FISHERIES OF ALASKA, 1908. 



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Catch of Salmon in Alaska in 1906, 1907, and 1908, by Sections, Species, and 



Apparatus — Continued. 



CANNING. 



At the beginning of the year but few cases of the previous year's 

 pack, except of pink sahnon, were left in the hands of the canners or 

 brokers. Pink salmon has been almost a drug on the market since 

 the close of the 1907 season, owing largely to a cessation of the de- 

 mand throughout the Southern States, the chief market for this 

 grade of salmon. As the end of the canning season approached this 

 year, certain packers began to cut prices on pink salmon, and conse- 

 quently the market soon became demoralized. After prices appeared 

 to have reached the bottom, however, the demand increased some- 

 what. All other grades of salmon were in excellent demand at good 

 prices, and the greater part of the pack was marketed by the first of 



