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Operations in the industry were on about the same level as in 

 the preceding year, threB small plants again being operated in south- 

 eastern Alaska. Two of these were situated at Wrangell and one at 

 Petersburg, near which places the more important grounds are 

 located. 



Employment was given to 172 persons, of whom 24 were whites, 

 101 natives, 1 Chinese, 29 Japanese, 11 Filipinos, 5 Mexicans, and 

 1 negro. Products for the 1927 season consisted of 491,825 pounds 

 of shrimp meat valued at $196,732, an increase of 1,640 pounds in 

 quantity and S904 in value over the preceding year, when 490,185 

 pounds valued at $195,828 were prepared. 



CRABS 



Crab products were prepared at three plants in southeastern 

 Alaska — the Alaskan Glacier Sea Food Co., Petersburg, and the 

 Reliance Shrimp Co. at Wrangell handling crabs incidentally to 

 their shrimp operations, while the Northern Sea Food Co. operated 

 solely in the crab fishery at Petersburg and Kasaan. In central 

 Alaska one plant, the Cordova Shellfish Co., engaged only in crab 

 operations at Cordova. There were 99 persons employed in the 

 industry, of whom 86 were whites, 11 natives, and 2 Filipinos. Prod- 

 ucts consisted of 98,390 pounds of cold packed meat, valued at 

 $38,907; 469 dozen crabs in the shell, valued at $938; and 7 cases 

 of 3^-pound cans, valued at $84. The total value of products in 

 1927 was $39,929, as compared with $61,616 in 1926, a decline of 



35 per cent. 



TROUT 



Trout operations in x\laska in 1927 were incidental to other branches 

 of the fishery industry. The products were as follows: Dolly Var- 

 dens, 17,430 pounds frozen, valued at $1,473, and 24,277 pounds 

 fresh, valued at $3,517; steelheads, 6,589 pounds frozen, valued at 

 $659, and 9,650 pounds fresh, valued at $947. The total production 

 of both species was 57,946 pounds, valued at $6,596, as against 

 84,594 pounds, valued at $10,256, in 1926, a decrease of 31.5 per 

 cent in quantity and 35.7 per cent in value. 



MISCELLANEOUS FISHERY PRODUCTS 



Several species of fish of minor commercial importance are taken 

 in small quantities, chiefly in connection with the halibut fisher}^, 

 and landed at Alaskan ports and at Seattle. Such products landed 

 in Alaska in 1927 were as follows: Sablefish, 164,018 pounds fresh, 

 valued at $7,841; 1,087,885 pounds frozen, valued at $61,088; and 

 87,278 pounds pickled, valued at $4,172; rockfishes, 31,471 pounds 

 frozen, valued at $1,099; flounders, 5,600 pounds frozen, valued at 

 $56; and smelt, 9,677 pounds frozen, valued at $1,161, and 175 pounds 

 fresh, valued at $21. All of these products were from southeastern 

 Alaska. 



