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Cook Inlet. — The shores of Cook Inlet. 



Prince William Sound. — p]xtouds from Rosurroerioii Bay to Point Wliitshed. 



Coijper and Bering Kivcrs. — Extends from Point Wliitslied to IJering River. 



SODTHHASTKRN ALASKA 



Yakutat and Dnj Bay. — Extends from Yakutat Bay to and including Dry 

 Bay, 



Icii Strait-Lynn Canal. — West coast of Baranof and Chichagof Islands, the 

 shores of Cross Sound Icy Strait, Lynn Canal, and Stephens Passage, south to 

 Taku Harbor. 



Chatham Strait-Frederick Sound. — Both shores of Chatham Strait and its 

 bays from Point Augusta to Cape Ommaney, and through Frederick Sound and 

 its bays northward to Taku Harbor, including Kake. 



Sumner Strait-Dixon Entrance. — Extends southward from Petersburg and 

 eastward from Port Beauclerc to Cape Chacon and Dixon p]ntrance, and in- 

 cludes all canneries on the mainland and intervening islands from the Stikine 

 River to Portland Canal. 



West coast. Prince of Wales Island, — Territory west and south of a line from 

 Cape Chacon to Point Baker and Cape Ommaney. 



Pack of canned salmon in Alaska in 1932, by districts^ 



District 



Coho 



Chum 



Pink 



King 



Red 



Total 



Per- 

 centage 

 of in- 

 crease 

 or de- 

 crease 



from 



1931 



Bristol Bay __ 



Port Moller and Herendeen Bay 



Ikatan-Shumagin Islands 



Chignik 



Kodiak- Afognak Islands. 



Cook Inlet 



Prince William Sound 



Copper and Bering Rivers 



Yakutat and Dry Bay 



Icy Strait-Lynn Canal 



Chatham Strait-Frederick Sound.. . 



Sumner Strait-DLxon Entrance 



West coast, Prince of Wales Island. 



Total 



Cases 

 463 



9,774 

 2,898 

 4,541 

 32, 635 

 10, 826 



Cases 

 88, 206 



5,497 

 79, 732 



4,917 

 23, 135 



6,317 

 33, 309 



Cases 

 10, 088 



194, 537 

 43, 839 



254, 7C0 

 23, 806 



207, 109 



17, 870 

 22. 085 

 16, 773 

 21, 197 

 9,113 



362 

 182, 765 

 114,336 

 170, 540 

 111,440 



7,717 

 238, 281 

 231, 184 

 709, 494 

 192, 330 



Cases 



12, 778 



822 



4,398 



142 



473 



17,912 



1,370 



8,007 



4,909 



5,829 



1,037 



295 



11,554 



Cages 



1, 225, 018 



78, 360 



238, 758 



153.111 



84, 908 



87, 932 



26, 659 



68, 793 



21, 175 



54, 540 



10, 562 



36, 166 



16, 499 



Cases 

 1, 337, 1.53 



84, 679 

 527, 199 

 204, 907 

 367, 817 

 168, 602 

 279, 273 



76, 800 



52, 033 

 503, 500 

 373. 892 

 937, 692 

 340, 936 



-f!9.43 

 +33.11 

 +59. 53 

 +135. 19 

 -36.28 

 +21.88 

 -40. 01 



-7.27 

 -22. 10 

 -15.86 

 -37. 73 



+9.97 

 -18.95 



148, 175 



820, 556 



2,113,145 



60, 52C 



2, 103, 081 



5, 254, 483 



-2.76 



' Pack reduced to the basis of forty-eight 1-pound cans per case. 



MILD CURING 



The production of mild-cured salmon in Ala.ska in 1932 was con- 

 siderably larger than in the preceding j^ear despite the continued 

 downward trend of prices. King and coho salmon were abundant 

 on all major fishing grounds, and mild-curing operations were carried 

 on throughout the season without any loss of time by strikes among 

 the fishermen. Eighteen plants in southeast Alaska and two in the 

 western district were engaged in the indu.stry. The reports of these 

 companies, together with the census of the trolling fleet by the 

 Bureau, show a total of 1,221 persons employed. 



The total output of mild-cured salmon was 4,434,400 pounds, valued 

 at $461,504, an increase of 1,113,000 pounds in quantity, but a de- 

 crease of $172,249 in value, as compared with the production of 1931. 



