FISHERIES OF ALASKA, 1908. 

 iNVESfMENT IN THE ALASKA FISHERIES IN 1908 — Continued. 



a Aggregate length of 60,452 yards. 6 Aggregate length of 00,150 yards, 



c Aggregate length of 2f)5,056 yards. 



PRODUCTS. 



The total quantity of products was 217,813,415 pounds, valued at 

 $11,847,443, a gain of 39,455,114 pounds and $1,687,260 over 1907. 

 Except for fertilizer, oil, furs, and hides, the weights are round weights, 

 or the weight of products when first taken from the water; the pre- 

 pared products weights are shown in the subsidiary tables of the 

 report. Flounders, pollock, rock cod, whitefish, whale meat, and sea- 

 weed appear in the table for the first time this year. Whalebone and 

 walrus ivory are the only products reported from arctic Alaska. As 

 has been stated, it was found an impossibility to secure even approxi- 

 mate data as to the persons engaged or the investment in the hunting 

 of aquatic animals (except sea otter and fur seals), which is general 

 among the natives. 



Products of Alaska Fisheries in 1908. 



