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Products of the Alaska clam industry in 1933 



SHRIMP 



Three companies in southeast Alaska — the Alaskan Glacier Sea 

 Food Co. at Petersburg, and the Reliance Shrimp Co. and Stikine 

 Sea Food Co. at Wrangell — engaged in the shrimp industry in 

 1933, and in the central district the Northern Seafood Co. at Cor- 

 dova again prepared a limited quantity of shrimp meat in con- 

 nection with its crab fishery operations. 



The number of persons employed in the industry was 139, of 

 whom 19 were whites, 89 natives, f Chinese, 21 Japanese, 7 Filipinos, 

 and 2 Mexicans. Products consisted of 317,012 pounds of shrimp 

 meat, valued at $102,101, and 2,040 pounds of fresh shrimp in shell, 

 valued at $281, a total of 319,052 pounds, valued at $102,382. Com- 

 parable figures for 1932 show a production of 301,786 pounds, 

 valued at $114,136. 



CRABS 



Operations in the crab fishery, particularly with respect to the 

 production of canned crabs, showed a marked expansion as com- 

 pared with other recent j'ears. Four concerns engaged in the in- 

 dustry in southeast Alaska — the Alaska Fisheries, Inc., a new outfit, 

 at Hood Bay; the Northern Sea Food Co., at Petersburg; the 

 Stikine Sea Food Co., primarily in the shrimp business, at Wrangell ; 

 and O. H. Wood, at Hoonah. In the central district, also, there 

 were four operators — the Alaska Sea Products, Inc., the Gulf Pack- 

 ing Co., and the Northern Sea Food Co., at Cordova; and S. E. 

 Smith, at Hartney Point, whose production of crabs was incidental 

 to the clam industry. 



Employment was given to 85 whites, 19 natives, and 1 Mexican. 

 Products consisted of 90,360 pounds of cold-packed meat, valued at 

 $19,634; 1,863 dozen crabs in the shell, valued at $1,616; and 421,636 

 pounds canned (1,450 cases of 1-pound cans and 14,664 cases of 

 %-pound cans, 48 cans to the case), valued at $134,330. The total 

 value of products in 1933 was $155,580, as compared with $90,954 in 

 1932, an increase of 71 percent. 



