28 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1917. 



Summary ok Persons Engaged in the Fisheries of Alaska in 1917 



o Filipinos, Negroes, Porto Ricans. etc. 

 Summary of Products of the Alaska Fisheries in 1917. 



Products. 



Quantity. 



Salmon: 



Canned cases. . 



Mild-cured lbs. . 



Pickled bbls.. 



Fresh lbs.. 



Frozen do — 



Dry-.salted, dried, and 



smoked lbs. . 



HaUbut: 



Fresh do 



Frozen do 



Cod do.... 



Herring: 



Canned cases. . 



Fresh and frozen for 

 food lbs.. 



Fresh and frozen for 

 bait lbs. 



Pickled for food . .do. . . 



Dry-salted for food, 

 lbs. 



Smoked for food . . do . . . 



Oil galls.. 



Fertilizer tons 



Value. 



Products. 



5,947,286 $46,304,090 



2,850,400 



36,390 



4, 559, 785 



1,282,182 



377,000 



7,038,283 

 6,115,128 

 13, 777, 470 



49,245 



23,082 



6, 089, 780 

 4, 593, 025 



165,000 



21,600 



205, 992 



1,037 



344, 028 



590, 497 



404,048 



81,574 



53,844 



605,205 

 515,021 

 744, 976 



326,522 



907 



57, 556 

 248,299 



11,349 



700 



82,396 



40,000 



Whale oil galls. . 



Sperm oil do — 



Whale (ertiUzer lbs. . 



Whalebone do — 



Trout: 



Frozen do — 



Pickled do — 



Fresh do — 



Canned cases. 



Sablefish lbs. 



Red rockfish do — 



Miscellaneous fresh fish, 

 lbs. 



Clams cases. 



Slirimps lbs . 



Crabs doz. 



By-products, oil galls. 



By-products, fertilizer and 

 meal lbs. 



Total. 



Quantity. 



900.883 



197; t. 70 



1, 980, 600 



14,866 



7,798 



34,800 



35, 1C8 



1,408 



1, 020, 490 



150,453 



114, 167 

 74, 515 

 65,000 

 410 

 25,150 



1,642,000 



Value. 



$438,362 



149, 270 



61,720 



5,500 



701 

 1,899 

 3,317 

 10,979 

 38,303 

 3,696 



2,247 



274,036 



3,400 



665 



19,560 



42,313 



51,466,980 



SALMON INDUSTRY. 



The salmon industry of Alaska in 1917 made tremendous gains 

 over that of any previous season, exceeding all records in respect to 

 the size and value of the pack. This increased production was due 

 in part to the larger number of plants in operation, and also to the 

 very heavy run of pink salmon in southeastern Alaska. That a 

 material advance in value of products would result from the unusual 

 demands of the times was not unexpected, but probably no one was 

 prepared to witness such extraordinary increases in value of products, 

 particularly canned salmon, as to almost double the high figures of 

 1916. 



Southeastern Alaska contributed more than a miUion cases of 

 salmon over its production of the preceding season, the increase 

 consisting chiefly of humpbacks. The main body of salmon was 

 later than usual in making its appearance, and some concern was 

 felt among packers lest the season be a short one. These fears were 

 dispelled, however, when a late but heavy run of Immpback salmon 

 entered Icy and Chatham Straits, thus enabling all canneries to make 

 good packs, while in some instances records were broken. The 

 number of canneries in this district was increased by nine, including 

 two that formerly packed herring only. 



