34 FISHEKIES OF ALASKA IN 1907. 



Catch of Salmon jx Alaska in 190G and 1907, Shown by Species and Apparatus. 



Apparatus and species. 



Seines : 



Coho, or silver 



Dog, or chum 



Humpback, or 



pink 



King, or spring 



Socke3'e, or red 



Total 



Traps : 



Coho, or silver 



Dog, or chum 



H u m p 1) a c k, or 



pink 



King, or spring 



Sockeye, or red 



Total , 



Gill nets: 



Coho, or silver 



Dog, or chum 



Humpback, or 



pink 



King, or spring 



Sockeye, or red 



Total 



Lines : 



Coho, or silver 



King, or spring... 



Total 



Spears : 



Sockeye, or red. .. 



Total: 



Coho. or silver 



Dog, or chum 



Hump b a c k, or 



pink 



King, or spring. . . 

 Sockeye, or red. .. 



Grand total 



Southeast Alaska. Central Alaska. 



309, 154 

 1,157,139 



S, 722, 877 



1,122 



1,502,389 



:302,9(j3' 

 1,101,822, 



23, 738 48, 759 



Western Alaska. 



8,614,551 ' 2.52,373 



259' 3,640 4,015 

 1, 419, 221 4, 068, 682 3, 568, 069 



8, 692, 681 11, 438, 816:4, 095, 960 3, 87.3, 216 



256, 708 

 355, 048 



1,377,439 



4,335 



615,261 



2, 608, 791 



91,609 

 58, 522 



99, 496 



30,956 



353, 383 



633,966 



2,500 



58,174 



(X), 674 

 52, 823 



659, 971 

 1,570,709 



139,783| 

 158, 170 1. 



3, 438, 335 



26, 835 

 615, 684 



I 

 93,485 163,076 



4, 378, 



83,943 

 74, 298 



18,029 



70, 388 

 214,442 



461, 100 



1,052 

 23, 082 



24, 134 

 20,000 



527, 74] 

 1,334,290 



7,199,81212,070,915 



94, 587i 120, 564 



2, 523, 856; 2, 269, 347 



12,048,93516,322,857 



64, 100 



16, 858 



1,487,606 



6,420 



36, 791 



2,711,142 



1,662,049 



2,917,429 



7,869 

 441, 491 



449, 360 



117, 223 



15,000 



27,022 

 358, 649 



226, 835 



l,500i 

 466,632; 



352, 526, 



6,530 



29, 199 

 36, 141 



1,500 

 5,011 



791,1661 1,078,869 



1,618,354 1,150,720 



206,110 

 1, 222, 043 



91,561 



138, 343 



10, 224, 060 



11,882,117 



207, 610 

 1,688,675 



109, 650 

 472, 586 



337,514 



134, .391 



9, 181, 034 



Total. 



1906. 1907. 



322, 892 

 1, 157, 139 



5,722,877 



4,762 



5,570,971 



12,788,641 



351, 693 

 821, 680 



1,794,065 



27,723 



2,894,033 



5, 889, 194 



297, 719 

 1,280,565 



191,057 



177, 168 



11,018,934 



10,235, 175 1 12, 965, 443 



138, 849 

 508, 727 



64,100 258,793 444,087, 339,014 



28,367; 67,828i 144,873 139,402 



5, 997, 679'6, 637. 860;11, 015, 226,10, 259, 903 



6, 207, 369,7, 191, 316 13, 500, 471 ,11, 385, 895 



2,500 

 58, 174 



351,722 

 1,101,822 



8,866,924 



4,274 



4,987,290 



15,312,032 



332,058 

 194,311 



3, 446, 255 



68, 637 



4, 405, 695 



8,446,956 



208, .593 

 546, 884 



355, .543 



2.31,801 



9,754,125 



11,096,946 



1,052 

 23,082 



60, 674 

 62,823 



24, 134 

 20,000 



984, 804 

 3,259,384 



893, 425 

 1,843,017 



7,707,99912,668,722 



267,827: 327,794 



19,636,76119,167,110 



31,756,775 34,900,068 



CANNING. 



When the year 1907 opened there were probably 300,000 cases of 

 the previous year's Alaska red salmon in the hands of the canners 

 unsold. For several months the demand was light, but in April the 

 transcontinental railroads put into effect a reduced rate to eastern 

 points which very speedily resulted in the selling and shipment of 

 these cases. The demand from abroad also began to improve about 

 this time, and when the fishing season opened there were practically 

 no canned red salmon in the hands of the packers. The pack of 

 other species of Alaska salmon had practically all been sold out by 

 the first, of the year. The opening prices on this year's pack were 

 fixed from 5 to 35 cents per dozen cans higher than prevailed in 1906, 

 and despite this the demand was so great that practically all the red 

 salmon canned were sold before the pack was completed, wliile of 



