FISHERY INDUSTRIES. 47 
The industry gave employment in 1918 to 26,502 persons, an 
increase of 3,152. Whites increased 2,312 and Chinese 460. Frilipi- 
nos are classified separately, there being 1,338 employed in 1918. 
Natives decreased 90, Japanese 132, and Mexicans 105. The num- 
ber of miscellaneous persons employed fell off 910, due to the segrega- 
tion of the Filipinos. 
The total pack of canned salmon in Alaska in 1918 was 6,605,835 
cases, valued at $51,041,949, being an increase of 658,549 over the 
5,947,286 cases packed in 1917 and $4,737,859 over the $46,304,090 
value of the pack in 1917. The 1918 pack surpasses all records, in 
respect to both quantity and value, and shows a gain of 113? per 
cent in production and 10} per cent in value. Comparing the pack 
of 1918 in each district with that of 1917, the following changes are 
noted: Southeastern Alaska advanced from 3,294,845 to 3,375,445, 
a gain of 80,600 cases; central Alaska increased from 1,017,206 to 
1,391,951, an increase of 374,745 cases; and western Alaska advanced 
from 1,635,235 to 1,838,439, a gain of 203,204 cases over the pack of 
1917. A further comparison shows that cohos advanced from 193,231 
to 218,958, a gain of 25,727 cases; chums increased from 906,747 to 
1,364,960, an advance of 458,213 cases; humpbacks increased from 
2,296,976 to 2,438,954, a gain of 141,978 cases; and reds advanced 
from 2,488,381 to 2,533,737, an increase of 45,356 cases. The king 
salmon pack shows a decline from 61,951 to 49,226, a falling off of 
12,725 cases from the 1917 pack. This may be attributed to the 
revival of the mild-cure business, which suffered some setbacks in 
1917 on account of the war, and to the larger quantity frozen. 
INVESTMENT IN THE SALMON-CANNING INDUSTRY IN 1918. 

Items. Southeast Alaska. | Central Alaska. Western Alaska. Total. 
No. Value. No. Value. No. Value. | No. Value. 
Canneries operated....... 76 185, 981, 072 29 1$2, 130, 051 30 |$4, 687, 956 135 |$12, 799,079 
Working capitale =. 25.406 22528 L863, 980i aeose. yay a LW ol |p ea 3005, 510) 52052 24, 580, 591 
wees 11 a Se ee |e Lists, ie: ty 7 a 2; 643561015 22-325 55,280; 985 |o2ccee 5 13, 821, 068 
essels: 
Power vessels over 5 
COUSH oes stncce dese 342 | 2,121,425 89 817, 880 97 | 1,988, 187 528 | 4,927,492 
Net tonnage...... G5 165" Loose seek 2; 484s le sss ee G3920) Neos soes PR S20) | porate a5 a2 
Launches under 5 
RAHSee Bian ceca ce 163 153, 703 148 150, 449 37 139, 904 348 444, 056 
CUE TET Ses Sen ee a led 1 45, 000 9 368, 500 34 | 1,624,010 44 2,037, 510 
Net tonnage...... le 97Gb sea ee 4. AM SS Ses ee 5ES058' Hs. Saee Se S G7 004, | Seecae ees =e. 
arge Rint siotmisenaqerct 3 LOL Oa sears | Maes eae ee sees oe ee Leese see. 23,673 
et tonnage...... PNET (ae ne: FEN (SRS | ESE ae eek! eee ee eee D205) | eee eee 
; 5 
Boats, sailand row...} 1,140 104, 711 730 64,702 | 1,518 269,066 | 3,383 438, 479 
Lighters, scows, and 

house-boats........ 370 254, 960 217 168, 958 190 251, 836 777 675, 654 
Pile drivers.......... 54] 202,842 40] 156,535 29 95,421 123 544, 898 
Apparatus: 
Haul Seines oc cue sue 68, 330 115 49, 868 11 1,410 266 119, 608 
WathomsS fcc see sa) 10-85 loses cco. Hie OZEW, se mcueiaoe T45U oe tees ae 30) 492) (oi. ee 
Purse seines........-- 285, 666 34, 280 34 47,900 4 367, 846 
BLOM. cc cceen OO, LeU cae a ones 9. G86 Poaceae ee 9! 150s ee seas 7, Obl | tsuseease 
Glliniets ys ers 2: 224 41,748 1, 067 112,484 | 2,656 516, 556 aa! 670, 788 
Fathoms CURT N | Teas ns SOLOTSI| esa teeteeee BSGh 0S 2b ateascsbe: AGO SO2 7G see eae 
Pound nets, driven... 286 | 1,626,951 140 551, 813 17 59, 386 443 2, 238, 150 
Pound nets, floating. 77 PLO VES Oe cocker See wars ea aes lee oes 77 210, 432 
DIP Meise... ag Ol (ieee se ea 36 ro Ree eee 36 450 
Fis ord ys es SS es See enamel epiaers Semis 6 1,336 6 1,336 
Hand lines........... 4 0) Pea | DPR ae 134 127 138 287 
ODA reece Wy. Fs Bret AY ee 11,960, 681.222.2502 22,969, 590 |.......- 63, 901, 397 

