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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Salmon taken in 1927, by apparatus and species, in each geographic section of 



Alaska — Continued 



Apparatus and species 



Lines: 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or keta 



Humpback, or pink. 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye 



Total - 



Wheels: 



Chum, or keta. 

 King, or spring- 



Total - 



Total: 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or keta 



Humpback, or pink. 



King, or spring 



Red , or sockeye 



Grand total. 



Southeast 

 Alaska 



477, 417 

 766 

 854 



624, 918 

 1,477 



1, 105, 432 



1, 345, 908 



2, 208, 840 

 8, 017, 798 



673. 736 

 1, 449, 831 



13,696, 113 



Central 

 Alaska 



1, 319, 788 



2, 529, 069 

 12, 899, 247 



155, 113 

 4, 207, 643 



21, 110, 860 



Western 

 Alaska 



315, 134 

 20, 711 



2,066 



1,021,767 



334, 578 



138, 440 



11, 918, 847 



13, 415, 698 



Total 



477, 417 

 766 

 854 



624, 918 

 1,477 



1, 105, 432 



315, 134 

 20,711 



335, 845 



2, 667, 762 

 5, 759, 676 



21, 251, 623 

 967, 289 



17, 576, 321 



48, 222, 671 



CANNING 



CHANGES IN CANNERIES 



The Nakat Packing Corporation renewed, for a 3-year period, its 

 lease on the Heceta Island plant of the Swift-Arthur-Crosby Co. and 

 also leased the cannery of the Pure Food Fish Co. at Ketchikan, 

 giving it a total of five canneries in southeast Alaska. The plant of 

 the George Inlet Packing Co. was leased by Libby, McNeill & Libby, 

 this action being taken as a result of the loss of the latter's floating 

 cannery, which was driven on the rocks near Ketchikan during a 

 heavy storm in March. The floating plant Pioneer, of the Stuart 

 Corporation at Ketchikan, was purchased by the Far North Fisheries 

 (Inc.), and moved to Hydaburg, where a warehouse was built on 

 shore. The Hood Bay Canning Co. took over the cannery of Hidden 

 Inlet Canning Co. at Hood Bay at the beginning of the year. The 

 lease of the cannery formerly operated by the Point Warde Fisheries 

 at Point Warde was taken over by the Whitworth Fisheries (Inc.). 

 The Peril Straits Packing Co. purchased the cannery buildings of the 

 former Todd Packing Co. on Peril Strait, which had not been in use 

 since 1920; machinery for a 1-line outfit was secured, the original 

 equipment having been sold to the Sunrise Packing Co. in 1923 and 

 transferred to its cannery at Ketchikan. 



The Alaska Sanitary Packing Co., which had lost its plant at 

 Wrangell by fire in 1924 and had since operated jointly with the 

 Alaska Packers Association, leased the Wrangell cannery of that 

 company and operated independently in the 1927 season. The 

 Diamond K Packing Co. purchased the floater that had been operated 

 by the Dobbins Packing Co. at Petersburg in 1922 and 1923 and used 

 it as a floating cannery at Wrangell during the early run of salmon, 

 later moving to Hoonah for the fall fishing season. The New England 

 Fish Co. expanded its production facilities in southeast Alaska, erect- 

 ing a modern new 23^-line cannery at Ketchikan to replace its 



