FISHERIES OF ALASKA, 1908. 

 Investment in the Salmon Canning Industry in 1908. 



21 



Hems. 



Canneries 



Transporting vessels: 

 Steamers and 



launches 



Tonnage 



Sailing 



Tonnage 



Boats 



Apparatus: 



Haul seines 



Purse seines 



Gill nets 



Traps, stake 



Traps, floating 



Wheel 



Shore and aceessorj' prop- 

 erty 



Total. 



Southeast Alaska. 



Num- 

 ber. 



23 



63 



1,603 



5 



7,365 



607 



53 

 115 

 84 

 46 

 15 

 1 



Value. 



$354,900 



158,500 



"'ii6,'i46' 



15,891 

 36,214 

 10,680 

 129,500 

 20,100 

 1,000 



1,968,047 



2,810,972 



Central Alaska. Western Alaska. 



Num- 

 ber. 



24 



1,256 



8 



13,216 



332 



Value. 



$225,100 



316,000 

 "71,965' 



22 1 16,500 



26 ; 7,000 



12 1,800 



18 28,050 



1 1 1,500 



1,189,941 



1,857,7% 



Num- 

 ber. 



19 



42 



3,008 



24 



34,857 



885 



875 

 11 



Value. 



$622,550 



587,900 

 '293,'835 



72,875 

 14,000 



2,595,053 



4,186,213 



Total. 



Num- 

 ber. 



50 



129 



5,867 



37 



55,438 



1,824 



75 



141 



971 



75 



16 



1 



Value. 



$1,202,550 



1,062,400 



'■isiisso 



32,391 

 43,214 

 85,355 

 171,550 

 21,600 

 1,000 



5,753,041 



8,854,981 



Output. — The table of products shows the quantity and value of 

 each species packed, with size and style of can. Western Alaska 

 leads in the quantity and value of the pack, followed by southeast 

 and central Alaska in the order named, Red, or sockeye, salmon 

 predominate, especially in western Alaska. Humpbacks are second 

 in quantity and value. Of the total pack given below the following 

 were lost in the various disasters mentioned elsewhere in this report : 

 Coho, 2,125 cases; dog, or chum, 3,448 cases; humpback, 45,863 

 cases; king, 582 cases; and red, 38,962 cases. These have been 

 included in the statistical tables, as they had passed through all the 

 stages of packing and were eventually paid for by the insurance 

 companies. 



Output of Salmon from the Canneries in 1908, by Species and Size of Cans. a 



o All poimd cases contain 48 1-pound cans; the J-potmd cases contain 48 i-pound cans. 



