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in southeast Alaska at the salmon cannery of Lane Brothers, on Moira 

 Sound. 



Employment was given to 342 persons, of whom 306 were whites, 

 21 natives, 10 Japanese, and 5 Filipinos. The output consisted of 

 31,796 cases, containing 782,388 pounds (780,684 pounds of razor 

 clams, and 1,704 pounds of butter clams), valued at $188,666. This 

 is a decrease of about 25 percent in quantity and 23 percent in value 

 as compared with figures for 1933, when clam products amounted to 

 1,045,920 pounds, valued at $246,338. 



Products of the Alaska clam industry in 1934 



Item 



Minced: 



H-pound cans (48 to case) 

 10-ounce cans (48 to case). 

 1-pound cans (48 to case)- 

 20-ounce cans (24 to case). 



Whole: 



i'i-pound cans (48 to case) 

 10-ounce cans (48 to case) . 

 1-pound cans (48 to case). 



Total 



Value 



M71,508 



11,022 



624 



582 



912 

 2,410 

 1,608 



188, 666 



SHRIMP 



Operations in the shrimp industry were carried on in 1934 b.y the 

 same companies as in the previous year. Three plants in southeast 

 Alaska (the Alaskan Glacier Sea Food Co. at Petersburg, and the 

 Reliance Shrimp Co. and Stikine Sea Food Co. at Wrangell) engaged 

 primarily in this business and prepared the bidk of the product. A 

 small pack of canned shrimp in glass jars was put up by John F. 

 Willers, who operated at the plant of the Alaskan Glacier Sea Food 

 Co. Some prospecting was carried on in the Yakutat district during 

 July and August, and it was reported that shrimp were found in many 

 places but not on suitable trawling grounds. In the central district 

 the Northern Sea Food Co. at Cordova produced a limited quantity 

 of shrimp meat in connection with the canning of crabs. 



There were 138 persons engaged in the industry, of whom 22 were 

 whites, 70 natives, 27 Japanese, 14 Filipinos, 2 Mexicans, 2 Koreans, 

 and 1 Chinese. Products consisted of 377,223 pounds of shrimp 

 meat, valued at $119,307; 3,780 pounds of fresh shrimp in shell, valued 

 at $525; and 453 pounds of canned shrimp meat (93 cases of 6^2-oimce 

 jars, 12 jars to the case), valued at $279 — a total of 381,456 pounds, 

 valued at $120,111. Comparable figures for 1933 show a production 

 of 319,052 pounds, valued at $102,382. 



CRABS 



Influenced by favorable market conditions, the production of canned 

 crabs in Alaska in 1934 was the largest in the history of the industry. 

 Eleven companies handled crabs, as compared with 8 in the previous 

 year. Of these, 6 operated in southeast Alaska, as follows — the 

 Alaskan Glacier Sea Food Co., at Petersburg and Hooniah; V. L. 

 Board way & Co., and Polar Sea Foods, Inc., new outfits at Wrangell 

 and Tenakee Inlet, respectively; Kaylor-Otness, Inc., which pur- 



