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Persons emjagcd, wages paid, and operating units, Alaska i^ulinon-piclding 

 industry, 1933 



Products of Alaska salmon-pickling industry in 1933 



FRESH SALMON 



Of the 12 operators in southeast Alaska who reported the produc- 

 tion of fresh sahnon, 2 were engaged primaril_y in that business and 

 gave employment to 4 white shoresmen. The operations of the 

 others wore mainly incidental to the mild curing of salmon and to 

 the halibut fishery. The outi)iit consisted of 520.15:3 i)()Uii(ls of kings 

 valued at $29,722 and 33,134 pounds of cohos valued at $879, a tot^al 

 of 559.287 pounds valued at $30,601, against 1,095,913 pounds valued 

 at $70,574 in 1932 — a decrease of approximately 49 percent in quan- 

 tity and 57 percent in value. 



