158 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Although the bulk of the catch was used for canning, some crabs 
were sold fresh in each district. Except for a limited production of 
king crab in southeast Alaska and on Cook Inlet, the output consisted 
of Dungeness crab. 
The number of employees credited to the crab industry in 1939 was 
209, of whom 154 were whites, 46 natives, 8 Filipinos, and 1 Mexican. 
Products consisted of 287,500 pounds of canned crab meat, valued at 
$92,514; 890 pounds of cold-packed meat, valued at $445; 63 pounds 
of crab meat in bulk, sold locally, valued at $30; and 651 dozen whole 
crabs in the shell, valued at $1,590. The total output of crab products 
was 305,498 pounds, valued at $94,579, as compared with 483,276 
pounds valued at $172,638 in 1938, a decrease of 37 percent in quantity 
and 45 percent in value. 
Products of the Alaska crab industry in 1939 














Southeast Alaska Central Alaska Total 
Product Bay ie x. 
pun Pounds} Value |~ yer |Pounds Value |~ ert Pounds} Value 
ee ee eae See eee ae | cle nn BZ 
DUNGENESS CRABS | | 
Canned: | i 
14-pound cans (48 to ease) _cases__|1, 080 | 25, 920 |$8, 284 |6, 801 |163, 224 |$51, 709 |7, 881 |189, 144 |$59, 993 
1=poundicans) (24itorcase) S=2GOPe se S21 1 7,04 |) 87082) ee ans | ee eee 321 7,704 | 3,082 
i-powndcans (4S8ito case)e doen ee |a- fe eS 635 | 30,480 | 10,297 | 635 | 30,480 | 10, 297 
20-ounce cans (24 to case)._.do___-|_----_|-------- jee ceesa 284 | 8,520} 2,407 | 284 | 8,520) 2,407 
20-ounce cans (90 to case)__-do____}__---- fe Se eae | eke saa 409 | 46,012 | 14,717 409 | 46,012 | 14, 717 
Cold-packed meat, 5-pound cans____- 178 | 890 AAG T eee es Bet 2 Ee eee 178 890 445 
Crab meat in bulk___..____pounds__|_-___- | ae a aeae eee 63 63 30 63 63 30 
Woholevinishelle = 2-28 2. dozen__| 341 | 7, 000 | 682 272 7, 995 578 613 | 14, 995 1, 260 
Total, Dungeness crabs______- 29 =| A514 )12 4930 ee 256,294 | 79). 738s|-_-_- = '297, 808 | 92, 231 




KING CRABS 
Canned, }4-pound cans (48 to case) 
cases __ 88 2,112; 704 147 3, 528 1,314 235 5, 640 2,018 



















Whole in shell__-_=__.__-__ dozen__|_.__- | ames [Woe oe | 38] 2,050 330 | 38] 2,050 330 
Total, King crabs_............| 88 oat | rp gieeiels 5,578 | 1,644 |______ 7,690 | 2, 348 
i= Se 1 —— a 
Granditotaleesecen 2 sees hes |[saslr4s G2enlIshaoval meee _2 261, 872 | 81,382 |_____- 305, 498 | 94, 579 

Novre.—The weights of the pack shown are based upon the size of the cans, rather than on the net con- 
tents. Half-pound cans contain 614 cunces of meat; 1-pound cans contain 13 ounces; and No. 2, or 20-ounce 
eans, contain 16 ounces. 
OYSTERS 
An output of 52 galions (455 pounds) of oysters, valued at $166, 
was produced in the Ketchikan district in the fall of 1939. This is 
the first reported commercial production of oysters in Alaska waters, 
although the experimental cultivation of the species was begun in 
1931 and has been carried on from time to time by various growers. 
Under the Act of August 2, 1937, for the protection of oyster culture 
in Alaska, leases of oyster bottoms may be obtained at nominal cost 
for the bona fide cultivation of oysters for commercial purposes. 
An application was received in 1939 from Jabine R. Smith, and a 
6-year lease was subsequently executed by the Acting Secretary of the 
Interior in his favor, effective January 1, 1940, for 100 acres of bot- 
toms in Admiralty Cove, Admiralty Island. This is the third jease 
of the kind for the fosterimg of oyster growing in Alaska. 
