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SHRIMP 



One now concern — the Stikine Sea Food Co., at Wranj^X'll — in 

 addition to tlie two that operated during the previous year, engaged 

 in tlie shrimp industry in southeastern Ahiska in 193*2. The Northern 

 Sea Food Co. again produced a small quantity of shrimp meat at 

 Cordova, in central Alaska, where operations are still in the experi- 

 mental stage. 



The number of persons emi)loyed in tlie industry was 133, of whom 

 24 were whites, 7(3 natives, 1 Chinese, 18 Japanese, 10 Filipinos, and 

 4 Mexicans. Products consisted of 299,430 pounds of shrimp meat, 

 valued at $113,903, and 2,350 pounds of fresh shrimp in shell, valued 

 at $233, a total of 301,786 pounds, valued at $114,136. Comparable 

 figures for 1931 show a production of 460,050 pounds, valued at 

 $184,447. 



CRABS 



In southeastern Alaska crab products w^ere prepared by the North- 

 ern Sea Food Co. at Petersburg, by the Stikine Sea Food Co., which 

 was engaged primarily in the shrimp industry, at Wrangell, and by 

 O. H. Wood at Hoonah. Those that handled crabs in central Alaska 

 were the Alaska Sea Products, Inc., the Northern Sea Food Co., and 

 Ed Pfister, all at Cordova. Employment was given to 87 whites, 

 11 natives, 4 Filipinos, and 1 Mexican. Products consisted of 06,453 

 pounds of cold-packed meat, valued at $16,744; 1,106 dozen crabs in 

 the shell, valued at $1,098 ; and 223,536 pounds canned (760 cases of 

 1-pound cans and 7,794 cases of i/^-pound cans, 48 cans to the case), 

 valued at $73,112. The total value of products in 1932 was $90,954, as 

 compared with $42,066 in 1931, an increase of 116 percent. 



JAPANESE VESSELS IN BERING SEA 



For the third successive season the catching and canning of spider 

 crabs was carried on in Bering Sea by Japanese interests. In 1932, 

 as in the previous year, the floating cannery Nagato Marii w^as en- 

 gaged in the industry, operating off the north coast of the Alaska 

 Peninsula from the vicinity of Amak Island to Port ISIoller, and well 

 outside the Territorial waters of Alaska, for a period of about 4 

 months, beginning in the early part of May. Tw^o auxiliary motor 

 vessels, the Kasuga Maim, and Ise Maru, both of less than 50 tons, 

 accompanied the cannery ship, and 10 small fishing boats were used 

 to work tlie crab nets. 



The Nagaio Mam carried a crew of about 45 men and about 400 

 persons employed in the fishing and canning operations. It was 

 reported that about 9.000 crabs were caught daily and that the total 

 pack during the season was about 33,000 cases (ninety-six i/2-pound 

 cans to the case). The supply ship Seiten Maim visited the vessel 

 from the 18th to the 20th of June, delivering various supplies and 

 taking aboard a cargo of the crab catch for transportation to Japan. 



TROUT 



A negligible amount of trout w^as reported by commercial fishery 

 operators in Alaska in 1932. The output in the southeastern dis- 



