ALASKA FISHEKY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1930 



Prixliiciion of 'Iri/sn.ileil, ilricd, smoked, (iiid other niisceUmteous sitl nuni vrodiicis 



in Alaska in 1930 



BY-PRODUCTS 



Two plants were engaged primarily in the preparation of salmon 

 by-products in southeast Alaska, giving employment to 13 white 

 shoresmen and 3 white transporters. In addition, two herring- 

 reduction plants in that district and three salmon canneries in central 

 Alaska manufactured salmon oil and fertilizer. The plant of the 

 Alaska Reduction Co. near Ketchikan was to have been operated 

 also, but it burned down at the beginning of the season and was not 

 rebuilt until fall. The total production was 2,283,882 pounds of 

 fertihzer, valued at $51,674, and 55,883 gallons of oil, valued at 

 $10,525; as compared with 1,647,170 pounds of fertilizer, valued at 

 $41,413, and 73,975 gallons of oil, valued at $29,893, in 1929— an 

 increase of nearly 39 per cent in amount of fertilizer and a decrease 

 of 24 per cent in quantity of oil. 



Produdioii of salmon oil and fertilizer in Alaska in 1930 



