ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES 149 
Products of Alaska frozen-salmon industry in 1939 





Species Pounds Value Species Pounds Value 
@oho, jor silver £2 __ 222.22 22. 12,142,008 | $170,940 || King, or spring____________- 31,510,727 | $134, 699 
@lttim Woriketa2— 25-225 2.2 497, 897 18, 778 | 
Pink, or humpback________- 2 202, 082 15, 716 PPovalies _. S2 SEOs ee 4, 352, 714 340, 133. 
1 Ineludes 117,110 pounds of quick-frozen steaks and fillets, valued at $21,078. 
2 Includes 186,626 pounds of quick-frozen steaks and fillets, valued at $14,930. 
3 Includes 5,035 pounds of quick-frozen salmon, valued at $906. 
Dry-SALTepD, DrizpD, AND OrHER MISCELLANEOUS SALMON PRopDUCTS 
Miscellaneous salmon products reported for southeast Alaska in 
1939 consisted of 24,603 pounds of fresh salmon sold to halibut fisher- 
men for bait, valued at $200, and 155,205 pounds of frozen salmon for 
bait and mink feed, valued at $1,551. 
Three outfits in central Alaska prepared a small pack of canned 
smoked salmon, the total production amounting to 141 cases of cohos 
packed in one-half-pound cans, 48 to the case, valued at $927; 31 
cases of cohos, 48 1-pound cans to the case, valued at $465; and 7 
cases of red salmon, 48 half-pound cans to the case, valued at $49. 
In this district, also, there were produced 5,523 pounds of dry-salted 
salmon, valued at $406. 
Products of the Yukon, Tanana, and Kuskokwim Rivers included 
3,200 pounds of dry-salted salmon, valued at $320, and 456,000 pounds 
of dried salmon, valued at $36,500. Sixteen whites and 767 natives 
engaged in the fishery, and the apparatus used consisted of 247 wheels, 
545 gill nets of 13,710 fathoms, 2 dories, and 50 rowboats and skiffs. 
Production of dry-salted, dried, and other miscellaneous salmon products in Alaska 































in 1939 
Southeast Central Western Total 
Alaska Alaska Alaska 
Products : 
Pounds! Value |Pounds} Value |Pounds! Value |Pounds| Value 
Dry-salted: 
@oho} onisilyers = so t7 pees 8 SN eel Bee bb ed 4, 461 $319 plese ees ol] Pons es ot 4, 461 $319 
RS OD SDE Pee eee i rere ge sm We ate | 3, 200 $320 | 3, 200 320 
REC TOrISOCKE VC ee hEL EE STS e Ree ENE Lae) 1, 062 S73 Fe AST STE. 1, 062 87 
Totaleast-pgaer stim is it. | eee Ey 5, 523 406 3, 200 320 8, 723 726 
Dried: arinn 
OCH TT Ol KG Uae nn ee eee ee ee ee ee (eee 402, 000 | 32,000 |402, 000 32, 000’ 
Reins OTiSpring SM) Seep PEM EE SES hy wh aot ES fn 42,000 | 3,600 | 42, 000 3, 600 
ECU MOTISOCKAV Cees tee, conten ym ete ie ee |e eee 12, 000 900 | 12, 000 900 
AN OLAD ese tt Sp lag eB Z| fae eal Sad Sl Macey | a a in oes real Ah 456, 000 | 36, 500 |456, 000 36, 500 
Smoked and canned: ; 
MONO WOLSLLVOle eee te eee en tees 4, 872 392) |e es eee See esee = 4, 872 1, 392 
Ede OF SOCKEYOLIE: Fe Fyseee Disres oP lecerowe 168 AG dered Py ge a: 168 49 
"Rotaletee welt e steele ste FF 4) $3 bogie re beer 5, 040 } LAAN Al Fee es |'Sn eS 5, 040 1, 441 
Fresh for bait: | 
(OHNO ON SLVOL ett ten 270 Soul eeee ee | ae eel eee nee | eee 270 3 
Chumijor ketal ticte"- ciao es 24, 333 HOT] | Ssaseed _Perece Fey [eee ee pe ree eee 24, 333 197 
Potales sche es stele Sh3i) 10) Bs 24, 603 QUO bes eked obs SL Ek) SRP ER SK 2 Este 24, 603 200 
Frozen for bait and mink feed: ia 
@ohof or; silver e-= _*_- = S 2, 650 OT gw 4 Faerie dl te Oa Ele de ht | ee ae | 2, 650 26 
@Ohum, ortketa = (a5!) cal aPasi ek 72, 535 25a) 2 SE ORE ERE) Bee 72, 535 725 
Pink, or humpback___-_________- 80, 020 SOOA| eevee ss | aed eta) SE x ed eee 80, 020. 800: 
AMiy tsi tet SS se hs see wee oe 0 Cae 28 155, 205 ns eo er ens uy ee sae 155, 205 1, 551 








Grand total___________________ 179,808 | 1,751 | 10,563 | 1,847 |459, 200 | 36,820 (649,571 | 40, 418 



