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curin*;. As yot, no horrinu; roductioii pliints liiiv(^ l)(M>n ojxM'atod in 

 this i)art of Alaska. The liorrinsx nm in I'nalaska Bay began on 

 June 15 and continued to July 25, when it st()])i)ed abruptly. 



The total prodiK'tion of Sooteh-cured heiTinjr in the Kodiak area in 

 1934 Avas 1,455,875 i)Ounds, as compared with 4,130,875 pounds in the 

 previous vejir. In southeast Alaska the out])ut declined from 3,874,703 

 pounds in 1933 to 2,137,075 pounds in 1934, and in the Prince William 

 Sound area from 3,04(),r25 pounds to 1,790,750 pounds. Only in the 

 Aleutian Islands district was there a noticeable increase, the pack for 

 1934 amounting: to 2,015,375 pounds, as comi)ared with 1,589,250 

 p(Hinds in 1933. Small quantities of cured herring were prepared at 

 Golovin Bay and Cook Inlet. No production w^as reported for 

 Chignik. 



Twenty-two concerns handled lie.rring in southeastern Alaska in 

 1934, an increase of three over the number shown for the previous 

 year. Five were cold-storage plants tliat froze herring for bait, and 

 eight engaged only in the production of herring for bait. The following 

 companies operated saltery and reduction plants in this district: 



Arent.'^eii & Co Bis P'^rt Walter. 



Atlas Packing Curp'^ration Deep Cove. 



Buchaii & Hcincn Packing Co Port Armstrong. 



Chatham Strait Fish Co New Port Walter. 



Northwestern Herring Co Port Conclusion. 



Port Herbert Packing Co Port Herbert. 



Storfold & Grondahl Packing Co Washington Bay. 



In central Alaska nine operators engaged in pickling herring, 

 practically all the pack being prepared in the Prince William Sound 

 and Kodiak areas. One firm in the latter district produced bait 

 herring only. The more important operators in the district were as 

 follows: 



Salteries: 



Apex Fish Co In n Creek. 



Blue Island Packing Co Blue Fox Bay. 



David Buvick Sluiyak Strait. 



San Marco Fish Co. (Floating) Kodiak Island. 



Saltery and reduction j^lants: 



Chatham Strait Fish Co Cral) Bay. 



Evans Bay Packing Co., Inc Pv)rt Benny. 



Johnson Fisheries Co Thumb Bay. 



The chief operatcrs in the western district were the following, all of 

 wl om produced Scotch-cured herring, while two prepared Norwegian- 

 cured herring also, and several put up bloater stock: 



Austnes & Rod Unalaska. 



Campbell & Dougal Dutch Harbor. 



Ed Jac bsen & Co Do. 



Jordon Col ombos Lamadies Do. 



Northwestern Herring Co Do. 



Peterson & Jorgensen Packing Co Do. 



Polar Packing Co Unalaska. 



Olaf Olsen Do. 



Ofiin Isaacson Do. 



Biological studies of the Alaska herring were continued by Dr. 

 George A. Rounsefell and Edwin H. Dahlgren. Their investigations 

 were confined mainly to the herring fisheries of Chatham Strait, in 

 the southeastern district. 



