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FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1907. 



that section are capable of handlinjr this enormovis business. The 

 vessels remain at anchor in the vicinity of their respective canneries 

 throughout the season. 



Gill nets were the most numerous kind of apparatus used, the greater 

 part being emplo5^ed in western Alaska. Purse seines were em- 

 ployed exclusively in southeast Alaska, while haul seines were oper- 

 ated only in southeast and central Alaska. The number of traps 

 operated was 70, an increase of 10 over 1906. Southeast Alaska 

 increased its number from 29 in 1906 to 40; and central Alaska, from 

 13 in 1906 to 15, but in western Alaska the number decreased from 

 18 to 15. A new form of floating trap was operated at several places 

 this year. The total investment was $8,419,930. 



There were 48 canneries in operation (22 in southeast Alaska, 8 in 

 central Alaska, and 18 in western Alaska). In southeast Alaska the 

 Hunter Bay and Quadra canneries of the Northwestern Fisheries 

 Company, which had been closed for several years, were reopened. 

 In western Alaska the Bradford cannery of the iUaska Packers Asso- 

 ciation, located on Nushagak Bay, and the Wilhams cannery of the 

 same association, on the Ugashik Kiver, and the cannery of the 

 Union Packing Company, on the Kvichak River, were closed, while 

 the reserve cannery of the Alaska Packers Association, on the Ugaguk 

 River, was reopened, and a new cannery was built and operated by 

 Mr. L. A. Pedersen near the mouth of Kvichak Bay. 



Vessels, Boats, Apparatus, and Shore Property Employed in the Salmon- 

 Canning Industry in 1907. 



I 



Hems. 



Canneries 



Transporting vessels: 



Steamers and launches. . 

 Tonnage 



Sailing 



Tonnage 



Boats 



Apparatus: 



Haul seines 



Purse seines 



Gill nets 



Traps 



Spears 



Shore and accessory prop- 



gj-^y I,OOD,<W( 



Southeast 

 Alaska. 



Num- 

 ber. 



1,387 



4 



6,608 



644 



65 

 111 

 132 



40 

 200 



Value. 



$357,600 

 '174,566 

 ' '94'686 



16, 150 

 41,239 

 24,820 

 116,650 

 150 



Central Alaska. 



Niun- 

 ber. 



23 

 1,205 



12, 134 

 320 



37 



Total 12,662,146 



Value. 



$238,000 



"235,' 666 



"62,333 

 15, 405 



8,100 

 24,550 



1,209,968 



1,793,356 



Western Alaska. 



Num- 

 ber. 



18 



40 



2,268 



24 



33,007 



852 



Value. 



$526,802 

 '559," 566 



'278 ,'686 



Total. 



Num- 

 ber. 



58, 203 

 21,500 



2,520,343 



48 



120 



4,860 



36 



51,749 



1,816 



102 



6 111 



c945 



70 



200 



Value. 



SI, 122, 402 



"969,666 



""43.5,'o<)3 



31 , 5.55 

 41,230 

 91,123 

 162, 700 



i.-o 



5,566,068 



3,964,428 1 < 8,419,930 



a Aggregate length of 46,100 yards. b Aggregate length of 39,510 yards. 



^^ ^ ^ c Aggregate length of 226,000 yards. 



Output.— The table of products shows, with size and style of can, 

 the quantity and value of each species packed. Southeast Alaska 

 leads in the total quantity packed, but is second to western Alaska 



