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INVESTMENT IN SHORE WHALE FISHERY IN ALASKA IN 1918. 


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Items. ber: Value. Items. ex Value. 
Vessels: Vessels—Continued. « 
Steamland fas... .3ssono-25: 8 | $420,000 Pile driverss=s issecsccccaxes 1 $150 
Net tonngs6ssseccs ese 15049. | co sbaaerarctere Value of plants. .......-----:|:-20-2: 326, 545 
ear becca eceodoeecsederdeed 1 30, 000 Cashi¢apitaliy: 25. .5225006202 (2-9 314, 933 
et tonnage..--.......-. 1140 hoc eeaas ee WEE USI DAIG cece acta cela cain ceel soe 5.2,» 250; 983 
Launches under 5 tons....--- 2 1, 900 ——|—____ 
FROw Oats). sae oe ease 2 60 RG tales sn ees. hes (oc ae 1,350, 971 
BCOWS eteratace senor een nee 2 400 



Persons ENGAGED IN THE SHORE WHALE FISHERY IN ALASKA IN 1918. 



Races | Number. 
TEIN he I nc oS IRE NTR SIN SIO DT ee a) a | 246 
TNE ZES SER SI eS St je et eR a a ne rn Ge | 36 
RUGS Gor eee ea eaten fate Eee eeee men ee anh tne ca emen nee dese s Seraed Meee ond ie a 43 
WNT Lak An Resor Bis eiapch teint hire anty alten Mee ee tea fei eet Ep re at CLE el ane 325 

CLAM FISHERY. 
Clam canning in Alaska in 1918 was carried on by seven companies, 
four of which, the Alaska Clam Canning Co., Petersburg, Noyes 
Island Packing Co., Steamboat Bay, Sitka Packing Co., Sitka,and 
the Red Cross Packing Co., Juneau, were located in southeastern 
Alaska, while the other three, the Lighthouse Canning Co., Pioneer 
Packing Co., and the Pinnacle Rock Packing Co., were in central 
Alaska, at or near Cordova, where most of the clam pack was made. 
Clam canning in southeastern Alaska, except by the Red Cross 
Packing Co., was incidental to salmon canning. In central Alaska 
the Pioneer Packing Co. and the Pinnacle Rock Packing Co. engaged 
exclusively in clam canning, but the Lighthouse Canning Co. entered 
the salmon-canning business. It is probable that similar action will 
be taken by the other companies, as they admit that the clam beds 
are approaching serious depletion, which in another year or so will 
have reached a point where profitable digging can not be carried on. 
The Alaska Sea Food Co.’s plant near Cape Whitshed was built 
primarily asa clam cannery. Canning began in 1917, but the plant 
was burned early in the season and was not rebuilt in time to resume 
operations that year. In 1918 it opened as a salmon cannery. 
This industry shows an investment of $247,757, which is a decrease 
of $47,230 from 1917. It gave employment to 182 persons, or 44 less 
than in 1917. A total of 43,575 cases were packed as against 74,515 
cases in 1917. The value of clam products was $214,504, as com- 
pared with $274,036 in 1917, a decrease of $59,532. 
INVESTMENT IN THE CLAM-CANNING INDUSTRY IN ALASKA IN 1918. 



Items. Number.| Value. 
CRHNGHES OPElApOUet soca sho soa ae eee ako t ea oe sak Po noe ee es 3 $56, 200 
WMODRIN PCH licler deer as see eee eso ach teem dae Gat ccc ner eee enone elem ee foeoaincien op 82, 367 
MICS MOE ae aso ea en ose e red cst aaa cddessdep boca cecabsusensanporeemeeontei des aettee 92, 830 
Vessels: 
OhVeneLONS Hah sees eee eter sae Vea soo dees ces Le een ies one 1 6,000 
LYST Eien. 2. “SR ESSOE BAERS SRS 5 Se aaa peppered to fe hs 9 ete sake eee DOsloewcms sen nae 
LATHCHBS HNGEN oCOHS oan 222 secs LO ook os fhe ek teen nies 15 7,042 
Ugg LP ATG Tl SHS se ey ae ane Seep ila Bers 9S coma a gee aie 53 2; 
Dita Gull iis Sk ee SnD Pn pai. Late et ee a 1 819 
