ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1930 



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2,101,211 cases to 2,977,28(3 cases, or about 42 per cent, while there 

 was a deci-ease in central Ahiska Iroiu 2,0X4,503 cases to l,()lS,r)4r) 

 cases, or 22 |)er cent, and in western Ahiska from 1,IS4,445 cases to 

 436,495, or about 03 per cent. In Alaska as a whole the pack of cohos 

 increased from 171,956 cases to 332,422 cases, or 93 per cent, and 

 pinks increased from 2,571,657 cases to 3,188,534 cases, or 24 per cent; 

 while chums decreased from 864,512 cases to 599,934, or about 31 per 

 cent; kings from 72,107 cases to 59,922, or 17 per cent; and reds from 

 1,689,927 cases to 851,514 cases, or about 50 per cent. 



Data are included in the following tables to show comparison of the 

 1930 pack with the average for the five preceding years, 1925 to 1929, 

 by cases of each species and by districts. Three species — cohos, pinks, 

 and Idngs — show a gain in 1930 over the 5-year average, while chums 

 and reds show a decline. By districts, the pack in southeastern Alaska 

 increased 24 per cent, while in central and western Alaska there were 

 decreases of 5 per cent and 61 per cent, respectively, making a net 

 decrease for all of Alaska of nearly 4 per cent from the 5-year average. 



For the first time in Alaska, a pack of salmon in quarter-pound cans 

 was prepared at one of the plants in the southeastern district. The 

 pack consisted of approximately 2,000 cases each of reds and cohos, 

 and 6,000 cases of pinks, each case containing 36 cans. In the follow- 

 ing tables the pack has been converted to "standard cases" of 48 

 1-pound cans to the case. 



Persons engaged, tvages paid, and operating units of Alaska salmon canning indusirij, 



1930 



' Koreans, Peruvians, etc. 

 63315—31 — —4 



