FISHERY INDUSTRIES. 49 
OuTruT oF CANNED Satmon, 1912 To 1918.4 






Product. 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 Total. 
Coho, or silver: Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases. 
3-pound flat...... 2,719 3, 587 4,579 2,050] 13,145] 30,412] 26,238 82, 730 
1-pound flat...... 17 266 285| 21338] 8,191 362| 12%786| 24.245 
1-pound tall...... 163,462 | °71,926] 152,199} 119,880] 240,573] 162,457 | 179,934 | 1,090,431 
Total ee eee 166,198} 75,779 | 157,063] 124,268] 261,909} 193,231 | 218,958 | 1,197, 406 
Chum, or keta: 
4-pound flat...... 2,795 985 BY 63 Bepaoaceee 1, 423 26, 760 3, 559 35, 895 
d= pound fate t-.|seeeee ce 2, 619 5, 568 SGA | mest os cee 2, 530 2, 996 14, 030 
1-pound tall...... 661,838 | 287,314 | 657,918 | 479,629 | 722,692 | 877,457 |1,358, 405 | 5,045, 253 
Motalenesece a4 664,633 | 290,918 | 663,859 | 479,946 | 724,115 | 906,747 |1,364,960 | 5,095,178 
Humpback, or pink: r i 
3-pound flat...... 13,712 20, 822 2, 103 4,325 41, 491 91, 403 63, 557 237, 413 
fenound flat ees | Sea ee 3, 258 9, 286 3,508 | 14,796 6,014 | 20, 215 57, 077 
1-pound tall...... 1, 266, 426 |1, 348, 801 | 974, 660 |1, 867, 683 |1, 681, 506 |2, 199, 559 |2, 355, 182 |11, 693, 817 
Motaleece essere 1, 280, 138 {1,372,881 | 986,049 |1, 875,516 |1, 737, 793 |2, 296,976 |2, 438, 954 |11, 988, 307 
King, or spring: 
3-pound flat...... yaa l 1,585 3, 143 2, 404 2,617 12, 973 6, 000 33, 873 
i“ pound Hat ess lease eel Se cee eee 4, 804 3, 755 3, 804 5, 133 5, 267 22, 763 
1-pound tall...... 38, 166 32, 785 40, 092 82, 092 59, 452 43, 845 37, 959 334, 391 
Total socss ce 43,317 | 34,370 | 48,039| 88,251| 65,873| 61,951 | 49,226} 391,027 
Red, or sockeye: ; 
4-pound flat.....- 28, 024 29,041 53, 825 52, 033 81,565 | 124,309 | 137,008 505, 805 
1-pound flat...... 16,242] 11,735 | 64,671 | 112,847| 86,395]  89,612| 151,864 | 533,366 
1-pound tall...... 1, 856,089 |1, 924, 461 |2,083, 147 |1, 765, 139 |1, 936,971 |2, 274, 460 |2, 244, 865 |14, 085, 132 
1A-pound nominnls|-eet 26 |b see c eee ee st kee eee 2EDOS' IRA Saas so oll bates Sacer aaede oats 2, 293 
P=VPOUNnGNOMUITIAIS 4 eee e ash ieee cane So eee [ean ea 6; 006i acne asssc| aio hniers nee 6,006 
Totaleeeer ee 1, 900, 355 |1, 965, 237 |2, 201, 643 |1, 932, 312 |2, 110, 937 |2, 488, 381 |2, 533, 737 |15, 132, 602 



Grand total... .|4, 054, 641 |3, 739, 185 |4, 056, 653 |4, 500,293 |4, 900, 627 |5, 947, 286 |6, 605, 835 |33, 804, 520 

a The number of cases shown has been put upon the common basis of forty-eigh t 1-pound cans per case. 
AVERAGE ANNUAL PRICE PER CASE OF Forty-E1cuT 1-pouND CANS oF SALMON, 1908 




To 1918. 
Product. 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 | 1916 1917 | 1918 
Coho, or silver.........- $3.98 | $4.07 | $4.89 | $5.67 | $4.44 | $3.45 | $4.39 | $4.31 | $5.34 | $8.76 | $9.15 
Chumforiketa...5.-..-- 2.53 | 2.28] 3.04 ote DERBY! 2.21 BERS 2. 59 3. 34 6. 14 6. 27 
Humpback, or pink....| 2.69] 2.40] 3.15] 3.94] 2.55] 2.58] 3.50] 2.78] 3.64] 6.44] 6.58 
King, or spring......... 4.20] 4.32] 5.34 6.48 | 5.37] 4.04 5.01 4.63 | 5.36] 10.40 | 9.85 
Red, or sockeye......... 4.52! 4.53] 5.30] 6.33] 5.45] 4.54] 5.58] 5.82] 6.04] 9.48| 9.44 
LOSSES AND DISASTERS IN THE SALMON-CANNING INDUSTRY. 
The most serious losses in the salmon-canning industry occurred in 
western Alaska and were occasioned by the unusual ice conditions 
which prevailed there until June. The ice floes in Bristol Bay were 
the direct cause of the loss of the ship Tacoma, 1,672 tons net, owned 
by the-Alaska Packers Association and valued at $12,500, and of the 
pe W. B. Flint, 746 tons net, belonging to Libby, McNeill & Libby 
and valued at $35,000. Part of the cargo of the latter vessel was 
also lost, having a value of $26,360. A number of other cannery 
vessels sustained minor injuries in the ice. The Bureau’s steamer 
Roosevelt extended aid to a number of cannery ships in distress in 
the ice and rescued 21 men from the Tacoma who had been encamped 
for some time on the ice after the ship sank. 
