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The loss was $7,000. Other losses consisted chiefly of launches, scowSy 

 trap frames, and miscellaneous fishinor ojear. 



In addition to the foregoing, the Lake Bay cannery of the Colum- 

 bia River Packers Association, which has been idle since 1930, was 

 considerably damaged by fire on June 20. 



Thirteen lives were lost — 3 in southeast Alaska, 5 in central, and 5 

 in western Alaska. In the southeastern district 1 fisherman and 1 

 shoresman were drowned and 1 fisherman met death by accident. 

 One fisherman in central Alaska was drowned, 1 died of disease, and 

 1 was killed by accident ; 1 shoresman died of disease and 1 committed 

 suicide. In western Alaska 1 fisherman was drowned, 1 died of 

 disease, and 1 by accident; 1 shoresman was drowned and 1 died of 

 disease. 



STATISTICS 



In 1932, 87 canneries were operated in Alaska, 29 less than in 1931. 

 Employment was given to 15,738 persons, as compared with 18,158 

 in 1931, a decrease of 2.420. White employees decreased 1,492; na- 

 tives, 7; Japanese, 189; Filipinos, 746; and miscellaneous (Kanakas, 

 Puerto Ricans, and Koreans), 32; while Chinese increased 13; 

 Mexicans, 13; and Negroes, 20. 



The total pack of canned salmon was 5,254,483 cases, valued at 

 $21,715,801. This was a decrease of 149,256 cases, or about 3 percent, 

 from the pack of 1931, and a decrease in value of $7,380,491, or 25 

 percent. The output in southeastern Alaska decreased from 2,538,936 

 to 2,208,053 cases, or 13 percent; and in central Alaska from 1,681,554 

 to 1,624,598 cases, or 3 percent; while in western Alaska there was 

 an increase from 1,183,249 to 1,421,832 cases, or 20 percent. In 

 Alaska as a whole the pack of reds increased from 1,694,278 to 

 2,103,081 cases, or 24 percent; kings increased from 51,867 to 69,526 

 cases, or 34 percent; and chums from 533,856 to 820,556 cases, or 

 about 54 percent; while pinks decreased from 2,953,860 to 2,113,145 

 cases, or 28 percent; and cohos from 169,878 to 148,175 cases, or 13 

 percent. 



Data are included in the following tables to show comparison of 

 the 1932 pack with the average for the 5 preceding years, 1927 to 

 1931, by cases of each species and by districts. Three species — reds, 

 chums, and kings — show a gain over the 5-year average, while cohos 

 and pinks show a decline. By districts the packs in southeast and 

 central Alaska each decreased 5 percent, while that in western Alaska 

 increased 36 percent, making a net gain of 3 percent over the 5-year 

 average. 



Persons engaged, wages paid, and operating units of Alaska salmon canning 



industrg, 1.932 



