ALASKA FISHERY AND FUIt-SEAL INDUSTKIES, 19 32 53 



Pcrsonx oigaffcd, ti (u/cs ixiid, and oiH\intin(i unii.-i, Alaska luilihiit indu-strii, 1!)32 



Productfi of the Alaska halibut fisherij hi 1932 



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Cocl-fishiiiir operations from shore stations in Alaska have been 

 comparatively unimportant for several j^ears and in 1932 they Avere 

 still further curtailed. Only 24 persons (15 whites and 9 natives) 

 were reported engaged in the industry, a decrease of 23 from the 

 number employed in 1931. About one half of these operators were 

 in the Shumagin Islands region, a few were located at Squaw Har- 

 bor and Unalaska, and the remainder belonged to a native commu- 

 nity enterprise at Nikolski. Products of the fishery were as follows: 

 146,345 pounds of dry-salted cod, valued at $3,471; 31,018 pounds of 

 pickled cod, valued at $924; 19,600 pounds of stockfish, valued at 

 $1,143 ; and 300 pounds of tongues, valued at $45— a total of 197,263 

 pounds, valued at $5,583, as compared with 414,898 pounds, valued at 

 $23,650 in 1931. 



In addition to the foregoing, cod fishing was carried on as hereto- 

 fore in Bering Sea by an offshore fleet, the products of which are not 

 included with the Alaska fisheries output because the vessels operate 

 from and land their fares in ports of the Pacific Coast States. The 

 Wawona (413 tons) was again used by the Robinson Fisheries Co., 

 the SopJiie Chri.^fenson (570 tons) was operated in place of the 

 C. A. Thayer that had been used in 1931 by the Pacific Coast Codfish 

 Co., and the Louise (328 tons), Beidah (339 tons), and William H. 

 Smith (496 tons) were operated by the Union Fish Co. The halibut 

 vessels Dorothy and Hchjeland also were engageil in the cod fishery 

 for part of the season. Products of the offshore fisher v were 

 3,639,255 pounds of dry-salted cod, valued at $127,362, and 6,400 

 pounds of tongues, valued at $96, a total of 3,645,655 pounds, valued 

 at $127,458, as compared with 3.352,011 pounds, valued at $220,129 in 

 1931. The offshore fishery employed 135 persons, or 12 less than in 

 the previous year. 



