140 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Persons engaged, wages paid, and operating units, Alaska cod industry, 1921 



Items 



PERSONS ENGAGED 



fishermen: 



Whites 



Natives.-- _-- 



Mexican 



Total --- 



Shoresmen: Whites 



Grand total 



Wages paid shoresmen . 



Number 



112 



$3,450 



Items 



Number 



OPERATING UNITS 



Shore stations 



Vessels: 



Sailing 



Net tonnage- 

 Launches 



Power dories 



Rowboats 



-\pparatus: 



Trawl lines 



Hooks -. 



Hand lines 



23 



1 

 370 



6 

 33 

 41 



25 



8,100 



161 



Products of Alaska cod industry in 1921 



Offshore cod fleet in 1921 



WHALES 



The American Pacific Whaling Co. operated its plants at Akutan 

 and Port Hobron as in the preceding year, using four steam %vhalers 

 in connection w4th the former and three with the latter. A new 

 operator in Alaskan w^aters was the California Sea Products Co., 

 whose floating plant Lansing and three whaling vessels were engaged 

 in the vicinity of Kodiak Island. 



Included in the following statistics are the products of a humpback 

 whale caught accidentally in the salmon trap of the Petersburg Pack- 

 ing Co. at Point Colpoys and utilized at the reduction plant of the 

 Petersburg By-Products Co. at Petersburg. 



Employment w^as given to 316 whites and 10 natives, a total of 326, 

 which is a decrease of 29 persons from the number reported engaged 

 in the industry in 1926. There w^ere 718 whales taken, consisting of 

 122 finbacks, 554 humpbacks, 35 sulphur bottoms, 3 sperm, 1 right, 

 and 3 sei whales. This is an increase of 137 over the number caught 

 in the preceding year. 



