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The total catch of salmon in 1930 was 82,741,632, an increase of 

 10,802,014, or 15 per cent, over the number taken in 1929. There 

 was a gain of 23,186,893 in southeastern Alaska, while the central 

 and western districts showed a falling off of 4,927,548 and 7,457,331, 

 respectively. The catch by species shows that cohos increased 

 1,758,744, pinks 19,971,869, '^and kings 124,746, while reds decreased 

 8,279,486 and chums 2,773,859. 



CANNING 

 CHANGES IN CANNERIES 



The Alaska Pacific Fisheries bought the plant of Burnett Inlet 

 Packing Co. and operated it during the season. The cannery of 

 Far North Fisheries Co. at Hydaburg was leased to H. F. W. Kurth, 

 formerly superintendent of the company, who carried on the business 

 imder the name of Kurth Fisheries. A new concern, Icy Straits 

 Fisheries (Inc.), took over and operated the floating cannery Resolute, 

 previously belonging to Mitkof Packing Co. The New England 

 Fish Co. purchased the floating cannery Retriever from Red Salmon 

 Packers Association and the plant was operated in the Yakutat dis- 

 trict as in previous years. The Wrangell Narrows Packing Co. 

 built a new cannery at Scow Bay to replace the plant at Mountain 

 Point which was destroyed by fire in the fall of 1929. It was in 

 readiness for operation by the opening of the season. 



The Franklin Packing Co. plant at Port Ash ton, which was leased 

 to Alaska Pacific Salmon Corporation in 1929, was acquired and 

 operated by the Shepard Point Packing Co. in 1930. The Pacific 

 American Fisheries purchased and operated the cannery of Emel 

 Packing Co. at Valdez. The cannery of the Alaska General Fisheries 

 at Anchorage was sold to Farwest Fisheries (Inc.), which had for- 

 merly been engaged in the business only on Puget Sound. A new 

 partnership, Gustan & Vogel, succeeded Gustan & Hartley at Point 

 Possession. The name of the Kodiak Island Fishing & Packing Co. 

 was changed to Uganik Fisheries (Inc.). The Alaska Packers 

 Association purchased the properties of Crosby Fisheries (Inc.) on 

 Zachar Bay, including the floating cannery Salmon King. The vessel 

 was transferred to California in the spring and the traps and other 

 fishing gear were operated in connection with the company's Larsen 

 Bay plant. The Kenai River Packing Co. operated its cannery at 

 Kenai, which had been idle in 1929. 



The International Packing Co. sent its floating plant International 

 1,0 pack salmon in Kuskokwim Bay, where commercial fishing was 

 permitted for the first time since 1925. Operations there were not 

 very successful, however, and the vessel left before the season was 

 over to resimie activities at Makushin Bay and later at Fox Bay. 



NEW CANNERIES 



A new concern, the Port Williams Packing Co., took over the 

 herring saltery formerly operated by S. Sklaroff & Son on Shuyak 

 Island and converted it into a modern 1-line salmon cannery, which 

 WHS in operation during the season. A. N. Nilson, of Portlock, and 

 Wik & Berg, of Redoubt Bay, who prepared small packs of salmon 

 in 1929, engaged in the business more extensively this j^ear and are 

 included in the list of canneries, the partnership being under the 



