FISHERIES OF ALASKA, 1908. 25 



Investment in the Salmon-Pickling Industry in 1908. 



o Aggregate length of 4,610 yards. & Aggregate length of 2,240 yards. <■ Aggregate length of 8,150 yards. 



Output. — The output amounted to 35,949 barrels and 6,247 half- 

 barrels, with a total value of $352,707. This is an increase of 12,767 

 barrels and 2,067 half-barrels in quantity and $112,158 in value over 

 1907. As usual, red salmon formed by far the greater part of thi^ 

 pack, most of these being put up in western Alaska. Some dog- 

 salmon bellies were also packed this year. As 1908 was the last 

 year in which the packing of salmon bellies by process involving 

 waste was permitted, some salteries made an especial effort to get up 

 a big pack, and the result shows in an increase for all species. 



In the wTeck of the ship Lucille in August, 1,102 barrels (compris- 

 ing 983 barrels of red salmon, 25 barrels of red-salmon bellies, 93 

 barrels of pink salmon, and 1 barrel of king salmon) and 16 tierces of 

 king salmon were lost. These, however, as in the case of the canned 

 salmon, have been included in the statistical tables. 



Quantity of Salmon Pickled in 1908, by Species. 



