FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1907. 



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The Pacific coast pacl: of canned salmon. — The tabic below shows 

 by species and regions the number of cases of salmon packed on the 

 Pacific coast in 1907. The pack has been reduced to a common basis 

 of cases containing 48 1-pound cans. 



The Pacific Coast Salmon Pack. 



PICKLING. 



The salmon salteries again had an excellent season. The fish were 

 in fair abundance, while the prices realized for the pack were some- 

 what better than in 1906, which was the first profitable season the 

 salteries had had in five years. 



The United vStates Bureau of Education expects to send an expe- 

 rienced Salter to its station on Kotzebue Sound next year (1908) in 

 order to instruct the natives in the best and latest methods of pick- 

 ling salmon, the intention being to market the surplus pack on Puget 

 Sound. As this region has never been exploited commercially, the 

 result will be awaited with interest. 



Employees. — This year 483 persons (of whom 265 were fishermen, 

 186 shoresmen, and 32 transporters), an increase of 121 over 1906, were 

 engaged in the pickling industry, over one-half of them employed in 

 southeast Alaska. 



Employees in the Salmon PicklinOx Industry in 1907. 



