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Fisheries of the Mississippi River betiveen Lake Pepin and Lake Keokuk, H. 



Continued 



CATCH: By States 



FISHERIES OF ALASKA ^^^ 



The catch of fishery products in Alaska during 1932 amounted to 

 598,855,651 pounds, valued at $6,971,324 which is an increase of less 

 than one-half of one percent in volume but a decrease of 31 percent 

 in value as compared with the previous year. Of the total catch 

 in 1932, 452,536,052 pounds, valued at $5,765,501, consisted of 

 salmon; 143,406,896 pounds, valued at $1,048,045, other fish; and 

 2,912,703 pounds, valued at $157,778, shellfish. In addition 270 

 whales were taken. These fisheries gave employment to 8,059 fish- 

 ermen, 1,261 persons on transporting vessels, and 10,802 persons in 

 the wholesale and manufacturing industries — a total of 20,122 persons 

 which is a decrease of 11 percent as compared with the number 

 employed during 1931. 



12 Statistics for the fisheries of Alaska are collect ed and compiled by the Alaska Division of this Bureau 

 A summary of these statistics appears in this section. For detailed figures the reader is referred to "Alaska 

 Fisheries and Fur-Seal Industries in 1932" by Ward T. Bower, App. I to the Report of Commissioner of 

 Fisheries for the fiscal year 1933. 



