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pounds, vjiluod at $09,837, as compared with 559,287 pounds valued 

 at $30,00 1 in 1933 — an increase of about 148 percent in quantity 

 and 12S percent in value. 



These lijjfures do not include the salmon sold to halibut boats for 

 bait nor those used for fox feed, which are shown under miscellaneous 

 salmon products. 



Products of the Alaska fresh-salmon industry in 1934 



FREEZING 



The freezing of salmon in Alaska was largely incidental to mild 

 curing and was carried on only in the southeastern district. One 

 cold-storage plant whose chief product was frozen salmon gave em- 

 ployment to 20 white shoresmen. The total output was 5,310,574 

 pounds, valued at $334,812, as compared with 4,230,252 pounds, 

 valued at $221,382, in 1933 — an increase of approximately 20 percent 

 in quantity and 51 percent in value. 



Products of the Alaska frozen-salmon industry in 1934 



Species 



Pounds 



Value 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or keta 



Pink, or humpback 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye 



Total -.- 



3, 930, 192 



67, 730 



96 



1, 274, 257 

 44,300 



5, 316, 574 



$229, 852 



2,332 



1 



100, W6 



2,531 



334,812: 



DRY-SALTED, DRIED, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS SALMON PRODUCTS 



Several operators in southeast Alaska reported the sale of salmon 

 to halibut boats for bait. Small quantities of dry-salted, dried, and 

 kippered salmon were prepared in central Alaska in conjunction with 

 canning and pickling operations. In the central district, also, a 

 limited amount of fresh salmon for fox feed was reported. 



In the fishery of the Yukon, Tanana, and Kuskokwim Rivers, 

 which is carried on principally by natives, 1,404,000 pounds of chum 

 salmon were dried, valued at $50,280; 024 pounds of kings were 

 smoked and canned, valued at $140; and 200 jjounds of kings were 

 kippered, valued at $20. In this region 12 whites and 035 natives 

 engaged in the fishery, and the apparatus used consisted of 202 

 wheels, 834 gill nets of 11,870 fathoms, 1 dory, and 50 rowboats and 

 skiffs. 



