 
District located in|; salmon District located in| salmon 
district | taken in district | taken in 
district district 
Number | Number Number | Number 
Bristolep aye ee ee 1 22 22 || Prince William Sound ______- 9 7 
Port Moller and Herendeen 24 4 || Copper and Bering Rivers___- 3 7 
BAY ene ee eee eae Yakutat and Dry Bay_______- i 1 
Ikatan-Shumagin Islands_--__- 39 9 || Cape Fairweather-Dixon En- 
Chignik: <<" =.2. 2 ene 2 5 PTANCOE 222 ans eee spes= eee 43 43 
Kodiak-Afognak Islands______ 113 13 oe a 
@ookvinlet=# =. b+. 83-22 4 8 9 Total (without duplica- 
tiOn) saeco eee 109" see 

1 Includes 1 floating plant that was operated in more than 1 district. 
2 Includes 3 floating plants that were operated in more than 1 district. 
3 Includes 4 floating plants that were operated in more than 1 district. 
EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES 
In cooperation with the Alaska Planning Council certain detailed 
statistics were collected for the first time with regard to labor em- 
ployed and wages paid by the salmon-canning industry in Alaska in 
1939. These statistics have to do with the labor and wages by racial 
distribution; the number of residents and nonresidents, whether 
citizens or aliens, and the wages paid these groups in and outside 
Alaska; and the number of salmon packed that were caught by resi- 
