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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Chatham Sir ail-Frederick Sound. — Both shores of Chatham Strait aud its bays 

 from Point Augusta to Cape Ommaney, and through Frederick Sound and its 

 bays northward to Taku Harbor, including Kake. 



Sumner Strail-Dixon Entrance. — Extends southward from Petersburg and 

 eastward from Port Beauclerc to Cape Chacon and Dixon Entrance, and includes 

 all canneries on the mainland and intervening islands from the Stikine River to 

 Portland Canal. 



West coast, Prince of Wales Island. — Territory west and south of a line from 

 Cape Chacon to Point Baker and Cape Ommaney. 



Pack nf canned Sainton in Alaska in 1980, hij dislricis ' 



District 



Bristol Bay 



Port MoUer and Herendeen Bay 



Ikatan-Shumagin Islands 



Chignili 



Kodiak-Afognak Islands.. 



Cook Inlet 



Prince William Sound 



Copper and Bering Rivers 



Yakutat and Dry Bay 



Icy Strait-Lynn Canal 



Chatham Strait-Frederick Sound. . 



Sumner Strait-Dixon Entrance 



West Coast, Prince of Wales Island. 



Total 



Coho 



3,415 



16, 191 

 1,781 

 22, 995 

 50, 098 

 11,958 

 70, 332 

 33, 703 

 22, 773 

 17, 397 

 51, 534 

 30, 245 



332,422 599,934 



Cases 



22, 032 



9,483 



129, 362 



5,105 



42,410 



10, 084 



97, 980 



308 

 95, 381 

 86, 638 

 67, 919 

 33, 232 



Pink 



Cases 

 14, 631 



315, 957 

 3,500 



85, 609 



53, 016 



405, 845 



6,229 

 708, 853 

 467, 680 

 852, 392 

 274, 822 



3, 188, 534 



King 



19, 892 



1,031 



2,922 



58 



1,338 



19, 388 



627 



7,727 



2,917 



1,761 



581 



356 



1,324 



Red 



Cases 



348, 762 



12, 890 



71, 885 



2,745 



35, 850 



70, 552 



17, 259 



70, 330 



29, 858 



108, 191 



17, 529 



50, 037 



15, 626 



59,922 851,514 5,032,326 



Total 



408, 732 



23, 404 



536,317 



13, 189 



188, 202 



203, 138 



533, 669 



148, 389 



73,015 



936, 959 



589, 825 



1, 022, 238 



355, 249 



Percent- 

 age of in- 

 crease or 

 decrease 

 from 1929 



-62. 40 



-74. 65 

 +25. 01 

 -90. 52 

 -63. 72 

 +26. 51 

 -26. 26 

 +25. 45 

 +40. 87 

 +89. 79 

 +44. 65 

 +24. 76 

 +8.13 



-6.29 



I Pack reduced to the basis of forty-eight 1-pound cans per case. 



MILD CURING 



Although unusually abundant runs of king and coho salmon augured 

 well for the mild-curing business in 1930, poor market conditions with 

 continued declining prices resulted in the curtailment of operations, 

 especially in the fall season. While there was a decrease of but 2 

 per cent in the quantity produced, as compared with that of the pre- 

 ceding year, the value showed a decline of 30 per cent. 



The number of plants operated increased from 17 in 1929 to 20 in 

 1930. Of these, 18 were in southeastern and 2 in central Alaska. An 

 enumeration of the trolling boats in southeastern Alaska was again 

 undertaken by the bureau, but an unavoidable delay at the beginning 

 of the season prevented a complete census. As it is reported that 

 there were at least as many boats engaged in trolling in 1930 as there 

 were in 1929, it has been deemed advisable to make use herein of the 

 more complete figures obtained in the previous season. 



Three trollers in southeast Alaska lost their lives — two by drowning 

 and one by disease — and property losses included the gas boat Eagle, 

 of the Cordova Mildcure Co., and damage to a number of boats that 

 were sunk during a severe gale off Coronation Island, where they had 

 taken shelter. 



The total production of mild-cured salmon was 4,447,525 pounds 

 valued at $868,722, a decrease of 99,675 pounds in quantity and 

 $373,001 in value as compared with the output of 1929. The pack 

 consisted of 344,450 pounds of cohos and 4,103,075 pounds of kings, 

 or, in units of 800-pound tierces, 430 tierces of cohos and 5,129 tierces 

 of kings. 



