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Produotiun of dry-snltid, dried, and other miscellaneous salmon produots in 

 Alaska in 1933 



HERRING 



Notwithstanding the continued low prices that prevailed through- 

 out the season, particularly on Scotch-cured herring, the total yield 

 of herring products showed a substantial gain over that of the pre- 

 vious year, due primarily to the increased production of herring 

 meal and oil. The Scotch-cured product was slightly less than in 

 Wi'I. l)ut there was a fair output of Norwegian-cured herring, which 

 more than made up the difference. A sharp decline occurred in the 

 amount of herring sold to halibut boats for bait, and the shortage 

 in this commodity strengthened the price to a considerable extent. 



Although the output of Scotch-cured herring in the Kodiak area 

 dropped from 5,411.400 pounds in 1932 to 4,130,875 pounds in 1933, 

 that ai-ea again yiekkd the largest output of any Alaska district. 

 Soutlieast Alaska held second place, with an output of 3,874,703 

 pounds, as compared with 2,680,825 pounds in 1932. The Scotch- 

 cured herring output in Prince William Sound increased from 

 2,930,750 pounds in 1932 to 3.046,125 pounds in 1933, and in the 

 Aleutian Islands area from 1,551,250 pounds to 1,589,250 pounds. 

 Small quantities of cured herring also were prepared at Chignik 

 and Golovin Bay. No production has been reported from Cook Inlet 

 since 1928. 



It was said that much larger catches of herring might have been 

 taken in the Kodiak area if the o]>erators had gone into Shelikof 

 Strait for the fish instead of waiting for them to come into Malka 

 Bay. The operation of 12 or more purse seine boats in outer Malina 

 Bav probablv broke up the schools and hindered them from entering 

 Malka Bav. ' 



