FISHERY INDUSTRIES. 



47 



COD FISHERY. 



The quantity of cod produced in Alaska in 1917 was hardly equal 

 to that of the preceding year, but in value it greatly exceeded the 

 output of 1916. At times during the year the demand for Alaska cod 

 was greater than the supply, and there was some fear that the catch 

 would be extremely light, with a correspondingly serious effect upon 

 the trade. 



Ordinarily the demand for cod in the West Indies must be reckoned 

 with in any distribution of the supply, but, fortunately perhaps, there 

 was no call from that quarter until much later than usual, as some 

 importations had been made from Nova Scotia and Labrador. The 

 resulting surplus thus opened the way for the development of mar- 

 kets in South America. The Hawaiian Islands and Australia received 

 a part of the cod products of Alaska. 



VESSEL FISHERY. 



The Northern Fisheries (Inc.), of Anacortes, is the only new con- 

 cern to engage in the vessel cod fishery of Alaska in 1917. It operated 

 the auxiliary schooner Progress (115 tons) in fishing off the Alaskan 

 coast from the Shumagin Islands to the westward, and also as a trans- 

 porting vessel for the station at Kodiak. The schooner Fortuna (138 

 tons), operated by the Pacific Coast Codfish Co. in 1916, did not go 

 to Alaska in 1917. The Alaska Codfish Co. added one vessel, the 

 schooner S. N. Castle (464 tons net), to its fleet. 



Alaska Cod Fleet, 1917. 



Names. 



Rig- 



Net 

 tonnage. 



Operators. 



Azalea 



Fanny Dutard . 

 Wawona 



Alice... 

 John A . 



Charles B. Wilson. 

 Maid of Orleans. . . 



Glendale 



Allen A" 



City of Papeete <» . . 



Maweema 



S.N. Castle 



Sequoia 



Vega 



Galilee 



Martha 



Golden State b 



Pirate 



Union Flag 



Progress c 



Hunter <» 



Valdez 



Harold Blekum «. 

 Chas. Brown 



Schooner. 



do... 



do... 



-do. 

 .do. 



....do 



....do 



....do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Power schooner . 



do 



do 



do 



do... 



do... 



Schooner. 

 do... 



327 

 252 

 413 



220 

 235 



328 

 171 

 281 

 266 

 370 

 392 

 464 

 324 

 223 

 328 



14 

 233 



30 



7 



115 



60 

 10 

 192 

 64 



J. A. Matheson, Anacortes, Wash. 



Do. 

 Robinson Fisheries Co., Anacortes. 

 Wash. 



Do. 

 Pacific Coast Codfish Co., Seattle, 

 Wash. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Alaska Codfish Co., San Francisco. Cal. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Union Fish Co., San Francisco, Cal. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Northern Fisheries (Inc.), Anacortes. 

 Wash. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



o Transporting vessel for shore stations; also made one fishing voyage. 



•> Transporting vessel. 



c Transporting vessel; also made two fishing voyages. 



d Wrecked Aug. 30, 1917. 



• Wrecked Mar. 3, 1917. 



