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rroduction ol' pickled salmon in w-oslcrii Alaska doci-oascd sharply, 

 due to the shortage of red salmon; and this district, which has here- 

 tofore led in the output of the commodity, produced less than one- 

 third as much as central Alaska, where production almost doubled 

 that of 1929, principally because the lack of demand for mild-cured 

 cohos forced the operators to divert most of this species into the 

 pickled product. In southeastern Alaska also the production nearly 

 doubled that of the preceding year, the gain being chiefly in cohos, 

 as in centra] Alaska, and traceable likew^ise to the small demand for 

 this species in the mild-cure market. Despite the greatly reduced 

 production in western Alaska the increases in the central and south- 

 eastern districts combined to bring the total output to a higher level 

 than in any year since 1926. 



Persons engaged, wages paid, and operating units, Alaska salmoyi-pickling industry, 



1930 



The number of persons engaged in the industry in 1930 was 114 — 

 an increase of 18 over the previous year, and the number of plants 

 operated increased from 7 to 11, of which 2 were in southeastern, 5 

 in central, and 4 in western Alaska. Production in southeastern 



